epfl guide to services, vpaa 2015
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VICE
PRESIDENCY
FOR ACADEMIC
AFFAIRSServices
and support for EPFL
staff
This is now the fifth
edition of the VPAA directory, freshly
updated to help you keep apace with the evolution of the
unit. Whether you’re a new, or more ‘seasoned’ collaborator, I hope it will
be a useful resource to navigate the various services available for you as researchers.
The current focus of the VPAA is centered squarely on teaching. Following the discussions at last year’s JSP, we have put
a new taskforce for education in place, with the aim of continuing to ensure that we offer the best possible opportunities
for our students, but also that we evolve to anticipate demand, new subjects and new technology. Part of this demand
includes continuing education, and the EPFL Extension School will soon be operational, widening our efforts and encom-
passing existing initiatives such as the UNIL/EPFL Formation Continue and some MOOCs. In addition, we have appointed
two Vice-Provosts for Education and Research who will be vital links between labs, faculty and central management. I’d
like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have committed to pushing these reforms through so efficiently.
EPFL teaching and research is also reaching well beyond our lecture halls and labs. Education for developing countries
is now a reality through the MOOCs with Africa program: courses on subjects as varied as water purification and urban
planning, created in collaboration with local professors, are now available. Through the Essential Tech initiative, a new
radiology device specifically designed for the Global South is now nearing start-up phase, with other projects including a
neonatal incubator and Ebola protection following closely behind.
It’s also been a busy year within the various regional EPFL hubs. In particular, Valais Wallis and Campus Biotech are
now up and running, with most labs installed in their new homes. A core team is now also based in Fribourg developing
the smart living lab there. Moving house is never a painless task for those concerned and requires considerable logistics
from EPFL’s central services, faculties and individual labs. But now most of the boxes have been unpacked, the time for
new opportunities and collaboration is here!
My thanks again for your commitment to EPFL’s now established position as a world-class teaching and research
institution and I wish you all the best for your activities in the coming year.
STI
SB
SV
CDH
ENAC
IC
CDM
EPFLME
Outposts
Research Comm
ission
Doctoral School EDOC
Vice-Provost Research - Prof. A. Mortensen
Science Outreach - F. Moser
Faculty Affairs - H. Sadeghi
Accreditation & Quality - Prof. W. Pralong
Inte
rnat
iona
l Exc
hang
e
Exte
nsio
n Sc
hool
CMS
Bachelor / M
aster
Vice-Provost Education - Prof. P. V
andergheynst
Pluridisciplinary Centers
Research O
fficeR
esearch Affairs - M. G
äumann
Legal DepartmentStudy Programs Promotion
Teaching Support Center
Informatio
n Systems and Processes for E
ducation
Career C
enter
Studen
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anage
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Stud
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Off
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tion
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D. C
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Space Engineering Center - H. Shea
Swiss Space Center - V. Gass
Integrative Food & Nutrition Center - F. Stellacci
Energy Center - B. Smit
Limnology Center - A. J. Wüest Center on Risk Analysis and Governance - J. Hering
Center for Neuroprothetics - O. Blanke
Cooperation & Development - J.-C. Bolay
Genève - B. Dubuis
Neuchâtel- Ch. Enz
Fribourg - A.-C. Cosandey
Valais - P.-A. B
erclaz
Vice-presidencyfor Academic
AffairsProf. Ph. Gillet
Secretary GeneralN. Pichard
This is now the fifth
edition of the VPAA directory, freshly
updated to help you keep apace with the evolution of the
unit. Whether you’re a new, or more ‘seasoned’ collaborator, I hope it will
be a useful resource to navigate the various services available for you as researchers.
The current focus of the VPAA is centered squarely on teaching. Following the discussions at last year’s JSP, we have put
a new taskforce for education in place, with the aim of continuing to ensure that we offer the best possible opportunities
for our students, but also that we evolve to anticipate demand, new subjects and new technology. Part of this demand
includes continuing education, and the EPFL Extension School will soon be operational, widening our efforts and encom-
passing existing initiatives such as the UNIL/EPFL Formation Continue and some MOOCs. In addition, we have appointed
two Vice-Provosts for Education and Research who will be vital links between labs, faculty and central management. I’d
like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have committed to pushing these reforms through so efficiently.
