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College of Management of TechnologyAnnual report 2019

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In a changing and challenging reality, the College of Management of Technology (CDM) is doing its utmost to stay on course! Compared to standard business schools, CDM has a great advantage in that it is hosted within an institution almost exclusively devoted to sciences, engineering and technologies. Consequently, and despite its small size, CDM is developing its own unique recipe of research, teaching and innovation: its principal activities lie at the interfaces between the normal disciplines of a business school (Management, Finance, Economics and Operational Research) and the scientific and technological domains of EPFL. It is at these interfaces that we want to cultivate original professor profiles, develop interdisciplinary research programmes and offer innovative teaching programmes for EPFL students and Industry in collaboration with other EPFL Schools. Distinguished by this logic of integration within the engineering and technology sciences, CDM constitutes a unique entity that cannot be found elsewhere in the Lake Geneva region.

It is with this vision and strategy in mind that I invite you to read this annual report and appreciate CDM’s highlights of the year as additional steps towards our College’s greater integration within EPFL. Among these highlights are:• The establishment of the Business Analytics Chair

of Prof. Kiyavash• The new Finance and Technology programme –

directed by Prof. Filipovic within the Centre for Digital Trust

• A new Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering MS level course – developed by Prof. Weber in collaboration with the School of Engineering (STI) – a course now becoming the precursor of a collaborative teaching platform extended to include other EPFL Schools

• The CDM-IC seminar series Computational Social Sciences and Economics directed by Prof. Younge

• Research work by Prof. de Rassenfosse on the ‘real impact’ of academic research, measured in terms of product innovation, which places EPFL amongst innovation leaders in Europe

• The conclusion by Prof. Gruber of six years’ activity as Deputy and Associate Editor at the #1 empirical research journal in management – Academy of Management Journal

• The new Data Science for Managers Executive course, directed by Prof. Younge

• Work on the digitalisation of finance and impact of Fintech companies in this sector, conducted by Prof. Fahlenbrach and Prof. Filipovic

These are few examples and many other achievements are presented in this report.

Despite its small size, CDM is proud of its capability to offer two Master programmes and two doctoral programmes, to attain the highest academic level regarding research in its basic disciplines and to offer a rich and diversified range of Executive Education courses thanks to our EMBA, DSFM, IML, and TransformTech programmes and within the framework of SFI. Moreover, CDM continues to increase its educational offer on Campus, to start new initiatives for integration and to contribute to the E4S platform, which combines the strengths of EPFL, UNIL and IMD on the theme of Sustainable Economics and Management.

2019 was also a year in which we prepared other novelties – to be gradually revealed in 2020. One is the creation of a specific Executive Education unit within CDM, another we are particularly proud of is the launch of a BA programme Management and Finance for Future Engineers – supplementing the SHS range for Bachelor students between the second and fourth years.

To fulfil this ambitious agenda, CDM is focussing more than ever on the trilogy – Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Strategy – Operational Research and Business Analytics – Finance Economics and Mathematics. And it is counting more than ever on the admirable and professional commitment of its professors, their research teams, and the administrative staff which support them.

I extend my warmest gratitude to everyone participating in this great adventure.

Happy reading!

Prof Dominique Foray, CDM Director

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01 Foreword02 Key figures04 Highlights

06 Faculty ↦ News ↦ Focal areas ↦ Members and expertise

10 Research ↦ Publications ↦ New grants, awards & ranking ↦ Seminars

18 Education ↦ Overview ↦ Master programs ↦ Minors ↦ Doctoral programs ↦ Executive education ↦ MOOCs

26 Organizational chart27 Facts

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January 2019

New study on digitalization in the Swiss banking sectorProfessors Rüdiger Fahlenbrach and Damir Filipovic, jointly with the Swiss Finance Institute have partnered with the renowned strategy and management consulting company zeb to examine, through a representative study, the current status of digitalization within the Swiss banking sector. The main objective of the study (entitled “Digital Pulse Check 3.0 – Switzerland vs Europe”) is to determine the level of digital maturity of Swiss banks compared with the rest of Europe.

February 2019

Data science for managers courseThe College of Management of Technology has developed a 5-day course to allow managers to tackle the technical foundations for Data Science. This course organized by Prof. Kenneth Younge targets managers and professionals who need a fast and comprehensive overview of Data science and Artificial Intelligence. Given the success of the first module and the high demand, several other course modules have taken place in February and in June 2019.

May 2019

The science of science: what makes science effective?

This first seminar is part of the Computational Social Science and Economics Seminar Series launched jointly between the College of Management of Technology and the School of Computer & Communication Sciences. Prof. James A. Evans, from the University of Chicago was the first high-level guest speaker. He presented his research on the Science of Science providing insights into the conditions that drive creativity and the genesis of scientific breakthroughs. Ultimately, these insights help to develop tools and policies with the potential to accelerate discoveries and advance science.

July 2019

Creation of the Business Analytics ChairWith the nomination of a new faculty member, Prof. Negar Kiyavash, the College of Management of Technology is delighted to expand its research expertise by creating a new chair of Business Analytics. The research of this new unit will be at the interface of social science, business management and data science.

September 2019

Huge success for EPFL open doorsEPFL celebrated its 50th birthday by opening its doors to the public. The College of Management of Technology was present and welcomed the crowd of the region on several stands presenting its research and partnerships and offering games to the young public. Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse participated in an animated conference with famous journalist and science educator on the TV show “C’est pas sorcier”, Fred Courant.

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September 2019

Big success of the Minor MTE among EPFL studentsDuring the academic year 2018-19, 217 students have followed the minor MTE (Management, Technology and Entrepreneurship) to complement their technical field with management skills, attesting the MTE section's large contribution to EPFL transdisciplinary teaching.

