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| Much to celebrate |
Dear readers,
As we head into the last month of 2022, we are once again celebrating a number of awards our faculty and students have received for their excellent teaching, research and entrepreneurship. Special congratulations go to Ghislain Fourny for receiving the Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching, the first time that a D-INFK member has won this award since its introduction in 2006.
Just in time for us to celebrate these achievements, the annual “Glühwein-Apéro” returns from its pandemic hiatus on December 20. Stop by CAB to have some mulled wine or a non-alcoholic punch and ring in the holiday season with staff, students and faculty. And if you want to learn more about the research our faculty members are doing, have a look at the recordings of their inaugural lectures, linked below.
Last but not least, we welcome our newest faculty member, Ralf Jung, as well as eight excellent Master’s students who have received an ESOP scholarship. We look forward to working with you!
Please enjoy this edition of READ.ME.
Best regards,
Timothy Roscoe
Department Head
Title image: ETH Rector Günter Dissertori (second from left) with D-INFK professors Zhendong Su, Niao He and Timothy Roscoe at the most recent Inaugural Lectures.
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| Faculty and staff |
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all new staff members who have joined our department by the end of last month. We look forward to working with you.
Our new staff
To the staff who are leaving us, we wish you the best of luck in your future careers and hope to work with you again someday.
Farewells |
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Welcome, Ralf Jung
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Ralf Jung joined the department in November as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Computer Science. A significant part of Ralf Jung's research focuses on the Rust programming language. We wish you a great start, Ralf! |
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Meet our eight new ESOP scholars
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| Eight Master's students from D-INFK have been awarded with an Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) scholarship. The scholarship allows them to develop to their full potential and to focus on their studies and research. |
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Rest in peace, Frederick Brooks
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| Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., a pioneer in the field of computer science and an honorary doctor of D-INFK, passed away on 17 November at the age of 91. Brooks was one of the most respected people in the field of computer science. |
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Welcome, Pier Giuseppe Sessa
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Pier Giuseppe, former doctoral student at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, has joined the group of Prof. Andreas Krause as a postdoc. We are happy to have you on board, Pier! |
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Welcome, Lucas Slot
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Postdoc Lucas Slot has started his new position in the group of David Steurer. Prior to that, Lucas was doing his doctorate at CWI, the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science. Welcome! |
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Farewell, Dmitrii Ustiugov
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| Dmitrii Ustiugov, formerly a postdoc in the group of Prof. Ana Klimovic, has left the department join Nanyang Technological University in Singapore as an assistant professor. Congratulations, Dmitrii! |
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Farewell, Zhikuan Zhao
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Zhikuan Zhao, senior assistant with Prof. Ce Zhang at the Institute for Computing Platforms, has left ETH Zurich this month to take up a new position in the industry. We wish you all the best with your future endeavours, Zhikuan! |
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Farewell, Matthias Frei
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Matthias Frei from the Network Security Group has left the department at the end of October to start his new job as a software engineer at SCiON Association. Good luck with your new position, Matthias, and all the best! |
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| Passed doctoral examinations: November 2022 |
David Wehner (Prof. Juraj Hromkovic), 28.10.
Daniel Thul (Prof. Marc Pollefeys), 7.11.
Gideon Dresdner (Prof. Gunnar Rätsch), 7.11.
Alex Ziogas (Prof. Torsten Hoefler), 28.11.
Guirec Maloisel (Prof. Stelian Coros), 29.11.
Jingwei Tang (Prof. Markus Gross), 29.11.
Congratulations to our newly minted Doctors of Sciences ETH Zurich! |
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| Prizes and awards |
Congratulations to our faculty, researchers and students who have won prizes, awards and fellowships for their work. We are proud of you and thank you for asserting our reputation.
