D-INFK news channel
All stories by Sandra Schumacher
Plug-and-play robots for material handling
- Computational Robotics Lab
- ETH AI Center
- Spin-off
- News
Flink Robotics, a newly founded D-INFK spin-off, is crafting cutting-edge software for next-generation robots to enable automation anywhere and for everyone. Professor Stelian Coros, doctoral student Simon Huber and former postdoc Moritz Geilinger are the co-founders.
ETH Medals for Master's graduates
- Award
- Students
- Studies
Three Master's graduates from the Department of Computer Science have been awarded the ETH Medal for their outstanding performance. Congratulations!
Sessions at the AI House in Davos
- News
- ETH AI Center
From 15 to 19 January 2024, the AI House in Davos brought together industry leaders, tech founders, researchers, companies, investors and political decision-makers to discuss the impact of AI on the world. ETH Zurich was one of the initiators of the event with its AI Centre. Watch the sessions with our professors Andreas Krause, Menna El-Assady, Florian Tramèr and many others now.
READ.ME Special edition: In memory of Niklaus Wirth
- News
- Faculty
This special edition of the department newsletter was made in honour of computer pioneer Niklaus Wirth. It reflects on his life and his achievements and features tributes from his colleagues.
New Year's wishes for 2024
News
Thank you to everyone who shared their wishes for the upcoming year with us. We hope you find inspiration in the wide array of wishes that were shared. Additionally, we have compiled a list of tips that may help you accomplish these goals in 2024.
Success at the SC23 Conference
- News
- Scalable Parallel Computing
Doctoral students Marcin Charpek and Mikhail Khalilov from Professor Torsten Hoefler's SPCL group have won the Best Student Paper Award and Best Reproducibility Advancement Award at the SC23 Conference. Congratulations! Watch the video from the conference here.
Four professors receive SNSF Starting Grants
- Efficient Architectures and Systems Lab
- Algorithms and Optimization
- Award
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Statistical Machine Learning
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
- Institute of Theoretical Computer Science
Niao He, Ana Klimovic, Rasmus Kyng and Fanny Yang are among the recipients of a SNSF Starting Grant for their respective research projects. This grant is currently awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Congratulations!
Marc Pollefeys wins Dandelion Award 2023
- Computer Vision and Geometry Group
- Award
- Microsoft Mixed Reality & AI Zurich Lab
- Institute of Visual Computing
For his outstanding efforts to promote entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich and beyond, Professor Marc Pollefeys has received a Dandelion Award. Congratulations!
Welcome (back), students!
- News
- Studies
- Students
On Monday, 18 September, the autumn semester begins at ETH Zurich and many new students experience their first day at university. Once again, the numbers of first-semester students in our department show an upward trend.
ETH Medals and Willi Studer Prize for Master's graduates
- Award
- Students
- Studies
Five Master's graduates from the Department of Computer Science have won prizes for their outstanding performance. Three have received the ETH Medal and two the Willi Studer Prize. Congratulations!
Marc Pollefeys receives SNSF Advanced Grant
- Computer Vision and Geometry Group
- Award
- Microsoft Mixed Reality & AI Zurich Lab
- Institute of Visual Computing
Professor Marc Pollefeys is the recipient of a prestigious Advanced Grant currently awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Congratulations!
A milestone worth celebrating
- Spotlight
- News
- Initiatives
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
The first-ever Bachelor Graduation Ceremony organised by VIS, the Association of Computer Science Students at ETH Zurich, took place on 27 June 2023. Eligible Bachelor’s graduates were invited to the ceremony to celebrate this important achievement.
A Summer of Learning and Adventure
- News
- News
- News und highlights
The SSRF programme has started! Two months full of research, socialising and getting to know Switzerland lie ahead of our 20 visiting undergraduate and graduate students.
ETH Medals for Master's graduates
- Award
- Studies
- Students
Four Master's graduates from the Department of Computer Science have been awarded the ETH Medal for their outstanding performance. Congratulations!
“The human version of the disc defragmentation problem”
- Spotlight
- Applied Cryptography
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Institute of Information Security
The Department of Computer Science is rapidly growing, and so is the number of its current sites. Being so fragmented and spread around the city, it can be difficult for department members to find a sense of belonging. Professor Kenny Paterson, the new Department Head, talks about the challenges but also opportunities he will face in this demanding role.
“You feel quite proud to run it”
- Spotlight
- Network and Operating Systems
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
After two years as Department Head, Professor Timothy Roscoe is going back to business as usual – teaching and research. He reflects on his time running the department and the importance of having a positive outlook.