On July 12, 2024, 230 graduates of the Department of Computer Science at HSLU received their Bachelor’s or Master’s diplomas. In addition, twelve prizes were awarded for outstanding achievements or theses.
173 women and men graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science. This included 14 graduates from the Digital Ideation course and 32 from the Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning course. With the program launched in 2020, the department is responding to the increasing demand for specialists in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics. Graduates will be able to apply the latest AI methods correctly and develop AI systems themselves - whether in the field of image and video analysis, the optimization of industrial processes or for the development of diagnostic systems in medicine.
The department’s second youngest degree course continues to be very popular: 57 of the 173 graduates completed their Bachelor of Computer Science in Information & Cyber Security. The course was launched in 2018 and enables young professionals to develop and operate secure IT infrastructures.
In addition, 45 people graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems. 12 students received a Master’s degree in Information Technology.
The graduation ceremony took place on Friday, July 12, 2024 at the Theater Casino Zug. Prizes for outstanding degrees, academic achievements and theses were also awarded during the ceremony:
Regional Siemens Excellence Award 2024 (4,000 Swiss francs): Hannah Lena Berüter (Römerswil LU) and Andrea Ruth Räber (Hohrain LU) for ’Rhyddm - didactic web application rhythmic notations’ . More information
Awards Bachelor Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Outstanding degree: Joel Liechti (Eggiwil BE). Endowed with 1,000 Swiss francs, sponsor: SUVA.
- Outstanding Bachelor thesis ’Converter and transfer learning for EEG data’ and above-average performance throughout the degree course: Carlo Lino Casanova (Obersaxen GR and Vella GR). Endowed with 1,000 Swiss francs, sponsor: Axon Active Schweiz AG.
Awards Bachelor Information & Cyber Security
- Outstanding degree: Tim Gautschi (Horgen ZH). Endowed with CHF 1,000, sponsor: KPMG.
- Outstanding Bachelor’s thesis ’Honeypot network as a proactive security measure: design of a network structure and development of a prototype’ and Outstanding performance throughout the degree course: Fabienne Lorena Schnider (Rickenbach LU). Endowed with CHF 1,000, sponsor: InfoGuard AG.
Zeix Award: Valerie Bachmann (Emmen LU) and Lina Morissa Haag (Meggen LU), graduates of the Bachelor Digital Ideation with a focus on computer science and design respectively, with their Bachelor thesis "Soluna". Endowed with 1,000 Swiss francs, sponsor: Zeix AG. More information
Outstanding Bachelor’s thesis "Symys - a 3D modeling tool" and above-average performance throughout the course of study: Mattia Metry (Naters VS). Endowed with 1,000 Swiss francs, sponsored by Roche Diagnostics. More information
Prizes Bachelor Business Informatics
- Outstanding degree: Dario Schumacher (Malters LU). Endowed with CHF 1,000, sponsor: Deloitte AG.
- Outstanding Bachelor’s thesis ’Optimization of Victorinox Customer Service through innovative AI solutions’ and above-average performance throughout the degree: Raphael Wolfisberg (Neuenkirch LU). Endowed with 1,000 Swiss francs, sponsor: Bitfee AG.
Prizes Master Computer Science
The prize for an outstanding Master’s thesis is shared by Linda Wermelinger (Hasle LU) and Adrian Willi (Hasliberg BE). Endowed with CHF 1,500, sponsor: Komax AG.
- Linda Wermelinger for the Master’s thesis ’Cleaning Digital Audio Collections using SelfClean ’
- Adrian Willi for the Master’s thesis ’ Estimation of the Fill Probabilities in a Limit Order Book: Statistical Learning and Machine Learning approaches ’
Graduates of the Bachelor in International IT Management and the Master in IT, Digitalization & Sustainability will receive their diplomas and prizes in August 2024. The graduation ceremony for the Master in Information Systems will take place in September 2024.