Swiss, Born 19.2.1954 1973-78 ETH Zurich, M.S. in Electrical Engineering 1979-84 Teaching Assistant, Doctorate Student at ETH (Inst. of Mechanics) 1984 Ph.D. thesis in Mechatronics (magnetic bearings, Prof. G. Schweitzer) 1985-87 Research Engineer at Hitachi Ltd, Japan, Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory; 1987 Invited researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Precision Mechatronics, Prof. K. Ono) 1988-91 Lecturer and Senior Assistant at ETH ; co-foundation of MECOS-Traxler AG 1991-95 Toshiba Chair of "Intelligent Mechatronics" and then regular Associate Professor at The University of Tokyo (Institute of Industrial Science) 1995-present Full Professor at EPFL Lausanne on micro–robotics, biomedical robotics; 2000 Co-founder of xitact SA, Morges (robotic surgery instrumentation & simulators) 2002-2006 President Conference of Professors and Lecturers of EPFL, member of Assemblée de l'Ecole 2006 Chairman of ISMB10 (10th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, Martigny, Switzerland) 2006 Nomination as member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)

Tate, A.J. and Shokur, S. and Bleuler,H. and Nicolelis,M.A.L. Predicting locomotor activity via neural ensemble recordings in the primary motor cortex in rats. Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Program No. 517.21.2007, San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience, 2007,Online Shokur, S and Tate, A J and Bleuler,H and Nicolelis, M A. Gait pattern prediction via bilateral neural ensemble recordings in motor cortex in rats. FENS Abstr., vol.4, 191.3, 2008 , Forum of European Neuroscience. Geneva D. Chapuis, X. Michel, R. Gasssert, E. Burdet, and H. Bleuler. A Haptic Knob with a Hybrid Ultrasonic Motor and Powder Clutch Actuator. In Worldhaptics 2007, 2007. D. Hellier, E. Samur, J. Passenger, U. Spaelter, H. Frimmel, M. Appleyard, H. Bleuler, and S. Ourselin. A modular simulation framework for colonoscopy using a new haptic device. In the 16th Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference (MMVR), Stud. health. Technol Inform., Amsterdam, 2008, IOS Press. P. Maillard, L. Flaction, E. Samur, D. Hellier, J. Passenger, and H. Bleuler. Instrumentation of a Clinical Colonoscope for Surgical Simulation. In 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, pages 70-73, 2008. E. Samur, U. Spaelter, L. Flaction, P. Maillard, R. Wuthrich, and H. Bleuler. Control of a Haptic Interface and a Micromachining Setup with an Open Source Real-Time System. In The 3rd ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, 2007. R. Gassert, D. Chapuis, H. Bleuler, and E. Burdet. Sensors for applications in magnetic resonance environments. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 13(3):335–344, 2008. Book Chapters R. Gassert, D. Chapuis, N. Roach, A. Wing, and H. Bleuler. 2-DOF fMRI-Compatible Haptic Interface for Bimanual Motor Tasks with Grip/Load Force Measurement. In: The Sense of Touch and Its Rendering, STAR 45, A. Bicchi et al.(Eds.), pp. 109–129, 2008. Wang Fei et al. Development of a Microsurgery Training System, 28th EMBC (Engineering in Medicine & Biology), IEEE, Vancouver 2008 Duratti, Wang et al. A Real-Time Simulator for Interventional Radiology, 15th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software & Technology, 2008