جستجوی استاد راهنمای دانشگاهی

• Seismology
• Geothermal Energy
• Hydraulic Stimulation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Linus Villiger is a Senior Scientist at the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on seismology, geothermal energy, and induced seismicity, with expertise in software/hardware development for high-frequency data acquisition and analysis of hydraulic stimulation experiments. He holds a PhD from ETH Zurich (2020) and has led research projects on geothermal reservoir stimulation and seismic monitoring. Education 2023–present: Senior Scientist at ETH Zurich/SED 2021–2022: Postdoc at ETH Zurich/SED 2016–2020: PhD in Seismology and Geothermal Engineering (ETH Zurich/SED) 2013–2015: Master's in Sustainable Energy Engineering (Chalmers University/Iceland) 2008–2011: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering (Northwestern Switzerland) Research Interests Dr. Villiger specializes in hydraulic stimulation experiments , geothermal energy systems , and seismic monitoring . His work integrates hardware/software development for high-frequency data acquisition, analysis of induced seismicity patterns, and characterization of fractured rock reservoirs. Key projects include the BedrettoLab underground facility and Grimsel Test Site stimulations. Grants & Advising He leads EU/CH-funded research projects and supervises student projects (Master level). His work emphasizes scalable reservoir stimulation protocols and risk assessment for geothermal development. Labs & Teams Affiliated with the Swiss Seismological Service (SED), collaborating on large-scale geoscience infrastructure like the Bedretto Underground Laboratory and Grimsel Test Site.

• Paleontology
• Turtle Evolution
• Fossil Morphology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Walter Joyce is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research focuses on turtle paleontology, evolutionary morphology, and phylogenetic systematics with an emphasis on Mesozoic and Cenozoic taxa. He specializes in the study of fossil turtle anatomy using advanced imaging techniques like CT scanning, and has made significant contributions to understanding turtle phylogeny, biogeography, and morphological evolution. Key research interests include: Fossil turtle systematics Anatomical evolution of turtle shells and skulls Phylogenetic relationships of major turtle clades Integration of morphological and molecular data Historical biogeography of reptiles Publications demonstrate expertise in: Cretaceous-Paleogene turtle diversity Mesozoic turtle faunas of Europe and North America Evolutionary transitions in turtle morphology Methodological innovations in fossil description His work bridges paleontology and comparative anatomy, with frequent use of 3D modeling and quantitative morphometric analyses. Current research includes projects on turtle phylogeny refinement and fossil turtle ecology.

Sven Helmerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Database Systems
• Big Data Analytics
• Semantic Computing
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Sven Helmer is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Zurich. Previously held positions include Associate Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London. He obtained his PhD from the University of Mannheim. Research Focus: Database technology, big data analytics, query optimization, and distributed systems. Key interests include scalable indexing, time series analysis, and semantic computing. Recent Publications: Work spans query optimization, graph data structures, and educational methodologies in data science. Dominant themes include scalability in database systems and algorithmic innovations for dynamic data. Awards: Distinguished Reviewer Award, ICDE'20 Best Paper Award, ADBIS'17 Best Teacher Award 2013 Contact: Binzmühlestrasse 14, CH-8050 Zürich. Office BIN 2.E.09. Email: helmer@ifi.uzh.ch. Phone: +41 44 635 67 28.

• Asset Pricing
• Macroeconomics
• International Finance
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Can Gao is an Assistant Professor of Asset Pricing at the School of Finance (SoF-HSG), University of St. Gallen, where he has been on the tenure track since 2023. He is also affiliated with the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, the Swiss Finance Institute, and the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE in Frankfurt. Prior to his current position, he held a Visiting Fellowship at the London School of Economics and worked in the financial industry in London. He currently holds visiting fellowships at Collegio Carlo Alberto, CEMFI (Madrid), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). His research focuses on asset pricing, international finance, and macro-finance. Key topics include fiscal policy analysis via cointegration models, risk preferences in FX markets, and market sentiment dynamics. Recent work explores stationary fiscal ratios to assess government fiscal health and employs option prices/consensus forecasts to estimate risk aversion in currency markets. He also examines long-term bond risks and systemic FX risk through portfolio-based frameworks. His academic contributions span over 10 years, with early work in mathematical physics (wave equations) transitioning to financial economics. Notable collaborations include projects with John Campbell, Ian Martin, and Pasquale Della Corte. His research has been presented at leading institutions such as the NBER Summer Institute, European Finance Association conferences, and central banks including the ECB, BoE, and Bank of Canada. Gao co-organizes the St. Gallen Financial Economics Workshop , fostering collaboration among junior European researchers. Supported by organizations like the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Canadian Derivatives Institute, his work bridges theoretical models with empirical analysis of financial markets, central bank policies, and macroeconomic factors.

