Spotlights
Articles showcase the heart of the Computer Science Department: exceptional individuals, ground-breaking research, a strong focus on key topics and current projects, along with an inherent dedication to the development of computer science.
Ana Klimovic wins EuroSys Jochen Liedtke Young Researcher Award
Professor Ana Klimovic, who leads the Efficient Architectures and Systems Lab at ETH Zurich, has been honoured with the prestigious EuroSys Jochen Liedtke Young Researcher Award. The award was created in 2014 by ACM EuroSys to reward junior European researchers who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and innovation in systems research. Congratulations!
Apple scholarship for Haofei Xu
Haofei Xu, doctoral student in the Computer Vision and Geometry Group of Prof. Marc Pollefeys, is among the 2025 recipients of the Apple Scholars in AIML PhD fellowship. The Apple Scholars in AIML PhD fellowship programme supports emerging leaders in academic research. Congratulations!
Welcome, Vera Traub
Vera Traub will assume her position as Associate Professor in April. In this interview, she discusses the aspects of her role that are particularly important to her, the real-world applications of the Travelling Salesman Problem, and shares a piece of advice for first-year students.
Readying robots for new tasks
The ETH spin-off Flink Robotics wants to revolutionize the handling of packages. Its founders Moritz Geilinger and Simon Huber, both former computer science students, have developed software that allows robots to work together and quickly take on new tasks.
Super-fast computers for AI: Torsten Hoefler awarded prestigious ACM Prize
Torsten Hoefler wins the prestigious ACM Prize in Computing for his pioneering work in high-performance computing. The fact that supercomputers have become so powerful that AI models can be trained very quickly with very large volumes of data is partly down to his research.