Faculty
"If you survive this, then nothing will stop you"
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In this series of interviews, we talk to three people who decided to pursue an academic career after studying computer science and are now working as professors. In the second part, Niao He talks about the challenges of the academic path, what it means for her to be a good teacher and how working as an assistant professor has also boosted her self-confidence.
Torsten Hoefler featured in People of ACM
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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!
Standing ovation at the 13th edition of the Swiss Day for Computer Science Education
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Under the leadership of Professor Dennis Komm, the 13th Swiss Day for Computer Science Education (STIU) took place at ETH Zurich on 12 June 2024. The event, organised annually by the Centre for Computer Science Education (ABZ), provides a platform for computer science, mathematics, and physics teachers as well as primary school teachers to exchange ideas with researchers. It aims to inspire and introduce exciting teaching concepts for computer science.
"AI helps us to grasp more and more complex facts"
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His dissertation in biophysics led Joachim Buhmann into the then still exotic terrain of machine learning in the mid-1980s. Since 2003, when he became an ETH professor, he has helped shape the explosive development of his field. It is not technical progress that worries him, but how society deals with it. Shortly before his retirement, he looks back on his academic career, in which, in addition to teaching and research, administrative functions have also been of great importance.
"I want to build bridges between people and machines"
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The ongoing development of artificial intelligence is often presented as a race between humans and machines. ETH professor Menna El-Assady takes a different approach: as head of the Interactive Visualization and Intelligence Augmentation Lab at ETH Zurich, the young scientist wants to develop an AI that can be used interactively and that shapes its capabilities only in collaboration with humans.
Faculty at the Department of Computer Science
Mind the GAP! Getting Academic Positions Interview Series
Would you like to know more about transitioning from a doctorate or a postdoctoral research position to a faculty position? In the interview series "GAP: Getting Academic Positions", young faculty members from ETH Zurich and other universities share their experiences and insights about this process.
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