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From Sept. 1, 2023, Professor Torsten Hoefler will be affiliated with the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS). CSCS, with its upcoming new “Alps” high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, and the ETH professor want to jointly test and advance methods and applications for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

During the ETH Student Summer Research Fellowship (SSRF), twenty Bachelor's and Master's students from universities worldwide gained insights into everyday research at the Department of Computer Science and life in Switzerland. Four student researchers share some impressions of their stay during the past two months shortly before their return.

Together with the Handelszeitung, PME and Digitalswitzerland, BILANZ has selected the 100 most important minds for the digitisation of Switzerland. Among them are several current and former D-INFK members and spin-offs.

With its ability to write text and generate images, artificial intelligence is making inroads into many areas of life. Perceived as threatening, enriching or just plain gimmicky, AI also raises a fundamental question: what is it that makes us human?

Professor Marc Pollefeys is the recipient of a prestigious Advanced Grant currently awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Congratulations!