Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute

Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse promoted to Associate Professor

Published:04.05.22 — The College of Management of Technology is proud to count Prof. de Rassenfosse as a new member of its tenured professors. He tells us about his journey from Assistant Professor to his promotion by the ETH board in March 2022 as Associate Professor.

EPFL EMBA participants connecting with EPFL labs for a Digital day

Published:02.05.22 — Our EPFL EMBA participants experienced a special Digital Day on campus, changing from their usual classroom learning. They spent the day visiting labs and learning about robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) with Prof. Auke Ijspeert, Prof. David Atienza and the teams of their respective labs.

Is The 25 Billion Dollar Eigenvector Robust Enough?

Published:25.04.22 — Dr. Anna Timonina-Farkas & Prof. Ralf Seifert have a article forthcoming in the prestigious "Operations Research", an FT 50 Journal.

New Method of Machine Learning with Interpretability Constraints

Published:05.04.22 — Dr. Michael Mark and Prof. Thomas Weber’s most recent paper, on “Optimal Recovery of Unsecured Debt via Interpretable Machine Learning,” published in Machine Learning with Applications, develops a method to incorporate domain knowledge directly into a reinforcement-learning agent. The new tool is tested on the problem of credit collections, for which an optimal solution is known, so that the augmented learning performance can be compared to an established benchmark. A key observation is that interpretability in the form of monotonicity constraints may be imposed without significant loss in performance. The paper was also co-authored with Prof. Naveed Chehrazi (Olin Business School) and Huanxi Liu who participated in an Excellence Research Internship at EPFL, hosted by the Chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy, while pursuing his bachelor’s degree at UC San Diego.

Presenting new faculty member Andreas Fuster

Published:09.03.22 — Prof. Andreas Fuster was appointed Associate Professor and joined EPFL in summer 2021 at the Swiss Finance Institute @EPFL. As the newest faculty member, he has accepted to answer a few questions.

Top place for 13 faculty members in the Forschungsmonitoring rankings

Published:18.02.22 — The Forschungsmonitoring rankings in Business Administration and Economics established by the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) at ETH Zurich has listed 13 professors of the College of Management of Technology among the top 200 researchers for their publications in leading academic journals, reflecting the excellence and strong academic impact of the research carried out in the School.

EPFL Professor named Editor-in-Chief of Academy of Management Journal

Published:16.02.22 — In early 2022, the prestigious Academy of Management Journal announced that EPFL Professor Marc Gruber would become its Editor-in-Chief, the 23rd in its over 60-year history. This is the first time a scholar with a European-based PhD has been appointed to this position, and only the second time that the editorship for the journal is based at a European institution.

Congratulations to Michael Mark for his PhD!

Published:31.01.22 — In January 2022, Michael Mark received his doctorate in Management of Technology with his dissertation on “Self-Exciting Point Processes: Identification and Control” under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Weber. In addition to his advisor, Michael’s examination committee included the founder of the field of self-exciting point processes, Prof. Alan G. Hawkes (Swansea University), as well as Prof. Didier Sornette (ETH Zurich), Prof. Damien Challet (EPFL & CentraleSupélec), and Prof. Daniel Kuhn (EPFL) who presided. Michael’s public defense took place on January 21 at EPFL, in the presence of the EPFL community, together with friends and family.

Is research in Switzerland condemned to growth?

Published:18.01.22 — Is it worth it for a small country like Switzerland to lead this incessant "race for size" to remain competitive in science?

Daniel Kuhn appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Mathematical Programming

Published:11.01.22 — As of 1 January 2022, Daniel Kuhn was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Mathematical Programming Series A and B.