IfI News 2017
News list
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BSc, MSc, and PhD Graduations
The Department of Informatics congratulates its 30 Bachelor, 25 Master, and 13 PhD students for having successfully completed their degrees! 🎉
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Abraham Bernstein on Digitalization and Politics
Abraham Bernstein encourages the government to embrace digitalization also in political processes.
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Thomas Fritz appointed Professor for Human-Oriented Software Engineering
Thomas Fritz has been appointed Associate Professor for Human-Oriented Software Engineering.
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Burkhard Stiller über Blockchains
Im Rahmen der UZH Lunchveranstaltung «Digitales Marketing und digitale Transformation» hielt Burkhard Stiller einen Vortrag.
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Sven Seuken among "Top 40 under 40"
Sven Seuken was selected by the magazine Capital as one of the outstanding talents under 40 years. Congratulations!
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Live Paper in SRF Wissen
In der Hypothekarbank Lenzburg kommt «Live Paper» zum Einsatz: Objekte der realen Welt (Papierblätter, menschliche Hände) werden über ein Projektionssystem mit digitalen Inhalten kombiniert. Entwickelt wird das Projekt von der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz zusammen mit Informatikern der Information Management Research Group. Beitrag auf der Seite von «SRF Wissen»
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UZH Teaching Funds for ZPAC project
Each year the University of Zurich supports innovative concepts in teaching. The project ATStat: Active Training in Statistics (Chat Wacharamanotham, People and Computing Lab, together with Carolin Strobl, Rudolf Debelak, and Stella Bollmann from the Department of Psychology) is one of this year's funding recipients.
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UZH-Lehrkredit für IMRG-Projekt
Jedes Jahr schreibt die Universität Zürich einen kompetitiven Lehrkredit zur Unterstützung innovativer Lehrprojekte aus. Erfahrbare ERP-Systeme und ERP-Systementwicklung (Gerhard Schwabe, Information Management Research Group) hat in der Ausschreibung 2017 einen Zuschlag gekriegt.
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Blockchain-based Car Dossier
Managing the history of a vehicle is useful for insurance companies, garages, used-car dealers, and other stakeholders. Blockchain technology has the potential to ensure a transparent and secure way the stakeholders can access and administer this information.
Swiss software company AdNovum in cooperation with the Information Management Research Group and other partners is now developing a Car Dossier based on blockchain technology.
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Das Finanzwesen im Umbruch
Am Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab der Universität Zürich dreht sich alles um die Frage: Wie lässt sich moderne Technologie im Finanzwesen nutzen, um den Finanz- und Versicherungsplatz Schweiz für die Zukunft fit zu machen?
Portrait in den UZH News.
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Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab on Digital Change
The Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab of the University of Zurich was established in 2016 by the Department of Informatics and the Department of Banking and Finance. Its research revolves around the question: How can modern technologies be used to make the Swiss financial sector fit for the digital future?
Portrait in UZH News.
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Procivis and Communication Systems Group develop Blockchain-based e-voting solution
The Communication Systems Group and Swiss e-government startup Procivis will develop an electronic voting solution. Based on Blockchains, the platform will cover the entire voting process and is planned to be made available publicly as open source software. More…
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Drones can almost see in the dark
A group of researchers around Davide Scaramuzza, head of the Robotics and Perception Group, have taught drones to orient themselves using an eye-inspired event camera. This enables agile maneuvers even in low-light environments.
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Wenn Computer lügen lernen
Vom 22. bis 24. September findet in Vitznau der Salon Public statt. Unter dem Motto «Kluge Köpfe erklären die Welt» werden Themen wie die Digitalisierung, das Weltall, Armut und das Gehirn diskutiert. Abraham Bernstein (Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group) erklärt die künstliche Intelligenz.
Der Eintritt ist frei, Anmeldung ist erforderlich.
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Awards at RE'17 for RERG members
Apart from Martin Glinz' Most Influential Paper Award, members of the Requirements Engineering Research Group have been collecting other trophies: Parisa Ghazi, Zahra Shakeri Hossein Abad and Martin Glinz have won the Best Poster and Research Demo Award at the 25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. More…
Congratulations!
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SNSF Professorship at IfI: Alberto Bacchelli
Alberto Bacchelli, former assistant professor at TU Delft, has joined IfI in August. He was awarded a professorship by the Swiss National Science Foundation and is now establishing the “Zurich Empirical Software Engineering Team” (ZEST) here. Welcome to the IfI, Alberto!
