In this series of interviews, we talk to three people who decided to pursue an academic career in computer science and are now working as professors. In the third installment, Ana Klimovic discusses the freedom she enjoys in academia, the value of close interactions with industry for her research and what it takes to transition from a doctorate to being a professor.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) at ETH Zurich, founded in 1994 and still led today by Professor Markus Gross. CGL celebrated this milestone last week with a symposium attended by numerous guests and former members of the lab. It was an opportunity to reflect on CGL’s legacy, discuss current hot topics and look to the future.
Rasmus Kyng has written the near-perfect algorithm. It computes the maximum transport flow at minimum cost for any kind of network – be it rail, road or electricity – at a speed that is, mathematically speaking, impossible to beat. The superfast algorithm solves a key question in theoretical computer science and lays the foundation for efficiently computing very large and dynamically changing networks in the future.
Twelve people with ties to the Computer Graphics Lab shared their thoughts on what Markus Gross and CGL mean to them on the occasion of the lab's 30th anniversary.
Two IT Olympiads took place at the end of June: the Central European and the Western European. Switzerland entered a team in both competitions and won three gold medals.
Professor Torsten Hoefler from the Institute for High Performance Computing Systems has been featured in the latest "People of ACM". These "People of ACM" bulletins cover ACM members whose personal and professional stories are a source of inspiration for the larger computing community. Congratulations!
Professor Barbara Solenthaler and her co-authors were awarded the prize in the category Theoretical Computer and Information Sciences. The Frontiers of Science Award is given every year to recent papers recognised for a major breakthrough in their fields. Congratulations!
Benjamin Bichsel, a doctoral student in the Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab, has been honoured with the prestigious ACM SIGPLAN John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award in the area of programming languages. Congratulations!
ETH spin-off Anapaya, which markets the SCION network architecture developed at ETH Zurich, has agreed a partnership with the Indian IT consulting group Tata Consultancy Services. The aim is to offer solutions for the financial and telecommunications industries as well as for the healthcare and retail sectors. (in German)
The global market leader for drone software is now a US company, supports Ukraine - and has gained ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt as an investor. Article in German (D-INFK spin-off Auterion, Alumnus and CEO Lorenz Meier)
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed lightning-fast algorithms for solving complex network flow problems, which can be used to tackle dynamic networks that change quickly, such as molecules or the brain in biology, or human friendships. (Prof. Rasmus Kyng, Maximilian Probst Gutenberg an co-authors).
