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Computer Science - 11.04.2016 
DeepArt, the computer that paints your portrait
11.04.16 - What would you say to having your selfie turned into a Van Gogh or Matisse painting? That's exactly what you can do with DeepArt, an algorithm that can generate a digital painting from any photo.
Life Sciences - Computer Science - 30.03.2016 
Human Brain Project's Research Platforms Released
30.03.16 - Public Release of Platforms Will Help Advance Collaborative Research in Neuroscience, Medicine, and Computing The Human Brain Project (HBP) is pleased to announce the release
Computer Science - Administration - 17.03.2016 
Research database P3: new interactive visualizations of SNSF data
It is now easier to obtain a clear and transparent overview of the thousands of scientific research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Computer Science - Innovation - 15.03.2016 
A visit to the ETH stand at CeBIT
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Johann Schneider-Ammann visited the ETH Zurich stand at this year's CeBIT.
Computer Science - 15.03.2016 
EPFL sets up center for Scala programming language
15.03.16 - Twelve years after it was designed at EPFL, the Scala programming language is used by more than a half million developers around the world and by companies like Twitter, Netflix and Swisscom.
Life Sciences - Computer Science - 07.03.2016
Computer Science - 01.03.2016
Innovation - Computer Science - 29.02.2016 
Game apps for creative kids
Augmented creativity can encourage children towards a new-found sense of creativity, cooperation and interaction with their environment.
Administration - Computer Science - 24.02.2016
Career - Computer Science - 24.02.2016 
Martin Vetterli will be the next president of EPFL
24.02.16 - The new president of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) was announced this morning by the Swiss Federal Council, which confirmed the proposal submitted by the ETH Board.
Computer Science - Microtechnics - 17.02.2016
Computer Science - Microtechnics - 10.02.2016 
Drones Learn To Search Forest Trails for Lost People
Researchers at the University of Zurich, the Università della Svizzera italiana, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland have developed software enabling drones to autonomously detect and follow forest paths.
Innovation - Computer Science - 27.01.2016 
ETH software to become a standard for drones
Lorenz Meier, a doctoral student in computer science at ETH Zurich, created the PX4 software that is already being used to pilot many drones.
Innovation - Computer Science - 16.12.2015
Computer Science - 30.11.2015 
Worldwide glacier information system to go
A new «wgms Glacier App» of the World Glacier Monitoring Service shows how glaciers have evolved around the globe.
Computer Science - Health - 24.11.2015 
Smartphones to battle crop disease
24.11.15 - EPFL and Penn State University are releasing an unprecedented 50,000 open-access photos of plant diseases.
Computer Science - 16.11.2015
Computer Science - Event - 16.11.2015
Microtechnics - Computer Science - 05.11.2015
Health - Computer Science - 29.10.2015 
When false alarms pollute intensive care
29.10.15 - Two EPFL doctoral students created algorithms capable of eliminating false alarms that pollute intensive care units.
Computer Science - Mathematics - 21.10.2015 
Using applied mathematics to track down counterfeits
At this year's Pauli Lectures, mathematics professor Ingrid Daubechies will offer an insight into her research on wavelets and digital signal processing.
Computer Science - 19.10.2015
Computer Science - Innovation - 13.10.2015 
Federal Councillor Schneider-Ammann is impressed by the ETH team
Johann Schneider-Ammann, Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, visited ETH Zurich on Monday.
Computer Science - Physics - 09.10.2015 
Using optical fibre to generate a two-micron laser
09.10.15 - Lasers with a wavelength of two microns could move the boundaries of surgery and molecule detection.
Computer Science - 28.08.2015 
An app to steer clear of Kenya's road hazards
28.08.15 - Driving in Nairobi is often akin to navigating an obstacle course. Residents can now do something about it thanks to an app developed with EPFL.
Microtechnics - Computer Science - 12.08.2015 
An insect eye for drones
12.08.15 - Inspired by the compound eyes of fruit flies, a team of researchers from EPFL has developed an artificial eye that allows robots to detect and avoid obstacles.
Life Sciences - Computer Science - 09.03.2015
Life Sciences - Computer Science - 25.01.2015 
Neuroscience to Benefit from Hybrid Supercomputer Memory
To handle large amounts of data from detailed brain models, IBM, EPFL, and ETH Zürich are collaborating on a new hybrid memory strategy for supercomputers.
Health - Computer Science - 28.12.2014 
2014 - Science That Made Headlines (2)
This year a great deal of research done at EPFL made the headlines in newspapers. Here are a few that marked the months of May to August.
Computer Science - Innovation - 12.12.2014 
"JPEG changed our world"
JPEG is the image format we use the most in the world, be it in our computers, smartphones or digital cameras.
