Awards: 2021
Markus Gross appointed member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering
Professor Markus Gross, head of the Computer Graphics Laboratory at ETH Zurich and Vice President of Research for The Walt Disney Studios, has been appointed a member of acatech.
Golden Owl for Olga Sorkine-Hornung
For her excellent teaching, Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung, head of the Interactive Geometry Lab, receives the Golden Owl 2021. Congratulations!
ETH Medal for doctoral theses
Manuela Fischer, Maciej Besta and Francesco Locatello, three doctoral students from the Department of Computer Science, have won the ETH Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses.
Otmar Hilliges receives two lasting impact awards
Professor Otmar Hilliges and his collaborators have received lasting impact honours for two papers published ten years ago at the conferences IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) and ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) respectively.
Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship for Marcin Copik
Marcin Copik, doctoral student at the Scalable Parallel Computing Laboratory at the Department of Computer Science, was awarded the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship. The program aims to empower the next generation of exceptional computing research talent.
Four ETH professors receive Max Planck fellowships
ETH and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems are intensifying their partnership to promote doctoral candidates and research: ETH professors Otmar Hilliges, Thomas Hofmann, Andreas Krause and Klaas P. Prüssmann are new Max Planck fellows.
Facebook Research Award for Prof. Ana Klimovic
Professor Ana Klimovic from the Systems Group was granted the prestigious Facebook Research Award. The award aims to support innovative solutions to the challenges that still remain in the data management community.
Ten D-INFK members, alumni and spin-offs named Digital Shapers 2021
The Swiss business magazine Bilanz has published its annual list of Digital Shapers, the 100 top contributors to digitalisation in Switzerland. It includes Professor Adrian Perrig as well a number of alumni and spin-offs from the Department of Computer Science.
Research team led by Prof. Gunnar Rätsch wins 2021 SIB Bioinformatics Graduate Paper Award
Two research teams from ETH Zurich, led by Gunnar Rätsch and Karsten Borgwardt, won the 2021 SIB Bioinformatics Graduate Paper Award. Their paper is about predicting circulatory failure in the intensive care with the aid of machine learning. Congratulations!
Peter Müller receives Amazon Research Award
Professor Peter Müller, head of the Programming Methodology Group, received the prestigious Amazon Research Award for his valuable contributions in the field of automated reasoning.