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"If you survive this, then nothing will stop you"
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Researchers in focus
- ETH Foundations of Data Science
- Algorithms
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Machine learning
- Faculty
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems
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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.
SPY Lab researchers first to ever peek into ChatGPT’s black box
- Spotlight
- Computer Security and Privacy Group
- Artificial intelligence
- Institute of Information Security
- Security
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
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In a world-first, researchers from the SPY Lab led by Professor Florian Tramèr along with collaborators have succeeded in extracting secret information on the large language model behind ChatGPT. The team responsibly disclosed the results of their “model stealing attack” to OpenAI. Following the disclosure, the company immediately implemented countermeasures to protect the model.
"AI helps us to grasp more and more complex facts"
- Artificial intelligence
- Faculty
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
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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"
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Machine learning
- Faculty
- Human-computer interaction
- Front – Spotlight
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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.
SIB Remarkable Outputs 2023
- Learning and Adaptive Systems
- Artificial intelligence
- Biomedical Informatics Group
- Machine learning
- News
- News und highlights
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The Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) released a shortlist of outstanding works produced during the year 2023 by their members. The list is featuring an output from the Biomedical Informatics Group led by Gunnar Rätsch, in collaboration with the Learning & Adaptive Systems Group led by Andreas Krause.
The ETH chatbot Ethel also corrects exercises
- News
- Artificial intelligence
- Studies
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Chatbots are already serving as digital mentors in lectures. Gerd Kortemeyer, a specialist in AI in teaching, explains what they can do – and soon will be able to.
"Chat GPT has no idea about logic"
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Faculty
- News
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Professor Menna El-Assady shines a torch into the black box of generative AI and talks about how a model makes decisions and whether we can correct them.
How data provided by fitness trackers and smartphones can help people with MS
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab
- Biomedical Informatics Group
- Researchers in focus
- Medical and bioinformatics
- News und highlights
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
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Monitoring and treating a case of multiple sclerosis requires reliable and long-term data on how the disease is progressing in the person in question. Fitness trackers and smartphones can supply this data, as a research team led by ETH Zurich has now shown.
Artificial augmented creativity: A new era of art
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Front – Spotlight
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Artificial intelligence is transforming the way in which art is created and experienced. Are we at the beginning of a new artistic revolution? Or at the end of creativity as we know it? Adrian Christopher Notz from the ETH AI Center puts things in perspective.
QS World University Rankings by Subject
- Artificial intelligence
- Academia
- News
- Information systems
- Data science
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QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) unveiled its 2024 World University Rankings by Subject. ETH Zurich landed with 3 subjects in the top spot. A further 14 placed within the top ten in the world, among them Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (rank 7) and Computer Science and Information Systems (rank 9).
Faster diagnosis of endometriosis with AI
- Spotlight
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
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ETH spin-off dAIgnose is developing an algorithm that can be used to analyse ultrasound images of the womb on an automated basis. This should enable doctors to diagnose endometriosis more quickly in the future.
Artificial intelligence detects heart defects in newborns
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Medical and bioinformatics
- Medical Data Science
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Front – Spotlight
- D-INFK
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Researchers from the group led by Professor Julia Vogt, who runs the Medical Data Science Group at ETH Zurich, and KUNO Klinik St. Hedwig in Regensburg have developed an algorithm that provides an automatic and reliable method of detecting a certain heart defect in newborns.
Introducing Sonia, your AI therapist
- News
- Artificial intelligence
- Students
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The three D-INFK graduates Lukas Wolf, Dustin Klebe and Chris Aeberli, are the visionary minds behind "Sonia", a mental health app that provides mental health support to students.
Breakthrough in the study of ancient scrolls
- Alumni
- Artificial intelligence
- News
- News und highlights
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Three young computer scientists, including D-INFK alumnus Julian Schilliger, have achieved what researchers have been trying to do for 270 years: Using artificial intelligence, they have extracted text fragments from fragile papyri. This has been generously rewarded.
Programme highlights of the Informatiktage 2024: avatars, bots and cybercrime
- Artificial intelligence
- Spotlight
- ETH AI Center
- DisneyResearch|Studios
- Cryptography
- Security
- Event
- ABZ - Center for Computer Science and Education
- Initiatives
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Front – Spotlight
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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.
