Engineering
Martin Vetterli
Engineer and president of EPFL
Born 1957
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Martin Vetterli works on wavelets and signal processing, the mathematics behind image compression and sampling. As president of EPFL he has expanded its research into health and climate while pushing open access to scientific results.
Key achievements
- President of EPFL since 2017
- Wavelet research behind JPEG 2000 and medical imaging
- Led the Swiss National Science Foundation, 2013–2016
Universities
Lausanne, on Lake Geneva
Professor of communication systems and president of the institution since 2017.
Stanford, California (next to Palo Alto)
Took a master's degree in electrical engineering in 1982.
Berkeley, California
Professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences before returning to Switzerland.
Facts
- His work on wavelets underlies the JPEG 2000 image format and much of modern medical imaging.
- He co-authored a textbook on signal processing that he released free online.
- Under his presidency EPFL opened the Rolex Learning Center's research extensions and expanded its campus network across Switzerland.
Photographs
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