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Department alumni powering Switzerland's innovation engine
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- Alumni
- Start-up
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Two alumni of our department are quoted in the latest edition of ETH Globe magazine along with other former ETH students driving innovation in our country: Dominik Blunschy is Lead Engineer at ti&m and an MP (National Council). Myke Näf is Co-founder and managing partner of Übermorgen Ventures. Both completed a Master's degree at our department and now share their thoughts on what it takes to turn ideas into innovation.
“Innovation is born when ideas from different fields are brought together”
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- Start-up
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Our alumnus Severin Hacker is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo. He joined the ETH Foundation for an interview and shared his thoughts about innovative ideas, the entrepreneurial spirit and unexpected connections.
Learn a language by chatting with an AI tutor
- Artificial intelligence
- News
- Start-up
- Research
![Quazel](/news-and-events/spotlights/infk-news-channel/2023/05/quazel/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.865623051.jpg)
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.
Eight ETH start-ups win Venture award
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- Spin-off
- Start-up
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Congratulations to our spin-off DeepJudge and the student start-up Alter Ego for winning Venture Awards for Swiss start-ups. DeepJudge placed second in the category ICT while Alter Ego took third place in Retail and Consumer Services.
Remo Gisi: “Paragliding is very algorithmic”
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- Spotlight
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Start-up
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Remo Gisi studied computer science at ETH Zurich from 2005 to 2012. A few years later, he founded the spin-off Tastelab, which operates at the intersection of food, science and sustainability. His knowledge of computer science also helps him with tasks and hobbies that have nothing to do with programming.
Christian Plattner: “I wrote my Matura paper on polymorphic computer viruses”
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- Alumni
- Other
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
- Start-up
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Christian Plattner completed his diploma in computer science at ETH Zurich in 2002. Already a coder while at secondary school, he worked in industry while studying at ETH and founded his own company while still a doctoral student.
"We still have the same close relationship we had when studying together at ETH"
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- Alumni
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Start-up
![Mathias Wellig](/news-and-events/spotlights/infk-news-channel/2021/10/mathias-wellig-alumnus/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1611493629.png)
Mathias Wellig completed his Bachelor’s and Master's in Computer Science at ETH Zurich. During his studies, he and two fellow students tinkered around with the recently launched iPhone and went on to found the company Ubique.
Stefan Nägeli: "It’s satisfying to get feedback from users at the end of the day"
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- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Start-up
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Stefan Nägeli completed his Master's degree in computer science at ETH Zurich in 2006. As co-founder and CTO of swisspeers AG, he now uses his skills to solve complex business problems in the finance software industry.
“You shouldn’t start a company just because it’s trendy”
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- Spotlight
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Start-up
![Christian Reiter](/news-and-events/spotlights/infk-news-channel/2020/10/alumni-christian-reiter/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.271065964.jpg)
Christian Reiter has co-founded several successful start-ups and does not shy away from new ideas, industries and business areas. In this interview, he explains how his studies in computer science have helped him along the way.
“It’s almost like a drug”
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- Studies
- Machine learning
- Students
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Data science
- Start-up
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From an early age, Patrice Becker had an interest in computer science. He was fascinated by the idea of being able to reach the whole world with just a laptop and some programming skills. Today, the computer science student successfully combines studies and entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich.
"It began with a Lego robot"
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- Students
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- Diversity
- Start-up
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Entrepreneur, app developer, ESOP scholarship holder: at the age of only 24, Larissa Laich has already achieved a lot. Her curiosity and enthusiasm for her field have shaped the young computer scientist’s career from her first programming attempts at school to her Master’s degree at ETH Zurich.
«We have to do something!»
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- Careers
- Initiatives
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Nicola Rüegsegger and Pascal Wacker are studying computer science at ETH Zurich as a second career path. With their know-how, they helped set up two platforms that help place students and personnel in the most affected hospitals.
"You must have the courage not to be perfect in your expression"
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- Award
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Start-up
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Severin Hacker, D-INFK alumnus and founder of the language-learning platform Duolingo was chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year by One Young World.
ETH software to become a standard for drones
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- Robotics and drones
- News und highlights
- Computer Vision and Geometry Group
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Start-up
- Research
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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.
Banking software virtuoso
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- Spotlight
- Topic
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Start-up
![Francisco Fernandez](/news-and-events/spotlights/infk-news-channel/2014/12/alumnus-francisco-fernandez/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.221865584.jpg)
Avaloq CEO Francisco Fernandez is bursting with ambition. Despite quadrupling his company’s turnover and staff since the beginning of the financial crisis, he refuses to rest on his laurels. His mission: a total rethink of banking, and developing the best solutions for the industry.