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The Informatiktage 2024 will take place from 18 to 23 March 2024. The Department of Computer Science and the IT Services of ETH Zurich invite you to a carefully curated programme. It offers something for everyone - from curious beginners to experienced experts.  

Julia Bogdan has been President of the VSETH student representative body since September. In this interview, she tells us why she is enthusiastic about university politics and what she wants to campaign for in the coming year.

A new ETH laboratory makes high-resolution 3D recordings possible, enabling researchers to animate avatars or train robots, for example.

Members of the ETH community who need a fast, secure and reliable internet connection for their data now have an alternative: SCION network technology, invented at ETH Zurich, is now also available to any ETH lecturers, researchers or employees with special security, performance or reliability requirements.

The rETHink project was launched by President Joël Mesot in 2020. More than 600 ETH members have participated in various capacities in the six workstreams so far. One of them is Andre Kahles, Senior Scientist in the Biomedical Informatics Group (BMI) in the Department of Computer Science.

The new ETH AI Center will officially open its doors on 20 October 2020. It has been headed by Executive Director Alexander Ilic since 1 October. What motivated the co-founder of ETH spin-off Dacuda and holder of two Entrepreneur of the Year awards to return to ETH Zurich?

For 25 years, Marianna Berger held various administrative positions at ETH Zurich, most recently in the Department of Computer Science. Before her retirement at the end of June, she looks back on her varied career at the university.

Nicola Rüegsegger and Pascal Wacker are studying computer science at ETH Zurich as a second career path. With their know-how, they helped set up two platforms that help place students and personnel in the most affected hospitals.

Working from home has its benefits, but requires adapting to a new work routine. Check out the tips the Department of Computer Science has compiled.

Schnupperstudium Informatik is a three-day program which introduces female high school students to computer science.

The Network of Women in Computer Science is relaunching its name and logo. On Wednesday, 2nd of November, 5pm at CAB G51, all ETH members are invited to join.

The Collegium Helveticum's Board of Trustees has elected seven professors as fellows.

In early June, Peter Widmayer led his last University Assembly meeting as president. As a token of appreciation for his services, the University Assembly presented the avid gardener with a fig tree.

At a public event of the Latsis Symposium 2016 at ETH Zurich on 29 June 2016, ETH members and the public will have the chance to discuss the opportunities and risks of personalised medicine with researchers from ETH and the University of Zurich.

Three public lectures mark the inauguration of the Turing Centre Zurich's teaching and research activities.

A delegate from the University Assembly represents the staff and students of EPFL and ETH Zurich on the ETH Board. More information will be provided on the role at ETH Zurich on 16 November.

ETH Zurich bids farewell to Computer Science professor Jiří Matoušek. A leading light in discrete and algorithmic geometry, he died on 9 March 2015, a day before his 52nd birthday.