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"I always saw myself as an engineer" - Part 1/3

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Niklaus Wirth

1970, Prof. em. Niklaus Wirth developed the programming language Pascal and became world famous with it. In this conversation with Prof. em. Friedemann Mattern, Wirth talks about the beginnings of computer science and how he influenced them significantly.

03.12.2021 by Pauline Lüthi

Cornelia Haldemann: “We were a mixed bunch”

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Cornelia Haldemann

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.

23.11.2021 by Katharina Emry

Golden Owl for Olga Sorkine-Hornung

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Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung

For her excellent teaching, Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung, head of the Interactive Geometry Lab, receives the Golden Owl 2021. Congratulations!

22.11.2021 by Katharina Emry

ETH Medal for doctoral theses

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ETH Medal

Manuela Fischer, Maciej Besta and Francesco Locatello, three doctoral students from the Department of Computer Science, have won the ETH Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses.

19.11.2021 by Pauline Lüthi

"There was an unwritten rule that no first-year student was allowed on the board"

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Alexandre de Spindler snowboarding. Illustration: Milena Shields

Alexandre de Spindler was an active VIS member from 2001-2003 and is the founder of the Snowdayz. Visionen editor Ricardo Heinzmann asks him in an interview about his time in VIS 20 years ago.

12.11.2021 by Ricardo Heinzmann

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