Meet with EPFL New Vice President for Innovation and Impact Edouard Bugnion as he returns to California at the start of his new mandate.
Edouard Bugnion will share the School's new challenges and talk about his mandate:
“What is New and Exciting at EPFL, Now and in the Future ?”
Biography
Prof. Edouard Bugnion is a Full Professor in the School of Computer Science and Communications at EPFL. His primary focus in both teaching and research lies in the field of datacenter systems. Before joining EPFL in 2012, he spent 18 years in the US, during which he earned his PhD from Stanford University and co-founded two startups: VMware and Nuova Systems (acquired by Cisco). He served as VMware’s first CTO and was later the VP/CTO of Cisco’s Server, Access, and Virtualization Technology Group. Prof. Bugnion is an ACM Fellow, a member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW), and a recipient of the ACM software systems award. Prof Bugnion served as EPFL Vice President for Information Systems between 2017 and 2020 and as a Director of InnoSuisse from 2017 until 2024. As of January 2025, he holds the position of Vice President for Innovation and Impact at EPFL. He additionally serves as an independent Director on the boards of Logitech and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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Program
6:00pm-6:30pm Doors open
6:30pm-6:35pm Introductions by Co-Chairs of EPFL Alumni U.S. West Coast Chapter
6:35pm-7:15pm Presentation by Prof. Edouard Bugnion, EPFL Vice President for Innovation and Impact (VPI)
“What is New and Exciting at EPFL, Now and in the Future ?”
7:15pm-7:35pm Q&A
7:35pm-8:30pm Networking
Location
Swisscom Outpost
675 Forest Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Azadeh Mohebbi at amohebbi@sbcglobal.net.
We look forward to seeing you there!
EPFL Alumni U.S. West Coast Chapter
