Bertrand Meyer

Bertrand Meyer is a Professor of Software Engineering and Provost at the Constructor Institute of Technology in Schaffhausen, Switzerland (since 2018). He previously held the Chair of Software Engineering at ETH Zurich (2001-2016) and has been Chief Architect at Eiffel Software (since 2001) and President of Informatics Europe (since 2005).

• Education: Doctorat ès Sciences (Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, 1985)
• MS in Computer Science (Stanford University, 1974)
• Engineer’s degrees (École Nat. Sup. Télécommunications, École Polytechnique, Paris)

Research Focus: Bertrand Meyer’s work spans software engineering, object-oriented programming, and formal methods. His research emphasizes practical applications of software verification, testing, and concurrent programming, with a strong commitment to computer science education and software development environments.

Scientific Awards:

• 2011: ERC Advanced Investigator Grant
• 2010: Harlan Mills prize of the IEEE
• 2009: ACM Fellow
• 2007: ACM Software System award
• 2006: Doctorate Honoris Causa (ITMO University)
• 2005: Senior Dahl-Nygaard prize
• 1998: Jolt Award
• 1991: Election to Académie des Technologies