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VICE PRESIDENCYFOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Services and support for EPFL staff
VICE PRESIDENCYFOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Services and support for EPFL staff
It’s been another year of growth for EPFL but also one of consolidation, with a number of reshuffles designed to make life easier for teaching staff and students alike.
The Research Office has been restructured to provide a one-stop shop for professorial staff including extensive information on grants, equipment and awards, amongst others.
With the number of students still on the increase, we are looking closely at how we maintain our high standards of teaching whilst adapting to the needs of almost 10,000 students. New courses in Global Issues for all Bache-
lors’ students are being rolled out over the course of 2014 with the aim of providing our students with a rounded education matched to the needs of society. First-year students will also benefit from a common-core syllabus
that will put them straight into the heart of multi-disciplinary thinking. We are also relieved that our students will continue to benefit from the Erasmus+ program despite the disastrous Swiss vote on mass immigration.
Within EPFL’s research community, change is also afoot with the restructuring of our Energy Center, and the appointment of its new Director, as well as the creation of a new Integrative Food and Nutrition Center.
Off campus, EPFL continues to build on regional expertise and opportunity for collaboration. In the same vein as EPFL Valais-Wallis (energy and rehabilitation research), Campus Biotech recently opened in Geneva, offering
a state-of-the-art facility that will benefit our neuroscience teams, including the Human Brain Project. Fribourg is due to follow suit with the rejuvenation of a vast industrial site that will house the ‘Smart Living Lab’, dedicated
to designing the intelligent buildings of tomorrow.
Last but not least, our Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) are entering the next phase of their develop-ment, branching out into Africa, where EPFL is playing a leading role in helping local staff improve and increase
their educational offering in a continent hungry for knowledge and change.
My thanks to you all for your continued dedication to EPFL’s reputation and results and we remain at your disposal for any questions or suggestions.
Philippe Gillet, Vice President for Academic Affairs
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EPFL VALAIS-WALLIS
CENTERS
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
FACULTY AFFAIRS
SPECIAL PROJECTS
ACCRED.& QUALITY
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VPAA.EPFL.CH
VICE PRESIDENCY
Philippe GilletVice President for
Academic Affairs (VPAA)
Nathalie Pichard Deputy Secretary General
for Academic Affairs
AssistantMarie Favre – [email protected]
AssistantIsabelle Tuor – [email protected]
FinanceRossana Papaux – [email protected]
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Student Affairs and Exchange (SAE)
Career Center (CC)
IS-Academia and Statistics (OGIF)
Scientific Information and Library (SISB)
Student DeskStudy Programs Promotion (SPE)
Legal Department
Teaching Support Center (CAPE)
Student Associations Management
Housing Office
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COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
FACULTY AFFAIRS
SPECIAL PROJECTS
ACCRED.& QUALITY
ASSURANCE
VPAA.EPFL.CH
PROFESSORS.EPFL.CH
ACCREDITATION & QUALITY ASSURANCE
FACULTY AFFAIRS
Michel Jaccard
Head
(until March 31,
2015)
William Pralong Deputy to the VP
Hassan Sadeghi
Head
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 activi-ties, professors’ personnel files, staff acade-
mic titles, etc. Professors are encouraged to contact this office if they need any information.
Responsible for the evaluation and accreditation of EPFL and its schools with national and interna-
tional bodies, the activities of this group focus on QI for the Bologna process, and the recognition of
EPFL within Europe and internationally.
Contact [email protected]
FONDATION-ETUDIANTS.EPFL.CH
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Management and fol-low up of VPAA projects
related to education and research. Administration of
a Foundation which aims to finance scholarships and pro-
jects for EPFL students.
Isabelle CahourDeputy to the VPAA
Pascal VuilliomenetProject Manager
Sibyl Widmer-BaechtoldDeputy to the VPAA
Project Coordination to support and develop new experimental training methods for students, ensuring they gain both theore-tical and practical experience in interdisciplinary problem solving.
Coordination and follow-up of interinstitutional projects and activities with the Uni-versity of Lausanne as well as other tasks for VPAA.
DECANAT-BAMA.EPFL.CH
EDUCATION : BACHELORS & MASTERS PROGRAMS
Hubert GiraultDean
The BAMA Dean’s office develops and coordinates EPFL’s educational stra-
tegy at the Bachelor and Master levels. It manages the academic aspects of the
different Bachelors, Masters and Cours de Mathématiques Spéciales (CMS) programs,
and coordinates their implementation. It launches strategic reflections on common
competences for engineers and their implemen-tation in the curricula; and eventually organizes
inter-institutional cooperation within Switzerland (CRUS and ETH Zürich).
Introduction of polytechnic courses for first year students
Development of common exams for basic courses
Definition of learning outcomes for all curricula
Preparation of OAQ/CTI accreditation
WHAT’S NEW?