Andreas Krause named ACM Fellow
- Learning and Adaptive Systems
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Faculty
- Award
- SDSC - Swiss Data Science Center
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Professor Andreas Krause from the Department of Computer Science has been named ACM Fellow for his contributions to learning-based decision making under uncertainty. Big congratulations!
Students use language models primarily for programming
- News
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
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A broad survey of students at ETH Zurich shows: Language models are still rarely used in the classroom, but they are used frequently and creatively as learning aids.
A boost for AI for scientific discovery applications
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Centers and cooperations
- News
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IBM and ETH Zurich announce a Discovery Accelerator Hub within the ETH AI Center, as ETH joins the AI Alliance.
World’s most powerful supercomputers support UN SDGs and global sustainability
- News
- Artificial intelligence
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The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and ETH Zurich, with global partners, are unveiling the International Computation and AI Network (ICAIN) at the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos. Its goal is to create inclusive, sustainable AI technologies, contributing to global equality.
Premium chocolate production perfected: AI's role in quality excellence
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Spin-off
- Front – Spotlight
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Lindt & Sprüngli, a global leader in the premium chocolate sector, has partnered with EthonAI. The company is a spin-off from the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics and has Bernhard Kratzwald, an alumnus from the Department of Computer Science on board as a co-founder. Lindt & Sprüngli is leveraging EthonAI's tools to perfect the production of their chocolate and achieve best-in-class performance.
Master in Data Science
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- D-MATH
- D-INFK
- Front – Spotlight
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- D-ITET
- Machine learning
- Faculty
- Students
- SDSC - Swiss Data Science Center
- Data science
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Studying Data Science at ETH Zurich means being part of one of the most exciting driving forces of today’s Information Age. To gain deeper insights into the field, we have talked to various students, professors, and an alumna. In these video conversations, the interviewees elaborate on the growing need and importance of data science – both now and in the future.
New CAS ETH in AI and Software Development
- News
- Artificial intelligence
- Software engineering
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The new CAS ETH AIS helps managers with non-computer science backgrounds advance their careers by providing technical fundamentals in machine learning, AI and software development.
Andreas Krause appointed expert to UN's High-level AI Advisory Body
- Learning and Adaptive Systems
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Faculty
- News
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The United Nations has launched a global AI Advisory Body to work on risks, opportunities and international governance of the technology. Professor Andreas Krause, head of the Learning & Adaptive Systems Group and Chair of the ETH AI Center, is amongst the appointed experts. Congratulations!
Morph Tales achieves 2nd place at the Digital Awards
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Award
- Research
- Game Technology Center (GTC)
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The German Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation has awarded its 2023 Digital Award to four outstanding digital communications projects. Among the winners is ETH Zurich (2nd place) with the game "Morph Tales", developed by D-INFK members.
Torsten Hoefler joins CSCS as Chief Architect for Machine Learning
- Artificial intelligence
- High-performance computing
- News
- Institute for High Performance Computing Systems
- Data centres
- Centers and cooperations
- Machine learning
- Faculty
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From Sept. 1, 2023, Professor Torsten Hoefler will be affiliated with the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS). CSCS, with its upcoming new “Alps” high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, and the ETH professor want to jointly test and advance methods and applications for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Digital Shapers 2023
- Artificial intelligence
- Spin-off
- Faculty
- News
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Together with the Handelszeitung, PME and Digitalswitzerland, BILANZ has selected the 100 most important minds for the digitisation of Switzerland. Among them are several current and former D-INFK members and spin-offs.
Being human
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Artificial intelligence
- Front – Spotlight
- News und highlights
- Data Analytics
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With its ability to write text and generate images, artificial intelligence is making inroads into many areas of life. Perceived as threatening, enriching or just plain gimmicky, AI also raises a fundamental question: what is it that makes us human?
How AI models teach themselves to learn new things
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Scientific staff
- Algorithms and Optimization
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Institute of Theoretical Computer Science
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Large language models such as GPT-3 are able to learn new concepts by interacting with their users. Doctoral student Johannes von Oswald reports in an interview on what lies behind this ability.
How AI technology from ETH animates the fire creatures in the latest Pixar movie
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- DisneyResearch|Studios
- Machine learning
- Visual computing
- Front – Spotlight
- Computer Graphics Laboratory
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An AI-based 3D simulation technology developed in the Computer Graphics Lab of Professor Barbara Solenthaler brings life to the characters of Elemental, the latest animated film from Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation Studio. The movie was just released in Swiss cinemas.
