In the Media

Whether in science, film or everyday applications: Without artificial intelligence, many things would no longer work today. What role does AI play in science? How can the Swiss economy utilise artificial intelligence for new innovations? And in which areas is AI already being used unnoticed? An interview with ETH professor and Disney research director Markus Gross and Catrin Hinkel, CEO of Microsoft Switzerland. Language: German/Swiss German  

In a blog post published by Torsten Hoefler, ISC 2025 Program Chair and ETH Professor for Computer Science, he shared his thoughts on the year ahead, highlighting the pivotal role of AI-HPC convergence in advancing computational capabilities and the exciting potential of reaching Zettascale computing, particularly for AI-driven workloads and traditional HPC applications.

After 100 years, a breakthrough that many had stopped believing in came about thanks to an unusual approach: an algorithm provides extremely fast solutions for complex networks. Read article (in German), written by Dr Maximilian Probst Gutenberg, established researcher in the group of Prof. Rasmus Kyng, D-INFK

The new hires, all experts in computer vision, are the latest AI researchers to jump to a direct competitor in an intensively competitive talent market. Zhai, Beyer, and Kolesnikov all live in Zurich, according to LinkedIn, which has become a relatively prominent tech hub in Europe. The city is home to ETH Zurich, a public research university with a globally renowned computer science department. (D-INFK)

Is the Swiss economy being left behind in AI? Switzerland is considered the most innovative country in the world - but is lagging behind when it comes to AI, according to a Cisco study. Leading scientists in the country explain why the accumulated knowledge is not reaching companies. (Alex Ilic, Managing Director ETH AI Center). Article in German.

Google is already here, OpenAI and Anthropic are coming. The crème de la crème of the AI industry is settling in Zurich. There are several reasons for this success - and a father (ETH alumnus Urs Hölzle). Article in German.

Google celebrates 20 years in Switzerland. It started with a handful of employees, today there are 5,000. ‘We've done a lot here,’ says Urs Hölzle. The computer scientist and ETH alumnus was one of the very first ten employees and founded the Swiss site 20 years ago. Read article in German.

Professor Torsten Hoefler joins Shahin and Doug for a lively discussion on his vision of HPC-AI’s present and future, which he calls “The Age of Computation.”

In a recent publication in Nature Communications, researchers from the Tumor Profiler consortium - among others Professor Gunnar Rätsch from our department - combined single-cell multi-omics and functional profiling for 21 AML patients to reveal resistance mechanisms to the Bcl-2 inhibitor venetoclax and identify emerging treatment vulnerabilities.