DeputyPierre-André Besse – [email protected]
Assistant
Heidy Alonso – [email protected]
PHD.EPFL.CH
EDUCATION : DOCTORAL SCHOOL
Cathrin BriskenDean
The Doctoral School (EDOC) helps the doctoral programs in offering an innovative curriculum of the highest scientific and
academic standards. It aims at facilitating doctoral students to develop their potential through a balanced education focused
on scientific excellence and personal development.EDOC constantly monitors the quality of doctoral education
through surveys and seeks to continuously improve. The current focus is on improving the recruitment process, enhancing the
course offering, and strengthening supervision and mentoring.EDOC is furthermore involved in the promotion of EPFL docto-
rates and the coordination of inter-institutional and internatio-nal initiatives.
More transparency: new website (phd.epfl.ch), new doctoral program
regulations, regular meetings of the décanat with the programs’ student
representatives.More community spirit: new welcome
days, promotion of social-scientific events, enhanced mentoring, encouragement of ac-
tive student participation in advancing docto-ral programs and the doctoral school.
WHAT’S NEW?
DeputyJeroen van Hunen – [email protected]
AssistantMagali Favre – [email protected]
FORMATION.EPFL.CH
Deputy Albertine Kolendowska – [email protected]
Assistant Heidy Alonso – [email protected]
Daniel ChuardDirector
EDUCATION : EDUCATION DOMAIN (DAF)
The Office of Educational Affairs (DAF) manages and coordi-nates 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 educatio-
nal strategies defined by the deans.
Responsible for the implementation of the new study rules: quarter marks, eli-mination of bonus tests and introduction of a level upgrade course.
Housing office services extended to include postdoctoral fellows, trainees and academic visitors as well as bachelors, masters and PhD students.
WHAT’S NEW?
Sabrina Rami-Shojaei
STUDY PROGRAMS PROMOTION (SPE)
Jean-Paul Festeau
REGISTRAR’S OFFICE (SAC)
Laurent Ramelet
IS-ACADEMIA AND STATISTICS (OGIF)
Philippe Ory
CAREER CENTER (CC)
Isabelle Kratz
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND LIBRARY (SISB)
Charlotte Kneubühler-La Roche
HOUSING OFFICE
Alexandra Benoît
STUDENT DESK
Denise Flury Poffet
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Frédéric George
Catherine Vinckenbosch
STUDENT AFFAIRS AND EXCHANGES (SAE)
Magali Favre
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS MANAGEMENT
Joint EPFL-UniL Services: EPFL LANGUAGE CENTER and CHAPLAINCY
Roland Tormey
TEACHING SUPPORT CENTER (CAPE)
RESEARCH.EPFL.CH
Kukhwan MieussetDirector
The Office of Research Af-fairs (DAR) assists the Dean
of Research in his activities of research promotion and strategic
coordination in collaboration with EPFL central services and schools.
The team “Research Office” in the DAR coordinates the research activi-
ties at EPFL and provides expertise in research funding, equipment, interdisci-
plinary projects management and admi-nistration.
It also manages large institutional research projects defined by the VPAA.
AssistantMaïra Sanches – [email protected]
RESEARCH : RESEARCH AFFAIRS (DAR) Benoît
Deveaud-PlédranDean
The Dean of Research oversees research stra-tegy, policy and promotion at EPFL. Together with the Director of Research Affairs and her team, he ensures that EPFL achieves the goals set by the Presi-dency in collaboration with the school deans. He also chairs various evaluation committees for funding and ethic committees.
AssistantClaire-Lyse Rouiller – [email protected]
Contact [email protected]
Caroline VandevyverCoordinator
Pierre-Yves BolingerCoordinator
Adrien LawrenceCoordinator
Ursula VaucherCoordinator
RESEARCH SUPPORT DESK
RESEARCH OFFICE
INTERNAL AND NON PROFIT FUNDING
NATIONAL FUNDING INTERNATIONAL FUNDING
The post-award compliance service is now part of the VPPL.
The Research Office has set up a “Research Support Desk”, a portal for requests to provide quicker response to the client
WHAT’S NEW? and improve the quality of the response. Mr. Adrien Lawrence will be coordinating this Support Desk as of August 1, 2014.
The Research Office is managing the office of the “SNSF Research Commission” at EPFL.
COOPERATION.EPFL.CH
COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Jean-Claude BolayDirector
The Center promotes research and education for development. It
encourages cooperation between EPFL labs in favour of scientific pro-
jects in countries of the South.It provides an entry point for external
partners interested in collaborating with EPFL on development and coopera-
tion issues in countries of the South.
Research
EssentialTech: GlobalDiagnostiX, first prototype of new medical imaging system by December 2014. GlobalNeo-Nat, feasibility studies completed by August 2014.
Launch of a new initiative on water purification - Project H2Ospitals
Info4Dourou project secured funding from SDC and pri-vate foundations for its 2nd phase.
Education
June 4 – 6, 2014: 3rd UNESCO Conference on Techno-logies for Development (310 participants, 46 countries, 125 papers) in the STCC at EPFL.
