In the Media

"The opening of the first ELLIS Institute marks a milestone for AI research in Europe. The leading AI experts are visiting Tübingen and Stuttgart this week - and we want to continue to attract the best talent. The institute is set to become a home for excellent AI research in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe and the world."  Bernhard Schölkopf, Scientific Director of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and D-INFK professor.  

How does Switzerland deal with Kaspersky? Professor Ueli Maurer talks about the risk of security vulnerabilities in antivirus programmes. (In German)

D-INFK spin-off LatticeFlow announces key innovation to accelerate development of deepfake detection software in advance of U.S. elections. AI-generated deepfakes threaten to impact the 2024 election, while deepfake detectors become critical new tools for journalists.

D-INFK spin-off DeepJudge raised USD 10.7 million in oversubscribed Seed funding, powering its expansion to enhance team and infrastructure. Dedicated to transforming enterprise legal search, the ICT startup aims to improve client service standards and innovate business models in the legal industry.

Microsoft has followed its former employee Prof. Marc Pollefeys to Zurich. Marc is professor at ETH and heads the Mixed Reality & AI Lab in Zurich, founded by Microsoft. The lab works closely with ETH Zurich. (in German)

“The way you learn languages on Duolingo lends itself well to those two subjects. You can learn them on the phone. You kind of pick it up on the go. We do have tutorials as well, but it’s mostly learning by doing.” Severin Hacker, D-INFK Alumnus, Co-Founder and CTO Duolingo

Professor Shweta Shinde and her group have have uncovered critical vulnerabilities in the security mechanisms of AMD and Intel chips, potentially exposing sensitive data processed in public cloud environments to exploitation by hackers.

Professor David Basin and his team have developed a smartphone app that can be used to check the authenticity of documents and other items. Extracts from the debt enforcement register of the City of Zurich are being made forgery-proof as part of a pilot project.

In an interview with Supercomputing Asia, Professor Torsten Hoefler. leader of the Scalable Parallel Computing Laboratory and Chief Architect for AI at CSCS, talks about HPC education, regulation and international collaboration.