nanoscience, zero-power research and advanced ICT headed by Ionescu (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne) and Prof Christofer Hierold (ETH Zurich). The project assembles a pan-European network - 28 academic, R&D and industrial partners from 13 European countries - to create intelligent and autonomous systems serving individuals in their daily lives. It will meet the technological challenge of weaving together energy efficient information processing, sensing, communication and energy harvesting. The project goal is to develop environmentally-friendly, battery-free technologies for these electronic personal assistants, so that they will harvest their own energy rather than requiring an external power source. The GA flagship project will show the feasibility and functionality of devices in three pre-defined generations of demonstrators: physical, environmental and emotional domains. The applications are based on the concept of a smarter life, e.g. a lifestyle that benefits from the instant availability of relevant information, more interconnectedness between devices fitted with all sorts of sensors, and intuitive usability. E2SWITCH The Nanolab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is coordinating new European research project dubbed E2SWITCH. The project has revealed details about its plans to develop a next-generation chip technology called tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs). The project also includes IBM, Forschungszentrum Jülich, the University of Lund, ETHZ, Imec, CCS, SCIPROM and IUNET. The project has been funded for up to 4.3 million euros over 42 months The main goal is to try to reduce the consumption of electrical devices at the core level such as transistors and nanowires. By reducing the operating voltage of each device, the overall consumption will be greatly reduced. Xsensio Technical advisor and CSO of Xsensio SA. Honors and awards Outstanding Achievement Award of Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences in 2015 Recipient of the IBM Faculty Award in Engineering in 2013. Elected expert of the Swiss Technical Academy of Sciences, Switzerland, 2012. Certificate of Excellence in Future Emerging Technologies of the European Commission, FET Flagship Ceremony organized the European Commission, Budapest, May 3‐4, 2011. André Blondel Medal 2009: for remarkable contributions to the progress in engineering sciences in the domain of electronics from the Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SEE, Paris), France. Elected Member of Scientific Committee of the Cluster for Application and Technology Research on NanoElectronics in Europe, (CATRENE): 2008 – now. Elected Member of European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC), Academic representative of Switzerland (Europe): 2006 – now. Elected Member