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“Challenges offer opportunities for personal development.”
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- Video
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
- Studies
Georgette Weingärtner was always enthusiastic about computer science. But at ETH she was confronted by situations involving a multitude of challenges. In the video she tells us what helped her to overcome these.
“It’s okay to take your time.”
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- Video
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
Damla Ortac already had a job as a software engineer when she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science. But she began to have doubts about her chosen career and decided to do something totally different. Watch the video here.
Master in Data Science
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- D-MATH
- D-INFK
- Front – Spotlight
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- D-ITET
- Machine learning
- Faculty
- Students
- SDSC - Swiss Data Science Center
- Data science
Studying Data Science at ETH Zurich means being part of one of the most exciting driving forces of today’s Information Age. To gain deeper insights into the field, we have talked to various students, professors, and an alumna. In these video conversations, the interviewees elaborate on the growing need and importance of data science – both now and in the future.
"I try not to sacrifice my private life"
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- Video
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
The “Student stories” video series gives a somewhat different insight into everyday life as a student: Eren Akbiyik worked as a software developer at IBM and is now pursuing a Master's degree at ETH Zurich in the Department of Computer Science. In this video, he talks about how he finds relaxation in his packed daily study routine.
"Morph Tales" - a new ETH game invites you to get to know AI research
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- Game Technology Center (GTC)
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
The Morphs are here! The smart, eager-to-learn creatures are now waiting in the ETH main building for players to train them. "Morph Tales - Exploring Artificial Intelligence" is a new game from ETH Zurich that is fun to play and shows how humans and AI master tasks together.
“It’s a golden age to be a cryptographer”
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- Video
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
- Security
- Studies
Given the sharp rise in security attacks on systems, networks and programs, cyber security has become a crucial topic. In response to this phenomenon, the joint-degree Master’s programme in Cyber Security was established in 2019 by ETH Zurich and EPFL. We spoke with both professors and students who have first-hand knowhow of the programme, gaining insights into their experiences and perspectives.
Business use of a new Internet protocol
- News
- Security
- Video
The new Internet protocol SCION, developed by our Professor Adrian Perrig among others, solves the fundamental problem of meeting the security demands of the modern digital economy. The technology is currently being used by the Swiss National Bank and the financial industry to secure data communication.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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- Video
- Front – Spotlight
- Diversity
The "International Day of Women and Girls in Science" was launched in 2015 and is celebrated annually on the 11th of February. It aims at raising awareness of the crucial role played by girls and women in science and technology. As part of this day, ETH drew attention to the many exceptional female scientists who study, teach and research at ETH Zurich.
“I keep track of what my lecturers are saying thanks to subtitles on my tablet”
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- Video
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
- Studies
In the latest episode of the “Student Stories” series, Jan Blum talks about his everyday life as a hard-of-hearing Bachelor’s student, the difficulties he faced when he started studying computer science and what helped him combat the feeling of being the odd one out.
The dawn of trustworthy and cooperative artificial intelligence
- Spotlight
- Artificial intelligence
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
Are we witnessing the rise of a different, adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) that works with humans and supports them with smart decisions? Computer scientist Niao He is investigating how this kind of AI can be theoretically underpinned so that it really does provide benefits.
Virtual copy of the real world
- News
- Computer Vision and Geometry Group
- Video
Scanning the environment with a camera and interactively creating a virtual 3D model? Researchers from the Computer Vision and Geometry Group at D-INFK receive funding from the Sony Research Award Program to advance their pioneering computer vision methods.
Rewind reality and experience it again
- Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab
- Video
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Front – Spotlight
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.
Bringing a smile to your face
- Spotlight
- Video
- News
- News und highlights
- Visual computing
- Computer Graphics Laboratory
- D-INFK
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Research
The Computer Graphics Laboratory, led by Professor Markus Gross, is working with Align Technology to advance the field of digital dentistry.
“Almost every day, I can say, ‘I learned something new today’”
- Spotlight
- Scientific staff
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Medical and bioinformatics
- Medical Data Science
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Diversity
- Data science
- Research
- Staff
In this video, postdoc Ece Özkan Elsen talks about her return to research, why she loves medical data science, and how she works to support other women in computer science.
"I felt like I was in the wrong place"
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- Video
- Studies
- Students
- Initiatives
- Front – Spotlight
- Diversity
Insight into everyday life as a student: In the first episode of this video series, computer science student Selin Baris talks about how she moved from Turkey to Zurich, how she got over her homesickness and how she learned to strike a balance between her studies and free time.
"You can't invent everything perfectly from the start" - Part 3/3
- Spotlight
- Video
- Teaching
- Programming languages
- Faculty
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Staff
In the last part of this video series, Niklaus Wirth tells us what doors the Turing Award opened for him and how he got one step closer to perfection with each programming language.
"Switzerland had slept through it" - Part 2/3
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- Video
- Teaching
- Programming languages
- Faculty
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Staff
In this continuing conversation, Niklaus Wirth talks about the hurdles he had to overcome when introducing computer science to Switzerland and why the label "made in the USA" was absolutely necessary at the time.
