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EPFL Vice-Presidency for academics affairs. Services and support for EPFL staff. Report 2013TRANSCRIPT
VICe PResIDenCYVICe PResIDenCYFOR aCaDeMIC aFFaIRsFOR aCaDeMIC aFFaIRs
Services and support for EPFL staff
VICe PResIDenCYFOR aCaDeMIC aFFaIRs
It can never be said that things stand still at EPFL! Scientific research has always benefited from a cer-tain degree of flux: labs move, students and postdocs come and go, new ideas germinate, and the seeds
of discovery are carried far to thrive in new ecosystems.
Teaching is also evolving to match changes in student mobility and the need for multi-disciplinary curri-cula. EPFL’s newly introduced MOOCs, combined with our international networks such as RESCIF and
Eurotech, mean that global collaboration is now possible for teaching as well as research. In addition, I hope you will take full advantage of the newly formed Teaching Support Center (CAPE) that offers
a range of tools and assistance for teaching staff.
It’s not just about casting the net wider though; we are reinforcing our strengths through strategic deve-lopment in Europe with the Human Brain Project and in Switzerland, including EPFL Valais-Wallis,
the Fribourg Smart Living Lab and the Wyss Institute in Geneva, in addition to the creation of new research centers on campus centered on Risk Analysis and Governance (CRAG) and Limnology.
Within the VPAA, we hope to support you in all aspects of your academic life, and this booklet outlines the structures in place and some of the recent changes for those of you familiar with us. In particu-
lar I would like to welcome William Pralong to the team, in charge of Accreditation and Quality Assurance. We have now also brought all services for research staff together into the newly created
Research Office, and we hope this will improve the offering and allow you to focus on your main scientific activities.
Lastly, my thanks to you for your continued commitment to the quality of our school’s research and tea-ching and we remain at your disposal for any questions or suggestions.
Philippe Gillet Vice President for Academic Affairs and President ad interim
Joint EPFL-UNIL Services: Language Center, Sports Office, Chaplaincy
Teaching Support Center (CAPE)
Student Associations ManagementResearch Office
Legal Department
Study Programs Promotion (SPE)
Student Desk
Scientific Information and Library (SISB)
IS-Academia and Statistics (OGIF)
Career Center (CC)
Student Affairs and Exchange (SAE)
Registrar’s Office (SAC)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
FACULTY AFFAIRSEDUCATION
RESEARCHCOOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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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]
Joint EPFL-UNIL Services: Language Center, Sports Office, Chaplaincy
Teaching Support Center (CAPE)
Student Associations ManagementResearch Office
Legal Department
Study Programs Promotion (SPE)
Student Desk
Scientific Information and Library (SISB)
IS-Academia and Statistics (OGIF)
Career Center (CC)
Student Affairs and Exchange (SAE)
Registrar’s Office (SAC)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
FACULTY AFFAIRSEDUCATION
RESEARCHCOOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Dani
el C
huar
d - D
irect
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f Edu
catio
nal A
ffairs
Hass
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ACCREDITATION &
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Mich
el J
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rd -
Head
Pasc
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omen
et -
Proj
ect M
anag
er
Isabe
lle C
ahou
r - P
roje
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Will
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Pra
long
- De
puty
to th
e VP
CENTERSEPFL VALAIS-WALLIS
Olaf
Bla
nke
- Dire
ctor
of C
ente
r for
Neu
ropr
osth
etics
Volke
r Gas
s - D
irect
or o
f Sw
iss S
pace
Cen
ter
Jane
t Her
ing
- Dire
ctor
of t
he C
ente
r on
Risk
Ana
lysis
Mar
c-An
dré
Berc
laz -
Dire
ctor
Alfre
d Jo
hny W
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- Di
rect
or o
f Lim
nolo
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Nat
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ACCREDITATION & QUALITY ASSURANCE
FACULTY AFFAIRS
Michel Jaccard
Head
William Pralong Deputy to the VP (from 1st september 2013)
Hassan Sadeghi
Head
APR supports the President, VPAA, Te-nure and Promotion Committee, school
deans, and individual faculty members in matters related to hiring and setting up on
campus, promotion, retirement, leave, out-side activities, professors’ personnel files, staff
academic titles, etc. Professors are encouraged to contact this office if they need any information.
Responsible for the evaluation and accredita-tion of EPFL and its schools with the national and
international bodies, the activities of this group focus on QI for the Bologna process, and the reco-
gnition of EPFL within Europe and internationnally.
Contact [email protected]
AssistantsNathalie Boder – [email protected] Studer – [email protected]
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SPECIAL PROjECTS
Management and fol-low up of VPAA projects
related to education and research. Administration of
two Foundations which aim to finance scholarships and
projects for EPFL students.
Isabelle CahourProject Manager
Pascal VuilliomenetProject Manager
Sibyl Widmer-BaechtoldProject Manager
Project Coordination to sup-port and develop new expe-rimental training methods for students, ensuring they gain both theoretical and practical experience in interdiscipli-nary problem solving.
Coordination and follow-up of interinstitutional projects and activities with the Uni-versity of Lausanne.
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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 also organizes inter-institutional cooperation
within Switzerland (CRUS and ETH Zürich), and the international mobility program.
Supervision of polytechnical courses for the first year
Quality assessment through academic commissions
Preparation of OAQ/CTI accreditation
What’s neW?
DeputyPierre-André Besse – [email protected] AssistantHeidy Alonso – [email protected]
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EDUCATION : DOCTORAL SCHOOL
Cathrin BriskenDean
The doctoral school (EDOC) implements and continuously develops an innovative doctoral curriculum of the highest
scientific and academic standards. It aims to recruit the best students, to develop their potential through a balanced edu-
cation focused on scientific excellence and personal develop-ment, and to follow their impact beyond EPFL.
