Martin Vetterli was president of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, succeeding Patrick Aebischer. He's a professor of engineering and was formerly the president of the National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is a public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland. Established in 1969, it has placed itself as a public research university specializing in engineering and natural sciences.