EPFL teaching and research is also reaching well beyond our lecture halls and labs. Education for developing countries
is now a reality through the MOOCs with Africa program: courses on subjects as varied as water purification and urban
planning, created in collaboration with local professors, are now available. Through the Essential Tech initiative, a new
radiology device specifically designed for the Global South is now nearing start-up phase, with other projects including a
neonatal incubator and Ebola protection following closely behind.
It’s also been a busy year within the various regional EPFL hubs. In particular, Valais Wallis and Campus Biotech are
now up and running, with most labs installed in their new homes. A core team is now also based in Fribourg developing
the smart living lab there. Moving house is never a painless task for those concerned and requires considerable logistics
from EPFL’s central services, faculties and individual labs. But now most of the boxes have been unpacked, the time for
new opportunities and collaboration is here!
My thanks again for your commitment to EPFL’s now established position as a world-class teaching and research
institution and I wish you all the best for your activities in the coming year.
Philippe Gillet, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Marie Favre
Assistant to the VP
Isabelle Tuor
Assistant to the Deputy
Secretary General
HR MANAGER
Emilio Perez
VICE PRESIDENCY
FOR ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS (VPAA)
Philippe Gillet
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Nathalie Pichard
Deputy Secretary General
for Academic Affairs
Contact - [email protected]
Rossana Papaux
Responsible for finance of VPAA
VPAA.EPFL.CH
VPAA PROJECTS
Project Coordination to support and develop new experimental training methods for students, ensuring they gain both theoretical and practical experience in interdisciplinary problem solving.
Coordination and follow-up of interinstitutional projects and activities with the University of Lausanne as well as other tasks for VPAA.
Management and follow up of VPAA projects related to education and research, as well as to finance. Administration of a Foundation which aims to finance scholarships and projects for EPFL students.
Isabelle Cahour
Deputy to the VPAA Pascal Vuilliomenet
Project Manager Sibyl Widmer-Baechtold
Deputy to the VPAA
FONDATION-ETUDIANTS.EPFL.CH VPAA.EPFL.CH
William Pralong
Head
Hassan Sadeghi
Head
ACCREDITATION
& QUALITY ASSURANCE
FACULTY AFFAIRS
Contact - [email protected]
Responsible for the evaluation and accreditation of EPFL and its schools with national and international bodies. The activities of this office focus on QA according to the Swiss framework conditions for higher education and the Bologna process, and the recognition of EPFL within Europe and internationally.
Supports the President, VPAA, Tenure and Promotion Committee, school deans, and individual faculty members in matters related to hiring and setting up on campus, promotion, retirement, leave, outside activities, professors’ personnel files, staff academic titles, etc. Professors are encouraged to contact this office if they need any information.
VPAA.EPFL.CH
PROFESSORS.EPFL.CH
WHAT’S
NEW?
The mission of EPFL’s Science Outreach Department is twofold:• To promote science and technology among young girls and boys and
encourage them at a very early stage to become involved in this domain.• To facilitate the diffusion of scientific and technological knowledge
among the general public and endeavor to ensure a better understanding of this knowledge and its importance for society.
To fulfill these objectives, it develops and undertakes activities in collaboration with internal and external partners, supports and highlights the initiatives of other units and laboratories and coordinates EPFL activities in this area.
Farnaz Moser
Head
SCIENCE
OUTREACH
Assistant - Jenny Oswald - [email protected]
Contact - [email protected]
SPS.EPFL.CH
• The Science Outreach Department fully dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of science was set up in January 2015
• A website sps.epfl.ch gathering the EPFL activities in this domain
• A newsletter
• A Science Festival “Scientastic”, first edition November 2015
• A competition for PhD students “My Thesis in 180s” organized together with Mediacom, first edition October 2015
• Activities planned to be organized in EPFL outspots
WHAT’S
NEW?
The Office of the Vice-Provost for education manages and coordinates EPFL’s educational strategy for all type of education except at the doctoral level. It is responsible for the academic aspects of CMS, Bachelor and Master as well as Continuous Education. It organizes the national and international cooperation in terms of education (Swissuniversities, Erasmus and inter-institutional contracts).
At the Bachelor and Master level, the office structures the curricula offered at EPFL and drives strategic orientations on the engineer’s, architect’s and researcher’s profiles. It controls the quality with the help of the Teaching Support Center (CAPE) and the Accreditation & Quality Assurance Unit.