Johanna Franziska Gollnhoferمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Marketing
• Sustainable Marketing
• Consumer Behavior
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Johanna Franziska Gollnhofer is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), leading the Institute for Marketing and Customer Insight (IMC-HSG) alongside Profs. Reinecke and Tomczak. Her research focuses on qualitative methodologies like ethnography, exploring topics such as sustainable marketing, consumer trends in food markets, retail innovation, healthcare industry dynamics, and the sharing economy. Her academic journey includes a PhD from the University of St.Gallen and prior work as an assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark. She has published in top-tier journals including Journal of Consumer Research , Journal of Business Research , and Journal of Public Policy & Marketing . Key research themes include: (1) Strategies to drive green consumption through marketing, (2) Tensions between authenticity and monetization in social media, (3) Consumer movements addressing food waste and ethical consumption, and (4) Retail and healthcare industry adaptations to emerging consumer behaviors. Notable projects include analyzing German food market dynamics, exploring decluttering behaviors in households, and investigating grassroots responses to economic challenges. Her work bridges theoretical insights with practical implications for businesses and policymakers. Laboratory/Team: Director of the IMC-HSG, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams on consumer-centric research initiatives. Active in public discourse through media appearances (SRF, Tagesschau Podcast) and industry consultations.

• Public Finance
• Macroeconomics
• Optimal Taxation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dominik Sachs is a Professor of Macroeconomics and Public Finance at the Department of Macroeconomics and Public Finance, University of St. Gallen. His research focuses on optimal taxation, public finance, social policy, and economic inequality. He explores issues such as fiscal policy design, wealth redistribution, and the impacts of policies on labor markets and social welfare. His recent work analyzes topics like child-related gender inequality in Germany, carbon tax rebates, and the fiscal implications of childcare subsidies. He has also examined how tax systems can address rising inequality and pandemic-related fiscal pressures. Sachs critiques and proposes reforms to tax deductions and wealth-income taxation frameworks to enhance social welfare and economic equity. His articles often emphasize Pareto-improving reforms and optimal policy design, with a focus on Germany’s fiscal system. Despite his prolific output, no notable scientific awards are mentioned in the provided texts. His research is distributed across leading journals and platforms like the Alexandria Research Platform, reflecting his engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of public finance.

• Intergenerational Justice
• Economic Equity
• Public Sector Economics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Paolo Giovanni Piacquadio is an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), specializing in intergenerational justice, equity principles, and public policy design. His work bridges economic theory with ethical considerations, particularly in taxation, social welfare functions, and sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. and is affiliated with the ERP-HSG research group. Research focuses on fairness in policy design, intergenerational equity, and the ethical dimensions of economic decisions. Key themes include optimal taxation frameworks, poverty measurement, and the balance between equity and efficiency across generations. His publications span topics from intergenerational discounting to voluntary power transitions in political systems. Current research emphasizes ethical frameworks for addressing climate change and socioeconomic disparities.

