Farewell to one of the pioneers of the IC School
Prof. Martin Hasler
Honorary professor Martin Hasler will give his Lecture of Honor before his retirement on the 1st of April – the story of 36 years at EPFL, the last ten at IC, a School he contributed to creating.
“Veni – feci - vidi: 36 years of activity and observation at the EPFL” will be the theme of Professor Hasler’s Lecture of Honor on April 1st. More than just a reference to the famous sentence pronounced by Julius Cesar in 47 B.C., it is an occasion to honor an emeritus member of the School and someone who knew how to leave his mark on the history of EPFL.
Martin Hasler was indeed a researcher and professor, but he was also most certainly a leader. It was he who, succeding Professor Neirynck at the head of his laboratory, directed and brought about the fusion of the computer science and syscom departments in 2001. In 2002, Hasler was the IC ad interim Dean and contributed, among other things, to the hiring of Willy Zwaenepoel, the first IC Dean recruited from outside EPFL walls.
Back to the future
Coming from the world of theoretical physics and natural sciences in 1974, professor Hasler started his career in electricity as professor Neirynck’s first assistant. He was then director of the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory (LANOS) from 1998 to 2011. He is, among others, an IEEE fellow and was member of the research council for the Swiss National Science Foundation.
During his career, professor Hasler “witnessed the lightning-quick ascension of EPFL and the development of the syscom discipline,” which began at EPFL in 1992 and is “an increasingly important domain for the future considering the boom of complex networks and social networks on the internet.” The invitation is open for April 1st for almost 40 years of EPFL history in the company of Martin Hasler.
Professor Martin Hasler’s Lecture of Honor:
April 1st 2011, auditorium CO1 at 5:15 pm
Registration at http://ic.epfl.ch/lecture-honor-Hasler-en