Processing documents automatically
- Artificial intelligence
- Spin-off
- Software engineering
- News
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Companies process dozens of customer orders, order confirmations, delivery notes, and invoices every day. Our spin-off BLP Digital is revolutionising resource planning with an application that saves costs and reduces the potential for errors.
"Morph Tales" - a new ETH game invites you to get to know AI research
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- Game Technology Center (GTC)
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
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The Morphs are here! The smart, eager-to-learn creatures are now waiting in the ETH main building for players to train them. "Morph Tales - Exploring Artificial Intelligence" is a new game from ETH Zurich that is fun to play and shows how humans and AI master tasks together.
Learn a language by chatting with an AI tutor
- Artificial intelligence
- News
- Start-up
- Research
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Former computer science students David Niederberger and Philipp Hadjimina co-founded the ETH spin-off Quazel. The new AI-based language learning app acts as a tutor, adapting to the users' skills and correcting their mistakes.
Saving lives with Artificial Intelligence
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Information Science and Engineering
- Algorithms
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
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Doctoral student Fabian Laumer and his colleagues are using machine learning to develop new personalised 3D models of the beating human heart. Their objective is to assist clinicians and improve the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, the most prevalent cause of deaths worldwide.
Scientists develop completely mobile Virtual Reality tools to be used anywhere
- Artificial intelligence
- Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab
- News
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Research
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Two new projects from the Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab of Professor Christian Holz advance the versatility of today’s Virtual Reality (VR) platforms, taking advantage of common devices such as a fitness watch or a smartphone. By developing novel AI frameworks, they allow VR users to freely interact in 3D space and grab objects that are out of sight, or even play in places as small as a car, a train or an airplane seat.
A new form of human-computer interaction
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab
- Research
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Luca Beurer-Kellner, Marc Fischer and Prof. Martin Vechev created a new open-source platform and programming language called LMQL that make it easier, cheaper, and safer to interact with large language models like ChatGPT.
UK-US Summit for Democracy announces ETH team as a winner in a worldwide AI privacy competition
- Artificial intelligence
- Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab
- Award
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ETH Professor Martin Vechev and his team won first place in phase 3: red teaming in global AI Privacy Prize Challenge. The competition inspired innovators on both sides of the Atlantic to build solutions that enable collaborative development of artificial intelligence (AI) models, while keeping sensitive information private.
“A development freeze would jeopardise transparency.”
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
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In an open letter, tech luminaries from the worlds of science and industry are calling for a freeze on training new AI models that are more powerful than GPT-4. ETH AI experts Andreas Krause and Alexander Ilic from the ETH Zurich AI Center consider this to be difficult to enforce and associated with risks.
AI research will support the analysis of large medical dataset
- Artificial intelligence
- Spotlight
- Front – Spotlight
- Data science
- Research
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Prof. Gunnar Rätsch is part of the new platform created by The LOOP Zurich. The goal is to support the exchange of health data between the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich and the four university hospitals, allowing data to be utilised quickly and easily to the benefit of patients.
The dawn of trustworthy and cooperative artificial intelligence
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
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Are we witnessing the rise of a different, adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) that works with humans and supports them with smart decisions? Computer scientist Niao He is investigating how this kind of AI can be theoretically underpinned so that it really does provide benefits.
In search for the intelligent machine
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Robotics and drones
- Algorithms
- Centers and cooperations
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
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ETH AI Center fellow Elvis Nava teaches robots to carry out oral and written commands. To this end, he sends them to “training camps” where they learn to combine image, text and motion data.
More precise treatment
- Artificial intelligence
- Spotlight
- Biomedical Informatics Group
- Medical and bioinformatics
- News und highlights
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
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The mTORUS project, funded by The LOOP Zurich, will use AI to explore novel treatments for urinary tract infections. Professor Gunnar Rätsch and Senior Scientist Andre Kahles from the Biomedical Informatics Lab are among the researchers involved.
Computer science students use AI to create art
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Studies
- Topic
- Format
- Research Keywords
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
- D-INFK
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D-INFK students Jan Schnyder, Nicolas Muntwyler and Konstantin Wohlwend teamed up with UZH computer science student Kyrill Hux to launch "Generai", a platform that creates works of art from text prompts.
