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ETH Zurich remains in top place in THE Rankings
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ETH Zurich has once again been recognised as one of the world’s top universities in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings. The university has maintained 11th place for the third consecutive year. The rankings also identify areas where the university has potential for further development.
"I value the freedom of being able to listen to my innate curiosity"
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- Efficient Architectures and Systems Lab
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- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
In this series of interviews, we talk to three people who decided to pursue an academic career in computer science and are now working as professors. In the third installment, Ana Klimovic discusses the freedom she enjoys in academia, the value of close interactions with industry for her research and what it takes to transition from a doctorate to being a professor.
ETH Zurich takes 7th place in QS ranking
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ETH Zurich maintains its excellent ranking from the previous year in the QS rankings just published. Alongside top scores for its academic reputation and international outlook, the university’s efforts in the area of sustainability have also helped it to retain seventh place.
QS World University Rankings by Subject
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- Information systems
- Data science
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).
Learning about yourself
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- Data Sciences, Data Systems, and Data Services
David Dao recently defended his doctoral thesis, conducted in the ETH Systems Group under the supervision of Professors Ce Zhang and Gustavo Alonso. His childhood fascination for Albert Einstein led him all the way from Munich to ETH Zurich. During his doctorate, he discovered a lot about himself, what he is passionate about and the value of thinking outside the box.
“I think I became bilingual”
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- Medical and bioinformatics
Valentina Boeva has been a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at D-INFK since June 2019. She speaks not only Russian, French and English, but also the languages of computer science and biology. A rare talent that she is passing on to an increasing number of students.
ETH Zurich ranked 4th for Computer Science
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Times Higher Education (THE) has released its latest Subject Rankings: ETH Zurich has 6 subjects in the top twenty with 3 in the top 10 in the world. Computer Science ranks 4th in the rankings and maintains its position from last year.
Cornelia Haldemann: “We were a mixed bunch”
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- Diversity
As one of the first computer science students at ETH Zurich, Cornelia Haldemann began her studies in 1981 and graduated in 1987. Today, she heads the product data management of an internationally active Swiss company and, after many years of work, meets change with serenity.
Sarah Hauser: “I programmed a good solution in a dream once"
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Sarah Hauser completed her Master's degree in computer science at ETH Zurich in 2008. As a professor and Vice Dean at the computer science department at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, she now shapes the next generation of computer science students.
"It's enormously exciting to be at the forefront of research"
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Christina Pöpper, a professor at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), studied and earned her doctorate at ETH Zurich, where she also advocated for women at the Department of Computer Science. Today, she shows her students the elegance and beauty of computer science.
50 years of programming
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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)