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ICWSM 2023: Best Paper Award

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:54:56 GMT

The paper «Google the Gatekeeper: How Search Components Affect Clicks and Attention» by Jeffrey Gleason, Desheng Hu, Ronald E.Robertson, and Christo Wilson has won the Best Paper Award at the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) in Limassol, Cyprus.
Congratulations to Desheng Hu from the Social Computing Group led by Anikó Hannák!

Smartwatch app «MindfulPacer» helps Long Covid patients

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:34:54 GMT

André Meyer-Baron and Carlo Cervia-Hasler developed «MindfulPacer» and were recently awarded with the UZH Postdoc Team Award for it. Congratulations!

Best Paper Award for Davide Scaramuzza’s lab at IROS 2023

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:21:36 GMT

Congratulations! The paper “Autonomous Power Line Inspection with Drones via Perception-Aware MPC” by J. Xing, G. Cioffi, J. Hidalgo-Carrió, and D. Scaramuzza won the best paper award at the IEEE Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems.

Dan Olteanu named PVLDB Distinguished Associate Editor

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:37:15 GMT

Dan Olteanu is honoured as Distinguished Associate Editor at Very Large Data Base (VLDB) 2023 for his work from March 2022 to June 2023 as associate editor of the Proceedings of Very Large Data Bases Volume 16.

Digitising the environmental paradigm

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:00:00 GMT

On 19 September 2023, Lorenz Hilty gave a keynote in the Lecture Series «Making Sense of the Digital Society». The public event took place at the Urania Berlin.

AI Drone beats Human World Champions

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT

It is the first time that an autonomous mobile robot has beaten human champions in a real physical sport. The paper by Davide Scaramuzza and his team was published by «Nature». Congratulations!

Scientifica 2023

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:50:21 GMT

At Switzerland's largest science festival, you will experience a week of research and science in direct exchange with researchers.

DSI Infrastructure & Lab Grant for Jürgen Bernard: SDG Research Scout

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:55:17 GMT

Jürgen Bernard has received a DSI Infrastructure & Lab grant. Together with the teams of Martin Volk and Lorenz Hilty, he will design and develop an interactive tool for identifying content relevant to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in UZH's scientific publications, making it easier for UZH members to engange with SDG-relevant research.

Ning Wang receives a FAN Fellowship

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:30:51 GMT

Ning Wang joined recently the Informatics and Sustainability Research Group. She receives one of this year's FAN Fellowships. Congratulations!

Honorary Fellow Award an Lorenz Hilty

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:00:50 GMT

Die ICT4S Community hat auf ihrer Jahreskonferenz in Rennes, Frankreich, den ersten Honorary Fellow Award an Prof. Lorenz Hilty verliehen.

In den Medien: New Work und FlowTeams

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Um eine gute Produktivität und ein hohes Wohlbefinden zu erreichen, benötigen Wissensarbeiter:innen eine gute Balance zwischen Fokusarbeit und Kollaboration im Team. Wie gelingt diese Balance?

Damaris Schmid hat den Engagement Award gewonnen

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Damaris Schmid wurde an der Promotionsfeier der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät mit dem «Engagement Award» ausgezeichnet. Herzliche Gratulation!

The Carbon Footprint of Smartphones

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:06:27 GMT

The carbon footprint of smartphones is largely underestimated, as the focus has been mainly on the production phase – ignoring the impact of the entire life cycle of a smartphone. Lorenz Hilty emphasizes the importance of considering the environmental impact of our digital lives and calls for a shift towards a more sustainable and responsible use of technology.

Inaugural lecture by Dan Olteanu

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:44:21 GMT

Dan Olteanu investigates the principles behind computational challenges for data processing and designs simple and scalable solutions towards these challenges in both academia and industry.

Digitalisierung neu denken und umsetzen

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:46:13 GMT

Die weltweite Mehrfachkrise wirft Fragen nach einem grundlegenden Veränderungsprozess auf. Dabei könnte die Veränderung durch digitale Technologien unterstützt werden. Einen Überblick dazu bietet der Bericht «Digital Reset».

Two-year project "Government as a Platform" receives DIZH funding and opens two PhD positions

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:00:47 GMT

Liudmila Zavolokina, in collaboration with Gerhard Schwabe and Gianluca Miscione, has received further funding from DIZH for the project «Government as a Platform». Congratulations!

A new testing facility at Dübendorf Airport for drones

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:04:07 GMT

LINA, the new testing facility, is unique in Europe. It was realised thanks to the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions.

In den Medien: So verändert ChatGPT die Bildungs- und Berufswelt

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:06:16 GMT

Martin Volk spricht unter anderem darüber, wie ChatGPT das Schreiben von Seminararbeiten unterstützen kann und weshalb ethische Fragestellungen in der Informatik zugenommen haben.

In the media: Ethical issues with AI

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Robotics researcher Davide Scaramuzza warns about deadly consequences of using drones and Artificial Intelligence for warfare.