November 2019

EPFL aims to build trust in fintechsSwissquote online bank has co-funded a new Finance and Technology Research Program, with Prof. Damir Filipovic serving as its academic director. Nowadays, there is a pressing need for better tools, more transparency, and greater trust in the financial services industry. The new research program will combine the specialist knowledge of the Swiss Finance Institute @ EPFL with insights from the School’s data scientists and digital trust experts.

November 2019

Forschungsmonitoring rankingsThe Forschungsmonitoring rankings in Business Administration and Economics established by the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) at ETH Zurich has listed eight professors of our College among the top 300 researchers. Given the size of the College, these results reflect the excellent research conducted by our faculty members.

November 2019

Artificial intelligence in finance2019 marked the 10th annual Swissquote Conference. Current research and insights on AI in finance provided by leading experts and scholars in the field were featured on the conference program. It was also an opportunity to inaugurate the new Finance and Technology Research Programme.

December 2019

UNIL, IMD and EPFL team up on sustainable management

The College of Management of Technology is proud to contribute to the new joint initiative between University of Lausanne (UNIL), International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and EPFL, the Enterprise for Society Center (E4S). Its mission is to train future managers to meet the challenges of sustainability and social responsibility, in part by leveraging the opportunities presented by digital technology. The aim of E4S will be to inspire the development of a sustainable, inclusive economic system. The first step will be the launch of a joint Master’s program.

December 2019

New hands-on graduate course links engineering and management

This first edition of a joint Masters course (“Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering”) between the School of Engineering and the College of Management of Technology exposed students to entrepreneurial challenges by designing a product to be marketed. In close collaboration with companies in the region, multidisciplinary teams of students had to propose a prototype product corresponding to a request from a company and defend it before a jury composed of Prof. Thomas Weber, Prof. Véronique Michaud, Prof. Pierre Vandergheynst and Dr Marc Laperrouza.

December 2019

Conclusion of Prof. Gruber’s appointment at the AMJProf. Marc Gruber served for six years as Deputy and Associate Editor at the #1 empirical research journal in management – The Academy of Management Journal. During his time at the journal, Prof. Gruber brought the complete editorial team to EPFL where it consulted management researchers from all across Switzerland on their research studies.

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May 2019 Professor Julien Hugonnier was named as Full Professor of Finance in the College of Management of Technology (CDM)

Nomination

July 2019 Professor Negar Kiyavash was named as Associate Professor of Business Analytics in the College of Management of Technology (CDM)

Appointment

April 2019 The Swiss Economic Institute (KOF – Konjunktur-forschungsstelle) of the ETH Zürich has appointed Prof. Dominique Foray as the new chairman of the KOF Advisory Board in 2018, for a period of four years.

Invited professors

January–May 2019 Alexander Lipton, Swissquote chair

May–June 2019 Patrick Gaulé, CEMI

Departure

August 2019 Prof. Bruno Oberle, Chair of Green Economy and Resources Governance

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Gaétan de RassenfosseAssistant Professor (Tenure Track) | Chair of Innovation and IP Policy (IIPP)

Key words: Economics of innovation | Intellectual property policy | Science of science

Ralf SeifertFull Professor | Chair of Technology and Operations Management (TOM)

Key words: Supply chain strategy | Supply chain finance | Technology network management and entrepreneurship

Christopher TucciFull Professor | Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation (CSI)

Key words: Business model innovation | Crowdsourcing, IoT, digitalization and innovation | Innovation management, technology strategy | Technology policy | Regulation of the future (IT, fintech, etc.) | Internet strategy of entrants and incumbents | Technological entry, product development, "creative destruction" | Design thinking

Thomas WeberAssociate Professor | Chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES)

Key words: Credit collections | Decision making under risk | Economics (behavioral, environmental, theory) | Engineering economy | Investment criteria | Nonlinear systems | Optimal control | Risk | Sharing economy

Philippe WieserAdjunct Professor | Chair of Logistics, Economics and Management (LEM)

Key words: Supply chain strategies | Digital supply chain | Supply chain innovation | Flows and resources optimization | Management of hospital systems | Project management

Kenneth YoungeAssociate Professor | Chair of Technology and Innovation Strategy (TIS)

Key words: Strategic management | Technology and innovation strategy | Employee mobility | New venture creation | Data science

Matthias FingerFull Professor | Swiss Post Chair in Management of Network Industries (MIR)

Key words: De- and regulation of network industries | Governance of large socio-technical systems | Infrastructure policy, business-government relations

Dominique ForayFull Professor & Director | Chair of Economics and Management of Innovation (CEMI)

Key words: Economics of innovation | Science and technology indicators | Technology policy | Knowledge-based economy | Innovation & development | Smart specialization

Marc GruberFull Professor | Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization (ENTC)

Key words: Entrepreneurship | Technology commercialization | Innovation | Strategic management | Public policy

Negar KiyavashAssociate Professor | Chair of Business Analytics (BAN)

Key words: Machine learning | Statistical decision making | Causal interference

Daniel KuhnFull Professor | Chair of Risk Analytics and Optimization (RAO)

Key words: Decision-making under uncertainty | Stochastic programming & robust optimization | Uncertainty quantification

Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute

Focal areas• Optimization• Business analytics• Entrepreneurial strategies• Management of innovation• Technology commercialization• Operations & supply chain management• Technology & IP Policy • Energy & Transport Policy

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Julien HugonnierAssociate Professor | Professor of Finance

Key words: Asset pricing theory | Dynamic corporate finance | Decision making under uncertainty

Luisa LambertiniFull Professor | Chair of International Finance (CFI)

Key words: Macroeconomics | International finance | Monetary & fiscal policy

Semyon MalamudAssociate Professor | Professor of Finance

Key words: Portfolio selection | Non-linear filtering | Liquidity and asset prices