Welcome, Professor Theodoros Rekatsinas
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Welcome interview
- Faculty
- Front – Spotlight
- Information systems
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
- Data science
- Staff
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Theodoros Rekatsinas joined the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich in May 2022 as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Get to know him in this short interview.
Ryan Cotterell partners with Swiss deep tech company Typewise
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Artificial intelligence
- Rycolab
- Centers and cooperations
- News
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The new collaboration with professor Ryan Cotterell focuses on AI text prediction technology with a specialisation in advanced sentence prediction, grammar assistance, enterprise customisation, and voice support. The work is funded by the Swiss innovation agency Innosuisse.
A smart use of AI
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- Spin-off
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Machine learning
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Diversity
- Data Analytics
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ETH alumna Paulina Grnarova wants to use artificial intelligence to revolutionise the way the legal industry works. Her recent appearance on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list has catapulted her into the spotlight.
Using statistical methods to predict the course of disease
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Researchers in focus
- Medical and bioinformatics
- Medical Data Science
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Centers and cooperations
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Centres
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Data contains much more than just the information on the surface. With statistics, deeper cause-and-effect relationships can be brought to light. This is what Alexander Marx is researching as a Fellow at the ETH AI Center using artificial intelligence. One of his goals is to be able to make predictions regarding diabetes in children.
New partnership with Bulgaria for artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Machine learning
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Today, in partnership with ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Technology (INSAIT) has been launched in Sofia. Professor Martin Vechev from the Department of Computer Science has supported the initiative from the beginning.
How human and artificial intelligence can augment one another
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Mennatallah El-Assady develops explainable AI programs that explain their own workings – and let users provide input. Her speciality is interactive information visualisation, a skill she has brought to the AI Center of ETH Zurich, where she was recently appointed a Pioneer Fellow. Her work can help analysts take a deep dive into political debate.
Artificial intelligence training accelerated
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When working with neural networks, their training is the single most resource-demanding and costly process. Two computer scientists from Torsten Hoefler's team have now developed a software that considerably speeds up training. This will be especially relevant for scientific applications of future users of “Alps” at CSCS.
A critical view of the engine room
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When algorithms reinforce biases: doctoral student Afra Amini is studying automated human language processing and its pitfalls.
The world is watching: youth and artificial intelligence combat climate change
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David Dao, a doctoral student in the DS3Lab at the Department of Computer Science, visited the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference and explains what computer science can do to help.
Talent and team spirit at the heart of artificial intelligence
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Collaboration between talented members of multidisciplinary teams provides the best foundation for innovative, useful and trustworthy applications of artificial intelligence. This has been demonstrated at a joint event by ETH Entrepreneur Club and the ETH AI Center.
“Trustworthy AI requires interdisciplinary collaboration”
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How transparent are decisions that are based on artificial intelligence and machine learning? Professor Andreas Krause, Chair of the ETH AI Center and head of the Learning and Adaptive Systems group, shares his thoughts on trustworthy artificial intelligence.
Trustworthy AI for mobility
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In safety-critical applications like railway inspection, the use of deep neural networks is limited today. SBB, Siemens Mobility, ETH AI Center and the spin-off LatticeFlow from the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich joined forces to make artificial intelligence trustworthy.
Professor Andreas Krause receives Rössler Prize
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Professor Andreas Krause, head of the Learning & Adaptive Systems Group at the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, Academic Co-Director of the Swiss Data Science Center and Chair of the ETH AI Center, has been honoured with the Rössler Prize.
Opening of Design++ centre
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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.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an AI touchscreen with super-resolution
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Researchers from the Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab have developed CapContact, an AI solution that enables touchscreens to sense with eight times higher resolution than currently existing devices.
Students find the answers with AI
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How does one find what one is looking for among the numerous publications and research areas of ETH Zurich? To answer this question, ETH staff teamed up with students from the Master’s in Data Science.
Data science and artificial intelligence for the public good
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The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is joining forces with the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) to encourage the use of data science and artificial intelligence within the administration.
Building the next generation AI systems
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In this interview with the European Research Council, Professor Martin Vechev of the Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab talks about his ERC-funded work, AI breakthroughs, and Europe’s future in the field of AI.
A digital twin of our planet
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A group of scientists is creating a digital twin of our planet to simulate the Earth system in future. Professor Torsten Hoefler from the Institute for High Performance Computing Systems is one of the researchers showing how this can be achieved.
