The 2014 Annual Report of the CDM is now online!
© 2015 EPFL
Learn about the achievements of the College of Management of Technology in 2014 by reading the Annual Report online.
Editorial by Christopher Tucci, Director CDM
Welcome, friends of CDM!
2014 has been a good year for the CDM. We celebrated the Ten-Year Anniversary of the CDM on 17 November, 2014, almost exactly ten years after our inauguration celebration in 2004. This year, over 600 people came to hear the Nobel Laureate Edmund “Ned” Phelps from Columbia University speaking on “Lost Dynamism and Innovation in the West: What Can Be Done?” followed by a panel on entrepreneurship and innovation with questions tweeted in live from the audience! The evening was a special occasion to not only debate intellectual topics, but to reflect on many of CDM’s accomplishments and contributions to campus life over the last ten years.
In faculty news, we have been able to attract Gaétan de Rassenfosse from the University of Melbourne to take up a position as Assistant Professor of Innovation and IP Policy. Gaetan’s work is in science and innovation policy and he is also an expert on econometric analysis of patent data. In addition to teaching Master’s and PhD courses, Gaétan has also taken over responsibility for the MTEI/ITPP Speaker Series, in which we welcome scholars from around the world who are doing cutting-edge research to give a seminar and meet with faculty, post-docs, and PhD students. Gaétan will be based in the Institute for Technology & Public Policy. It’s great to have him on board!
In the teaching area, our two Master’s programs (in Financial Engineering and in Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship) have been growing steadily while maintaining or even improving their selectivity, and our Master’s students are consistently entering the work force with the highest average salaries among EPFL Master’s students. Our placement percentages are enviable and our MTE Minor program has never been more successful on campus. So congratulations to all of the faculty, staff, post-docs, and PhD student Teaching Assistants contributing to this success! In the executive MBA area, we said goodbye to Jean Micol, who retired from his position as Executive Director of the Management of Technology (MOT) Program at the MOT graduation ceremony and again at a December reception at CDM that was attended by people from around the campus in which many stories and jokes were shared. We wish Jean all the best in his retirement and look forward to some exciting updates to the program under the Direction of Tilo Peters!
We also cemented closer ties with the Energy Center this past year in both research (we formed a team to study the Socio-Economic Impact of Energy in Switzerland jointly with the Energy Center and the College of Humanities) and outreach (we are planning some high-profile conferences and executive teaching for 2015).
I hope you enjoy reading the pages within to learn more about us, and am looking forward to continue working with our creative and hard-working team of professors, professional staff, post-docs, and students in 2015!