Erwan MorellecFull Professor | Professor of Finance

Key words: Real options | Financing and capital structure decisions | Liquidity management | Risk management | Economics of innovation et corporate governance

Swiss Finance Institute

College of Management of Technology

Jean-Pierre DanthineAdjunct Professor | Professor of finance and economics & Managing Director, E4Society

Key words: Macroeconomics | Financial economics | Monetary policy

Focal areas• Asset pricing• Corporate finance• Financial economics• Financial engineering• Macroeconomics• Risk management

Pierre Collin-DufresneFull Professor | Professor of Finance

Key words: Credit & liquidity risk | Optimal asset allocation | Pricing & hedging

Rüdiger FahlenbrachAssociate Professor | Professor of Finance

Key words: Corporate finance and governance | Causes and consequences of the recent financial crisis | Banking regulation

Damir FilipovicFull Professor | Swissquote Chair in Quantitative Finance

Key words: Quantitative finance | Risk & insurance | Quantitative risk management

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Journal articles

Are the Innovation Needs of Low-Technological Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Line with Knowledge Production by Research Institutions? C. Aouinait, D. Christen, A. Kosinska, W. Andlauer, C. Carlen. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, vol 29, pp. 183-211. 2019.

The important thing is not to win, it is to take part: What if scientists benefit from participating in research grant competitions? C. Ayoubi, M. Pezzoni, F. Visentin. Research Policy, vol. 48 (1), pp. 84-97. 2019.

Effectiveness of a strategic energy reserve during the energy transition: The case of Switzerland. P. A. van Baal. Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 178359171987936. 2019.

Navigating the validity tradeoffs of entrepreneurship research experiments: A systematic review and best-practice suggestions. D. A. Grégoire, J. K. Binder, A. Rauch. Journal of Business Venturing, vol. 34 (2), pp. 284-310. 2019.

The sources of sovereign risk: a calibration based on Levy stochastic processes. S. Carre, D. Cohen, S. Villemot. Journal Of International Economics, vol. 118, pp. 31-43. 2019.

The CDS-bond basis. J. Bai, P. Collin-Dufresne. Financial Management, vol. 48 (2), pp. 417-439. 2019.

Sound at Last? Assessing a Decade of Financial Regulation. P. Bolton, S. Cecchetti, J.-P. Danthine, X. Vives. IESE Banking Initiative, CEPR Press, 2019

Dampened expectations in the Phillips Curve: A note. C. Dennery. Economics Letters. 2019.

Insurance: models, digitalization, and data science. H. Albrecher, A. Bommier, D. Filipovic, P. Koch, S. Loisel, H. Schmeiser. European Actuarial Journal, 9(2), pp. 349–360. 2019.

On the Relation between Linearity-Generating Processes and Linear-Rational Models. D. Filipovic, M. Larsson, A. Trolle. Mathematical Finance, vol. 29(3), pp. 804-826. 2019.

Unspanned Stochastic Volatility in the Multi-factor CIR Model. D. Filipovic, M. Larsson, F. Statti. Mathematical Finance, vol. 29 (3), pp. 827-836. 2019.

Empower or Thwart? Insights from Vienna and Helsinki regarding The role of public authorities in the development of MaaS schemes. M. Finger, M. Audouin. Transportation Research Procedia, vol. 41, pp. 1-16. 2019.

Strategic Objectives For State-Owned Enterprises As A Means To Mitigate Political Interference: An Empirical Analysis Of Two Swiss State-Owned Enterprises. F. Liechti, M. Finger. Annals Of Public And Cooperative Economics, vol. 90 (3), pp. 513-534. 2019.

The Effect of European Integration on Swiss Energy Policy and Governance. P. A. Van Baal, M. Finger. Politics and Governance, vol. 7 (1), pp. 6-16. 2019.

In response to ‘Six critical questions about smart spezialisation’. D. Foray. European Planning Studies, vol. 27 (10), pp. 2066-2078. 2019.

Necessity Entrepreneurship and Industry Choice in New Firm Creation. A. Nikiforou, J. C. Dencker, M. Gruber. Strategic Management Journal, vol. 40 (13), 21652190. 2019.

Painting with All the Colors: The Value of Social Identity Theory for Understanding Social Entrepreneurship. N. D. Pan, M. Gruber, J. Binder. Academy of Management Review, vol. 44 (1), pp. 213-226. 2019

Reconceptualizing necessity entrepreneurship: A contextualized framework of entrepreneurial processes under the condition of basic needs. J. Dencker, S. C. Bacq, M. Gruber, M. Haas. Academy of Management Review. 2019.

It Takes a Village to Sustain a Village: A Social Identity Perspective on Successful Community-Based Enterprise Creation. C. Hertel, S. Bacq, F.-M. Belz. The Academy of Management Discoveries, vol. 5 (4). 2019.

Ex-ante measure of patent quality reveals intrinsic fitness for citation-network growth. K. W. Higham, M. Governale, A. B. Jaffe, U. Zulicke. Physical Review E, vol. 99 (6), 060301. 2019.

"Dice"-sion Making under Uncertainty: When Can a Random Decision Reduce Risk? E. Delage, D. Kuhn, W. Wiesemann. Management Science, vol. 65 (7), pp. 3282–3301. 2019.

Regularization via Mass Transportation. S. Shafieezadeh Abadeh, D. Kuhn, P. Mohajerin Esfahani. Journal of Machine Learning Research, vol. 20 (103), pp. 1-68. 2019.

Size Matters: Cardinality-Constrained Clustering and Outlier Detection via Conic Optimization. N. Rujeerapaiboon, K. Schindler, D. Kuhn, W. Wiesemann. SIAM Journal on Optimization, vol. 29 (2), pp. 1211-1239. 2019.