Physics - Computer Science - 20.11.2014
Sport - Computer Science - 28.05.2014
Computer Science - Microtechnics - 21.05.2014
Computer Science - 20.05.2014
Computer Science - Campus - 17.01.2014 
Working with Matlab becomes easier
ETH Zurich now has a campus-wide licence for the programming language Matlab. Students and researchers can download this much-used software onto their own PCs. Matlab is a programming language for technical calculations that allows students and researchers to solve mathematical problems from science and technology numerically.
Physics - Computer Science - 13.06.2013
Computer Science - Innovation - 23.08.2012
Computer Science - Microtechnics - 27.07.2012
Computer Science - Life Sciences - 09.07.2012
Microtechnics - Computer Science - 15.06.2012
Innovation - Computer Science - 09.05.2012
Computer Science - 18.04.2012 
LTS2 Paper Accepted to ICIP 2012
The paper Plenoptic Spherical Sampling has been accepted for presentation at 19th International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) The paper presents a novel sampling scheme that permits an efficient representation of the 4D light field in free space.
Computer Science - 12.03.2012
Computer Science - 09.03.2012 
Automated Software Synthesis
A new method to automatically generate computer software components that are guaranteed to behave correctly. Researchers at EPFL discovered a new method to automatically generate computer software components that are guaranteed to behave correctly. Among the benefits of this line of research is making software development easier and making our computing infrastructure less vulnerable to crashes and hangs.
Computer Science - Life Sciences - 01.03.2012
Computer Science - 15.02.2012 
A new book on "Remote Sensing Image Processing"
The book "Remote Sensing Image Processing", edited by Gustavo Camps-Valls (Universitat de València), Devis Tuia ( LASIG laboratory), Luis Gómez-Chova, Sandra Jiménez and Jesús Malo, is now available at Morgan and Claypool publishers. The book deals with Earth observation, which is the field of science concerned with the problem of monitoring and modeling the processes on the Earth surface and their interaction with the atmosphere.
Computer Science - Innovation - 18.01.2012 
3 new IC Professors elevated to IEEE Fellows in 2012
Babak Falsafi, Pascal Fua and Emre Telatar have been elevated to IEEE Fellows this year. This brings the number of IC professors who are IEEE Fellows to ten, a quarter of the faculty.
Computer Science - 01.01.2012
Computer Science - Health - 13.12.2011
Computer Science - 09.12.2011
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11.04.16 - What would you say to having your selfie turned into a Van Gogh or Matisse painting? That's exactly what you can do with DeepArt, an algorithm that can generate a digital painting from any photo.
30.03.16 - Public Release of Platforms Will Help Advance Collaborative Research in Neuroscience, Medicine, and Computing The Human Brain Project (HBP) is pleased to announce the release
It is now easier to obtain a clear and transparent overview of the thousands of scientific research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Johann Schneider-Ammann visited the ETH Zurich stand at this year's CeBIT.
15.03.16 - Twelve years after it was designed at EPFL, the Scala programming language is used by more than a half million developers around the world and by companies like Twitter, Netflix and Swisscom.
Net, bugs and rock ’n’ roll
He has sold his own paintings on the Internet, launched a number of websites and opened for Lenny Kravitz.
He has sold his own paintings on the Internet, launched a number of websites and opened for Lenny Kravitz.
Photoshop filters for safer bridges
01.03.16 - Image processing tools can improve our ability to monitor the soundness of infrastructure like bridges and gas pipelines. They increase the precision of optical-fiber measurements by a factor of 100. How can we constantly monitor the stability of a bridge or detect a leak in a gas pipeline in real time? A method based on optical fibers has become the norm in recent years.
01.03.16 - Image processing tools can improve our ability to monitor the soundness of infrastructure like bridges and gas pipelines. They increase the precision of optical-fiber measurements by a factor of 100. How can we constantly monitor the stability of a bridge or detect a leak in a gas pipeline in real time? A method based on optical fibers has become the norm in recent years.
Augmented creativity can encourage children towards a new-found sense of creativity, cooperation and interaction with their environment.
ETH researchers honoured
Last week, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of the Consolidator Grants for talented young researchers.
Last week, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of the Consolidator Grants for talented young researchers.
24.02.16 - The new president of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) was announced this morning by the Swiss Federal Council, which confirmed the proposal submitted by the ETH Board.
"Alan Turing’s ideas still influence research"
Founded in 2015, the new Turing Centre at ETH Zurich brings together researchers and students of science, engineering and humanities.
Founded in 2015, the new Turing Centre at ETH Zurich brings together researchers and students of science, engineering and humanities.
Researchers at the University of Zurich, the Università della Svizzera italiana, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland have developed software enabling drones to autonomously detect and follow forest paths.
Lorenz Meier, a doctoral student in computer science at ETH Zurich, created the PX4 software that is already being used to pilot many drones.
Swisscom and EPFL partner in the digital revolution
16.12.15 - Be it in the world of work or in our daily routines, the digital revolution is in the process of transforming our way of life and our economy in a fundamental and lasting way.
