Director of the Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland F/M

Role Description The Idiap Research Institute invites applications for the position of Institute Director. The successful candidate will also receive an academic affiliation at the EPFL School of Engineering. The Idiap Research Institute ( is an independent, not-for-profit research institute of national importance, academically affiliated with the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Geneva. Accredited and funded by the Federal Government, the State of Valais, and the City of Martigny, Idiap has for the last 35 years been developing outstanding research, education, and technology transfer activities in multiple areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI). With an annual budget of CHF 17 M and approximately 170 researchers and collaborators, Idiap is today a key Swiss research institute in multiple AI fields, including machine learning (deep learning, foundation models, agentic AI), human-centered AI (social computing, multi-modal processing, robotics), dig...