Theodoros Rekatsinas appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor
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Theodoros Rekatsinas has been appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science. He researches databases, data processing and data science.
New centre for AI research
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The newly opened ETH AI Center intensifies the dialogue with business, politics and society about an innovative and trust-building advancement of artificial intelligence.
ETH AI spin-off DeepCode acquired by a unicorn in cybersecurity
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DeepCode, a spin-off of the Secure, Reliable and Intelligent Systems Lab that built the first AI platform for code, is to be acquired by Snyk, a world leader in developer-first security code analysis.
Everything AI?
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ETH Zurich promotes innovation in AI technology. This includes the extension of its partnership with the Max Planck Society, the launch of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) and the opening of the ETH AI Center. Professors Thomas Hofmann and Andreas Krause are at the forefront of these efforts.
Foundations for trustworthy artificial intelligence
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The European AI network ELLIS celebrates its launch today, with ETH Zurich as a founding member. The ELLIS Unit is an integral part of the new ETH AI Center, which are both chaired by Prof. Andreas Krause.
Welcome, Professor Ana Klimovic
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Ana Klimovic officially joined the Department of Computer Science of ETH Zurich in August 2020 as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Due to the coronavirus crisis, her arrival was postponed until September. Get to know her in this short interview.
How Machine Learning can help in medicine
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In the latest episode of the ETH podcast Professors Julia Vogt and Fanny Yang explain why machine learning is an important tool in medicine.
“The greatest success would be if the centre were to be absorbed into something bigger”
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The Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems has just been renewed for another five years. Co-director Prof. Thomas Hofmann explains the role he sees for the center in Europe.
Can AI help tackle climate change?
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Doctoral student David Dao (D-INFK) and postdoctoral researcher Lynn Kaack (D-GESS) speak on the ETH Podcast about how we can use AI to help in the fight against climate change.
International Women's Day – interview with Prof. Julia Vogt
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In light of International Women's Day 2020, ETH Zurich puts successful women centre stage. Read about Prof. Julia Vogt, tenure track assistant professor of medical data science, in this article.
Welcome, Professor Ryan Cotterell
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Ryan Cotterell officially joined ETH Zurich’s Department of Computer Science in February 2020 as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Get to know him in this short interview.
Welcome, Professor Siyu Tang
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Siyu Tang officially joined the Department of Computer Science of ETH Zurich in January 2020 as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Vision. Get to know her in this short interview.
Welcome, Professor Fanny Yang
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Fanny Yang officially joined the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich in January 2020 as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Get to know her in this short interview.
Artificial intelligence can help combat climate change
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Initially, he wanted to be a particle physicist. Today, he helps protect the rainforest using artificial intelligence and blockchain. David Dao, a doctoral student at the DS3Lab at the Department of Computer Science, travelled to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid in December to present his research. In an interview, he explains how artificial intelligence can help the climate, but how it also poses risks.
Leonel Aguilar awarded as an innovator under 35
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For his interdisciplinary research on how to evacuate large cities, postdoctoral researcher Leonel Aguilar won a prize for "Innovators under 35 in Latin America".
Rainforest preservation through machine learning
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Doctoral student David Dao develops intelligent algorithms that use satellite and drone images of rainforests to predict deforestation. Today, he will be presenting his research at the climate conference in Madrid.
AI probes dark matter in the universe
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A team of physicists and computer scientists at ETH Zurich have programmed computers to teach themselves how to extract relevant information from maps of the universe.
“I can’t allow prejudices to hold me back”
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Dana Drachsler Cohen is an outstanding IT specialist at ETH Zurich. The Israeli researcher is working on the security of systems such as autonomous vehicles and cryptocurrencies.
Programmed by computers
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D-INFK Professor Martin Vechev is automating the computer programming process: he is one of the first researchers ever to teach computers how to write their own software. This makes him one of the founders of a new field of research that is growing rapidly.
When machines learn
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Big data, artificial intelligence, industry 4.0 – the new opportunities information technologies offer will change the world. Take a glimpse inside the world of researchers who teach machines how to think.
Teaching machines how to learn
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Machines will become not just more intelligent in the future, but also more capable of learning. To promote research in this field, ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Society officially open the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems today. The scientists want to understand the theoretical principles of learning and how these can be applied to real machines.