Pierre Vandergheynst
Vice-Provost for Education
OFFICE OF THE
VICE-PROVOST
FOR EDUCATION• Coordinated exams in math and
physics at the first year bachelor
• Task force on education
• Follow up of AAQ/CTI accreditation
• Development of the structure and quality assurance in Extension School
Deputy to the Vice-Provost for Education - Pierre-André Besse - [email protected]
Head of International Exchange - Antoine Fromentin - [email protected]
VPRO-FORMATION.EPFL.CH
The Special Mathematics Course (“CMS”, in French) prepares holders of a Swiss vocational path certification (“Professional Maturity”) and holders of a foreign baccalaureate which do not meet the admission criteria for the 1st year at EPFL to the BSc program of EPFL. Students admitted to CMS can acquire and consolidate the necessary basic scientific knowledge in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science.
A new structure, called Extension School, is in preparation to strengthen continuous education at EPFL. It will regroup and coordinate all courses except the one of Bachelor-Master and EDOC schools. It will apply a uniform quality control for MOOCs and blended learning reinforcing the EPFL brand.
FORMATION CONTINUE UNIL-EPFL FOUNDATION
Director - Giorgio Margaritondo Executive Director - Pascal Paschoud
CMS.EPFL.CHPOLYMATHS.EPFL.CH FORMATION-CONTINUE-UNIL-EPFL.CH
Hans-Jörg Ruppen
Head Pierre Vandergheynst
Head a.i.
EDUCATION
SPECIAL MATHEMATICS
COURS (CMS) EXTENSION
SCHOOL
Daniel Chuard
Director
STUDENT DESK
Alexandra Benoît
CAREER CENTER
Philippe Ory
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL
AFFAIRS
The Office of Educational Affairs (DAF) manages and coordinates the activities of the various services and groups that are involved in education, for both EPFL students and teaching staff. It provides the necessary resources for carrying out the educational strategies defined by the Vice-Provost.
FORMATION.EPFL.CH
WHAT’S
NEW?
• Transfer to the DAF of the management of the education agreements concluded with partner universities
• 25 studios in downtown Lausanne, Rue St-Laurent specifically intended for interns, PhD students, postdocs and academic guests
Deputy - Albertine Kolendowska - [email protected]
Assistant - Heidy Alonso - [email protected]
Joint EPFL-UniL Services: EPFL LANGUAGE CENTER and CHAPLAINCY
REGISTRAR’S
OFFICE
Jean-Paul Festeau
TEACHING SUPPORT
CENTER
Roland Tormey
STUDENT AFFAIRS
AND EXCHANGE
Catherine
Vinckenbosch
STUDY PROGRAMS
PROMOTION
Sabrina Rami-Shojaei
SCIENTIFIC
INFORMATION
AND LIBRARY
Isabelle Kratz
STUDENT
ASSOCIATIONS
MANAGEMENT
Heidy Alonso
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Denise Flury Poffet & Frédéric George
HOUSING OFFICE
Charlotte
Kneubühler-La
Roche
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FOR EDUCATION
Laurent Ramelet
The Office of the Vice-Provost for Research is responsible for research management strategy, and for the doctoral school of EPFL. It works with the Office of Research Affairs (DAR) and through it with the Research Office (ReO), and with the Research Commission (CR).The mission of the Vice-Provost for Research also includes the definition of regulations and procedures to ensure good research practices, to maintain efficacity and efficiency in administrative and legal procedures related to research, to ensure compliance with ethical rules and legal protection in research performed at EPFL and to contribute to the promotion and definition of inter-institutional and international research partnerships.
Andreas Mortensen
Vice-Provost for Research
OFFICE OF THE
VICE-PROVOST
FOR RESEARCH
Deputy to the Vice-Provost for Research for the Doctoral School - Jeroen van Hunen - [email protected]
Head of special projects - Adrien Lawrence - [email protected]
Assistant - Fabienne Ubezio - [email protected]
RESEARCH.EPFL.CH
RESEARCH COMMISSION
President - Benoît Deveaud
COMMISSION-RECHERCHE.EPFL.CH
Matthias Gäumann
Director
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
AFFAIRS
OFFICE MANAGEMENT
Coordinator - Irina Sakharova Quitt
EVENTS & COMMUNICATION
Coordinator - Antoinette Musard
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Coordinator - Corinne Pirlot
The Office of Research Affairs (DAR) manages and coordinates the activities of the various services and groups that are involved in research administration across EPFL. Through its Research Office, it provides the necessary resources for carrying out the research strategies defined by the Vice-Provost for Research.
