Ali H. Sayed appointed new dean of the School of Engineering

Ali H. Sayed, currently a distinguished professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has just been appointed as the new dean of EPFL's School of Engineering (STI). Professor Ali H. Sayed, the esteemed scientist who currently heads the Adaptive Systems Laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has just been appointed as the new dean of EPFL's School of Engineering (STI). He will succeed Professor Demetri Psaltis, who is stepping down after ten years in office. Professors Pierre Vandergheynst and Andreas Mortensen will serve as deans ad interim until Professor Sayed takes up his duties on 1 July 2017. Professor Sayed answers a few questions about his new role What will be your main priorities as dean of STI? - The engineering discipline is undergoing nontrivial transformations, with bridges to other fields becoming increasingly robust. For example, we are witnessing the convergence of electronics and biology, and of the virtual and physical worlds. We are also witnessing an expansive demand for smart structures, an increasing focus on complex systems, and the emergence of network and data sciences with significant societal implications.