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Martin Glinz receives the Most Influential Paper Award at RE’17
Martin Glinz, head of the Requirements Engineering Research Group, received the Most Influential Paper Award at the 25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference for his paper "On Non-Functional Requirements" from ten years ago. More…
Congratulations!
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BandwidthX Appoints Sven Seuken as Chief Economist
Sven Seuken, head of the Computation and Economics Research Group at IfI, has been appointed Chief Economist at BandwidthX, the operator of a B2B cloud-based mobile data market. At BandwidthX, Sven Seuken will be overseeing the design and analysis of market mechanisms and trading rules.
Congratulations on this appointment!
Read the full story here!
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Es geht um unsere Zukunft
Die Schweiz macht digital mobil: Abraham Bernstein (Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group) und Jürgen Schmidhuber (Università della Svizzera Italiana) gehören zu den hellsten Köpfen der Schweiz. Bericht des SonntagsBlicks vom 10. September 2017
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CSG partner modum.io raises 4.2 million USD in 10 minutes
Pioneering the use of blockchain and IoT technologies in the pharmaceutical supply chain, UZH start-up modum.io partners with Burkhard Stiller's Communication Systems Group. This technology is hot: On its first day modum.io was offered at the International Token Offering it raised 4.2 Million USD within 10 minutes! More…
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Cross-disciplinary Project between the Department of Film Studies and IfI
Prof. Pajarola's research group, the Visualization and MultiMedia Lab, is supporting the ERC AdvG research project FilmColors. Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Aesthetics of Prof. Barbara Flückiger through the development of film and color analysis tools as presented at the Workshop on Computer Vision in Digital Humanities as part of the Digital Humanities Conference 2017 in Montreal.
See the article of the Special Interest Group AudioVisual material in Digital Humanities here.
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Two New Associate Professorships at IfI
As per 1 September 2017, the Board of the University has appointed Dr. Davide Scaramuzza as Associate Professor ad Personam for Robotics and Perception and Dr. Sven Seuken as Associate Professor for Computation and Economics.
The Department Management and everybody at IfI congratulate Davide and Sven on their appointments! 🎉
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CAPATHITY: Simulating the Post-fossil Swiss City
The Informatics and Sustainability Research group and Empa’s Technology and Society Lab will work together on CAPATHITY (Constraint-Aware Pathways to the Post-Fossil Swiss City).
This project is supported by the National Research Program 73 "Sustainable Economy" and aims to provide both visionary and realistic pathways to a post-fossil economy.
A major outcome of CAPATHITY will be a simulation game that shows what the "Swiss City" 2050 could look like. The simulations take into account materials, technology, the natural environment, and societal constraints.
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New Study on Digitalization and Climate Protection Published
The Informatics and Sustainability Research group published a new study on “Opportunities and Risks of Digitalization for Climate Protection in Switzerland” in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Swisscom, authored by Lorenz Hilty and Jan Bieser.
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100 Digital Shapers 2017: Die Vordenker
Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin Bilanz hat 100 Menschen zu den «Digital Shapers 2017» gekürt.
Abraham Bernstein, Gründer der UZH Digital Society Initiative, gehört dabei zu den Vordenkern: «Sie denken ihrer Zeit voraus und sehen das grosse Ganze: Was macht die Digitalisierung mit dem Menschen und der Gesellschaft?»
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Globales Hirn: Interview in UZH News
Interview in den UZH News: «Die Digitalisierung beschleunigt die Wissenschaft und verändert die Forschung. Abraham Bernstein und Michael Hengartner über die digitale Revolution und die Rolle der UZH.» Zum Beitrag
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We put the "IfI" in "Scientifica" :-)
The Department of Informatics is represented with a number of events at this year's Scientifica:
Exhibition: Wie aus räumlichen Daten Wissen wird: Big Data in 3D
Exhibition: Wie fliegende Roboter sehen lernen
Exhibition: Zürich interaktiv
Science Café: Mehr Daten – weniger Verbrauch?
Science Café: Nehmen Roboter uns die Arbeit weg?
Show: Fliegende Roboter
Talk: Wenn Computer Hilfe brauchen - Datenanalyse mit Crowds
Workshop: Data Science im Unternehmen: Was können Sie aus Ihren Daten herausholen?
Visit us at Scientifica from 1 to 3 September at the main buildings of UZH and ETHZ!
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Thomas Puschmann appointed Innovation Council member
As of 1 January 2018, Innosuisse will take over the functions of the current Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI). The Innosuisse Board has now appointed the 20 members of the Innovation Council. Thomas Puschmann from the Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab is one of them -- congratulations!