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The Decision Rule Approach to Optimisation under Uncertainty: Methodology and Applications. A. Georghiou, W. Wiesemann, D. Kuhn. Computational Management Science, vol.16 (4), pp. 545-576. 2019.

Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization: Theory and Applications in Machine Learning. D. Kuhn, P. Mohajerin Esfahani, V. A. Nguyen, S. Shafieezadeh Abadeh. INFORMS TutORials in Operations Research. 2019.

Does Austerity Go Along with Internal Devaluations. L. Lambertini, C. Pröbsting. IMF Economic Review, vol. 67 (3), pp. 618–656. 2019.

Liquidity, Innovation, and Endogenous Growth. S. Malamud, F. Zucchi. Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 132 (2), pp. 519-541. 2019.

Product market competition and option prices. E. Morellec, A. Zhdanov. Review of Financial Studies, vol. 32 (11), pp. 4343-4386. 2019.

Beyond R&D: the role of embodied technological change in affecting employment. G. Pellegrino, M. Piva, M. Vivarelli. Journal Of Evolutionary Economics, vol. 29 (4), pp. 1151-1171. 2019.

Austerity in the Aftermath of the Great Recession. C. L. House, L. L. Tesar, C. Proebsting. Journal of Monetary Economics. 2019.

Are Foreigners Treated Equally under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement? G. de Rassenfosse, P. H. Jensen, T. Julius, A. Palangkaraya, E. Webster. The Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 62 (4), pp. 663-685. 2019.

Geocoding of worldwide patent data. G. de Rassenfosse, J. Kozak, F. Seliger. Scientific Data, vol. 6, p. 260. 2019.

R&D offshoring and home industry productivity. G. de Rassenfosse, R. Thomson. Industrial And Corporate Change, vol. 28 (6), pp. 1497-1513. 2019.

The procurement of innovation by the U.S. government. G. de Rassenfosse, A. Jaffe, E. Raiteri. PLoS One, vol. 14 (8), e0218927. 2019.

Buying Market Share with Supply Chain. R. Markoff, R. W. Seifert. The European Business Review. March/April 2019.

Disruption Risk Management in Serial Multi-Echelon Supply Chains. F. Lücker, S. Chopra, R. W. Seifert. Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management, vol. 12 (2-3), pp. 398-315. 2019

Is Demand Planning Ready for AI? R. Markoff, R. W. Seifert. Supply Chain Quarterly, vol. 2. 2019.

Business models and complexity. C. L. Tucci, L. Massa, G. Viscusi. Journal of Business Models, vol. 6 (1), pp. 59-71. 2019.

Discovering the discoveries: What AMD Authors’ Voices can tell us. C. L. Tucci, J. Mueller, M. Christianson, G. Whiteman, P. Bamberger. Academy of Management Discoveries, vol. 5 (3), pp. 209-216. 2019.

Public and private procurement for innovation: Openness versus protectionism. C. L. Tucci, L. Georghiou. Final Reflections of the RISE Group. Brussels: European Commission, pp. 8-17. 2019.

The who, where, what, how, and when of market entry. C. L. Tucci, G. Markman, P. Gianiodis, T. Payne, I. Filatotchev, R. Kotha, E. Gedajlovic. Journal of Management Studies, vol. 56 (7), pp. 1241-1259. 2019

On the Exact Gevrey Order of Formal Puiseux Series Solutions to the Third Painlevé Equation. A. Parusnikova, A. Vasilyev. Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems, vol. 25, pp. 681–690. 2019.

Big Data Use and Challenges: Insights from Two Internet-Mediated Surveys. E. Rossi, C. Rubattino, G. Viscusi. Computers, vol. 8 (4), pp. 1-15, 73. 2019.

Dynamic Credit-Collections Optimization. N. Chehrazi, P. W. Glynn, T. A. Weber. Management Science, vol. 65 (6), pp. 2737-2769. 2019.

Quantifying Commitment in Nash Equilibria. T. A. Weber. International Game Theory Review, vol. 21 (2), article 1940011, pp. 1–19. 2019.

Social Influence and Networked Business Interaction. R. J. Kauffman, T. A. Weber. Journal of Management Information Systems, vol. 36 (4), pp. 1040-1042. 2019.

Strategic Durability with Sharing Markets. M. Razeghian, T. A. Weber. Sustainable Production and Consumption, vol. 19, pp. 79-96. 2019.

The Advent of the Sharing Culture and its Effect on Product Pricing. M. Razeghian, T. A. Weber. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, vol. 33, article 100801, pp. 1-20. 2019.

Motivating Innovation: The Effect of Loss Aversion on the Willingness to Persist. Y. Rosokha, K. A. Younge. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2019.

Patent Citations Reexamined. J. M. Kuhn, K. A. Younge, A. C. Marco. RAND Journal of Economics. 2019.

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Conference proceedings

Analysis of a Canonical Labeling for Matching Correlated Erdos-Renyi Graphs. O. Dai, D. Cullinaand, N. Kiyavash, M. Grossglauser. Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, 2019.

Counting and Sampling from Markov Equivalent DAGs Using Clique Trees. A. Ghassami, S. Salehkaleybar, N. Kiyavash, K. Zhang. Proceedings of Thirty-third Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2019.

Database Alignment with Gaussian Features. O. Dai, D. Cullina, N. Kiyavash. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 2019.

Learning Hawkes Processes Under Synchronization Noise. W. Trouleau, J. Etesami, M. Grossglauser, N. Kiyavash, P. Thiran. Proceedings of the International Machine Learning Conference (ICML), 2019.

Learning Positive Functions with Pseudo Mirror Descent. Y. Yang, N. He, N. Kiyavash. Proceedings of Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2019.

