Marcel Salathé

Professor EPFL, Co-Director EPFL AI Center

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

About

I'm a scientist, an author, an educator and an entrepreneur. My main interests are in AI / machine learning, nutritional and digital epidemiology. For more about me, see my CV at https://www.digitalepidemiologylab.org/team/marcel-salathe

Experience

  • École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (10 yrs 11 mos)
    • Co Director EPFL AI Center
      Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Associate Professor
      Aug 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 11 mos

    • Academic Director Extension School
      Mar 2016 - Apr 2021 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      I was the founder an initial academic director of the EPFL Extension School. Its goal was to bring high tech digital skills to the world with online education, but the brand is now used today for the entirety of the EPFL continued education offering.

  • Co-Founder at AIcrowd
    Nov 2018 - Nov 2023 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    AIcrowd enables data science experts and enthusiasts to collaboratively solve real-world problems, through challenges.

  • Vice Chairman at ITU Focus Group AI for Health
    Jul 2018 - Apr 2019 · 10 mos

    ITU & WHO have started a joint effort “AI for Health” to develop a benchmarking process of AI algorithms used in health. Goal: to create a standardized assessment framework with open benchmarks for the evaluation of AI-based methods for health. The benchmarks are aimed to become international standards and serve as guidance for the assessment of AI4H algorithms. Details: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ai4h/Pages/default.aspx.

  • Assistant Professor of Biology at Penn State University
    Jul 2010 - Jul 2015 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    I was the head of a research group at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, where I helped establish the new research area of Digital Epidemiology.

  • Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2014 · 6 mos