Contact - [email protected]
WHAT’S
NEW?
The Research Office will increasingly focus on communicating funding opportunities and helping scientists succeed in their grant applications. This includes opportunities in Swiss, European and other funding programs.
The Research Office is the transmission belt between research and funding. It guides researchers in their funding applications, assists operational management of large projects, coordinates acquisition of scientific equipment and safeguards EPFL’s interests and reputation in research. The Research Office aims to make EPFL increasingly successful in competitive funding and to boost EPFL’s attractiveness for top researchers.
Contact - [email protected]
RESEARCH
RESEARCH OFFICE
RESEARCH-OFFICE.EPFL.CH
NATIONAL
FUNDING
Ursula Vaucher
Coordinator
INTERNATIONAL
FUNDING
Caroline Vandevyver
Coordinator
INTERNAL & NON
PROFIT FUNDING
Pierre-Yves Bolinger
Coordinator
The aim of CODEV is to promote and coordinate scientific cooperation activities within EPFL. Based on scientific partnerships, CODEV seeks to promote the development of state-of-the-art technologies to meet social, environmental and economic needs and thereby contribute to the reduction of poverty.
Jean-Claude Bolay
Director
COOPERATION
& DEVELOPMENT
CENTER (CODEV)
Deputy Director - Silvia Hostettler - [email protected]
Administrative Deputy - Corinne Waridel - [email protected]
Contact - [email protected]
COOPERATION.EPFL.CH
WHAT’S
NEW?
• Launch of the EPFL-ICRC Humanitarian Tech Hub
• EssentialTech: Launch of a Spin-off company for GlobalDiagnostiX / SmartPPE, personal protective equipment against Ebola / SafeMicroLab, biosecurity glovebox
• UNESCO Chair: New SCOPES Project “Support to Process of Urban Development in Serbia” / New book “Technologies for Development: What is Essential?”
• Launch of 2 MOOCs: “A Resilient Future: Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction” / “Innovation and technology development for poverty reduction”
Olaf Blanke
Director
CENTER FOR
NEUROPROSTHETICS
Deputy Director - Bruno Herbelin [email protected]
Assistant - Aude Rousic - [email protected]
CNP.EPFL.CH
Through strategic partnerships with medical centers in Western Switzerland and the US, the CNP translational mission is to repair and substitute impaired sensory, motor and cognitive functions via novel neuroprosthetic technologies.
Janet Hering
Director
CENTER ON
RISK ANALYSIS &
GOVERNANCE
Executive Director - Marie-Valentine Florin [email protected]
CRAG.EPFL.CH
Together with the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC), the mission of the CRAG is to develop and communicate knowledge and expertise related to risk analysis (risk assessment, risk management, risk perception and risk communication) and risk governance, as the broad context in which risk-based decisions are made, in multi-disciplinary, cross-sectorial and multistakeholder approaches.
Alfred Johny Wüest
Director
CENTER ON
RISK ANALYSIS &
GOVERNANCE LIMNOLOGY
CENTER
Deputy Director - Natacha Tofield-Pasche [email protected]
LIMNC.EPFL.CH
The sustainable use and conservation of natural water resources is among the most important challenges for the well-being of the anticipated nine billion earth citizens in the nearfuture. The mission of the Limnology Center is to provide socially-relevant contributions to facing these future challenges, on both national and international levels.
Berend Smit
Director
ENERGY
CENTER
Deputy Director - Massimiliano [email protected]
ENERGYCENTER.EPFL.CH
The EPFL Energy Center aims at coordinating energy-related research activities at EPFL, in particular in the context of large multi-institutional endeavors, such as EU projects for example. It fosters a multi-disciplinary approach to energy-related issues, with a focus on both evolutionary and disruptive research, at both a national as well as international level. The EPFL Energy Center also acts as a one-stop access point to energy-related resources for external entities.
