News and events

New book by Prof. Solange Ghernaouti on cybersecurity
Solange Ghernaouti, Professor at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne, and an international expert in cybersecurity and cyberdefence, has just published a book on analysing cybersecurity risks and implementing solutions, called “Cybersécurité: Analyser les risques, mettre en œuvre les solutions”.

Les recherches de la Prof. Stéphanie Missionier et l’ouvrage du Prof. Jean-Claude...
Allez savoir! est le magazine de l'Université de Lausanne qui sort trois fois par année. Au sommaire de la dernière édition, découvrez une interview de la Prof. Stéphanie Missionier autour de ses recherches concernant les séances et leur efficacité. Y figure également le livre Chemin de l’in(ter)disciplinarité: Connaissance, corps, langage, écrit par un groupe informel de professeur·e·s de l’UNIL dont le Prof. Jean-Claude Usunier.

Best Paper Award to Gaël Bernard and Professor Periklis Andritsos at ADBIS 2019
Gaël Bernard, PhD student in the Department of Information Systems and Periklis Andritsos (former professor of Big Data & Analytics at HEC Lausanne, now at University of Toronto) won the best paper award at ADBIS 2019.

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.

New appointment at HEC Lausanne: Professor Benjamin Mueller
Professor Benjamin Mueller will join the Department of Information Systems at HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne on February 1st, 2019, as an Associate Professor.