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Andrea Dunbar

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CTO at CSEM
📍 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Andrea Dunbar serves as the CTO of CSEM and is EPFLs first Professor of Practice, specializing in data, AI, and digital transformation. With a PhD in Physics from Trinity College Dublin, she leads technological advancements in Edge AI and intelligent vision systems. Colleagues describe her as brilliant, clever, and a fantastic team player.

Inspired by her entrepreneurial mothers advice to "work hard and not limit yourself," Andreas philosophy is to choose interesting challenges over easy paths. Born in the US and raised in England, her early experiences shaped a strong character that guides her professional and academic endeavors.

Before embarking on her distinguished career in physics and AI, she briefly worked in finance at Lloyds of London.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Priorities

Topics Andrea cares about

Edge AI & Vision
She formerly led CSEM's Edge AI & Vision group and played a key role in building the Swiss TinyML community, focusing on ultra-low-power machine learning solutions.
AI for Good
A frequent speaker at AI for Good summits, her work focuses on using technology to address major challenges, from diagnosing neurological diseases to improving pilot safety.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
CTO
CSEM
2-2017 - 12-2024
Head of Sector Edge AI and Vision
CSEM
6-2011 - 2-2017
Project Manager
CSEM
8-2023
Professor of Practice
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
1-2017
Graduate Teaching
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
In the press

Media appearances

CSEM Appoints Andrea Dunbar as New Chief Technology Officer. Featured in CSEM Press Release
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Andrea Dunbar du CSEM : « L’IA ne doit pas être au cœur de la stratégie des entreprises ». Featured in Le Temps
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Education
2015 - 2016
MoT eMBA
EPFL
1998 - 2002
PhD
Trinity College Dublin
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