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A start-​up formed by a group of IT specialists at ETH Zurich has come up with a simple and user-​friendly way to enhance network security. The Futurae team has already won 130,000 Swiss francs start-​up capital from Venture Kick.

Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung's research spans a great range from fundamental theoretical issues to very practical methods for computer graphic content creation.

Gunnar Rätsch joined the Computer Science Department as a Full Professor of Biomedical Informatics in May 2016. Prior to accepting this position, he was conducting research at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, NY, USA. Professor Rätsch develops machine learning algorithms for the analysis of biological and medical data. His research will be central in ETH Zurich's initiative for personalized medicine.

Ce Zhang joined the Department of Computer Science as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor on September 1st of 2016. He joins us from his post-​doctoral research at Stanford University, California, USA. His research interests are in the areas of databases, data processing, machine learning and data science. He links conventional areas of databases and information retrieval with new methods of machine learning.

Ankit Singla joined the Department of Computer Science as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the beginning of 2016. He joins us fresh from his doctoral research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-​Champaign, USA. His research interests are in the areas of computer networks, including internet architecture and data center networks, with particular regard to the efficiency of networking infrastructures and protocols.