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Holograms at the touch of a button

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A new ETH laboratory makes high-​resolution 3D recordings possible, enabling researchers to animate avatars or train robots, for example. Professors Otmar Hilliges, Marc Pollefeys, Markus Gross and Stelian Coros are involved in this project.

30.06.2022 by Michael Walther

Digital transformation of surgical education

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digital transformation

When it comes to a surgical operation, everyone wants optimally prepared surgeons. But training today mainly takes place by observing operations on real patients. Now, Swiss hospitals, universities and companies have joined forces to digitally transform surgical training. Prof. Siyu Tang and Prof. Marc Pollefeys are part of this project.

29.06.2022 by Tünde Kirstein

Welcome, Professor Dennis Komm

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Dennis Komm

Dennis Komm joined the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich in June 2022 as Associate Professor of Algorithms and Didactics. Get to know him in this short interview.

27.06.2022 by Anna Ettlin

Kenny Paterson and his team discover vulnerabilities in Mega cloud service

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Discovery vulnerabilities Mega cloud service

A team of cryptographers, led by Professor Kenny Paterson, conducted extensive testing on the New Zealand-​based cloud platform Mega. In doing so, they discovered security holes that would allow the provider to decrypt and manipulate customer data.

23.06.2022 by Markus Gross

Rewind reality and experience it again

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Prof. Christian Holz

Did you miss an important moment? Professor Christian Holz and his postdoc Andreas Rene Fender have developed a system that can record and later replay events in a room in 3D.

20.06.2022 by Michael Walther

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