’I’ve always loved playing with circuits,’ says Andreas Burg.
'I've always loved playing with circuits,' says Andreas Burg. ©Alain Herzog/ 2020 EPFL - Science as a vocation (1). Andreas Burg is the head of EPFL's Telecommunication Circuits Laboratory (TCL). He's a keen proponent of approximate computing, a disciplined approach that prizes "good enough" over perfection. Ask most scientists what matters to them, and they'll tell you they strive for perfection, set exacting quality standards and reject rough-and-ready solutions. But Andreas Burg, an associate professor of electrical and electronic engineering, doesn't fit the mold. For Burg, "good enough" will do.
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