EDOC constantly monitors and surveys the quality of its edu-cational offer with the recent Doctoral Survey II and the end-
of-thesis survey both indicating a high degree of satisfaction amongst doctoral students and new graduates.
EDOC also deals with the promotion of EPFL doctorates and the coordination of inter-institutional and international initiatives.
Based on the outcome of the recent doctoral survey, the doctoral school
focusses on :- Improving the recruitment process
- Enlarging the course offer- Strengthening supervision and mentoring
- Promoting scientific events with active student participation
What’s neW?
DeputiesJean-Marie Fürbringer – [email protected]
Jeroen van Hunen – [email protected]
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Deputy Albertine Kolendowska – [email protected]
Assistant Heidy Alonso – [email protected]
Daniel ChuardDirector
EDUCATION : educAtion domAin (dAf)
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 deans.
The establishment of a Teaching Support Center (Centre d’appui à l’enseignement - CAPE) within the Education Do-
main. Coordinated by Roland Tormey, this unit will ensure the quality of education at EPFL through an approach specific to
each School and study curriculum.
Commitment to implementing the ‘Proper Citing of Sources Used in Written Work’, two new directives and a new website citation.epfl.ch
What’s neW?
Jean-Paul Festeau
REGISTRAR’S OFFICE (SAC)
Alexandra Benoît
STUDENT DESk
Catherine Vinckenbosch
STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ExCHANGES (SAE)
Sabrina Rami-Shojaei
STUDY PROGRAMS PROMOTION (SPE)
Roland Tormey
TEACHING SUPPORT CENTER (CAPE)
Philippe Ory
CAREER CENTER (CC)
Denise Flury Poffet
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Frédéric George
Laurent Ramelet
IS-ACADEMIA AND STATISTICS (OGIF)
Magali Favre
STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS MANAGEMENT
Isabelle Kratz
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND LIBRARY (SISB)
joint EPFL-UniL Services: EPFL LANGUAGE CENTER (UNIL SERVICE), UNIL-EPFL SPORTS OFFICE and CHAPLAINCY
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Kukhwan MieussetDirector
The Office of Research Affairs (DAR) assists the
Dean of Research in his ac-tivities of research promo-
tion and strategic coordina-tion in collaboration with EPFL
central services and schools.It coordinates the research acti-
vities at EPFL and provides exper-tise in research funding, equipment,
interdisciplinary projects manage-ment and administration.
AssistantMaïra Baudouin – [email protected]
RESEARCHBenoît
Deveaud-PlédranDean
The Dean of Research over-sees research strategy, po-licy and promotion at EPFL. Together with the Director of Research Affairs and her team, he ensures that EPFL achieves the goals set by the Presidency, in collaboration with the schools deans. He also chairs various evaluating committees for funding and ethics.
AssistantClaire-Lyse Rouiller – [email protected]
Contact [email protected]
reseArch office
Pierre-Yves BolingerCoordinator
Caroline VandevyverCoordinator
Ursula VaucherCoordinator
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COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Jean-Claude BolayDirector
The Center promotes research and education for development. It
encourages cooperation between EPFL labs in favor 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: GlobalNeonat, 2nd project funded by CTI. New grant from Symphasis for the project GlobalDiagnostix.
RESCIF: setting up a competence centre on primary health systems in Yaoundé (CURES), creation of a flagship re-search centre on water (CARE) in Ho Chi Minh Ville.
Diasporas: new project on Tunisian diaspora entrepreneur-ship funded by SDC.
Education
“Development and Cooperation” Bachelor course (CDH).
CAS in Management of Development Project.
What’s neW?
UNESCO CHAIR IN TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
Contact [email protected]
Scientific DeputySilvia Hostettler – [email protected] Administrative DeputyCorinne Waridel – [email protected]
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Further development of the EuroTech Universities alliance: increased organizational support of common initiatives (workshops, summer schools), creation of an editorial coordination group to launch MOOCs under a EuroTech Universities banner
Extension and strengthening of partnerships with priority partner institutions worldwide
In partnership with Forum EPFL, organization of the 3rd International Fair to welcome EPFL’s priority partners on campus
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]
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CENTERS
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]
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Janet Hering Director
Alfred Johny Wüest Director
The mission of the CRAG is to de-velop and communicate knowledge
and expertise related to risk analysis (risk assessment, risk management,
risk perception and risk communica-tion) and risk governance, as the broad
context in which risk-based decisions are made, in multi-disciplinary, cross-sectorial
and multi-stakeholder approaches.
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 world population in the near-future. The mission of the Limnology Cen-
ter is to provide socially-relevant contribu-tions to facing these future challenges, on
both national and international levels.
CENTER ON RISk ANALYSIS AND GOVERNANCE (CRAG) LIMNOLOGY CENTER
Executive Director Marie-Valentine Florin – [email protected]
Executive Director Natacha Tofield-Pasche
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EPFL VALAIS-WALLISMarc-André Berclaz
Director
The EPFL Valais-Wallis project, developed in partnership with the Council of State of
Canton Valais and EPFL, envisions 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]
Marc-André Berclaz, Operational Director takes up his position on july 1st 2013.
Existing infrastructure on the south side of Sion station will undergo renovation from summer 2013. Dedicated primarily to che-mistry, this building should be operational from fall 2014. The architectural competition for the central building project on the same site, “CAMPUS EPFL HES-SO Valais”, recent-ly closed with Evéquoz Ferreira Sàrl chosen as the winning submission.
A research center dedicated to translational neuroprosthetics will open on the SUVA Cen-ter for Rehabilitation site from fall 2013.
What’s neW?
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working.epfl.ch HUMAN RESOURCES AND CAMPUS LIFE
help.epfl.ch HELP
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