Nicoletta Fornaraمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Artificial Intelligence
• Multiagent Systems
• Normative Multiagent Systems
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Nicoletta Fornara is a Lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication (ITDxC) within the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano. Her research focuses on normative multiagent systems, artificial institutions, and semantic web technologies applied to regulate autonomous agents and empower individual sovereignty. She holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from USI (2003) and a cum laude M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Milan (1995). Her roles include Scientific Coordinator of the Institute for Communication Technologies at USI and Co-Chair of the W3C ODRL Community Group. She has led or co-led multiple grants, including projects on generative AI in education (2024), automatic monitoring of norms (2018-2023), and web data collection frameworks (2013-2015). She has served on program committees for AAMAS, IJCAI, and ECAI, and her work spans over 50 peer-reviewed publications in journals like AI Communications and Artificial Intelligence Review. Her teaching spans digital technologies for communication at USI since 2000, database courses at Politecnico di Milano (2005-2020), and roles at SUPSI (2010-2011). She has coordinated international projects under EU COST Actions and Swiss National Science Foundation grants, advancing policy modeling and semantic web applications in multiagent systems.

Ernst-Jan Camiel Witمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Network Data Science
• Statistics
• Data Science
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Ernst-Jan Camiel Wit is a Full Professor of Statistics and Data Science at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland. He serves as Director of the Institute of Computing and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Informatics. He holds PhDs in Philosophy (1997, Penn State) and Statistics (2000, University of Chicago). His research focuses on high-dimensional inference, network modeling, and statistical network science with applications in biosciences, ecology, and social sciences. He led the European COST Action COSTNET (2015-2020), uniting 500 researchers across 34 countries. Currently, he directs SNSF projects on sparse network inference and innovation dynamics, and co-leads the EU Periscope project modeling pandemic side-effects. He advises the Dutch Ministry on electoral statistics and co-founded the Data Science and Systems Complexity Center at Groningen. Education: PhD in Philosophy, Penn State University, 1997 PhD in Statistics, University of Chicago, 2000 Research Interests: Network Data Science High-dimensional statistical inference Applications in ecology, epidemiology, and social sciences Grants & Projects: SNSF projects on sparse network inference (2019-2023) and innovation dynamics (2020-2024) EU Periscope project on pandemic side-effects modeling Former leadership of the Medical Statistics Unit at Lancaster and Mathematics Department at Groningen Awards & Leadership: President of the European Bernoulli Society Founding member of the DSSC Center (Groningen) Academic Service: Member, Board of Directors, International Biometrics Society Past President, Dutch Biostatistics Society His Statistical Computing Laboratory at USI develops methodologies for network analysis in life sciences and ecology, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. The lab includes 2 postdocs and 6 PhD students, focusing on projects like species diversification models, gene therapy safety, and pandemic impact analysis. He teaches advanced courses on text generation and statistical computing, contributing to USI's Data Science and Big Data masters programs.

Michael Böhlenمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Data Management
• Temporal Databases
• Data Warehousing
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Michael Böhlen heads the Database Technology Group at the University of Zurich's Department of Informatics. His research encompasses time-varying information systems, data warehousing architectures, similarity search algorithms, and analytical data processing techniques. His work has technological focus areas including data-centric system construction, query processing optimization, data modeling frameworks, and distributed database architectures. He maintains active collaborations with healthcare and industrial partners through projects like MEDAN (Medical Data Warehousing and Analysis).

Raphael Marschallمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Planetary Science
• Astrophysics
• Cometary Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Raphael Marschall is a planetary physicist and post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange of the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France). Previously, he worked at the Southwest Research Institute (USA) and the International Space Science Institute (Switzerland), completing his PhD in Planetary Science at the University of Bern. His research focuses on small Solar System bodies, including comets and asteroids, with a particular emphasis on understanding their evolution and formation through analysis of spacecraft data from missions like Rosetta and Lucy. Education : PhD in Planetary Science, University of Bern (2017) Research Interests : Cometary and asteroidal activity Protoplanetary disk evolution Planetesimal formation mechanisms Collisional dynamics of minor bodies His work integrates observational data with advanced modeling to explore how small bodies preserve clues about the early Solar System. Recent projects include studying comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s coma and proposing the ORIGO mission concept to investigate primordial planetesimals. Publications : Recent work spans cometary composition analysis, protoplanetary disk modeling, and mission concepts. Key themes include refractory-to-ice ratios in comets, inflationary disk phases, and collisional strength of Jupiter Trojans. These studies contribute to understanding how planetesimals formed and evolved in the early Solar System. Grants & Labs : Involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, including ESA mission proposals like ORIGO. No specific grants or lab affiliations listed in current texts.

