Short news: 2022

Scanning the environment with a camera and interactively creating a virtual 3D model? Researchers from the Computer Vision and Geometry Group at D-INFK receive funding from the Sony Research Award Program to advance their pioneering computer vision methods.

The Department of Computer Science is looking to fill tenure-track positions in the fields of Visualisation, Educational Technology, and Computer Security, specifically in the areas System and Network Security as well as Software Security and Formal Methods. The closing date for applications is 8 January 2023.

Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., a pioneer in the field of computer science and an honorary doctor of D-INFK, passed away on November 17, 2022, at the age of 91. As a recipient of the A.M.Turing Award, the US National Medal of Technology and numerous other awards, Brooks was one of the most respected people in the field of computer science.

The term "high-​performance computer" already implies a high energy demand. Energy efficiency is therefore a central consideration in the procurement and use of supercomputers at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS).

Beekeeper, a spin-off from the Department of Computer Science, has raised 50 million US dollars in its most recent round of funding. The Beekeeper platform helps companies connect with "deskless" frontline workers.

The International Committee of the Red Cross aims to create a digital emblem to distinguish the computer systems of medical and humanitarian facilites and to protect them from cyberwarfare. The Center for Cyber Trust, which includes three D-INFK research groups, is developing the necessary technologies.

Eight students from the Department of Computer Science have been awarded with an Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) scholarship. The scholarship allows them to develop to their full potential and to focus on their studies and research. Congratulations!

PD Dr. Andreas Mueller from University Hospital Basel and Dr. Barbara Solenthaler from the Computer Graphics Laboratory at D-INFK are combining medicine and computer graphics to improve pre-surgical cleft lip and palate treatment.

LatticeFlow, a spin-off from the Department of Computer Science, raises $12M to eliminate computer vision blind spots. The company helps machine learning teams improve their AI vision models by automatically diagnosing issues and improving both the data and the models themselves.