Olivier BurdetNé en 1960, Olivier Burdet a reçu son diplôme en génie civil de l'EPFL en 1983. Après quelques années dans la pratique, il a fait une thèse de doctorat à l'Université du Texas à Austin, qu'il a terminée en 1990.
De retour à l'EPFL depuis 1990, il est acutellement adjoint scientifique et chargé de cours dans le domaine des structures, en béton en particulier. Il est très engagé dans l'enseignement sur Internet.
Pierre-André FarinePierre-André Farine received the Doctoral and Engineering Degrees in Microtechnology from University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, respectively in 1984 and 1978, and the Engineering in Microtechnology from ETS Le Locle in 1974.
He was working 17 years for the Swiss watch industries (Swatch Group), including developments for high-tech products, such as pager watches, watches including integrated sensors such as pressure, compass, altimeter and temperature sensors for Tissot. He was also involved in prototypes developments for watches including GPS and cellular GSM phones.
Since 8 years, he is Professor in Electronics and Signal Processing at the Institute of Microtechnology IMT, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Full professor at EPFL since January 1st, 2009, he works in the field of low-power integrated products for portable devices, including microelectronics for wireless telecommunications, UWB and GNSS systems. He is Head of the Electronics and Signal Processing Laboratory ESPLAB of the EPFL IMT-NE. His laboratory works also for video and audio compression algorithms and their implementation in low power integrated circuits.