Francesco Stellaci
Director
INTEGRATIVE
FOOD & NUTRITION
CENTER
Operational Director - Stefan [email protected]
NUTRITIONCENTER.EPFL.CH
The Integrative Food and Nutrition Center aims at fundamentally contributing to the development of a fertile environment for food and nutrition innovation on campus. It acts as a catalyst for research initiatives on campus and coordinates educational and public communication initiatives in food and nutrition. The key mission of the Center is to help develop new out-of-the-box research initiatives for this field
Volker Gass
Director
SWISS
SPACE CENTER
Deputy Director - Grégoire Bourban [email protected]
Assistant - Martine Harmel - [email protected]
SPACE.EPFL.CH
The Swiss Space Center supports institutions, academia and industry to access space missions and related applications and promotes interactions between these stakeholders.
Herbert Shea
Director
SPACE
ENGINEERING
CENTER
Deputy Director - Simon Dandavino [email protected]
Assistant - Martine Harmel - [email protected]
eSPACE.EPFL.CH
eSpace has the mission of promoting space related research and development at EPFL. It ensures space education through courses and practical work on flight hardware, and supports EPFL laboratories doing space research. The center also conducts R&D projects, with recognized expertise in the development of small spacecraft, particularly in the context of orbital debris removal.
WHAT’S
NEW?
• We exist: Official kick-off of eSpace, EPFL’s new center for space R&D.
• Rockets away: The first annual model rocket competition attracts dozens of participants and public.
• A new reference: eSpace publishes the first edition of the “Space Technology at EPFL” booklet showcasing space R&D at the school.
• “Giant pac-man”: The public reveal of CleanSpace One’s orbital debris grabbing mechanism receives wide international media coverage.
• SwissCube v2.0: Integrating the work of a hundred EPFL students, the CubETH nanosatellite passes a major milestone with its first international design review.
Marc-André Berclaz
Director
EPFL-VALAIS-WALLIS
The EPFL Valais Wallis project developed in partnership with the Council of State of Canton Valais and EPFL envision the implementation of a “shared campus” between the EPFL and the HES-SO VALAIS. The EPFL Valais-Wallis project comprises four complementary facets:
• Permanent EPFL outpost in Valais (core project) • Joint EPFL – HES-SO Valais Platform • Science Park and Demonstrators • Public-Private Partnership
VALAIS.EPFL.CH
WHAT’S
NEW?
• The EPFL Valais-Wallis Project currently involves 120 faculty and staff members in Sion (7 chairs and 3 research groups). Implemented in just 24 months, the project has a total budget of 48 million CHF, including 15 million CHF for scientific equipment.
• Professor Berend Smit was awarded our first ERC Advanced Grant.
• In Martigny, Professors H. Girault and A. Zuettel launched an energy demonstrator foreshadowing the service station of the future (hydrogen).
• A laboratory around issues linked to mobility is in the process of being created, with the collaboration of partners including PostBus and Swiss Post.
• Spanish company Abengoa is setting up a joint research laboratory, which will be a first step towards the ENERGYPOLIS hub of the Swiss Innovation Park.
Assistant - Jennifer Luyet [email protected]
Anne-Claude Cosandey
Director
EPFL-FRIBOURG
The EPFL Fribourg outpost develops its activities in the fields of sustainable technology, construction and architecture. In addition to its innovative research activities, it is developing with the School of Engineering and Architecture and the University of Fribourg, the smart living lab, a new inter-university center of excellence. Its location at the heart of the blueFACTORY innovation district will allow it to exploit the development potential of public-private partnerships offered by this opportunity and contribute to the future Swiss Innovation Park.
FRIBOURG.EPFL.CH
WHAT’S
NEW?
Currently, nine EPFL staff members work in Fribourg. Together with the management team, a research group works on the Building 2050 research program which aims to conceptualize the building of the future. The result will showcase the latest knowledge in this field. Eventually, it will serve as the basis for the technical and architectural specifications of the building that will host the smart living lab teams from 2020. Meanwhile, groups of the three universities will move in provisional facilities within the blueFACTORY, which will allow them to start working on common activities. For EPFL, three new faculty members are currently being recruited and hopefully will start their activities in 2016.
Assistant - Véronica Cubarle [email protected]
All this information is available on the web, via thematic portals :
is-academia.epfl.ch teaching.epfl.ch TEACHING
research.epfl.ch RESEARCH
polylex.epfl.ch LEGISLATION & LEGAL ISSUES
international.epfl.ch INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
working.epfl.ch HUMAN RESOURCES AND CAMPUS LIFE
help.epfl.ch HELP
ON THE WEB
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