© Adrien Buttier/EPFL - 1. EPFL mathematician Maryna Viazovska is awarded a Fields Medal In July, Maryna Viazovska, who holds the Chair of Number Theory at EPFL, has been awarded a Fields Medal , widely considered to be the highest accolade in her discipline and described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. At 37 years of age, Viazovska has thus become only the second female Fields Medalist - after Maryam Mirzakhani in 2014. The Fields Medal is awarded every four years to one or more mathematicians under the age of 40. Originally from Ukraine, Maryna Viazovska joined EPFL in 2016. New implant offers promise for the paralyzed A system developed by Grégoire Courtine and Jocelyne Bloch now enables patients with a complete spinal cord injury to stand, walk and even perform recreational activities like swimming, cycling and canoeing. A targeted epidural electrical stimulation of the area that controls leg movement allowed patients to regain some motor function.
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