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For his outstanding efforts to promote entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich and beyond, Professor Marc Pollefeys has received a Dandelion Award. Congratulations!

Professor Marc Pollefeys is the recipient of a prestigious Advanced Grant currently awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Congratulations!

For his outstanding achievements as a researcher, Professor Marc Pollefeys has been elected a member of Academia Europaea. Congratulations!

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.

Torsten Hoefler, Marc Pollefeys and Zhendong Su, professors at the Department of Computer Science, have been named ACM Fellows. The distinction recognises the extensive research contributions in their respective fields. Congratulations!

Scanning the environment with a camera and interactively creating a virtual 3D model? Researchers from the Computer Vision and Geometry Group at D-INFK receive funding from the Sony Research Award Program to advance their pioneering computer vision methods.

When it comes to a surgical operation, everyone wants optimally prepared surgeons. But training today mainly takes place by observing operations on real patients. Now, Swiss hospitals, universities and companies have joined forces to digitally transform surgical training. Prof. Siyu Tang and Prof. Marc Pollefeys are part of this project.

Three doctoral students from the computer science department win the ETH Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses. Congratulations!

Professor Marc Pollefeys leads the Computer Vision and Geometry Group. His research areas include computer vision, 3D modeling, robotic perception and computer graphics.

Lorenz Meier, a doctoral student in computer science at ETH Zurich, created the PX4 software that is already being used to pilot many drones. Now, one of the world’s biggest electronics manufacturers has adopted the software as standard.

Computer scientists working in a group led by ETH Professor Marc Pollefeys have developed a piece of software that makes it very easy to create 3D models of entire buildings. Running on a new type of tablet computer, the program generates 3D maps in real time.

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

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.

Google is working with various universities and other institutions on Project Tango, an initiative to develop mobile devices that can detect surroundings in three dimensions and enable navigation indoors. The first devices are expected to hit the market next year. ETH Zurich has a significant role in the project.

ETH and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have joined forces to form a research network in learning systems.

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.

Researchers from ETH Zurich's Computer Vision and Geometry Group transformed a smartphone into a portable digital scanner. In the form of an app, the 3D mobile technology allows users to snap pictures on the fly and scan objects, from a statue to a piece of furniture, or even a person. It also enables scanning in outdoor environments to model arbitrary objects or scenes.

A new generation of flying robots is ready: equipped with on-board cameras and a mini-computer, they are capable of navigating indoors as well as outdoors. (German)

Marc Pollefeys has been elected as IEEE Fellow for his contributions to three-dimensional computer vision.

UNC and ETH researchers, including Prof. Marc Pollefeys, have created a technique to use millions of images to automatically create 3D models of landmarks and geographical locations.