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Monitoring the spread of coronavirus in Switzerland
- Biomedical Informatics Group
- News
- Medical and bioinformatics
- News und highlights
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Topic
- Research
The research group of Prof. Gunnar Rätsch wants to track the spread of coronavirus in Switzerland using a short questionnaire. Every person currently living in Switzerland can participate.
FPGA Computing Platform for machine learning in data analytics
- Spotlight
- Information and Communication Systems
- News und highlights
- Topic
- Machine learning
- Cloud computing
- Front – Spotlight
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
- Research
In this interview, pioneer fellow Mohsen Ewaida (group Prof. Alonso) speaks about his first software product "SnowBell", using Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices to run machine-learning applications.
Machines learn to speak Swiss German
- Spotlight
- Video
- Topic
- MTC - Media Technology Center
- Centers and cooperations
- Human-computer interaction
- Front – Spotlight
- D-INFK
- Research
- Centres
Virtual assistants cannot understand Swiss German. The ETH Media Technology Center is working to change that by teaching machines to speak and understand different Swiss German dialects.
"This is how we cope with the coronavirus"
- Spotlight
- Scientific staff
- Studies
- Topic
- Faculty
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
- D-INFK
- Admin & Tech
- Staff
Video conferences instead of social coffee breaks and a very short commute to work. In order to slow the rapid spread of the coronavirus, most members of the Department of Computer Science are now working from home. Read how they are experiencing their new reality.
"We want to keep connecting people across different groups"
- Spotlight
- Scientific staff
- Initiatives
- Front – Spotlight
- Studies
To slow down the spread of the coronavirus, most ETH staff had to move their teaching duties and research to their home offices. However, collaboration and communication must be re-invented and everyone needs to adapt to the new routine. Alexander Viand, president of the association of scientific staff at D-INFK, is now working from home, too. Read his estimate of the current mood of the scientific staff and his recommendations for how to work from home successfully.