DISCOVER D-ITET

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Dear D-ITET members

Welcome to the very first edition of our new quarterly newsletter!

DISCOVER D-ITET will give you an overview of the latest research, teaching and faculty news as well as upcoming events you should not miss. Additionally, we would like to take a deep dive into the Department to show you the more hidden sides and people shaping D-ITET.

Our Department is growing: For the first time in more than 15 years, D-ITET started the autumn semester with more than 250 Bachelor students, due to an above-average growth of 23.8%. We are happy about this success and wish you all the best in your daily work with our students!

Enjoy discovering the different facets and faces of our Department!

Kind regards,
Vanessa Wood
Head of Department

«Deep neural networks work like a Swiss army knife»

Prof. Helmut Bölcskei, Professor of Mathematical Information Science, explains in our interview how mathematics could advance deep learning over the next few years, why artificial intelligence does not scare him and what humans can learn from machines.

ERC Starting Grants

Laurent Vanbever, head of the the Networked Systems Group (NSG), and Maksym Yarema, currently senior scientist at the Institute for Electronics, are among the fifteen talented young researchers from ETH Zurich who will receive an ERC Starting Grant.

Large media coverage on PermaSense

Jan Beutel from the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK) takes a look back on the past ten years working on the PermaSense project. Recently, national and international media have regularly been reporting on the network of wireless sensors on the Matterhorn’s Hörnli ridge.

Olivia Faull receives fellowship for research on anxiety

Olivia Faull, postdoc in the Translational Neuromodeling Unit (TNU), led by Prof. Klaas Enno Stephan, received a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship by the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi.

First all-metamaterial, integrated gas sensor developed at D-ITET

First all-metamaterial, integrated gas sensor developed at IEF

The simple, low-power sensor, developed at the Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), is ideal for smart home devices. It is enabled by specially engineered synthetic materials known as metamaterials, has no moving parts and is among the smallest NDIR sensors ever created.

Read more awards news on our website!

New member in Study Administration team

Noëmie Frischknecht assists Coordinator of Studies Reto Kreuzer in his tasks and coordinates teaching assignments. She is also responsible for the teaching evaluation at D-ITET. Welcome to D-ITET, Noëmie!

Dont' miss the following events:

Control Seminar Series		28 October 2019, 17h15, ETZ E 8 Data Science: From System Identification to (Deep) Learning and Big Data Info and further dates
D+ITET Flagship Event		7 November 2019, 17h00, Dozentenfoyer How to Leverage Diversity? - Practical Insights. The D+ITET initiative proudly invites you to our 2019 flagship event! The scientific keynote and following panel discussion aim to give practical and pragmatic insights on how to deal with the diversity already present in our working environment. Register now!
D-ITET Christmas Apéro		11 December 2019, 17h00 - Save the date! Impressions Christmas Apéro 2018
If you would like to register an event or if you have questions, get in touch with us at pr@ee.ethz.ch.

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