Sanidhya Kashyapمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Computer Science
• Systems Software
• Data-intensive Systems
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Sanidhya Kashyap is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Robust Large-Scale Systems Software Laboratory (RS3LAB) within the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He holds joint appointments in the Systems and Networking (SIN) and Software Engineering (SSC) teaching units under EPFL's IC Faculty. Affiliation: EPFL IC IINFCOM RS3LAB Location: INN 240, Station 14, Lausanne, Switzerland His research focuses on robust systems software design for large-scale environments, with teaching expertise in: Computer systems (operating systems & networks integration) Data-intensive systems Advanced operating systems He currently supervises six doctoral students while maintaining active research and teaching roles.

Patrick Thiranمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Network Science
• Wireless Networks
• Machine Learning
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Patrick Thiran is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, affiliated with the School of Computer and Communication Sciences and the Department of Computer Science. His research focuses on network science, wireless networks, machine learning, and complex systems. Laboratoire de la dynamique de l'information et des réseaux Chair in Communication Systems Teaching: Modèles stochastiques pour les communications, Networks out of control His work explores the fundamental properties of wireless networks , source localization in large-scale networks , and network tomography . Recent publications demonstrate expertise in graph neural networks, epidemic modeling, and stochastic optimization. His 15 most recent publications show consistent contributions to network science, machine learning, and wireless communications, with a focus on graph algorithms , source localization , and network dynamics . Key subfields include metric dimension , community detection , and Bayesian optimization . He has advised numerous PhD students including Elahi Sepehr, Fua Raphaël Andrew, and Kuroda Daichi, reflecting his significant contributions to graduate education and research mentorship.

• Constraint Programming
• Numerical Optimization
• Artificial Intelligence
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Jamila Sam is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC). She holds positions in the Systems and Infrastructure (SIN) and Communication Systems (SSC) departments, focusing on teaching and research. Her roles include membership in the Conference of the Teaching Staff (CCE) and administrative responsibilities within EPFL’s academic structure. Her research interests revolve around constraint programming, numerical optimization, and distributed systems, with a particular emphasis on interval analysis, constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs), and algorithm design. She has contributed to advancements in numerical methods, global optimization, and distributed constraint satisfaction protocols such as backjumping and dynamic ordering techniques. Jamila Sam has authored and co-authored over 30 publications, including works on interval propagation, branch-and-prune strategies, and clustering techniques for numerical problems. Her articles span topics like directed acyclic graphs for constraint solving, approximation methods for non-linear systems, and distributed algorithms for collaborative design. In teaching, she instructs courses such as Introduction to Programming , Object-Oriented Programming , and Information, Calculation, Communication , though these course sheets are pending validation. Her academic contributions also extend to administrative roles, including membership in EPFL’s CCE, which oversees teaching policies and staff coordination.

Michal Friedmanمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Systems
• Concurrent Computing
• Programming Languages
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Michal Friedman is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, specializing in systems, concurrent computing, programming languages, and sustainable computing. He leads research on designing system fundamentals across software and hardware to enhance performance and efficiency in next-generation computing platforms. Prior to ETH, he completed a postdoc at the same institution and earned his Ph.D. from the Technion under Prof. Erez Petrank, focusing on concurrent data structures for non-volatile memories. Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science (Technion, advised by Erez Petrank), BSc Summa Cum Laude (Technion). Awards include the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Postdoctoral Award (2022), Blavatnik Prize (2021), and Azrieli Fellowship (2018–2021). His work spans persistent memory systems, concurrent algorithms, and energy-efficient computing. Key contributions include PCcheck (ML checkpointing), Dirigent (serverless orchestration), and foundational research on non-volatile memory correctness conditions. He has authored over 15 papers in top conferences like ASPLOS, SOSP, and VLDB, and serves on program committees for systems and programming languages venues.