Department of Informatics – DDIS

• Katharina Reinecke, former DDIS student, joins the University of Michigan School of Information as Assistant professor

  DDIS PhD graduate Katharina Reinecke, currently postdoc at Harvard University, will join the University of Michigan’s School of Information as Assistant Professor. The DDIS group sends Kathi (as we call her) our heartfelt congratulations!  More...

• Floarea Serban passes her PhD defense

  On April 24 DDIS PhD student Floarea Serban passed her PhD defense. She defended her thesis called Toward Effective Support for Data Mining using Intelligent Discovery Assistance in front of a panel of external and Internal specialists. Congratulations! ps. Flory’s image was added to the DDIS portrait gallery.More...

• DDIS Doodle Study mentioned in press

  A joint study by the DDIS group, Harvard University and Doodle looks at cultural differences when scheduling meetings. The study that is presented this week at the prestigious CSCW conference was picked up by the press including onpage 2 of the Swiss newspaper 20 Minutes. Zum Artikel: Schweizer doodeln mit Weitsicht Direkt zum Paper: Doodle Around the WorldMore...

• Abraham Bernstein interviewed on for eZurich Publication

  eZurich, the ICT initiative of the City of Zurich, has published a magazine summarizing the achievements of the first year. On Page 11 of that publication they published a brief summary of an interview with Abraham Bernstein.More...

• Abraham Bernstein interviewed by Swiss Radio DRS 1 on Collective Intelligence

  Abraham Bernstein, Professor at IFI, was interviewed on Collective Intelligence by the Swiss Radio DRS radio show Wissen aktuell in their June 5 edition. The show is available as a podcast or as a download (in German!). The Interview touches on DDIS initiatives on how to coordinate large crowds to achieve intelligent outcomes as witnessed [...]More...