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The seventh edition of the Informatiktage will take place from 18 to 23 March 2024. The Department of Computer Science and the IT Services of ETH Zurich are once again participating as partners this year. The carefully curated programme offers something for everyone – from curious beginners to experienced experts.

Hundreds of girls and boys enthusiastically accompanied their parents to their workplaces on 9 November, the National Future Career Day. ETH Zurich had its own offer with 19 different programme items to choose from, one of which was organised by the Center of Computer Science Education (ABZ).

From 13 to 17 February, 33 young women joined a weeklong course organised by CSNOW to learn more about studying computer science at ETH Zurich. Between lectures and programming workshops, they discovered the welcoming community of women at the department.

From 27 March to 1 April 2023, the Informatiktage (Computer Science Days) will take place in the Greater Zurich Area for the sixth time. The Department of Computer Science and ETH Zurich’s IT Services will be hosting a variety of workshops, talks, and exhibits showcasing some of the latest technologies.

The ETH Global Lecture "The Wild, Unexpected, Exponential Ride Through Computer Graphics" by Ed Catmull (Pixar / Walt Disney Animation Studios) will take place on November 2. 

From 28 March to 1 April, the Informatiktage (Computer Science Days) will take place. The Department of Computer Science and ETH Zurich’s IT Services are once again involved as partners and offer a variety of events for school classes, teachers and interested students.

At the VIS Kontaktparty, students of computer science meet potential employers. Clemens Bachmann, president of the OC for the Kontaktparty 2022, answers the eight most frequently asked questions about the event.

Postdoc Moritz Geilinger visited the Pestalozzi School Camps to show children what a robotics researcher does and how robots can be used in the real world.

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science are using visual computing to simplify and improve surgeries for cleft lip and palate. They presented their project to visitors at Treffpunkt Science City on 21 November 2021.

Almost 70 D-INFK researchers and students attended a talk and Q&A session on October 28 to learn about the complex process of applying for – and getting – faculty positions.

On October 12, a small get-together was held in the CAB building in honour of D-INFK founders Niklaus Wirth and Carl August Zehnder. Alumni, former employees and professors from the founding period of the department 40 years ago attended the event.

From October 20, a digital avatar of ETH Zurich's most famous alumnus will take up residence in ETH’s Campus Info Hönggerberg for a week. Make sure to stop by and chat to "Digital Einstein", who was developed by D-INFK Spin-off Animatico and the Computer Graphics Laboratory.

For a week in September, scientific staff at the Department of Computer Science met in the picturesque mountain town of Scuol, Switzerland for a double-edition of the annual VMI Summer Retreat.

About 2000 math enthusiasts from around the world participated in the Online World Math Contest on August 28, organised by the Swiss Federation of Mathematical Games and supported by the Department of Computer Science.

Meet Albert Einstein at the upcoming Scientifica on September 4 and 5, brought back to life by Prof. Markus Gross, the Game Technology Center and D-INFK spin-off Animatico.

Next week, the first European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics will take place in Zurich. The competition, which will have around 160 participants from 43 countries, is organised with a strong involvement from students of the Department of Computer Science.

The Center for Augmented Computational Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, commonly referred to as Design++, opens its doors on May 27. D-INFK professors Stelian Coros, Marc Pollefeys, and Siyu Tang will contribute to the keynote presentations.

This year again, the ETH Department of Computer Science participates in the Informatiktage and offers fascinating insights into the world of compter science for both teachers and pupils.

An app created by the Game Technology Center at ETH Zurich lets visitors experience the new exhibition at the Graphische Sammlung in an interactive way.

Cybersecurity is important in our increasingly digitised society. Cyber Group ETH Student Initiative, a student-founded organisation, works to educate and inspire students about cybersecurity, for instance by hosting events such as the virtual Meet & Greet.

VIScon Digital is set to take place in ETH’s main building from 5 to 10 October, and will be streamed online. All ETH employees are invited to attend. The talks, presentations and events will offer insights into current trends in and around the field of computer science, including developments relating to the coronavirus pandemic.

VIScon, the largest student-organised conference at ETH Zurich, continues to grow. The next edition in October 2020 invites students to dive deeper into topics from academia and industry. Labs, institutes and professors can now submit proposals to participate.

Am 10. Schweizer Tag für den Informatikunterricht vermittelte die ETH Zürich Lehrkräften neue Ansätze des Informatikunterrichts und ehrte Schulen und Lehrpersonen, die sich für einen lebendigen Unterricht einsetzen.

Professor Timothy Roscoe was invited to speak at the Unix 50 event at Nokia Bell Labs, celebrating 50 years of Unix operating systems and providing an outlook to the future of computing.

