Ian F. C. Smith

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Professor Emeritus

ian.smith@epfl.ch +41 21 693 52 42 https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/honorary-professors/ph-home/smith-ian-f-c/

Citizenship: Swiss and Canadian

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Fields of expertise

Measurement data interpretation
Active structural control
Advanced computing - engineering informatics

Biography

PhD, Cambridge University, 1982

Interests
1 Active shape control for structures for deployment and where serviceability criteria governs
2 Biomimetic structures (learning, self-diagnosis, self-repair)
3 Infrastructure management support through structural identification
4 Advanced computer-aided engineering applications of stochastic optimization and search, multi-criteria analysis, system uncertainties (measurement and modelling), multi-modal approaches (combining statistics with behavior models)

More details : see https://www.epfl.ch/labs/imac/research/iansmith/

Publications

Infoscience publications

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Haindl Carvallo Mathias Christian,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Adam Bernard , Bertola Numa Joy , Drira Slah , Goulet James-Alexandre , Laory Irwanda , Moser Gaudenz , Pai Sai Ganesh Sarvotham , Pasquier Romain , Posenato Daniele , Proverbio Marco , Reksowardojo Arka Prabhata , Reuland Yves Sylvain Gilles , Rhode-Barbarigos Landolf-Giosef-Anastasios , Saitta Sandro , Sychterz Ann Christine , Vernay Didier , Veuve Nicolas Willy ,

Courses

Communication for Research Engineers

Communication proficiency is one of the most important results of a good PhD and postdoc experience and it is valued equally in academia and in industry. EPFL PhD students and postdocs are expected to have excellent written, oral and graphic skills in order to transmit their ideas effectively.