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| PROFESSOR STEFAN WOLF INAUGURAL LECTURE | | Information & Physics: A Tale of Secrets, Demons, and Spooky Actions Stefan Wolf, Cryptography and Quantum Information Professor for the Faculty of Informatics will hold his inaugural lecture on Thursday, 24 May at 5.30pm in the Auditorium of Lugano Campus. The lecture held in English, will focus on the profitable relationship between physics and information processing. More Information. | | CP START-UP: AN AWARD TO THE BEST SWISS START-UP OF THE YEAR | | The first SwissParks.ch Award to be presented in Lugano The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, 22 May at 11.30am in Room C of the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano. The award was established this year by
SwissParks.ch, the National Association of incubators and technology parks. The Start-up Promotion Centre is the only member in Ticino. The 10,000 CHF prize will be assigned to those who best represent Switzerland in the field of economic innovation. More Information. | | STUDENTS PERFORMANCE | | Architects in Re-Volution "I sing about bodies changed into new forms". The opening sentence of Ovid Metamorphosis best sums up the performance that will take place on Thursday, 24 May at 9pm in Piazza Riforma, Lugano. Sixty freshmen from the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio will take part in an exercise on metamorphoses of form. The performance will be held in cooperation with
the Dicastero giovani ed eventi di Lugano. More Information. | | LANDSCAPE, TERRITORY AND ART IN THE ITALIAN TRADITION | | Salvatore Settis, President of Louvre Scientific Commitee at USI Landscape, environment and art as commodities that every citizen is called upon to defend from overbuilding and the "god of the market". This will be one the themes that will be tackled during the lecture (held in Italian), organised by the Club Plinio Verda and sponsored by USI. The encounter with Salvatore Settis, internationally renowned art historian, is on Tuesday, 22 May at 6.30pm in the Aula Magna of Lugano
Campus. More Information. | | SPORT, PARTY AND PASTA… | | The Second USI-SUPSI Sport Happening The event will be held on Saturday, 2 June from 10am to 11pm at the Centro sportivo Valgersa in Savosa. Free access to most of the activities including pool, archery, table tennis and beach tennis. Registration and payment of a small fee are required by 25 May in order to take part in the beach volley and seven-a-side soccer tournament. And after an exhausting day: pasta party, music and capoeira. In case of uncertain weather conditions, please
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1600, hotline active from 2 June at 8am. More Information. | | CAMPUS LIFE | | University Voices and Legendary Songs First performance in the setting of the Aula Magna of Lugano Campus for USI Coro, for an evening of Legendary Songs to be held on Wednesday, 23 May at 8pm. Conducted by director Candice Carmalt and accompanied by pianist Stefano Amitrano, the students members of the choir will take the stage with special guests Carioca 6. | | USI PEOPLE AND FAMILIES | | Children Science Camp Back again the event aimed at fourth and fifth grade children and promoted by the Ideatorio and the Istituto scolastico
della Città di Lugano, in cooperation with the Società ticinese di scienze naturali. The destination is Mascengo and the schedule will revolve around two key activities: science and most of all fun. Two sessions will be offered (each open to 20 participants): from 24 to 30 June and from 1 to 7 July. More Information on registration and costs. |
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Tuesday, 22 May, 11.30am | SwissParks.ch Award Ceremony for the best Swiss Start-up | Room C, Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano | Tuesday, 22 May, 6.30pm | Lecture by Salvatore Settis Landscape, Territory and Art in Italian Tradition | Aula Magna, Lugano
Campus | Wednesday, 23 May, 8pm | USI Coro Performance Legendary Songs | Aula Magna, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 May, 2.30pm | Seminar of the Faculty of Informatics DSOL a declarative approach to self-adaptive service orchestrations | Room SI-008, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 May, 5.30pm | Professor Wolf Inaugural Lecture Information & Physics: A Tale of Secrets, Demons, and Spooky Actions | Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, 24 May, 9pm | Students Performance Architects in Re-Volution | Piazza Riforma, Lugano |
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