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2023 VIS Teaching Awards

Students of the department have voted for their favourite lecturers and teaching assistants. VIS President Emilia Pucher announced the winners at the last Department Conference.

by Pauline Lüthi

At the last Department Conference on 18 December, VIS President Emilia Pucher announced the winners of the 2023 VIS Teaching Awards (Autumn Semester 2023). Students have voted for their favorite lecturers in four different categories.

The winners of the 2023 VIS Teaching Awards are:

  • VIS Teaching Award for Funniest Lecture – Timothy Roscoe, Professor of the Network and Operating Systems Group.
  • VIS Teaching Award for Best Lecture Material – Juraj Hromkovic, Professor of Information Technology and Education.
  • VIS Teaching Award for Best Organisation – Ghislain Fourny, senior scientist and lecturer (focus education).
  • VIS Teaching Award for Best Interaction – Afonso Bandeira, Professor of the Combinatorics Group.

Teaching assistants (TAs) were also distinguished for their extra efforts to support students in lectures and practical courses. This semester’s favourite TAs are Cédric Déteindre, Georg Hasebe, Leon Kolmanic, Pierre Roth, Gent Serifi, Jonathan Smith, Gohar Tamrazyan, Nicolas Wehrli, Frederick Wolff, Aaron Zeller and Kai Zheng.

  • Aaron Zeller and Cédric Déteindre: distinguished for great material, concise explanations, putting in the work
  • Frederick Wolff: distinguished for detailed summaries, own exercises, intuitive examples
  • Gent Serifi: distinguished for clear explanations, nice visualisation, showing theory in application
  • Georg Hasebe: distinguished for great interaction, extra materials, explaining DP well
  • Gohar Tamrazyan: distinguished for great organisation, great interaction, being passionate about teaching
  • Kai Zheng: distinguished for lecture recaps, wonderful summaries, birthday present test
  • Jonathan Smith: distinguished for clear explanations, making own exercises, being enthusiastic
  • Leon Kolmanic: distinguished for great summaries, making it easy to understand, being enthusiastic
  • Nicolas Wehrli: distinguished for clear explanations, great material, being ready to help
  • Pierre Roth: distinguished for lovely visualisations, great structure, explaining common pitfalls

2023 VIS Teaching Award winners and favourite TAs

Professor Timothy Roscoe from the Network and Operating Systems Group and VIS President Emilia Pucher. Professor Juraj Hromkovic (Information Technology and Education) and VIS President Emilia Pucher. Senior scientist and lecturer Dr Ghislain Fourny and VIS President Emilia Pucher. Professor Afonso Bandeira from the Combinatorics Group and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TAs Aaron Zeller and Cédric Déteindre with VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Frederick Wolff and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Gent Serifi and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Georg Hasebe and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Gohar Tamrazyan and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Jonathan Smith and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Nicolas Wehrli and VIS President Emilia Pucher. TA Kai Zheng. TA Leon Kolmanic.
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