Publications associées à Études des sciences et des techniques

Biological nanopores for single-molecule sensing

Matteo Dal Peraro, Chan Cao, Simon Finn Mayer

Evolution has found countless ways to transport material across cells and cellular compartments separated by membranes. Protein assemblies are the cornerstone for the formation of channels and pores that enable this regulated passage of molecules in and ou ...

2022

The politics of participation in transdisciplinary sustainability research: an analysis of knowledge, values and power at the science-society interface

Livia Bianca Fritz

Problem. In the field of sustainability, scholars and policy-makers herald the transformative power of participation in transdisciplinary (TD) research. The increasing use of TD in science policy is rooted in the expectation that involving practitioners in ...

EPFL2020

Resilience and agency in mature sustainability transitions. Theoretical conceptualisation and empirical analysis of actor- & system-level dynamics in sociotechnical energy systems

Susan Marie Mühlemeier

In Switzerland, Germany and Austria, as in many European countries, the transition of the energy sector towards more sustainability is a long-term transition process, unfolding since decades. It however only reached the regime level in recent years and the ...

EPFL2019

Participation as Relational Space: A Critical Approach to Analysing Participation in Sustainability Research

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Livia Bianca Fritz

In the field of sustainability, scholars, and policy-makers herald the transformative power of participation in knowledge production. However, a discrepancy between these expectations and the limited understanding of the complex interactions constituting p ...

2018

(De‑)Constructing Participation at the Science‑Policy Interface: A Critical Inquiry

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Livia Bianca Fritz

This contribution puts the spotlight on participation of heterogeneous actors and diverse forms of expertise in knowledge production and its implications for governance of complex problems. With regard to tackling complex ‘global’ problems, multifaceted de ...

2017

From closed testaments to books: Virtual X-ray Reading as an alternate digitization technology for fragile documents

Giorgio Margaritondo, Demetri Psaltis, Fauzia Albertin

In recent years, research and technology made considerable progress in increasing the speed and the safety of the entire digitization process of ancient collections. Despite this, imaging ancient, fragile or un-opened documents remains a formidable challen ...

Soc Imaging Science & Technology2017

Espaces épistémiques : pour une science du social

Jacques Lévy

Dans l'ensemble la production de connaissances sur le monde social souffre, plutôt qu'elle ne profite, du découpage en disciplines largement étanches les unes aux autres. L'interdisciplinarité (entre domaines) et la transdisciplinarité (entre registres) ap ...

2017

Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

Andras Kis, Zhe Sun

We present the science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems, targeting an evolution in technology, that might lead to impacts and benefits reaching into most areas of society. This roadmap was developed ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Expanding Eye-Tracking Methods to Explain the Socio-Cognitive Effects of Shared Annotations

Andrea Mazzei

Social technologies are leading to transformations in education, by empowering the way learners connect to each other, by introducing new means for teaching and learning and by reshaping the way knowledge is delivered. Annotating texts is a learning strate ...

EPFL2013

May I suggest? Three PLE recommender strategies in comparison

Denis Gillet, Sten Govaerts

Personal learning environment (PLE) solutions aim at empowering learners to design (ICT and web-based) environments for their activities in different learning contexts and even for transitions between these contexts. Hereby, recommender systems which are h ...

2011

Technology In-Sourcing and the Creation of Pioneering Technologies

Vareska van de Vrande

This study analyzes the effect of different external technology sourcing modes on the creation of radical innovation in companies. Moreover, since prior research has indicated that exploration consists of looking beyond both organizational and technologica ...

2011

MEMS inductors: Technology and applications

Martinus Gijs

We expose the past and present state-of-the-art of Micro-ElectroMechanical System (MEMS) inductors. Starting from the basic inductor equations, we discuss the various material and frequency-dependent loss mechanisms that contribute to a decreasing quality ...

Springer, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, Ma 02061 Usa2008

Preference-based Search using Example-Critiquing with Suggestions

Boi Faltings, Pearl Pu Faltings, Paolo Viappiani

We consider interactive tools that help users search for their most preferred item in a large collection of options. In particular, we examine example-critiquing, a technique for enabling users to incrementally construct preference models by critiquing exa ...

2006