Electrical Engineering (IEL, Giovanni De Micheli) Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IGM, Thomas Gmür) Institute of Materials (IMX, Michaud Véronique) Institute of Microengineering (IMT, Olivier Martin) Institute of Bioengineering (IBI, Matthias Lütolf) School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC, Claudia R. Binder) Institute of Architecture Civil Engineering Institute Environmental Engineering Institute School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC, Rüdiger Urbanke) Algorithms & Theoretical Computer Science Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Computational Biology Computer Architecture & Integrated Systems Data Management & Information Retrieval Graphics & Vision Human-Computer Interaction Information & Communication Theory Networking Programming Languages & Formal Methods Security & Cryptography Signal & Image Processing Systems School of Life Sciences (SV, Andrew Oates) Bachelor-Master Teaching Section in Life Sciences and Technologies (SSV) Brain Mind Institute (BMI, Carmen Sandi) Institute of Bioengineering (IBI, Melody Swartz) Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC, Douglas Hanahan) Global Health Institute (GHI, Bruno Lemaitre) Ten Technology Platforms & Core Facilities (PTECH) Center for Phenogenomics (CPG) NCCR Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases (NCCR-SYNAPSY) College of Management of Technology (CDM) Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL (CDM-SFI, Damir Filipovic) Section of Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CDM-PMTE, Daniel Kuhn) Institute of Technology and Public Policy (CDM-ITPP, Matthias Finger) Institute of Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CDM-MTEI, Ralf Seifert) Section of Financial Engineering (CDM-IF, Julien Hugonnier) College of Humanities (CDH, Thomas David) Human and social sciences teaching program (CDH-SHS, Thomas David) EPFL Middle East (EME, Dr. Franco Vigliotti) Section of Energy Management and Sustainability (MES, Prof. Maher Kayal) In addition to the eight schools there are seven closely related institutions Swiss Cancer Centre Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) Centre for Advanced Modelling Science (CADMOS) École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) Campus Biotech Wyss Center for Bio- and Neuro-engineering Swiss National Supercomputing Centre Notable people Presidents The school had directors from 1853 to 1969. In 1969, the school was separated from the rest of the University of Lausanne and became a federal institute. The presidents are: Maurice Cosandey (1969–1978) Bernard Vittoz (1978–1992) Jean-Claude Badoux (1992–2000) Patrick Aebischer (2000–2016) Martin Vetterli (2017–) Professors Alumni Guy Berruyer (chief executive of Sage Group) Mattia Binotto (team principal of Scuderia Ferrari) Aart de Geus (chairman, founder and CEO of Synopsys) George de Mestral (electrical engineer, inventor of Velcro) Eric Favre (inventor of Nespresso, the first single-serve coffee container) André Gorz (Austrian-French philosopher and economist) Daniel Borel (co-founder of Logitech) Franck Riboud (CEO of Danone) André