Published on December 18, 2023 at 11:04. / Modified on December 18, 2023 at 12:28.
New life
From entrepreneur Nicolas Hayek to politician Nuria Gorrite to “our” national Roger Federer, immigration has fueled the development of modern Switzerland. During the holidays, The weather paints the portrait of 11 personalities who embody multiculturalism with a Swiss twist.
Heavy rain hits the facades of the CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology) on this Wednesday morning in December. Below, Lake Neuchâtel, swollen by precipitation, is on the verge of overflowing. “Our date wasn’t too early?” Andrea Dunbar immediately asks, with short blond hair and very light blue eyes. Despite her busy schedule, the one who has long led the multidisciplinary “Edge AI & Vision” group at the CSEM innovation center found a moment to talk about her journey. Time is running out. She then has to jump on a train to Lausanne to give an exam to her students at EPFL, where she has been teaching data science applied to business since 2017.
Her question cannot hide the English accent that she has retained even though she has lived in Switzerland for twenty years. Before settling in French-speaking Switzerland, Andrea Dunbar made her first big move, from New England (in the northeast of the United States) to the United Kingdom. Born in 1973 in New Hampshire, she moved to the London area at the age of 9 and a half.
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2023-12-18 11:36:45
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