Martin Vetterli

Swiss engineering academic, president of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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Summary

Martin Vetterli was born in Solothurn[1]. He has worked as an engineer[2], computer scientist[3], professor[4], electrical engineer[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month, #7,285 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Switzerland[8]
  • Employer: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne[9], University of California, Berkeley[10]
  • Educated at: ETH Zurich[11], Stanford University[12]
  • Doctoral advisor: Henri Nussbaumer[13]
  • Award received: ACM Fellow[14], IEEE Fellow[15], honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux[16], honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology[17]
  • Sex or gender: male[18]
  • Doctoral student: Jelena Kovacevic[19], Vivek Goyal[20], Hyung Ju Park[21], Sai-Hsueh Grace Chang[22], Steven Ray McCanne[23], Pier Luigi Dragotti[24], Antonio Ortega[25], Kannan Ramchandran[26], Michael Gastpar[27], Cormac Herley[28], Minh N. Do[29], Hayder M. Sadik Radha[30], Michael Mark Goodwin[31], Gunnar David Karlsson[32]

Why It Matters

Martin Vetterli's notable doctoral advisees include Vivek Goyal[33], a computer scientist[34], b. 2000[35], awarded the IEEE Fellow[36] and Michael Gastpar[37], a computer scientist[38], b. 1972[39].

FAQs

Where was Martin Vetterli born?

Martin Vetterli's place of birth was Solothurn[1].

What did Martin Vetterli do for work?

Martin Vetterli worked as an engineer[2], computer scientist[3], professor[4], electrical engineer[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Martin Vetterli go to school?

Martin Vetterli was educated at ETH Zurich[11] and Stanford University[12].

What awards did Martin Vetterli receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[14], IEEE Fellow[15], honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux[16], and honorary doctor of Royal Institute of Technology[17].

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  15. [16] ↑ . u-bordeaux.fr. u-bordeaux.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . kth.se. Retrieved . kth.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  28. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.

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  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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