The document provides information about the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO). HES-SO has over 18,000 students across 27 schools in 7 cantons. It has about 10,000 employees across 6 education fields offering bachelor's, master's and continuing education courses. The Information Systems Institute at the Sierre School of Management offers bachelor's and master's degrees in software development, system architecture, and business/economics. The TechnoArk in Sierre is a technology park that brings together about 60 SMEs, start-ups and 4 research institutes employing over 480 people in information and communication technology fields.

1. University of applied Sciences western Switzerland
School of management - Sierre
Information Systems Institute
Prof. Laurent Sciboz - June 6th 2014

2. HES-SO in brief
• More than 18,200 students
– The largest UAS in Switzerland
• 27 schools in 7 cantons
• About 10,000 employees
– The equivalent of more than 3,000 full-time positions
• 6 Education fields
• 41 Bachelor degree programs
• 16 Master degree programs
• 170 recognized continuing education courses

3. Information Systems
• Bachelor & Master Degree Courses
– Software Development
– System Architecture
– Business & Economics

4. http://tinyurl.com/sierre2013

6. Sierre, a software factory

7. HES-SO Valais-Wallis
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LE VALAIS, PREMIER POLE DE SUISSE DEDIE
AUX TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMATION
Le TechnoArk développe des opportunités d’affaires liées aux
nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication,
en particulier dans le domaine de l’Internet des objets.
Il favorise les synergies entre les instituts de recherche et
les entreprises, afin de développer des solutions
informatiques innovantes.
Pôle technologique créé en 1989 à l'initiative d'entrepreneurs
sierrois, le TechnoArk réunit aujourd'hui quelques 60
PME, start-up et 4 instituts de recherche. Plus de 480
personnes créent la dynamique de ce site unique en Suisse.

8. HES-SO Valais-Wallis
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Sur ce site, les PME et les start-up profitent également des
services:
Incubateur: un encadrement professionnel au démarrage de
projets d’entreprises
Accélérateur: un accompagnement à la valorisation des
technologies
Innovation: un soutien au développement d’innovation
d’affaires
LE VALAIS, PREMIER POLE DE SUISSE DEDIE
AUX TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMATION

9. A Software Factory
SME
(jobs)
Incubator Ra&D
TechnoArk
Influence on SME
economic development
Process
start-up  SME
Attraction for ICT Start-Up
Economic
growth
Industrial
reputation
Innovation
reputation
Attraction for
start-up
"co-sourcing"
Research
partner
Spin-Off
Technopole
Image
Start-
Up locaux
480 emplois
60 entreprises

10. 52 Entreprises
480 Emplois
Media/communication
Technologique
Services
NTIC
PME
Pôletechnologique Pôle technologique

11.  310 projets de Ra+D et transfert de technologie
 10.3 mio CHF de fonds obtenus
 85 chercheurs et collaborateurs scientifiques
 92 publications scientifiques
 Projets de recherche
 Internationaux EU FP7
 Nationaux CTI - Hasler – FNS Nano Terra
 Open Innovation pour grandes entreprises
 RA+D pour PME (CTI)
Progression - 2013 : résultats des instituts d’informatique

12. eHealtheEnergy
BPM
Cloud Computing
Data Intelligence
Ergonomy, Usability
Intelligent Agents
Internet of Things
Medical Information
Processing
Semantic Web
Software Engineering
eGov ERP eServices
15 years of applied research

13. Royaume-Uni
University College of London
University of London
Imperial college of Science,
Technology and Medicine
The University of Sheffield
Irelande
Dublin City University
Pays-Bas
Motek Medical
Portavita BV
Stichting Vu‐Vumc
Technische Universiteit Delft
Universitair Medisch
Centrum Utrecht
Belgique
Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven & University Hospital
Luxembourg
University of Luxembourg
France
CNRS
Ecole des Mines d’Albi
ELDA
INRIA
RunMyProcess
Gnúbila France
Italie
Biomolecular Research Genomics
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
Istituto Gianna Gaslini
Lynkeus
Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
Slovénie
Jozef Stefan Institute
Allemagne
Empirica Gesellschaft für Kommunikations
und Technologieforschung
Fraunhofer‐Gesellschaft zur Förderung
der Angewandten Forschung
Bodytel Europe
Deutsches Forshungzentrum
für künstliche Intelligenz
Institute of Robotics and
Mechatronics
SIEMENS AG
Univerität Duisburg-Essen
University of Heidelberg
Pologne
Medical University of Lodz
République Tchèque
Charles University
Autriche
Medizinische Universität Wien
Technische Universität Wien
Society of Physicians in Vienna
Roumanie
Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov
Bulgarie
Ontotext
Servie
Ericsson
Grèce
Athena Research and
Innovation Center in Information
Espagne
Atos Research Spain
Universidad de Murcia
Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality
European collaboration (2014)

14. InternationalNational
Industrial and economic
partners

15. eHealth unit HES-SO in Sierre
Henning Müller
Michael Schumacher

16. A successful team!
• 1st place at the BHI 2014 Student Best Paper
Rapid Fire Session
– “Multi Atlas-Based Segmentation with an Intensity
Feature Refinement” by Oscar A. Jiménez del
Toro and Henning Müller

18. Prof. Michael Schumacher

19. • Context of an aging society and an increasing number
of patients with chronic diseases
• Shift of paradigm is needed towards a sustainable
management of health, in order to enhance:
– Early detection and prevention of diseases
– Healthy behaviors & nutrition
– Patient empowerment & health literacy
– Seamless and coordinated care
– Chronic disease management
– Socially integrated care and independent living
– Rehabilitation
Motivation:
Sustainable Health

20. Inter-disciplinary
Center for Sustainable
Health Technology

21. • Molecular diagnostic assay and systems development
• Sensor developments & integrated devices
• eHealth applications & data analysis
• Healthy food
Strategic Axes