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The foundation M\u00e9moires Informatiques works for the preservation of computer-related heritage.<\/h3>\n

Created on 9 March 2007 by Swiss Computer science enthusiasts and pioneers, the foundation M\u00e9moires Informatiques aims to preserve and enhance the value of the computer heritage. The foundation manages Mus\u00e9e Bolo, the search for sponsors and support to setting up museum’s projects.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_button button_color=”color-195201″ outline=”yes” border_width=”1″ display=”inline” top_margin=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.museebolo.ch%2Fen%2Fsupport-us%2Fmake-a-donation%2F|title:Faire%20un%20don” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”190991″]Support our action[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″]Foundation[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”213802″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”color-206210″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121120″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”65″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”194056″]<\/p>\n

Current members<\/h2>\n

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C\u00e9dric Gaudin<\/h4>\n

Ing\u00e9nieur informaticien EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Passionn\u00e9 depuis toujours d\u2019informatique et d\u2019\u00e9lectronique, C\u00e9dric est ing\u00e9nieur et con\u00e7oit des ordinateurs depuis plus de 15 ans pour l\u2019industrie, en particulier l\u2019a\u00e9ronautique. Sa rencontre avec la petite \u00e9quipe \u00e0 l\u2019origine du mus\u00e9e a lieu lors de ses \u00e9tudes en informatique \u00e0 l\u2019EPFL. D\u2019abord membre de l\u2019association Les amis du Mus\u00e9e Bolo, il en devient le Pr\u00e9sident en 2007.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”138328″]<\/p>\n

Alwin Dieperink<\/h4>\n

Ing\u00e9nieur informaticien EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Il a re\u00e7u sa premi\u00e8re calculatrice \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 6 ans et a appris \u00e0 programmer sur des cartes perfor\u00e9es sur les CDC de l’EPFL. D\u00e8s le gymnase, il entre en contact avec le monde des SMAKY pour lequel il travaillera durant ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l’EPFL. Il y obtiendra son dipl\u00f4me d’ing\u00e9nieur informaticien. Depuis plus de 30 ans, il est fid\u00e8le \u00e0 ELCA o\u00f9 il officie actuellement comme expert en bases de donn\u00e9es. C’est l\u00e0 qu’il a crois\u00e9 le chemin d’un certain… Yves Bolognini.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”106037″]<\/p>\n

Rafael Corval\u00e1n<\/h4>\n

Ing\u00e9nieur en informatique temps r\u00e9el.
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Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9cole Centrale Paris en tant qu\u2019ing\u00e9nieur en informatique temps r\u00e9el, il a travaill\u00e9 d\u2019abord en tant que consultant puis en tant que directeur informatique d\u2019Edipresse puis de Tamedia avant de rejoindre l\u2019EPFL en tant que Directeur du Domaine des Syst\u00e8mes d\u2019Information \u00e0 l\u2019EPFL. Il a rejoint le conseil de fondation en 2021 en tant que repr\u00e9sentant de l\u2019EPFL.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”130671″]<\/p>\n

Vincent Keller<\/h4>\n

PhD en informatique.<\/em><\/p>\n

Il a obtenu son Master en informatique \u00e0 l’UNIGE et son doctorat en 2008 \u00e0 l’EPFL dans les domaines HPCN et HPC Grids. Ses recherches portaient sur l’analyse des applications HPC, les grilles de calcul et les clusters, ainsi que sur l’efficacit\u00e9 \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique des grands \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes informatiques. D\u00e9put\u00e9 au Grand Conseil Vaudois depuis 2015, il est actuellement enseignant en informatique au gymnase de Beaulieu, \u00e0 Lausanne.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”163281″]<\/p>\n

Julien Pilet<\/h4>\n

Ing\u00e9nieur informaticien EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Co-fondateur du groupe de d\u00e9momaker Calodox, docteur EPFL en vision par ordinateur, il a travaill\u00e9 chez Google puis a fond\u00e9 plusieurs start-ups. Passionn\u00e9 par l’informatique, il l’applique dans de nombreux domaines: g\u00e9n\u00e9ration graphique proc\u00e9durale, optimisation de voiliers de r\u00e9gate, microscopie \u00e9lectronique, cartographie, reconstruction 3D \u00e0 partir de photos ou de vid\u00e9os. Il rejoint l’association au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 2000 et la fondation en 2022.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”213802″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”color-206210″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”80″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”206604″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”157183″]<\/p>\n

Consultant<\/h2>\n

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Yves Bolognini<\/h4>\n

Ing\u00e9nieur informaticien EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yves Bolognini se passionne pour l’histoire de l\u2019informatique depuis plus de vingt ans. D\u2019abord collectionneur, il fonde en 2002 le Mus\u00e9e Bolo, premi\u00e8re exposition permanente du genre en Suisse. En 2007, il cr\u00e9e la fondation M\u00e9moires Informatiques qui a pour but de sauver un patrimoine pr\u00e9cieux et de raconter la r\u00e9volution num\u00e9rique et en devient le pr\u00e9sident. Il quitte la pr\u00e9sidence en 2020, et r\u00e9duit peu \u00e0 peu ses activit\u00e9s au mus\u00e9e pour se consacrer \u00e0 son autre passion, les arts du cirque.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”213802″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”color-206210″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”65″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Founding Members<\/h2>\n

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Yves Bolognini<\/h4>\n

Computer Science Engineer EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

He has been collecting old computers since 1995. In 2001, he founded Mus\u00e9e Bolo.<\/p>\n

Initiator of the foundation, he is its president.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Edouard Forler<\/h4>\n

Computer Science Engineer EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

Specialist in embedded architectures, he is co-founder of Mus\u00e9e Bolo.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Niklaus Wirth<\/h4>\n

Honorary Professor of the ETHZ
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He is the inventor of the Pascal language and the Lilith workstation, rich in innovative concepts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Jean-Daniel Nicoud<\/h4>\n

Physics engineer, <\/em>
\nhonorary professor at EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

He was head of the microcomputing laboratory (LAMI). He is the inventor, in the mid-70s, of the Dauphin didactic microcomputer and the Smaky computer series.<\/p>\n

He is at the origin of the development of the first mice.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Daniel Mange<\/h4>\n

Electrical engineer, <\/em>
\nhonorary professor at EPFL.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jean-Marie Rouiller<\/h4>\n

Electronic engineer.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Marielle Stamm<\/h4>\n

Pioneer of the Computing press in Switzerland.<\/em><\/p>\n

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