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SUMMARY:Honorary Lecture - Prof. Bertrand Merminod
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DESCRIPTION:Prof Bertrand Merminod\nDate: 28 February 2023\nTime: 18:00 
 – 19:45\nIntroductions by the Dean\, lectures by Prof. François Golay a
 nd Prof. Bertrand Merminod. Followed by an Apero.\nPlace: Rolex Learning C
 enter\nZoom link\n\nTitle:\n“Reliability between instinct and ethics”\
 n\nAbstract\nAs we meet again\, sometimes after a long break\, I wish neit
 her to invent\, a common thread of the past nor to describe the future. 
 We have the opportunity to share some emotions\, which have influenced 
 our activity\; for example\, when the intentional degradation of the Amer
 ican GPS satellite signals was stopped\, delaying the European Galileo pr
 ogramme by a decade. Land surveyors strive to detect blunders before they 
 take effect. Often\, this approach frightens\, because it is perceived as
  an obsession when actually\, humbly taking our weaknesses into account is
  at stake. The mathematical concept of reliability stemming from geodesy 
 has acquired legal status in some countries\, however\, it hardly gains re
 cognition in other domains\, whereby it covers humanistic notions\, which 
 are welcome in teaching.\n\n\nAbout the speaker\nSince 1995\, Bertrand Mer
 minod has been professor at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne 
 (EPFL). He teaches topography and geodesy to civil and environmental engin
 eers. With the advent of new types of sensors for positioning\, research h
 as shifted towards navigation\, mainly on the development of algorithms to
  process data from heterogeneous sources. He studied at EPFL\, and special
 ised later in satellite positioning at University of New South Wales in Sy
 dney\, Australia. He has held positions in consulting engineering offices 
 and in technical assistance programmes dealing with geodetic networks for 
 deformation monitoring or for mapping. He worked also with industry to mar
 ket a navigation system for aerial photography.\n\n\n 
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240 https://epf
 l.zoom.us/j/65289101234
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