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Teaching 21st century skills the fun way

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Thymio robot

Computational thinking and programming skills are likely to become even more essential in the future. Dr Stéphane Magnenat and the Game Technology Center team at ETH Zurich are working on new ways to teach programming to children and make the experience enriching, creative and playful.

21.03.2019 by Stéphane Magnenat

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Spark Award

On March 19, 2019, ETH Zurich presented the Spark Award 2019. The award recognizes the most promising invention that ETH transfer filed for a patent in 2018. Two of the nominated projects came from D-​INFK.

21.03.2019

Julia Vogt appointed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Medical Data Science

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Prof. Julia Vogt

The focus of Julia Vogt's research is on machine learning methods in the life sciences, and the use of algorithms for biomedical data analysis.

11.03.2019

Valentina Boeva appointed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics

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Prof. Valentina Boeva

Valentina Boeva develops analysis algorithms which are used to investigate changes in genetic information and epigenetic imprinting in tumours.

11.03.2019

Programming in crayon

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Visualisation of the Augmented Creativity app

Electronic devices can spark kids’ creativity, says Stéphane Magnenat from the Game Technology Center. But doing so requires apps that bridge the real and virtual worlds.

07.03.2019 by Felix Würsten

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