Browse our award section |
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Kenny Paterson receives Golden Owl
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For his excellent teaching, Professor Kenny Paterson, head of the Applied Cryptography Group, was honoured with the Golden Owl 2022. Well done, Kenny! |
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Dandelion Award for Martin Vechev
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| Professor Martin Vechev has been awarded an ETH Dandelion Entrepreneurship Award this year, which recognises his efforts to create world-class deep-tech start-ups out of research. Well done, Martin! |
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Three D-INFK papers win at ACM CCS 2022
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| Three teams of researchers from D-INFK have received awards at the ACM Computer and Communications Security Conference (CCS), one of the top conferences in the field of security. Congratulations to all involved! |
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Four doctoral graduates receive ETH Medals
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| Four D-INFK doctoral graduates have received the prestigious ETH Medals for their outstanding dissertations. Big congratulations to Marco Eilers, Timon Gehr, Yifan Wang and Gaspard Zoss! |
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| Upcoming events |
LauzHack – EPFL’s largest hackathon, 3 and 4 December, EPFL campus
There are still spots for the LauzHack hackathon, taking place on 3-4 December on the EPFL campus in Lausanne. In addition to 50 CHF in travel reimbursement, there will be lots of food, swag, and snacks to keep you going during the weekend, and prizes to win! Learn more
Distinguished Colloquium: Machine Learning: A Data-Centric Perspective, 5 December, 16.15 – 17.15, CAB G 61
In this talk, Prof. Dr. Aleksandr Mądry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will discuss some of the key ways in which training data influences not only what but also how models “learn” as well as tools to dissect this influence. Learn more
Distinguished Colloquium: Mining Genomic Resources for Antimicrobial Peptides, 12 December, 16.15 – 17.15, CAB G 61
Prof. Dr. Inanc Birol from the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be giving insight into the sequencing, bioinformatics, and testing technologies required to discover and validate AMPs in high throughput. Learn more
Glühwein-Apéro, 19 December, 17.00 – 19.00, CAB Atrium South
All D-INFK students, faculty and staff members are cordially invited to join and celebrate the end of the semester and the upcoming Christmas break. Please register by 8 December. Register here |
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| Past events |
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Inaugural lectures
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| On 7 November, Professors Niao He and Zhendong Su gave their inaugural lectures in Audi Max. The event was well attended; we were especially pleased to welcome the department's co-founder, Professor emeritus Niklaus Wirth. If you missed the talks, you can watch them online. |
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Nationaler Zukunftstag 2022
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| Around 300 children came to ETH on 9 November for the "National Future Day" to see where and how the future is created. A team from the Center for Computer Science Education (ABZ) and the group of Juraj Hromkovic organised a programming workshop for the young visitors. |
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| Please meet... |
Malte Schwerhoff, lecturer and educational developer
What do you find most challenging about your role?
As a lecturer: finding the right compromises when designing courses: e.g. weighing the needs of different audiences vs. expectations towards computer science lectures. Or combining time-efficient frontal teaching with interactively solving a problem and discussing possible solutions.
What fascinates you about computer science?
Infinite worlds at my fingertips, explorable and shapable with just a small box and a curious mind. From gaming to programming to mathematically rigorous reasoning – different adventures everywhere.
Which skill are you learning or improving these days?
Probably networking, due to recently assuming the position of D-INFK's educational developer.
How do you spend your leisure time?
AT ASVZ (so many offers), reading (mostly fantasy & sci-fi), hiking (took a while, but is growing on me), travelling (still much to see out there). And programming (creating things still feels great).
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| D-INFK in the news |
| • | | Center for Computer Science Education ABZ
Tele Basel: Programmieren in der Primarschule
Watch video |
| • | | D-INFK spin-off Beekeeper
TechCrunch: Beekeeper, which helps companies engage with their ‘deskless’ frontline workforce, raises $50M
Read article |
| • | | Swiss Data Science Center
ETH News for Industry: Matching talents and jobs
Read article |
| • | | D-INFK spin-off Futurae Technologies
I by IMD: Are we ready to enter a p@s$word-free future?
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| • | | Dr. Petar Tsankov, D-INFK spin-off LatticeFlow
The Recursive: How to build AI we can trust with Petar Tsankov from LatticeFlow
Watch video |
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| Wanted – Projects for the Computer Science Days |
| The Informatiktage or Computer Science Days are a chance for universities, companies and organisations in the greater Zurich area to showcase their work to the public and help promote young talents. We are looking for cool D-INFK projects to contribute an exhibit or a lecture on 1 April 2023. The contribution should be in German and accessible to a wide variety of audiences. |
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| Open positions |
We are hiring faculty
D-INFK is looking to fill tenure-track positions in the fields of Visualisation, Educational Technology, and Computer Security, specifically in the areas System and Network Security as well as Software Security and Formal Methods. The closing date for applications is 8 January 2023.
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Software engineer to develop scientific software (60%-100%)
Gunnar Rätsch’s Group is looking for a software engineer to work on biomedical informatics to develop better scientific software.
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Five internships at ETH Studio Davos
ETH Studio Davos, a cooperation between ETH Zurich and the canton of Grisons, is looking for data science and bioinformatics interns for five different projects in a variety of areas, from protein folding to observations of the Sun. The internships are open to ETH students in their Bachelor's or Master's.
Learn more and apply |
| Are you a student interested in open positions, full-time or part-time, and internships? Then the job mailing list by the Association of Computer Science Students (VIS) is for you. |
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| Tip of the month – All about compliance |
| ETH Zurich has published a new compliance website to help you navigate internal and external rules and regulations, be it in research, finance, privacy or teaching. The website also features e-learning elements and case studies. |
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