"I always saw myself as an engineer" - Part 1/3
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- Video
- Teaching
- Programming languages
- Faculty
- Management
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- Research
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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.
"You have to be careful that the loudest ones don't automatically get the most money" - Part 2/2
- Spotlight
- High-performance computing
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Studies
- Teaching
- Faculty
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Staff
Carl August Zehnder's work not only shaped the Department of Computer Science, but also the Swiss state and society. In this continuing conversation, the founder of D-INFK explains the benefits of associations, how not to lose touch in a fast-moving field and why openness is of great importance for computer scientists.
"There was a big urge to finally train computer scientists" - Part 1/2
- Spotlight
- High-performance computing
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Studies
- Teaching
- Faculty
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Staff
Professor emeritus Carl August Zehnder is one of the founders of the Department of Computer Science. In this video, he talks about how his research field developed out of practical necessity, the competitive pressure against other departments, and the importance of infrastructure at ETH Zurich.
From the archives: 60 tons of computing power
- News
- Video
On June 23, 1970, the SRF programme Antenne reported on the installation of a new large-scale computer system in the purpose-built computing centre of ETH Zurich.
"Managers who know how to program are better managers" - Part 2/2
- Spotlight
- High-performance computing
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Studies
- Teaching
- Faculty
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Staff
Professor emeritus Walter Gander was a strong advocate for computer science since the 80s. He was committed to independent computer science teaching in Swiss schools, supported women in CS and participated in development projects abroad. In the second part of this interview, Walter Gander tells us about his work as head of department, his long-term book projects and how copy & paste was done in the 80s.
"We professors have the privilege that our profession is also our hobby" - Part 1/2
- Spotlight
- High-performance computing
- Video
- Researchers in focus
- Studies
- Teaching
- Faculty
- Management
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Staff
Prof. em. Walter Gander helped Switzerland acquire a high-performance computer, promoted the implementation of e-mail at ETH Zurich, and wrote the first book using LaTeX. In this interview with Lukas Fässler, high above the rooftops of Zurich, he talks about the beginnings of the Department of Computer Science and about a career that stretched from St. Gallen to Hong Kong.
“Trustworthy AI requires interdisciplinary collaboration”
- Learning and Adaptive Systems
- Artificial intelligence
- Spotlight
- ETH AI Center
- Video
- News und highlights
- Institute for Machine Learning
- Centers and cooperations
- Machine learning
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
How transparent are decisions that are based on artificial intelligence and machine learning? Professor Andreas Krause, Chair of the ETH AI Center and head of the Learning and Adaptive Systems group, shares his thoughts on trustworthy artificial intelligence.
Of course it's for girls!
- Video
- News
- Chair of Information Technology and Education
- Studies
- Centers and cooperations
- Format
- ABZ - Center for Computer Science and Education
- Initiatives
- Diversity
- Information Technology and Education
Under the direction of D-INFK Professor Juraj Hromkovic, the ABZ trained children for the robotics competition entitled "First Lego League". Two teams made it to the finals, one of which was received by ETH Rector Sarah Springman for a visit.
Why computer science?
- Video
- Students
- Front – Spotlight
- Diversity
- Studies
In 1981, ETH Zurich launched its new computer science degree programme and 110 students started their first semester. 40 years later, the Department of Computer Science is the academic home of over 2500 students and enjoys growing interest worldwide.
Getting curvy with styrofoam
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- Computational Robotics Lab
- Robotics and drones
- Video
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- News und highlights
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
Styrofoam fascinates with its many possible applications. Complex, curvy shapes, however, are difficult to produce with conventional cutting tools. For this, Simon Dünser puts a robot to work that efficiently and precisely wields a hot wire.
Cool collaboration
- Video
- News
- Data centres
- Centers and cooperations
- SDSC - Swiss Data Science Center
- Data science
- Research
- Centres
Bühler AG and the Swiss Data Science Center have collaborated to establish a new approach for the design of cooling, in order to further increase the process performance and still maintain high part quality.
Robots that cut, bees that bite
- Video
- News
- News und highlights
- Research
ETH News takes a look back at 2020 and the highlights that emerged amidst difficult and unsettling times. Among them are exciting ideas and projects from our department.
Sewing nicer clothes with algorithms
- Video
- Interactive Geometry Lab
- News und highlights
- Algorithms
- Visual computing
- Front – Spotlight
- Diversity
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Research
Katja Wolff, a doctoral student at the Interactive Geometry Lab, has developed an algorithm that aligns textile patterns along seams.
Machines learn to speak Swiss German
- Spotlight
- Video
- Topic
- MTC - Media Technology Center
- Centers and cooperations
- Human-computer interaction
- Front – Spotlight
- D-INFK
- Research
- Centres
Virtual assistants cannot understand Swiss German. The ETH Media Technology Center is working to change that by teaching machines to speak and understand different Swiss German dialects.
Will data gloves be the future interface to computers?
