James Larus appointed EPFL IRGC Academic Director
Since its establishment in 2016, the EPFL International Risk Governance Center (IRGC) has not only drawn attention to increasingly complex risks that affect society, but also developed mitigation strategies for perceived risks. Given its fundamental role in the risk governance framework at EPFL, the appointment of James Larus, Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, assumes great significance.
Alliance Announces the First Datacenter Efficiency Label
Academia and industry leaders have come together to form the Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association (SDEA) and announce the first datacenter efficiency label that aims to decarbonize datacenters and significantly reduce energy consumption on data platforms and infrastructures. It has École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) as one of its founding members.
Tobias Kippenberg in “Who’s Who” List of Influential Researchers
The much anticipated list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2019 is out. Published annually by the Web of Science Group, a Clarivate Analytics company, the list, generally known as the Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers, includes scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication. Among them is Tobias Kippenberg, Full Professor at EPFL’s Institute of Physics and Electrical Engineering and head of the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (K-Lab).