Jean-Daniel Nicoud

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

[1] He obtained a degree in physics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1963.

His laboratory, LAMI (LAboratoire de Micro-Informatique), developed the Smaky computer,[2][3] in addition to the optical computer mouse,[4][5][6][7] an update of the traditional kinetic mouse invented by Douglas Engelbart.

He left the EPFL in August 2000 and is actively innovating in his private company, DIDEL,[8] 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.