IfI News 2015
News list
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Big Data in UZH Magazine
UZH Magazine, the science journal of the Universitiy of Zurich, addresses in its December issue the topic Big Data. The article "Arbeiten mit Cloud und Crowd" features the current work of Abraham Bernsteinand his research group "Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems".
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Computational Linguistics and an Experiment in Surveillance
Spiegel online published an article on an experiment on surveillance(in German) by Hernani Marques, master graduate at the Department of Computational Linguistics.
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Continuing education: CAS with focus on „big data“ and „engineering solutions“
Das Institut für Informatik bietet ab Februar 2016 neu ein Weiterbildungsstudium an: Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS „Moderne Methoden der Informatik“
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An Interview with Abraham Bernstein on Human Computation
Translating a novel in just four hours - it has been done by the start-up Kunendo. In this interview(in German) on Netzwoche online Abraham Bernsteinexplains the mechanisms of crowd coordination and the prospects on future working modelsurzfassung.
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The Cultural Adaption of Software
Whenever we decide if a software looks appealing to us, design alone is not crucial. Another key factor is the cultural perception of the user. Abraham Bernsteinand his colleagues have developped a solution.
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Try out CoRe, IFI's new Course Recommender tool, to find courses at UZH based on your personal preferences
All IFI students are invited to try out CoRe, a new Course Recommender tool that will give you recommendations for courses at UZH based on your personal preferences. CoRe was developed by five Master's students as part of a master project of the Computation and Economics Research Group. More...
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Social Media Unplugged
The "Moment Machine"developped by Nemanja Memarovic, Postdoc at the People and Computing Lab, and his colleagues from the University of Lugano, brings people together: from social media right to the here-and-now in real life. This article(in German) on NZZ online explains how it is done.
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Robotics and Perception Group featured in Swiss TV news "10vor10"
The Swiss Post is testing drones to be used for the transport of parcels. In this news video, RPG contributes fascinating information on their research and work with drones.
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Successful Eurographics 2015 Conference in Zürich
From May 4th to 8th, the 36th Eurographics Conference was successfully held in Zürich at Kongresshaus, organized jointly by Prof. Renato Pajarola from the Department of Informatics (IfI) at UZH and Prof. Markus Gross from Disney Research Zürich (DRZ) and ETH.
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Aerial Drones for Transportation Services
Tages-Anzeiger online about Davide Scaramuzza'swork concerning the potential use of autonomous flying robots in transportation services (article in German).
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SNF Grant for the Visualization and Multimedia Lab
The Visualization and Multimedia Lab VMML has been awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation Grant. The grant will run from 2015-2018, and it has been awarded for their project on the Reconstruction of Large-Scale Interior Environments. In this project, the robust as well as semi-automatic reconstruction of 3D models of interior home, office or industrial environments from laser-range 3D point scans will be investigated. The main goal is to detect and reconstruct the major architectural 3D structures as well as extract semantic information about rooms and floor plan layouts. More information on reconstruction, geometric modeling and point-based graphics can be found on the VMML list of publications.
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Forscher rüsten Drohnen zu Luftakrobaten auf
Articleon 20min.ch about the latest research of the Robotics and Perception Group (in German)
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RPG Demo at CeBIT featured on Daily Mail UK
The media got their eyes on the RPG demo at CeBIT now. Article on Daily Mail online Thank you Nathan and Michael for your great work!
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Vision-controlled Drones at CeBIT Hanover and in eZurich Newsletter
RPG'svision-controlled drones are being presented at CeBITHanover, March 16 - 20, 2015. They are part of a joint showcase project of the computer science departments of UZH, ETH, and EPFL at the "Swiss Pavilion". Davide Scaramuzza and the drones are also featured in the latest eZurichand ICT-cluster Newsletter (in German).
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Davide Scaramuzza visits India's premier technology institutes
Organized by SwissNex India, Davide Scaramuzza is travelling in India from March 16 - 20, 2015. He is giving lecture demonstrations at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and at the Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His topic is "Towards Agile Flight of Vision-controlled Micro Flying Robots".
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Dacuda and Volumental unveil printable 3D-selfies using Intel powered tablets using RPG's dense-3D-reconstruction software
This new application is a collaboration between the Robotics and Perception Group and the computer vision companies Dacuda and Volumental.
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Rosige Zeiten für gut ausgebildete Informatiker
Als Informatiker hat man gute Jobchancen - heute und in der Zukunft. Dies zeigt eine Umfrage der Zeitschrift Computerworldunter 100 Schweizer CIOS und CTOs.
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Medienberichte zur Kooperation IfI - Stadtpolizei Zürich in der Kriminalprävention
Das berichten die Medien zum gemeinsamen Projekt des Instituts für Informatik mit der Stadtpolizeit Zürich in der Kriminalprävention:
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Kriminalprävention: IfI kooperiert mit der Stadtpolizei Zürich
An einem Medienanlass am 16. Februar 2015 informierten die Stadtpolizei Zürich und das Institut für Informatik der Universität Zürich über ihr gemeinsames Projekt in der Kriminalprävention. In intensiver Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Informatik wurde ein modernes Mittel zur wirksamen Unterstützung von Beratungsgesprächen im Bereich Einbruchschutz entwickelt. In seiner Präsentation am Medienanlass stellte Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schwabe die von seiner Forschungsgruppe entwickelten Methoden der IT gestützten Einbruchschutzberatung vor.
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Try out CoRe (Course Recommender) to plan your Fall semester 2015
All IFI students are invited to use CoRe again, IFI's Course Recommender tool that provides you with recommendations for courses at UZH based on your personal preferences. CoRe is now ready for you to plan your Fall semester 2015. More...
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Davide Scaramuzza has been appointed to the Strategic Advisory Board of Dacuda AG
As per February 1, 2015, Davide Scaramuzzahas been appointed to the Strategic Advisory Board of Dacuda AG. The Swiss software company has invented the world's first mouse scanner. Its technology enables fast and reliable capturing of text and image as well as creative photography interaction for immediate editing and easy sharing.
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Sven Seuken has received a research grant from Microsoft Research
Sven Seuken has received a research grant from Microsoft Research for his project proposal "Preference Elicitation and Mechanism Design for Complex Dynamic Systems." More...