In the Media
The Department of Computer Science regularly appears in the national and international media spotlight. Here, you will find a collection of articles in English and German, arranged by publication date.
Building Browser Use, going through Y Combinator and raising a $17M seed
After a failed start-up, Magnus Müller built Browser Use at ETH Student Project House, together with Gregor Žunič. Both are ETH alumni and Master in Data Science graduates. Their launch went viral, they got into Y Combinator and just raised a $17M Seed. Watch video.
A new frontier AI
In this video, Jonas Hübotter, doctoral student in the Learning and Adaptive Systems group of Prof. Andreas Krause, discusses his groundbreaking research on test-time computation and local learning.
Paulina Grnarova, CEO of DeepJudge, has won this year's SEF.Woman Award
The Swiss Economic Forum honours D-INFK alumna Paulina Grnarova as the "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" for her AI solution for law firms. (in German)
ETH Zurich ranks as fourth-best computer science university worldwide
ETH Zurich moves up to 4th place in the 2025 Times Higher Education world ranking for computer science. (in German)
Another 35 million dollars for Beekeeper
Beekeeper, the mobile platform for frontline workers, has received 35 million dollars in new funding from HSBC Innovation Banking UK. The D-INFK spin-off plans to use the investment to drive international expansion. (in German)
Polybot project advances AI-driven farming with SPRIND support
With SPRIND funding and mentorship, the AI-driven Polybot project advances autonomous farming. Prof. Bernhard Schölkopf highlights its role in tackling real-world challenges.
Is a "CERN" for AI a good idea?
A European AI center? Nationalism and bureaucracy pose challenges, says Maria Grazia Giuffreda of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre – while Switzerland leads the way. (in German)
Is AI intelligent?
Computer science Professor Bernhard Schölkopf combines history, science, and philosophy to explore what it really means for machines – and, indeed, perhaps even humans – to be intelligent. Watch talk (Starmus highlight)
The DeepSeek AI revolution has a security problem
The AI model that shocked Silicon Valley with its low cost may be doing too little on safety. Quotes from D-INFK alumnus Petar Tsankov from the ETH spin-off LatticeFlow.
AI tutors pupils - for two francs an hour
Gero Embser and Friedrich Wicke, both ETH Master's students in computer science, have developed an AI that provides tutoring in maths, German and English. In this article they explain how it works (in German).