Optimistic Distributionally Robust Optimization for Nonparametric Likelihood Approximation. V. A. Nguyen, S. Shafieezadeh Abadeh, M-C. Yue, D. Kuhn, W. Wiesemann. Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Vancouver, Canada, December 8-14, 2019.

Calculating Optimistic Likelihoods Using (Geodesically) Convex Optimization. V. A. Nguyen, S. Shafieezadeh Abadeh, M-C. Yue, D. Kuhn, W. Wiesemann. Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Vancouver, Canada, December 8-14, 2019.

Text Similarity in Vector Space Models: A Comparative Study. O. Shahmirzadi, A. Lugowski, K. Younge. Conference proceedings of IEEE-ICMLA (18th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications). arXiv:1810.00664 (2019).

PhD theses

Innovation capacity of the agricultural sector: network of productive interactions, knowledge transfer and differentiation mechanisms. C. M. Aouinait, D. Foray (Dir.), EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Towards Mobility-as-a-Service: a cross-case analysis of public authorities' roles in the development of ICT-supported integrated mobility schemes. M. U. J. Audouin, M. Finger (Dir.). EPFL, Lausanne. 2019.

Policy analysis during socio-technical energy transitions: three essays on the Swiss electricity sector. P. A. Van Baal, M. Finger (Dir.), EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Essays in Financial Economics. J. A. Blatt, S. Malamud (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Three Problems of Liquidity under Asymmetric Information. S. J. P. Carré, P. Collin Dufresne (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

A Digital Platform connecting Academia and Small Businesses: An opportunity for Knowledge Management Experiments. Q. A. Cavillier, P. Wieser (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Die multiplen Rechenschaftspflichten von öffentlichen Unternehmen gegenüber dem Staat - Eine empirische Typologie der Entstehung und des Managements inkohärenter Erwartungen. F. Liechti, M. Finger (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Three Essays in Banking and Finance. D. O. Klossner, E. Morellec (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Adversarial Analytics. V. A. Nguyen, D. Kuhn (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Numerical methods for option pricing: polynomial approximation and high dimensionality. F. Statti, D. Kressner, D. Filipovic (Dirs.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

Pricing interest rate, dividend, and equity risk. S. F. M. Willems, D. Filipovic (Dir.). EPFL Lausanne. 2019.

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Grants

Funding agency or company

Principal investigator Project

SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation

Luisa Lambertini Fiscal policy, inflation and import-export linkages

EPFL Open Science Grant

Kenneth Younge Open science using proprietary data

Sloan Foundation Gaétan de Rassenfosse

Virtual patent marking

EPFL Innogrant Semyon Malamud

Visual structure

SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation

Gabriele Pellegrino (Chair of Prof. Dominique Foray)

Production and diffusion of scientific knowledge: evidence from the dismissal of Turkish academics as consequence of the 2016 failed coup

Swiss Confederation

Valeria Superti (Chair of Prof. Dominique Foray)

Assessing the impact of circular economy on urban system's sustainability

Awards

AMR Practice Award 2019 Academy of Management for Prof. Christopher Tucci

Academy of Management Mentor Award for Prof. Marc Gruber

Fast as Lightning Prize of the Block-Sprint Hackathon for EPFL team

International Geneva Award for Gaétan de Rassenfosse

2019 EFMD Case Writing Competition – Supply Chain Management category for Prof. Ralf W. Seifert for the case "SmarterChains Workshop: Building an Industry 4.0 Transformation Roadmap"

Ranking

The Forschungsmonitoring rankings in Business Administration and Economics established by the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) at ETH Zurich has listed eight professors of the CDM among the top 300 researchers : Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Prof. Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Prof. Damir Filipovic, Prof. Julien Hugonnier, Prof. Luisa Lambertini, Prof. Semyon Malamud, Prof. Ralf Seifert and Prof. Christopher Tucci

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Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute

01.02 Dr Ariell Reshef, Paris School of EconomicsTechies, trade, and skill-biased productivity

04.02 Dr Dominique Guellec, OECDInnovation policies in the digital age

04.02 Prof. Immanuel Bomze, Univ. of ViennaRobust clustering in social networks

21.02 Prof. Frank Dobbin, Harvard UniversityDoes diversity management increase diversity? Evidence from industry and academia

28.02 Prof. Fabiana Visentin, Univ. of Maastricht & Prof. Paula Stephan, Georgia State Univ.Research talks on science funding

13.03 Prof. Paola Criscuolo, Imperial College LondonThe sequence effect on the selection of R&D projects

20.03 Prof. Samina Karim, Norheastern UniversityTask and resource bottlenecks

28.03 Prof. Michela Giorcelli, UCLABusiness-school education and its effects on manufacturing industry performance

01.04 Prof. Carina Lomberg, Technical University of DenmarkThe burnout epidemic: how burnout spreads across organizations

10.04 Prof. Sophie Bacq, Northeastern UniversityIn(conspicuous): immigration and visibility enhancing strategic choices of informal economy entrepreneurs

11.04 Swiss Logistics Day: logistics of the future, intelligent container & palette

17.04 Prof. Petra Moser, NYU SternGo North! Unintended effects of immigration quotas on science and invention

03.05 Prof. James A. Evans, University of ChicagoThe science of science: what makes science effective?

14.05 Prof. Brian Connelly, Auburn UniversityCEO dismissal: consequences for competitors

15.05 Prof. Myriam Mariani, Bocconi UniversityTrained to lead: evidence from industrial research

20.05 Prof. Elizabeth Webster, Swinburne University of TechnologyWhich industries produce most R&D external benefits?

11.06 Francesca Melillo, KU LeuvenShooting stars? Uncertainty in hiring entrepreneurs

13.06 Prof. Margaret Roberts, Univ. of California, San DiegoCensored: distraction and diversion inside China’s great firewall?

