Honorary Lecture - Prof. Bertrand Merminod
Event details
| Date | 28.02.2023 |
| Hour | 18:00 › 19:45 |
| Speaker | Prof Bertrand Merminod |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture |
| Event Language | French, English |
Date: 28 February 2023
Time: 18:00 – 19:45
Introductions by the Dean, lectures by Prof. François Golay and Prof. Bertrand Merminod. Followed by an Apero.
Place: Rolex Learning Center
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Title:
“Reliability between instinct and ethics”
Abstract
As we meet again, sometimes after a long break, I wish neither 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 American GPS satellite signals was stopped, delaying the European Galileo programme 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 recognition in other domains, whereby it covers humanistic notions, which are welcome in teaching.
About the speaker
Since 1995, Bertrand Merminod has been professor at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He teaches topography and geodesy to civil and environmental engineers. With the advent of new types of sensors for positioning, research has shifted towards navigation, mainly on the development of algorithms to process data from heterogeneous sources. He studied at EPFL, and specialised later in satellite positioning at University of New South Wales in Sydney, 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 market a navigation system for aerial photography.
Time: 18:00 – 19:45
Introductions by the Dean, lectures by Prof. François Golay and Prof. Bertrand Merminod. Followed by an Apero.
Place: Rolex Learning Center
Zoom link
Title:
“Reliability between instinct and ethics”
Abstract
As we meet again, sometimes after a long break, I wish neither 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 American GPS satellite signals was stopped, delaying the European Galileo programme 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 recognition in other domains, whereby it covers humanistic notions, which are welcome in teaching.
About the speaker
Since 1995, Bertrand Merminod has been professor at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He teaches topography and geodesy to civil and environmental engineers. With the advent of new types of sensors for positioning, research has shifted towards navigation, mainly on the development of algorithms to process data from heterogeneous sources. He studied at EPFL, and specialised later in satellite positioning at University of New South Wales in Sydney, 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 market a navigation system for aerial photography.
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- SSIE - Christina Treier
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- SSIE - Christina Treier