Launch of “EssentialTalks”, a conference series on tech-nologies for development.
WHAT’S NEW?
Contact [email protected]
Scientific DeputySilvia Hostettler – [email protected] Administrative DeputyCorinne Waridel – [email protected]
RI.EPFL.CH
Development of research internships at EPFL for talented students from 22 prestigious partner universities. The key objectives are the initiation of collaborations between universities, creating spaces for our students at the partner institution and signing agreements with the top universities worldwide.
Establishment of double degree programs at the Master level.
Strengthening of our collaboration with the best universities in South Korea and Russia.
WHAT’S NEW?
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (RI)Stephan
MorgenthalerDean
Antoine FromentinHead of International
Relations
The International Relations (RI) team launches and maintains partner-ships with prestigious universities and research centers throughout
the world and supports EPFL faculty members and researchers to pro-mote international scientific collaboration. We are also responsible
for establishing students exchange programs. We provide expert information on educational systems and higher education worldwide,
and evaluate university performance and academic rankings.
Contact [email protected]
SPACE.EPFL.CH CNP.EPFL.CH
Volker GassDirector
Olaf BlankeDirector
The Swiss Space Cen-ter supports institutions,
academia and industry to access space missions and
related applications and pro-motes interactions between
these stakeholders.
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 neuro-
prosthetic technologies.
SWISS SPACE CENTER CENTER FOR NEUROPROSTHETICS
AssistantMartine Harmel – [email protected]
Deputy DirectorBruno Herbelin – [email protected]
AssistantCarole Burget – [email protected]
CENTERS
CRAG.EPFL.CH LIMNC.EPFL.CH
Janet Hering Director
The mission of the CRAG is to deve-lop 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 multi-
stakeholder approaches
CENTER ON RISK ANALYSIS AND GOVERNANCE (CRAG)
Executive Director Marie-Valentine Florin – [email protected]
Alfred Johny Wüest Director
The sustainable use and conserva-tion of natural water resources is
among the most important challenges for the well-being of the anticipated
nine billion earth citizens in the near-future.
The mission of the Limnology Center is to provide socially-relevant contributions to fa-
cing these future challenges, on both national and international levels.
LIMNOLOGY CENTER
Deputy DirectorNatacha Tofield-Pasche – [email protected]
ENERGYCENTER.EPFL.CH
CENTERS
Daniel Favrat Director ad interim
Berend Smit Director (from July 1, 2014)
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-rela-
ted resources for external entities. The Center constantly interacts with media, public and political organizations, as well as with public at large in a broad infor-
mation effort on energy issues and research.
ENERGY CENTER
Deputy DirectorMassimiliano Capezzali – [email protected]
Francesco Stellacci Director
The Integrative Food and Nutrition Center aims at fundamentally contributing to the development of a fertile environment for food and nutrition innovation on campus, via
educational and other initiatives.One of the goals of the Center will be to educate EPFL members as well as the local
venture capital community to the opportunities that exist in this domain. It will also attract new faculty members to interact with the food and nutrition industry so as to develop totally
new out-of-the-box research initiatives for this field.
INTEGRATIVE FOOD & NUTRITION CENTER
VALAIS.EPFL.CH
EPFL VALAIS-WALLISMarc-André Berclaz
Director
The EPFL Valais Wallis project developed in partnership with the Council of State of
Canton Valais and EPFL envision the imple-mentation 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
Chargée de missionSandra Pochon – [email protected]
Designed to accommodate more than 150 researchers in the field of chemistry for energy and industrial energy, the first buil-ding (Energypolis) of the EPFL Valais-Wallis project will be inaugurated on December 19, 2014. It offers 6500 m2 of laboratories on 6 levels ; 6 chairs and 3 research groups will be working there.
Preparatory works for the second stage (large hydro) of the architectural competition have begun. CHF 80 million will be invested in the construction of research and testing laboratories combining hydraulic machines, hydraulic engineering and ecohydrology.
EPFL Valais-Wallis is part of the Swiss Inno-vation Park project.
WHAT’S NEW?
FRIBOURG.EPFL.CH
EPFL FRIBOURGAnne-Claude Cosandey
Director
The EPFL Fribourg outpost develops its activities in the fields of sustainable tech-
nology, construction and architecture. In addition to its innovative research activities,
it is developing with the School of Engineering and Architecture EIA and the University of Fri-
bourg, the Smart Living Lab, a new inter-univer-sity 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 National Innovation Park.
Anne-Claude Cosandey, operational director, took office on April 1, 2014.
A new research team will move to Fribourg in autumn 2014 to develop the Building 2050 program. This program aims at conceptuali-sing the building of the future, emblematic of the status of the most advanced knowledge in the field. It will serve as a basis for the technical and architectural specifications of the building that will host the Smart Living Lab, inter-institutional research center.
WHAT’S NEW?
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