20.06 Prof. Stefan Feuerriegel, ETH ZurichEffective police patrolling: a stratified Monte Carlo tree search

03.07 Prof. Angelos Georghiou, McGill UniversityRobust optimization with decision-dependent information discovery

12.08 Prof. Erick Delage, HEC MontrealAdjustable robust optimization reformulations of two-stage worst-case regret minimization problems

05.09 Jean Pauphilet, MITInterpretable analytics for healthcare operations: new algorithms and implementation

15.08 Prof. Melvyn Sim, National Univ. of SingaporeRobust data-driven vehicle routing with time windows

10.09 Prof. Abhishek Nagaraj, UC BerkeleyThe private impact of public information: landsat satellite maps and gold exploration

17.09 Prof. Matt Marx, Boston UniversityFrom theory to practice: field experimen tal evidence on early exposure of engineering majors to professional work

18.09 Dr Rainer Widmann, Max Planck InstituteImmigrant inventors and local income taxes: evidence from Swiss municipalities

Seminar organized in collaboration with UNIL-HEC

Computational Social Science and Economics Seminar Series

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10.10 Prof. Bruno Cassiman, IESE Business School The impact of innovation on productivity: profitability and technical efficiency

16.10 Prof. Fabian Gaessler, TU MunichTraining with AI, winning against humans: evidence from chess computers

23.10 Prof. Eliana Crosina, Babson CollegeStart me up: on the construction of workspace and identity among co-located entrepreneurs

24.10 Prof. Olof Ejermo, Lund UniversityIncubators, innovation and productivity

29.10 Swiss-Belgian Conference. Challenges for an innovative society: crossing perspectives between politics, academics and industry

30.10 Dr Vivianna Fang, ETH ZurichLeader emergence in nascent venture teams: the critical roles of individual emotion regulation and team emotions

20.11 Prof. Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi Univ.Small changes with big impact: experimental evidence of a scientific approach to the decision-making of entrepreneurial firms

09.12 Dr Wei Yang Tham, Harvard UniversityScience, interrupted: how scientists respond to funding disruptions

12.12 Prof. Stefano Breschi, Bocconi UniversityThe differential impact of intra-firm collaboration and knowledge network centrality on employees’ likelihood of leaving the firm

Swiss Finance Institute

18.01 Hengjie Ai, Carlson School of Management, University of MinnesotaThe macroeconomics of announcement premium

25.01 Marco Pagano, Univ. of Naples Federico II, CSEF and EIEFCareer risk and market discipline in asset management

30.01 Java Xu, PhD candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences & Institute of Insurance Economics I.VW-HSGThe anatomy of a cryptocurrency pump-and-dump scheme

01.02 Denis Gromb, HEC ParisFinancial restructuring and resolution of banks

15.02 Karin Thorburn, Norwegian School of Economics – NHHUpfront fees and prepayment risk in bank loans

22.02 Maureen O’Hara, Cornell UniversityInnovation and informed trading: Evidence from industry ETFs

08.03 Filippo De Marco, Bocconi UniversityBanks as patient lenders: evidence from a tax reform

15.03 Erwan Quintin, Wisconsin School of BusinessAsset quality dynamics

19.03 Kornelia Fabiski, PhD candidate, SFI@EPFLWhy do CEOs pledge their own company’s stock?

22.03 Haoxiang Zhu, MITFinTech Disruption, Payment Data, and Bank information

29.3 Toni Whited, Ross School of Business, University of MichiganInformation versus investment

04.04 Jessica A. Wachter, The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaSuperstitious investors

09.04 Davide Tomio, University of VirginiaCentral bank–driven mispricing

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10.04 Ramil Zeliatdinov, Chief Risk OfficerMFE Practitioner Seminar, Litasco SA

12.04 Ron Kaniel, Simon School of Business, University of RochesterRelative pay for non-relative performance: keeping up with the joneses with optimal contracts

3.05 Neeltje van Horen, Bank of EnglandAll you need is cash: corporate cash holdings and investment after the financial crisis

10.05 Narayana Kocherlakota, Univ. of Rochester Bounds on price setting

17.05 Emiliano Pagnotta, Imperial College London Bitcoin as decentralized money: prices, mining, and network security

20.05 Peter Zweifel, University of Zurich Portability of deposits and policies: Why do banks react differently from insurers?

24.05 Dean Corbae, Univ. of Wisconsin–MadisonCapital requirements in a quantitative model of banking industry dynamics

07.06 Yufeng Wu, University of IllinoisBank market power and monetary policy transmission: evidence from a structural estimation

11.06 Erik Hapnes, PhD candidate, SFI@EPFLFront-runners: predators or liquidity providers?

14.06 Kenneth J. Singleton, Stanford UniversityLearning from disagreement in the US treasury bond market

20.06 Davide Tedeschini, Univ. della Svizzera italianaApproximate arbitrage with limit orders

28.06 Mitsuru Igami, Yale Dept of economicsMergers, innovation, and entry-exit dynamics: consolidation of the hard disk drive industry, 1996–2016

01.07 Gilles Chemla, Imperial CollegeEquilibrium counterfactuals

20.09 Florian Nagler, Bocconi UniversityInventory capacity and corporate bond offerings

01.10 Antje Berndt, Australian National Univ.Dealer Inventory, Short Interest and Price Efficiency in the Corporate Bond Market

02.10 Victor de Cagny, Senior Associate & Quentin de Toulmon, Market Micro-Structure AnalystMFE practitioner seminar – Transmarket group

11.10 Anna Obizhaeva, New Economic School, MoscowDimensional analysis, leverage neutrality, and market microstructure invariance