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Fokus: Social Bots
Was sind Social Bots? Wie beeinflussen sie die öffentliche Meinung?
Antworten gibt Abraham Bernstein im Beitrag in «10 vor 10», SRF vom 4. Juli 2017
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Das Shopping der Zukunft
Wie kann maschinelles Lernen die Zukunft des Shoppings verbessern? Wie sieht es mit der Werbung aus?
Antworten gibt Abraham Bernstein im Interview auf Radio SRF: Wirtschaftsmagazin «Trend» vom 1. Juli 2017 (ab Minute 20).
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Kickstarting the UX/HCI Community in Thailand
Chat Wacharamanotham and his colleagues in Thailand had been awarded a funding from ACM SIGCHI Development Fund to organize a workshop to kickstart UX/HCI community in Thailand.
The workshop held on 11 June 2017 attracted 28 practitioners and academics. Participants brainstormed about problems and action items for the UX/HCI community in Thailand. The results of this workshop are a concrete plan to grow the community as well as the founding of ThaiCHI: The Thai ACM SIGCHI Local Chapter of which Chat Wacharamanotham is now the secretary.
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Informatiktage 2017 at IfI
For informatics you need full concentration, keen perception – and some perseverance, too. But in the end it’s a lot of fun!
Visitors of the Informatiktage 2017 had the opportunity to experience this for themselves at the Department of Informatics on 16 and 17 June.
We look forward to many visitors again next time!
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Semester Award for Markus Göckeritz
DDIS student Markus Göckeritz wins the University of Zurich's Semester Award for his bachelor thesis Quantifying and Correcting the Majority Illusion in Social Networks. Each term 30 outstanding term projects and theses from all faculties are awarded by the president of the university.
Congratulations!
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Martin Glinz’ Farewell Lecture
In an almost fully-packed lecture hall at Binzmühlestrasse, Martin Glinz held his farewell lecture, reminiscing about the history of Requirements Engineering – and his own part in it. Before being greeted with an apéro in the entrance hall, the crowd was pleased to hear that Martin will be staying two more years at IfI, making his transition from Requirements Engineering to Retirement Engineering a smooth one.
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Robotics and Perception Group Wins 2017 Misha Mahowald Prize
Davide Scaramuzza's Robotics and Perception Group wins this year's Misha Mahowald Prize "for their pathbreaking applications of neuromorphic engineering to robot navigation". Congratulations!
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FlowLight in the New Scientist
“Can’t you see I’m busy? A desk-mounted traffic light system automatically measures how hard a person is working to tell would-be interrupters when to stay well away.”
The New Scientist reports about the FlowLight system, which was developed by SEAL (Thomas Fritz, Manuela Züger, André Meyer) and ABB (David Shepherd).
FlowLight measures a worker's activity and indicates with a color LED light whether he or she may or may not be interrupted.
(Image credit: FlowLight Team)
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Timo Mennle wins 2017 Mercator Award!
Dr. Timo Mennle, who finished his PhD under Prof. Sven Seuken's supervision in 2016, won the prestigious Mercator Award for the best PhD thesis in Law and Economics. The award recognizes outstanding scientific achievements of societal relevance that apply inter- or transdisciplinary approaches or methods.
Congratulations!
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Raffaele Fabio Ciriello Assistant Professor in Copenhagen
Raffaele Fabio Ciriello from Gerd Schwabe's Information Management Research Group will soon start an Assistant Professorship at IT University in Copenhagen. Congratulations!
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Drone Research Media Coverage Ranks 3rd
According to an article in UZH Journal 1/2017(PDF), Davide Scaramuzza’s research on drones ranks 3rd on the list of UZH Media Relation’s most popular news releases of 2016.
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Der Mensch verliert sein Poker-Gesicht
Die Software «Libratus» von Tuomas Sandholm und Noam Brown (Carnegie Mellon University) schlägt die besten Pokerspieler, nachdem sie sich das Spiel selber beigebracht hatte. In dieser Sendung von Schweizer Radio SRF kommentiert Avi Bernstein die Vorteile von maschinellem Lernen bei unvollständigen Informationen.
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Avi Bernstein elected SNSF evaluation committee member
We are happy to announce that Abraham Bernstein was named external member of the SNSF Ambizione career program evaluation committee. Congratulations!
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Renato Pajarola awarded ACM Senior Membership
We are proud to announce that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently named Renato Pajarola as a Senior Member in recognition of his contributions to computer graphics and visualization. Pajarola, head of the Visualization and Multimedia Lab, is the first IfI professor to be nominated for this recognition. Congratulations!