16.12.15 - Be it in the world of work or in our daily routines, the digital revolution is in the process of transforming our way of life and our economy in a fundamental and lasting way.
A new «wgms Glacier App» of the World Glacier Monitoring Service shows how glaciers have evolved around the globe.
24.11.15 - EPFL and Penn State University are releasing an unprecedented 50,000 open-access photos of plant diseases.
A program that captions your photos
16.11.15 - Researchers have come up with a system capable of automatically captioning photos, including with sentences it was not taught.
16.11.15 - Researchers have come up with a system capable of automatically captioning photos, including with sentences it was not taught.
EPFL hosts robots from all over Switzerland
05.11.15 - They fly, crawl, swim or sift through rubble after a disaster: robots from all across Switzerland were brought to EPFL on Wednesday for the first ever Swiss Robotics Industry Day (video report).
05.11.15 - They fly, crawl, swim or sift through rubble after a disaster: robots from all across Switzerland were brought to EPFL on Wednesday for the first ever Swiss Robotics Industry Day (video report).
29.10.15 - Two EPFL doctoral students created algorithms capable of eliminating false alarms that pollute intensive care units.
At this year's Pauli Lectures, mathematics professor Ingrid Daubechies will offer an insight into her research on wavelets and digital signal processing.
Ensuring digital information does not get lost
Today ETH Zurich is launching its IT Security Initiative under the slogan, "Protect your Brainwork".
Today ETH Zurich is launching its IT Security Initiative under the slogan, "Protect your Brainwork".
Johann Schneider-Ammann, Federal Councillor and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, visited ETH Zurich on Monday.
09.10.15 - Lasers with a wavelength of two microns could move the boundaries of surgery and molecule detection.
28.08.15 - Driving in Nairobi is often akin to navigating an obstacle course. Residents can now do something about it thanks to an app developed with EPFL.
12.08.15 - Inspired by the compound eyes of fruit flies, a team of researchers from EPFL has developed an artificial eye that allows robots to detect and avoid obstacles.
Learning like machines
Neurobiologists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) have shown that neurons critical for learning can be divided into two subpopulations with different functions. Almost as if learning processes in the brain mimicked machine learning, one subpopulation is responsible for collecting a broad range of potentially relevant information, while the second subsequently helps to consolidate a successful strategy.
Neurobiologists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) have shown that neurons critical for learning can be divided into two subpopulations with different functions. Almost as if learning processes in the brain mimicked machine learning, one subpopulation is responsible for collecting a broad range of potentially relevant information, while the second subsequently helps to consolidate a successful strategy.
To handle large amounts of data from detailed brain models, IBM, EPFL, and ETH Zürich are collaborating on a new hybrid memory strategy for supercomputers.
This year a great deal of research done at EPFL made the headlines in newspapers. Here are a few that marked the months of May to August.
JPEG is the image format we use the most in the world, be it in our computers, smartphones or digital cameras.
CERN makes public first data of LHC experiments
Geneva, 20 November 2014. CERN launched today its Open Data Portal where data from real collision events, produced by the LHC experiments will for the first time be made openly available to all.
Geneva, 20 November 2014. CERN launched today its Open Data Portal where data from real collision events, produced by the LHC experiments will for the first time be made openly available to all.
Statistics that Help Win a Match
A tracking system for athletes, currently used by the Montreux Volley Masters, provides real-time statistics during the game on players and the ball.
A tracking system for athletes, currently used by the Montreux Volley Masters, provides real-time statistics during the game on players and the ball.
Robots transform into furniture at EPFL
EPFL scientists are creating futuristic furniture that can move around and autonomously change its shape.
EPFL scientists are creating futuristic furniture that can move around and autonomously change its shape.
Researchers crack unassailable encryption algorithm in two hours
A protocol based on "discrete logarithms", deemed as one of the candidates for the Internet's future security systems, was decrypted by EPFL researchers. Allegedly tamper-proof, it could only stand up to the school machines' decryption attempts for two hours. Without cryptography, no one would dare to type their credit card number on the Internet.
A protocol based on "discrete logarithms", deemed as one of the candidates for the Internet's future security systems, was decrypted by EPFL researchers. Allegedly tamper-proof, it could only stand up to the school machines' decryption attempts for two hours. Without cryptography, no one would dare to type their credit card number on the Internet.
ETH Zurich now has a campus-wide licence for the programming language Matlab. Students and researchers can download this much-used software onto their own PCs. Matlab is a programming language for technical calculations that allows students and researchers to solve mathematical problems from science and technology numerically.
CERN and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics inaugurate CERN data centre’s extension in Budapest, Hungary
Geneva 13 June 2013. CERN and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics 2 today inaugurated the Hungarian data centre in Budapest, marking the completion of the facility hosting the extension for CERN computing resources.
