Alumni Stories
What connects AI, Albert Einstein, and Roald Dahl? David Dao!
In this We Are ETH podcast episode, David Dao, D-INFK alumnus, co-founder and chief scientist of GainForest, talks about his journey from climate activism, his experiences at the COP climate conferences to winning the XPRIZE.
ETH Zurich remains in top place in THE Rankings
ETH Zurich has once again been recognised as one of the world’s top universities in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings. The university has maintained 11th place for the third consecutive year. The rankings also identify areas where the university has potential for further development.
Secure agentic AI systems
Invariant Labs is a new ETH spin-off co-founded by Professors Martin Vechev and Florian Tramèr, D-INFK alumnus Mislav Balunovic and doctoral students Marc Fischer and Luca Beurer-Kellner. With Invariant Analyzer, their open-source analysis tool, they aim to enhance the security and reliability of AI systems by using deterministic security measures.
Revolutionising network monitoring
NetFabric, a newly founded ETH spin-off with D-INFK participation, is on a mission to build the next-gen network observability platform. They are using AI and advanced modelling to provide real-time insights and predictive capabilities. Professor Martin Vechev, affiliated Professor Laurent Vanbever, postdoc Benjamin Bichsel and others are part of the co-founding team.
"I value the freedom of being able to listen to my innate curiosity"
In this series of interviews, we talk to three people who decided to pursue an academic career in computer science and are now working as professors. In the third installment, Ana Klimovic discusses the freedom she enjoys in academia, the value of close interactions with industry for her research and what it takes to transition from a doctorate to being a professor.