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Duolingo - The World's Largest Learning Lab: 03.06.2015 at ETH Zurich
Innovation under 35: Severin Hacker is a Swiss computer scientist and the cofounder and CTO of Duolingo, the largest language-learning platform in the world.
Post-Snowden Cryptography: 04.05.2015 at ETH Zurich
Recently, a series of unprecedented leaks by Edward Snowden had made it possible for the first time to get a glimpse into the actual capabilities and limitations of the techniques used by the NSA to eavesdrop to computers and other communication devices. In this talk, Prof. Shamir will survey some of the things they have learned, and discuss possible countermeasures against these capabilities.
Breaking the vicious circle of poverty in the Nepal Himalayas: 04.03.2015 at ETH Zurich
Lessons learnt in 20 years of bridging the gap between community development, applied research and investment
Prof. Alex Pentland on "Social Physics": 20.1.2015 at ETH Zurich
On Tuesday, 20 January 2015 ETH Global will host a lecture by Prof. Alex Sandy Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on "Social Physics". The lecture shall be opened by Prof. Dirk Helbing, ETH Zurich.
Phil Baty on the World University Rankings: 14.1.2015 at ETH Zurich
On 14 January 2015 ETH Global will host a lecture by Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. He will lecture on "World University Rankings: From a Student Consumer Tool to a Powerful Geopolitical Indicator of the Knowledge Economy".