Geneva 13 June 2013. CERN and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics 2 today inaugurated the Hungarian data centre in Budapest, marking the completion of the facility hosting the extension for CERN computing resources.
The future of programming is Scala
Typesafe, a company created just a year ago at EPFL and headquartered in the Science Park, has raised $14 million to commercialize a new programming language called Scala.
Typesafe, a company created just a year ago at EPFL and headquartered in the Science Park, has raised $14 million to commercialize a new programming language called Scala.
A market leader in civilian drones joins senseFly and Pix4D
The French company Parrot, world leader in wireless peripherals for mobile phones and already in the market for consumer drones, acquired for 5 million Swiss Francs a majority share in senseFly, a start-up from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL.
The French company Parrot, world leader in wireless peripherals for mobile phones and already in the market for consumer drones, acquired for 5 million Swiss Francs a majority share in senseFly, a start-up from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL.
European science champions score an early goal for cloud computing
Geneva, 9 July 2012.
Geneva, 9 July 2012.
The robot that always lands on its feet
While it's exploring confined, dangerous or cluttered zones, the flying robot "Airburr" isn't fazed by crashes or falls.
While it's exploring confined, dangerous or cluttered zones, the flying robot "Airburr" isn't fazed by crashes or falls.
New phase of CERN openlab to tackle exascale IT challenges for science
New phase of CERN openlab to tackle exascale IT challenges for science Geneva, 9 May 2012. The fourth phase of CERN openlab was officially launched during a meeting of its board of sponsors taking place at CERN 1 on 8 and 9 May.
New phase of CERN openlab to tackle exascale IT challenges for science Geneva, 9 May 2012. The fourth phase of CERN openlab was officially launched during a meeting of its board of sponsors taking place at CERN 1 on 8 and 9 May.
The paper Plenoptic Spherical Sampling has been accepted for presentation at 19th International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) The paper presents a novel sampling scheme that permits an efficient representation of the 4D light field in free space.
A new method to automatically generate computer software components that are guaranteed to behave correctly. Researchers at EPFL discovered a new method to automatically generate computer software components that are guaranteed to behave correctly. Among the benefits of this line of research is making software development easier and making our computing infrastructure less vulnerable to crashes and hangs.
Big science teams up with big business to kick-start European cloud computing
Big science teams up with big business to kick-start European cloud computing Geneva, 1 March 2012. Today a consortium of leading IT providers and three of Europe's biggest research centres (CERN 1 , EMBL 2 and ESA 3 ) announced a partnership to launch a European cloud computing platform.
Big science teams up with big business to kick-start European cloud computing Geneva, 1 March 2012. Today a consortium of leading IT providers and three of Europe's biggest research centres (CERN 1 , EMBL 2 and ESA 3 ) announced a partnership to launch a European cloud computing platform.
The book "Remote Sensing Image Processing", edited by Gustavo Camps-Valls (Universitat de València), Devis Tuia ( LASIG laboratory), Luis Gómez-Chova, Sandra Jiménez and Jesús Malo, is now available at Morgan and Claypool publishers. The book deals with Earth observation, which is the field of science concerned with the problem of monitoring and modeling the processes on the Earth surface and their interaction with the atmosphere.
Babak Falsafi, Pascal Fua and Emre Telatar have been elevated to IEEE Fellows this year. This brings the number of IC professors who are IEEE Fellows to ten, a quarter of the faculty.
Pen and Paper Computing: an old technology in a modern world
A talk by Nadir Weibel from the University of California San Diego Monday January 30th 2012, Room RLC D1 761 Access to information is one of the most crucial aspects of everyday life.
A talk by Nadir Weibel from the University of California San Diego Monday January 30th 2012, Room RLC D1 761 Access to information is one of the most crucial aspects of everyday life.
Human-Computer Interaction with a Different Touch
Talk by Hans Gellersen December 15th, 15:15, Room BC410 Touch input and two-handed interaction were intensively studied in the mid 80's but it's taken 20 years for these ideas to emerge in the mainstream, with the advent of multi-touch interfaces.
Talk by Hans Gellersen December 15th, 15:15, Room BC410 Touch input and two-handed interaction were intensively studied in the mid 80's but it's taken 20 years for these ideas to emerge in the mainstream, with the advent of multi-touch interfaces.
News in Brief
Pharmacology - 09:00
Novartis Cosentyx gains EU label update for first-of-its-kind MAXIMISE data in axial manifestations of psoriatic arthritis
Novartis Cosentyx gains EU label update for first-of-its-kind MAXIMISE data in axial manifestations of psoriatic arthritis
Administration - Feb 25
Federal bilateral programmes for cooperation in research and innovation with non-European partner countries 2021-2024
Federal bilateral programmes for cooperation in research and innovation with non-European partner countries 2021-2024