- Video
- Interactive Geometry Lab
- Human-computer interaction
- News und highlights
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Research
Join doctoral student Oliver Glauser from the Interactive Geometry Lab in this video as he introduces a data glove which can capture accurate hand motions in real time.
Prime or pseudo prime?
- Applied Cryptography
- Cryptography
- Video
- News
- Institute of Information Security
Prof. Kenny Paterson, head of the Applied Cryptography Group, explains the secret behind prime numbers and how they matter to our daily lives.
Innovative projects recognized
- Award
- Video
- Interactive Geometry Lab
- Game Technology Center (GTC)
- Visual computing
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Centres
On March 19, 2019, ETH Zurich presented the Spark Award 2019. The award recognizes the most promising invention that ETH transfer filed for a patent in 2018. Two of the nominated projects came from D-INFK.
D-INFK at WEF in Davos
- Computational Robotics Lab
- Robotics and drones
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- Video
- Game Technology Center (GTC)
- Event
- Centres
D-INFK is headed to Davos during the World Economic Forum, January 22-25. A visit to ETH Zurich's Pavilion will have you RETHINKING DESIGN in an entirely new context: design your own robot, meet SAM the soft robotic hand, and play a video game you built yourself.
Using drones to simplify film animation
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- Advanced Interactive Technologies
- Robotics and drones
- Spin-off
- Video
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- News und highlights
- Careers
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
Producing realistic animated film figures is a highly complex technical endeavour. ETH researchers have now shown how drones can be used to greatly reduce the effort required in the process.
Internet at the speed of light
- Video
- Front – Spotlight
- Information systems
- News und highlights
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
- Research
Debopam Bhattacherjee and Professor Ankit Singla explore the design of an internet that operates at the speed of light.
How computer scientists can advance robotics
- Spotlight
- Computational Robotics Lab
- Robotics and drones
- Video
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- Researchers in focus
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
Fuelled by a recent surge in artificial intelligence technologies, robotics is on the verge of taking centre stage in our society. Nevertheless, before robots can assist us with everyday chores at work and at home, they will need the skills to perform an increasingly diverse array of tasks. Professor Stelian Coros, leader of the Computational Robotics Lab within the Department of Computer Science, is developing the mathematical foundations for new algorithms that address this fundamental challenge.
Shedding light on dark data
- Video
- Centers and cooperations
- Front – Spotlight
- Information systems
- Data Sciences, Data Systems, and Data Services
- Institute for Computing Platforms (Systems Group)
- Research
So called dark data are documents that machines cannot read. In cooperation with Zurich Insurance, Professor Ce Zhang brings light into the dark.
KITE Award for e-tutorials
- Teaching
- Award
- Video
- Studies
The 2018 KITE Award has been presented to Lukas Fässler, Markus Dahinden and David Sichau for their e-tutorials, which teach programming to students from all departments. ETH Zurich awards the prize for pioneering teaching concepts.
Animation made easy
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- DisneyResearch|Studios
- Video
- News und highlights
- Front – Spotlight
- Animation
- Computer Graphics Laboratory
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Research
- Centres
Researchers from ETH Zurich and Disney Research have developed a software that makes it easier to animate characters in the entertainment industry. In the future, the software could also allow inexperienced users to design compelling motion cycles.
Spectacular images thanks to an efficient algorithm
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- Advanced Interactive Technologies
- Robotics and drones
- Video
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- News und highlights
- Algorithms
- Research Keywords
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
Filming of spectacular action scenes is expensive and the creative possibilities are often limited. A D-INFK doctoral student has developed an algorithm that allows drones to implement the desired picture compositions independently.
ETH researchers print wild robotic beings
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- DisneyResearch|Studios
- Robotics and drones
- Video
- News und highlights
- Front – Spotlight
- Computer Graphics Laboratory
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Research
- Centres
Researchers at ETH Zurich, Disney Research Zurich, and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a software tool that empowers average users to design custom robotic creatures and their movements.
Polybahn Pitch feat. Ueli Maurer
- Information Security and Cryptography
- Cryptography
- Video
- News und highlights
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
- Institute of Theoretical Computer Science
Riding the Polybahn from Central up to ETH Zurich with Ueli Maurer: the computer science professor and head of ETH Zurich’s Institute of Theoretical Computer Science tells us in a new Polybahn Pitch what he’s doing to contribute to internet security.
Smartphone gestures
- Spotlight
- Advanced Interactive Technologies
- Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems
- Video
- News und highlights
- Human-computer interaction
- Front – Spotlight
- Research
Professor Otmar Hilliges and his staff at ETH Zurich have developed a new app enabling users to operate their smartphone with gestures. This development expands the range of potential interactions with such devices.
A versatile joystick for animation artists
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- Video
- Interactive Geometry Lab
- News und highlights
- Cyberphysical systems
- Front – Spotlight
- Animation
- Institute of Visual Computing
- Research
Manipulating 3-dimensional animated characters on a 2D screen is challenging and requires years of training. ETH researchers now make animation artists’ life a little easier with a new input device they can assemble into a shape similar to the virtual character.