Publications related to Knowledge society

Methodology for selecting measurement points that optimize information gain for model updating

Information collected through sensor measurements has the potential to improve knowledge of complex-system behavior, leading to better decisions related to system management. In this situation, and particularly when using digital twins, the quality of sens ...

2023

Atomic scale volume and grain boundary diffusion elucidated by in situ STEM

Johann Michler, Xavier Maeder, Amit Sharma, Laszlo Pethö

Diffusion is one of the most important phenomena studied in science ranging from physics to biology and, in abstract form, even in social sciences. In the field of materials science, diffusion in crystalline solids is of particular interest as it plays a p ...

Nature Portfolio2023

A methodology to design measurement systems when multiple model classes are plausible

Ian Smith, Numa Joy Bertola, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai

The management of existing civil infrastructure is challenging due to evolving functional requirements, aging and climate change. Civil infrastructure often has hidden reserve capacity because of conservative approaches used in design and during constructi ...

2021

Organohalide respiration in Firmicutes: energy metabolism and transcription regulation

Mathilde Stéphanie Willemin

Organohalides are a class of compounds often considered as persistent pollutants and harmful to environmental and human health. Some bacteria, among which are representatives from the Firmicutes phylum, are capable of using these compounds as terminal acce ...

EPFL2021

Gamifying knowledge sharing in humanitarian organisations: a design science journey

Denis Gillet, Isabelle Barbara Marie-Hélène Cardia, Samuel Bendahan, Adrian Christian Holzer

Humanitarian organisations provide invaluable work to improve the lives of individuals impacted by natural and anthropogenic hazards. While humanitarian organisations are highly knowledge intensive, they often fail to manage knowledge effectively. Providin ...

2020

Social practices in teacher knowledge creation and innovation adoption: a large-scale study in an online instructional design community for inquiry learning

Denis Gillet, Maria Jesus Rodriguez Triana

Social practices are assumed to play an important role in the evolution of new teaching and learning methods. Teachers internalize knowledge developed in their communities through interactions with peers and experts while solving problems or co-creating ma ...

2020

Measurement-system design for structural identification

Numa Joy Bertola

In developed countries, the management of existing civil infrastructure is challenging due to evolving functional requirements, aging and climate change. Due to conservative approaches in construction design and practice, infrastructure often has hidden re ...

EPFL2020

Using Regularized Linear-Regression Surrogate Models for Accurate Probabilistic Structural Identification

Ian Smith, Sai Ganesh Sarvotham Pai

Model-based data interpretation has the potential to increase knowledge of structural behavior and support asset management. Models are usually conservative and contain many parameters and sources of systematic uncertainty, which need to be taken into acco ...

AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2019

Phagocytosis in Drosophila: From molecules and cellular machinery to physiology

Bruno Lemaitre, Claudia Melcarne

Phagocytosis is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that plays a key role in both host defence and tissue homeostasis in multicellular organisms. A range of surface receptors expressed on different cell types allow discriminating between self and non-sel ...

2019

Addressing the need to monitor concrete fatigue with Non Destructive Testing: results of Infrastar European project

Eugen Brühwiler, Imane Bayane, Antoine Bassil, Xiao Wang

Fatigue is one of the most prevalent issues, which directly influences the service life expectancy of concrete structures. Fatigue has been investigated for years for steel structures. However, recent findings suggest that concrete structures may also be s ...

2018