Jean-Daniel Nicoud (born 31 August 1938), is a Swiss computer scientist, noted for inventing of a computer mouse with an optical encoder and the CALM (Common

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for microprocessors). He obtained a degree in physics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1963. Around 1965, he became interested in logical systems. He obtained his PhD at the EPFL in 1970 and became a professor in 1973. His laboratory, LAMI (''LAboratoire de Micro-Informatique''), developed the

Smaky The Smaky is a line of mostly 8-bit personal computers and accompanying operating system developed by Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and others at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland beginning in 1974. The computers ...

computer, in addition to the optical computer mouse, an update of the traditional kinetic mouse invented by

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. The Khepera mobile robot was also developed at the LAMI. He left the EPFL in August 2000 and is actively innovating in his private company, DIDEL, especially in the area of miniature ultralight aircraft (below 10 g airplanes). His airplane was used in a publication that received a best paper award in IROS 2006 conference.

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Smaky history from ''A History of Computing in Switzerland''Prof. Jean-Daniel Nicoud @ EPFLDIDEL - Slow flyers, microrobots and educational kits for technical schools and hobby roboticians
Swiss computer scientists 1938 births Living people École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne faculty École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne alumni {{Switzerland-scientist-stub

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