IfI News 2011

DDIS Project CrowdLang highlighted in UZH Magazin

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT

The Current Editionof the UZH Magazinhighlights DDIS project CrowdLangwith a two page article. The article explains how CrowdLang can be used to accomplish non-trivial tasks with a large number of crowdworkers.

EU ITN on Data Intensive Visualization and Analysis (DIVA)

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT

In collaboration with six partners from Italy, Germany, Sweden, France and Hungary, Prof. Renato Pajarola from the Visualization and MultiMedia Lab (VMML vmml.ifi.uzh.ch) has been awarded a 4-year EU FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) on Data Intensive Visualization and Analysis (DIVA).

Interview with Prof. Bernstein in UZH News

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT

UZH News has published an interview with Prof. Bernstein on crowdsourcing.

Special Seminar: Open Government Data in the Cloud

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:00:00 GMT

On November 21 at 16:00, Mark Gayler, Open Software Evangelist atMicrosoft Corporation, is going to give a special seminar on Open Government Data in the Cloud.

DDIS Student Katharina Reinecke wins Mercator Dissertation Award

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMT

DDISGraduate Katharina Reinecke wins the Mercator Dissertation award with her thesis "Culturally Adaptive User Interfaces". The dissertation investigates how to build user interfaces that automatically adapt to a user's cultural background. She finds that her approach significantly improves the users' efficiency.

Three new Assistant Professors at IfI / Drei neue Assistenzprofessuren am IfI

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:00:00 GMT

The University council has appointed three new assistant professors at IfI. Der Universitätsrat hat drei neue Assistenzprofessoren am IfI ernannt.

Sven Seuken appointed Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Computation and Economics

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Dr. Sven Seuken has been appointed as an Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Computation and Economics at the Department of Informatics.

AIS digital library available for UZH students and researchers

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:00:00 GMT

IfI has negotiated full access to the AIS digital library...

Marc Vontobel und Pascal Kaufmann lancieren die Starmind Know-How Company

Tue, 03 May 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Marc Vontobel und Pascal Kaufmann lancierten am 19.04.2011 die Starmind Know-how Company. Mehrere...

Manuela Züger erhält Semesterpreis der UZH

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Manuela Züger hat für ihre Bachelorarbeit “Potential Use of Genetic Programming in Storm Warning...

Wie der Körper das Denken prägt

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Reportage über die Forschung von Prof. Rolf Pfeifer