30.10 Stefan Pomberger, Executive Dir. & Head, Quant Group Fixed Income, Rates and CreditMFE practitioner seminar – Vontobel

01.11 Paymon Khorrami, The Univ. of ChicagoThe risk of risk-sharing: diversification and boom-bust cycles

06.11 Armand Hirt, Risk ManagementMFE practitioner seminar – BCV

08.11 Swissquote conference 2019 on artificial intelligence in finance

13.11 Francesco Mandala, Fund analyst MFE practitioner seminar – Julius Baer

22.11 Albert Menkveld, VU Univ. AmsterdamLarge orders in small markets: on optimal execution with endogenous liquidity supply

06.12 Rick Evans, University of ChicagoPublic debt, interest rates, and negative shocks

13.12 Elizabeth Anne Berger, Cornell UniversityHalf banked: the real effects of financial exclusion on firms

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Education

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Master programs

• MTE Master in Management, Technology and Entrepreneurship

• MFE Master in Financial Engineering

Doctoral programs

• EDMT Doctoral program in Management of Technology

• EDFI Doctoral program in Finance

Executive Master programs

• EPFL EMBA• Executive Master in Global Supply Chain

Management• Executive Master in Innovative Governance of

Large Urban Systems

Certificate of Advanced Studies

• Management of Biotech, MedTech and Pharma Ventures

• Healthcare Supply Chain Management (HSCA)• Global Supply Chain Management• Supply Chain Analytics and Greenbelt• Supply Chain 4.0 Innovation and Digitisation• Supply Chain 4.0 Leading Sustainable Change

Short Executive programs

• Data Science for Managers • Transform Tech – joint executive education

program IMD and EPFL• Executive Solutions Lab• Organization Design and Transformation

Workshop

↦ Overview

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gender gender

1 (3%) Mathematics2 (5%) Physics1 (3%) Chemistry & chemical engineering5 (14%) Civil & environmental engineering8 (21%) General engineering4 (11%) Mechanical engineering2 (5%) Electrical engineering & electronics4 (11%) Microengineering1 (3%) Materials science & engineering5 (14%) Computer science & com. systems2 (5%) Life sciences & technol. & bioeng.2 (5%) Others

8 (21%) Economics & finance6 (17%) Mathematics4 (10%) Physics9 (24%) General engineering2 (5%) Mechanical engineering4 (10%) Industrial engineering2 (5%) Computer science & com. systems3 (8%) Others

10 (27%) Female27 (73%) Male

7 (18%) Female31 (82%) Male

13 (35%) Switzerland20 (54%) Europe2 (5%) Asia2 (5%) Americas

5 (13%) Switzerland26 (68%) Europe5 (13%) Asia2 (5%) Africa

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MTEClass of 2018–2019

MFEClass of 2018–2019

gender gender

1 (3%) Mathematics2 (5%) Physics1 (3%) Chemistry & chemical engineering5 (14%) Civil & environmental engineering8 (21%) General engineering4 (11%) Mechanical engineering2 (5%) Electrical engineering & electronics4 (11%) Microengineering1 (3%) Materials science & engineering5 (14%) Computer science & com. systems2 (5%) Life sciences & technol. & bioeng.2 (5%) Others

8 (21%) Economics & finance6 (17%) Mathematics4 (10%) Physics9 (24%) General engineering2 (5%) Mechanical engineering4 (10%) Industrial engineering2 (5%) Computer science & com. systems3 (8%) Others

10 (27%) Female27 (73%) Male

7 (18%) Female31 (82%) Male

13 (35%) Switzerland20 (54%) Europe2 (5%) Asia2 (5%) Americas





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MTEClass of 2018–2019

MFEClass of 2018–2019

MTE • Master in Management, Technology and Entrepreneurship

MFE • Master in Financial Engineering

Master programs

• MTE Master in Management, Technology and Entrepreneurship

• MFE Master in Financial Engineering

Academic year 2018–2019 Academic year 2018–2019

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↦ Minor

7 PH Physics2 CGC Chemistry & chemical engineering5 AR Architecture22 GC Civil engineering 9 SIE Environmental science & engineering1 EME Energy management & sustainability49 GM Mechanical engineering6 EL Electrical engineering38 MT Microengineering16 MX Materials science7 IN Computer science37 SC Communication systems18 SV Life sciences & technology

7 MA Mathematics2 PH Physics4 GC Civil engineering 2 GM Mechanical engineering1 MT Microengineering9 SC Communication systems

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7 PH Physics2 CGC Chemistry & chemical engineering5 AR Architecture22 GC Civil engineering 9 SIE Environmental science & engineering1 EME Energy management & sustainability49 GM Mechanical engineering6 EL Electrical engineering38 MT Microengineering16 MX Materials science7 IN Computer science37 SC Communication systems18 SV Life sciences & technology

7 MA Mathematics2 PH Physics4 GC Civil engineering 2 GM Mechanical engineering1 MT Microengineering9 SC Communication systems



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MFE MinorClass of 2018–2019

MTE • Minor MFE • Minor

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↦ Doctoral program

2 Applications for 2019

Enrollments for 2019

115

2

Applications for 2019


129

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gender* gender*39 (43%) Female51 (57%) Male

7 (12%) Female31 (88%) Male

16 (18%) Switzerland41 (48%) Europe16 (19%) Asia3 (3%) Africa10 (12%) Americas

37 (45%) Academic41 (49%) Industry5 (6%) Public organisation

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115

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129

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gender* gender*39 (43%) Female51 (57%) Male

7 (12%) Female31 (88%) Male

16 (18%) Switzerland41 (48%) Europe16 (19%) Asia3 (3%) Africa10 (12%) Americas


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EDMT(September 2019)

