Physics 2023-24

Core courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits
Advanced biomedical imaging methods and instrumentation (Next time: Fall 2023 )
PHYS-719 / Section EDPY
Invited lecturers, Lê, Mishkovsky
EN
Term paper
4
Advanced concepts in particle accelerators (Next time: Spring )
PHYS-751 / Section EDPY
Herr, Ischebeck, Pieloni
EN
Oral presentation
4
Advanced Quantum Field Theory (Next time: Fall 2023)
PHYS-702 / Section EDPY
Bellazzini
EN
Multiple
4
Advanced Topics in Quantum Sciences and Technologies (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-744 / Section EDPY
Brantut, Chipaux, Hempel, Holmes, Manucharyan
EN
Oral presentation
4
Astrophysics V : The variable Universe (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-643 / Section EDPY
Anderson
EN
Oral
3
Attosecond radiation sources
PHYS-761 / Section EDPY
Carbone, Invited professor(s), Puppin
EN
Oral
4
Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-757 / Section EDPY
Bossoney
EN
Oral
1
CIBM translational MR neuroimaging & spectroscopy (Next time: Spring)
PHYS-760 / Section EDPY
Cudalbu, Invited lecturers, Lanz, Wenz, Xin, Zerbi
EN
Term paper
3
Conformal Field theory and Gravity (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-739 / Section EDPY
Guica, Mathys, Papadodimas, Trevisani
EN
Oral
4
Control and Operation of Tokamaks (Next time: Spring 25 (Block course))
PHYS-734 / Section EDPY
Felici, Merle, Pau, Reimerdes
EN
Oral
2
Dynamics of astrophysical fluids and plasmas (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-753 / Section EDPY
Schober
EN
Oral
4
Electron Matter Interactions in Transmission Electron Microscopy (Next time: Spring 2024)
PHYS-637 / Section EDPY
Alexander, Hébert, La Grange
EN
Oral presentation
2
Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics (Next Time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-639 / Section EDPY
Mudry
EN
Term paper
4
Fundamentals of superresolution optical microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy (Next time: Spring )
PHYS-631 / Section EDPY
Sekatski
EN
Multiple
2
Fusion and industrial plasma technologies (Next time: Spring 2025)
PHYS-632 / Section EDPY
Alberti, Decker, Hogge, Howling, Hursin, Martin, Sedlák, Siravo
EN
Oral
4
Gauge Theories and the Standard Model (Next time: Fall )
PHYS-741 / Section EDPY
Cohen
EN
Multiple
4
General aspects of the electronic structure of crystals (Next time: Spring 2024)
PHYS-636 / Section EDPY
Yevtushynsky
EN
Oral
2
Insights on magnetic and semiconducting nanostructures (Next time: Fall 24 (Block course))
PHYS-646 / Section EDPY
Butté, Rusponi
EN
Oral presentation
2
Introduction to Frustrated Magnetism (Next time: Spring 2026)
PHYS-726 / Section EDPY
Mila
EN
Oral
2
Introduction to Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy of III-V semiconductors (Next time: Spring )
PHYS-747 / Section EDPY
Caroff-Gaonac'h, Dwir, Grandjean, Moselund, Rudra
EN
Oral
1
Magnetic confinement (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-731 / Section EDPY
Fasoli, Graves, Loizu Cisquella, Merle, Ricci
EN
Oral
4
Neutron and X-ray Scattering of Quantum Materials (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-640 / Section EDPY
Fogh, Rønnow, Schmitt
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Parallel programming ( Next time: Fall (Block course))
PHYS-743 / Section EDPY
Lanti, Richart
EN
Oral presentation
3
Physics of random and disordered systems (Next time: Postponed to Fall 2024)
PHYS-645 / Section EDPY
Müller
EN
Oral
3
Plasma Diagnostics in Basic Plasma Physics Devices and Tokamaks: from Principles to Practice (Next time: Spring 2024 (Block course))
PHYS-732 / Section EDPY
Furno, Labit, Reimerdes
EN
Written
2
Plasma instabilities (Next time: Fall 2023)
PHYS-736 / Section EDPY
Brunner, Graves
EN
Multiple
4
Quantum Computing (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-641 / Section EDPY
Savona
EN
Winter session
Oral
4
Some aspects of topology in condensed matter physics (Next time: Fall 2023)
PHYS-638 / Section EDPY
Mudry
EN
Term paper
4
Spin Dynamics (Next time: Fall)
PHYS-745 / Section EDPY
Ansermet, Invited lecturers
EN
Oral presentation
4
Statistical physics for optimization & learning (Next time: Spring 2025)
PHYS-642 / Section EDPY
Krzakala, Loureiro, Saglietti, Zdeborová
EN
During the semester
4

Other doctoral courses (EDOC)

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits
Lecture series on scientific machine learning (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-754 / Section EDPY
Carleo, Ceriotti, De Los Rios, Mathis, Schwaller, Wyart, Zdeborová
EN
Oral presentation
2
Lectures on twisted bilayer graphene (Next time: Spring 2024)
PHYS-756 / Section EDPY
Kriuchkov
EN
Oral presentation
2
Many-Body Approaches to Quantum Fluids (Next time: Fall 2023)
PHYS-619 / Section EDPY
Invited lecturers
EN
Oral presentation
1

Master courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits
Biophysics : physics of biological systems
PHYS-302 / Section PH
Rahi
EN
Winter session
During the semester
4
Quantum optics and quantum information
PHYS-454 / Section PH
Brantut
EN
Summer session
Written
6
Statistical physics of biomacromolecules
PHYS-441 / Section PH
De Los Rios
EN
Winter session
Oral
4