This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) at ETH Zurich, founded in 1994 and still led today by Professor Markus Gross. CGL celebrated this milestone last week with a symposium attended by numerous guests and former members of the lab. It was an opportunity to reflect on CGL’s legacy, discuss current hot topics and look to the future.
Rasmus Kyng has written the near-perfect algorithm. It computes the maximum transport flow at minimum cost for any kind of network – be it rail, road or electricity – at a speed that is, mathematically speaking, impossible to beat. The superfast algorithm solves a key question in theoretical computer science and lays the foundation for efficiently computing very large and dynamically changing networks in the future.
In this series of interviews, we talk to three people who decided to pursue an academic career after studying computer science and are now working as professors. In the second part, Niao He talks about the challenges of the academic path, what it means for her to be a good teacher and how working as an assistant professor has also boosted her self-confidence.
Twelve people with ties to the Computer Graphics Lab shared their thoughts on what Markus Gross and CGL mean to them on the occasion of the lab's 30th anniversary.
Two IT Olympiads took place at the end of June: the Central European and the Western European. Switzerland entered a team in both competitions and won three gold medals.
Professor Torsten Hoefler from the Institute for High Performance Computing Systems has been featured in the latest "People of ACM". These "People of ACM" bulletins cover ACM members whose personal and professional stories are a source of inspiration for the larger computing community. Congratulations!
Benjamin Bichsel, a doctoral student in the Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab, has been honoured with the prestigious ACM SIGPLAN John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award in the area of programming languages. Congratulations!
Students of the department have voted for their favourite teaching assistants. VIS board member Benedikt Falk announced the winners at the last Department Conference. Big congratulations to all the recipients!
"The opening of the first ELLIS Institute marks a milestone for AI research in Europe. The leading AI experts are visiting Tübingen and Stuttgart this week - and we want to continue to attract the best talent. The institute is set to become a home for excellent AI research in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe and the world." Bernhard Schölkopf, Scientific Director of the ELLIS Institute Tübingen and D-INFK professor.
D-INFK spin-off LatticeFlow announces key innovation to accelerate development of deepfake detection software in advance of U.S. elections. AI-generated deepfakes threaten to impact the 2024 election, while deepfake detectors become critical new tools for journalists.