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6 thesis awarded in 2019

4 thesis awarded in 2019

EDMT • Doctoral program in Management of Technology

EDFI • Doctoral program in Finance

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14 (47%) Female15 (50%) Male1 (3%) Other

10 (49%) Female11 (51%) Male

0 (0%) Female6 (100%) Male

EPFL EMBAInnovative Governance of Large Urban Systems

Global Supply Chain Management

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5 (17%) Switzerland16 (53%) Europe4 (14%) Asia3 (10%) Africa1 (3%) Americas1 (3%) Oceania



Director: Dr T. Peters Academic Director: Prof. C. Tucci

Program given since 1998, with an average of 30 students per class:• 85 ECTS credits• 16 months (40 weekdays) duration• 580 graduated students since

inception

2019 cohort 2019 cohort 2019 cohort

Director: E. Moran Academic Director: Prof. Ph. Wieser

Program given since 1993, with an average of 20 students per class:• 90 ECTS credits• 15 months (35 weekdays) duration• 850 graduated students since

inception

Director & Academic Director: Prof. M. Finger

Program given since 2014, with an average of 15 students per class:• 60 ECTS credits• 2 years duration• 35 graduated students since

inception

Executive Master programs


10 (49%) Female11 (51%) Male

0 (0%) Female6 (100%) Male





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EPFL EMBA


Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems

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Short Executive programs

Data Science for Managers

• 5-day technical Boot Camp, three times a year

• 2-day executive Fast Track, four times a year

Transform Tech Joint executive education program IMD and EPFL

• 5-day course, twice a year

Executive Solutions Lab

Organization Design and Transformation Workshop

16 (30%) Female38 (70%) Male

28 (18%) Female124 (82%) Male

DSFM Transform Tech


gender gender

152152

Applications

Enrollments

72

54

Applications

Enrollments

175

152

46 (84%) Switzerland8 (14%) Europe1 (2%) Asia

39 (26%) Switzerland72 (47%) Europe9 (6%) Asia4 (7%) Africa10 (3%) Americas1 (<1%) Oceania17 (11%) n/a

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16 (30%) Female38 (70%) Male

28 (18%) Female124 (82%) Male

DSFM Transform Tech


gender gender

152152

Applications

Enrollments

72

54

Applications

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152

46 (84%) Switzerland8 (14%) Europe1 (2%) Asia

39 (26%) Switzerland72 (47%) Europe9 (6%) Asia4 (7%) Africa10 (3%) Americas1 (<1%) Oceania17 (11%) n/a

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Certificates of Advanced Studies (CAS)

Program name Credits

Management of Biotech, MedTech and Pharma Ventures 10 ECTS

Healthcare Supply Chain Management (HSCA) 12 ECTS

Global Supply Chain Management 14 ECTS

Supply Chain Analytics and Greenbelt 14 ECTS

Supply Chain 4.0 Innovation and Digitisation 14 ECTS

Supply Chain 4.0 Leading Sustainable Change 14 ECTS

MOOC Name Professor in charge

Smart Specialization (English & French versions) Dominique Foray

Interest Rate Models Damir Filipovic

Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems Matthias Finger

Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures Matthias Finger

Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1 Matthias Finger

Global Arctic Matthias Finger

Find the right markets for your innovation – A tool for entrepreneurs and innovators for choosing which markets to play in

Marc Gruber

Building expertise on developing sustainable and resilient infrastructure Bruno Oberle

Launching New Ventures Christopher Tucci & Marc Gruber

Engineering Economy (in preparation) Thomas Weber

Social Entrepreneurship (in preparation) Marc Gruber, Julia Binder & Nettra Pan

↦ MOOCs

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Organizational chart

CDMCollege of Management of Technology

Dominique Foray

MTEIManagement of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute

Ralf Seifert

MTEMaster program in Management, Technology & Entrepreneurship

Daniel Kuhn

EDMTDoctoral program in Management,

Technology & Entrepreneurship

Thomas Weber

EDFIDoctoral program

in Finance

Erwan Morellec

SFISwiss Finance

Institute

Damir Filipovic

Central Services

Deputy: Kim Vervink / Shirit Cohen (as of Sept.)

MFEMaster program

in Financial Engineering

Julien Hugonnier

IT

Communication

Administrative Services

Finances

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↦ Personnel

Facts

↦ Expenditures

in FTEBudgetary

fundsThird party

funds Total%

women

Total staff 67.60 36.50 104.10 38%Professors 14.00 1.90 15.90 13%

Full professors 8.20 1.90 10.10 10%Associate professors 4.80 0 4.80 21%Assistant professors 1.00 0 1.00 0%

Scientific staff 38.50 27.20 65.70 34%Adjunct professors 1.50 0 1.50 0%Senior scientists / postdocs 10.95 7.75 18.70 37%PhD students 26.05 19.45 45.50 34%

Administrative & technical staff 15.10 7.40 22.50 69%Administrative staff 12.50 4.40 16.90 92%Technical staff 2.60 2.00 4.60 0%Apprentices 0.00 1.00 1.00 0%

Federal fund (dotation) 10 835 166 CHF 68.3% Executive education & MOOC 1 618 342 CHF 10.2% Sponsored chair 1 610 086 CHF 10.1% SNSF 1 253 830 CHF 7.9% Industry grants 278 362 CHF 1.8% European programs 217 034 CHF 1.4% Innosuisse (SCCER) 52 137 CHF 0.3%

Total 15 864 953 CHF 100%

68.3% Federal fund10.2% Executive education & MOOC10.1% Sponsored chair7.9% SNSF1.8% Industry grants1.4% European programs0.3% Innosuisse (SCCER)

expendituresMCHF 15.9

Contact

EPFL CDMStation 51015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 00 [email protected]

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