For the second time, computer science students at ETH Zurich are organizing VIScon – a unique combination of a symposium and a hackathon. The three-day event, packed with talks, workshops and coding, enables students to get a deeper insight into computer science, engineering and entrepreneurship.

Are there limits to what computers are actually able to compute, and do quantum computers really solve more problems than conventional computers? Computer scientist Scott Aaronson will discuss these kinds of fundamental questions during the Paul Bernays Lectures 2019.

D-INFK is headed to Davos during the World Economic Forum, January 22-25. A visit to ETH Zurich's Pavilion will have you RETHINKING DESIGN in an entirely new context: design your own robot, meet SAM the soft robotic hand, and play a video game you built yourself.

How can we develop new models of cybersecurity that create trusted digital networks? The Internet of Things and Blockchain have the potential to bring transparency and efficiency.

As part of today’s Digitaltag event, 180 children are visiting ETH Zurich to attend a programming workshop organised by the Centre for Computer Science Education. ETH professor Juraj Hromkovic explains why good computer science education is so important for young people and what is currently going wrong in schools.

Celebrating art and culture, science and technology, ETH Zurich stages three events as part of the festival. Prof. Bob Sumner talks about a novel concept of augmented creativity.

In a world of permanent technological (r)evolution, a country can only succeed if it has relentless drive for new ideas and innovation. Thus, Swiss Federal Councilor Johann Schneider-​Ammann says: "The use of digital solutions is of central importance for every sector of our economy. […] our high-​caliber ICT companies and research establishments enjoy an excellent reputation. I therefore look forward to this great opportunity to showcase our skills in Hanover."

Augmented creativity can encourage children towards a new-​found sense of creativity, cooperation and interaction with their environment. ETH Zurich’s Game Technology Center will present its latest apps in the field at the CeBIT computer expo.

On January 12, 2016, Prof. em. Urs Hochstrasser celebrated his 90th birthday. ETH Zurich, especially the Department of Computer Science, organised a symposium in his honour in the Audi Max. (German)

Three internationally renowned Swiss universities – ETH Zurich, EPFL and the University of Zurich – will showcase their research at the CeBIT 2015.

Forming an indispensable tie between technology and a 'smart' energy usage: Conference on Energy Informatics involving participants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

A group of alumni from the second semester of 1964 recently came together in the CAB building to celebrate 50 years of programming at ETH Zurich. ETH bought its first computer, the CDC 1604-​A, on May 12, 1964. (German)

The renowned European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) will be held from September 8-​11, 2014 at the Kongresshaus Zürich and on the ETH premises.

New York is the perfect vantage point from which to build dreams, bridge cultures, and advance global citizenship. The festival, a joint project of Switzerland’s Consulate General, the city of Zurich, ETH and the University of Zurich, provides a significant opportunity to strike roots as deep as to yield such potent energy. During eight days, the event will showcase local artistic creations and scientific discoveries, and discuss their impact on American culture.

Data is treasure: new worlds open up to organisations that understand how to scoop useful information out of unstructured data. At the President of ETH Zurich’s "Lokaltermin", researchers and business representatives revealed how data could serve a broad public in future.

The 5th Swiss Day for Computer Science Education (STIU) of the Center for Computer Science Education (ABZ) at ETH Zurich will take place on January 8, 2014 at the Alte Kantonsschule Aarau. (German)

On 8 September, the most important international conference on ubiquitous and pervasive computing will kick off at ETH Zurich: Ubicomp 2013. In an interview with ETH Life, Professor Friedemann Mattern explains how pervasive this area of IT and computer technology has become. The computer scientist has been instrumental in realising the visions that took shape 20 years ago and that have now become reality.

ETH Zurich will host from May 6-​19 its 7th edition of the Digital Art Weeks (DAW) in Singapore. In the festival which the university initiated in 2005, visitors are invited to explore the crossroads between arts, science and technology.

The VIS contact party is for students and companies what 'speed dating' is for singles: a chance to get to know the other party personally and to assess the possibility of a future together. (German)

Last week, the second Informatics Cup (I-Cup) took place in Davos, alongside the annual training camp of the informatics olympiads, with international teams from Switzerland, Hong Kong, Romania, Russia and Slovakia. (German)

The world-famous computer scientist Donald Knuth attended the first Swiss Informatics Olympiad (SOI) and answered questions from the young competitors. (German)

The 2011 Digital Art Weeks (DAW) took place in Canada from October 24 to November 2 and featured a project from ETH Zurich.

Alumni and current students discuss the opportunities of the joint Master in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB) offered by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich.

During the Scientifica, the Alumni Homecoming Day of ETH Zurich took place on August 27, 2011. About 40 graduates from the Department of Computer Science seized this opportunity to catch up on the latest developments at their alma mater. (German)

Professor Friedemann Mattern, Department Head of the Department of Computer Science, introduces the Kontaktparty 2011. (German)