Department of Information Systems (DESI)

New appointment at HEC Lausanne: Prof. Michalis Vlachos
Professor Michalis Vlachos joined the Department of Information Systems at HEC Lausanne (UNIL) on June 1, 2019, as a Full Professor. An expert in business analytics, data mining and recommender systems, Prof. Vlachos will notably teach these subjects in the "Data Mining and Machine Learning" course of the Master's program in Information Systems.

Yves Pigneur appointed Honorary Professor at HEC Lausanne
Yves Pigneur, the author of the best-selling management book, “Business Model Generation”, and a truly leading expert on the international stage, has just been made an Honorary Professor after a 35-year career in teaching and research at HEC Lausanne (UNIL). All staff at the School congratulate him on his brilliant academic career and would like to express their gratitude to him for everything he has achieved.

Automatisation et robotisation de la banque et des services financiers: importance...
C’est lors du séminaire organisé début avril par le Bank Innovation Competence Center (BAICC) de la Faculté des HEC (UNIL) que plusieurs intervenant·e·s ont mis en évidence l’importance du facteur humain en tant que facteur clé de succès, dans la mise en place de technologies de robotisation et d’automatisation des services financiers.

Des étudiant·e·s de HEC Lausanne conçoivent des solutions sociétales en Inde
Douze étudiant·e·s volontaires, dont certain·e·s de la Faculté des HEC de l'Université de Lausanne, ont passé 10 jours à développer et tester, dans le cadre du programme pilote India Switzerland Social Innovation Camp (INSSINC), quatre solutions aux problèmes quotidiens auxquels sont confrontés les résidents de Bangalore. Cependant, les fruits du travail des étudiant·e·s vont au-delà des prototypes eux-mêmes.

5th edition of the CHIC: Discover the four connected device projects
The 5th edition of the China Hardware Innovation Camp (CHIC) got started in October of 2018 with four new innovative projects, including two in the medical field. The various teams – made up of students from HEC Lausanne (University of Lausanne), EPFL and ECAL – are currently working on perfecting the outlines of their respective projects with the aim of producing the prototype of their connected devices next summer in China.