Best Paper Award for Liudmila Zavolokina, Kilian Sprenkamp and Birgit Schenk

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:00:00 GMT

Congratulations!
The paper «Citizens' Expectations about Achieving Public Value and the Role of Digital Technologies: It Takes Three to Tango!» has won the Best Paper Award in the Digital Government track at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

In the media: Robotics stories

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 23:00:00 GMT

The autonomous drone race by the Robotics and Perception Group is one of the top 10 robotics stories of 2022 by IEEE Spectrum.

SNF Sinergia grant for Abraham Bernstein

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Abraham Bernstein has received, together with partners from the University of Zurich and the University of Queensland, a Sinergia grant for the project «Large-Scale Political Participation: Issue Identification, Deliberation, and Co-creation».

In the media: Autonomous drones

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Robotics researcher Davide Scaramuzza speaks about the petition on militarian drones.

UZH: Europe's best University in Blockchain (3rd worldwide)

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Thanks to the Blockchain Center, the University of Zurich ranks third in this year's Blockchain ranking of 240 schools worldwide.

Burkhard Stiller receives LCN Lifetime Achievement Award

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:00:00 GMT

At the 47th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) in Edmonton, Canada, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller received, to his great surprise, an LCN Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations! 🏆

Inaugural lecture by Alberto Bacchelli

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:54:48 GMT

Alberto Bacchelli pursues with his research the goal to make developers more effective and to improve software quality.

Study on digital products and climate protection

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:07:38 GMT

A new study looks at the positive and negative climate effects of digital products and services.

Burkhard Stiller appointed new Director of the Department of Informatics IfI

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:31:26 GMT

The University of Zurich UZH has appointed Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller as new Director of the Department of Informatics IfI as of August 1, 2022. Building on previous processes and work laid out by his predecessor Prof. Dr. Renato Pajarola, he will continue guiding IfI through these complex times.

GoodBrother International Conference on Privacy-friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:06:54 GMT

Anton Fedosov, a postdoctoral researcher at the People and Computing Lab at IfI, co-organized together with Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux (Maastricht University, The Netherlands), Christoph Lutz (BI Norwegian Business School, Norway), Eduard Bosch-Villaronga (Leiden University, The Netherlands), and Anto Čartolovni (Catholic University of Croatia, Croatia) the GoodBrother International Conference on Privacy-friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society on June 28, 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Georges Giralt PhD Award for Antonio Loquercio

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 15:16:11 GMT

Davide Scaramuzza’s former PhD student Antonio Loquercio won the Georges Giralt PhD Award at the annual European Robotics Forum in Rotterdam this week. This is the most prestigious PhD award for dissertations in robotics in Europe. Congratulations!

Antonio finished his PhD in 2021 and is now a Postdoc at the University of California at Berkeley. His publications have been cited more than 1600 times already.

Georges Giralt PhD Award

DIZH Rapid Action Grant for Gerhard Schwabe and Liudmila Zavolokina

Erica Maurer — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:21:58 GMT

The DIZH (Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions) supports four projects which deal with emergencies as a result of the war against Ukraine. Gerhard Schwabe and Liudmila Zavolokina won a DIZH Rapid action grant for their project “Government as/is a platform”. Congratulations!

Congratulations for the Semester Award HS21

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:27:30 GMT

Maximilian Böker has been awarded a HS2021 Semester Award for his BSc thesis, entitled «An Empirical Analysis of the Recommendation Algorithm of TikTok».

In memoriam: Honorary Doctor Prof. Gordon B. Davis

Wed, 11 May 2022 08:17:12 GMT

Gordon B. Davis passed away on 6 May 2022 at the age of 91. He received the Honorary Doctorate of the University of Zurich in 1995 for his important contribution to computer based management and information systems.

Dan Olteanu wins Test of Time Award

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:43:49 GMT

The International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT) presented the Test of Time Award 2022 to Dan Olteanu. The award recognizes the paper «Factorized Representations of Query Results: Size Bounds and Readability» by Dan Olteanu and Jakob Závodný. Congratulations!

Informatiktage 2022

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:54:10 GMT

Die sechste Ausgabe der Informatiktage ging erfolgreich über die Bühne. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Science Lab UZH boten wir sieben Online-Kurse für Schulklassen auf Primar- und Sekundarstufe an zu den Themen «Was ist ein Programm» und «Umweltinformatik». Diese Kurse waren innert kurzer Zeit ausgebucht – das grosse Interesse von Lehrpersonen und Schüler:innen freut uns sehr!

Ausserdem erzählten Informatikstudierende der ETH Zürich und der Universität Zürich in einer interaktiven Online-Veranstaltung aus ihrem Studiumsalltag, informierten über die verschiedenen Studienschwerpunkte sowie Vertiefungsrichtungen in der Informatik und beantworteten Fragen aus dem Publikum.

Replicability Stamp Award

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:34:16 GMT

The Graphics Replicability Stamp Initiative has awarded the paper «Visualizing Graph Neural Networks with CorGIE: Corresponding a Graph to Its Embedding». Congratulations to Jürgen Bernard!

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:16:56 GMT

Der 11. Februar ist der «Internationale Tag von Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft» der Vereinten Nationen: Ein Tag, an dem die Leistungen von Frauen in der Wissenschaft gewürdigt werden und Frauen und Mädchen ermutigt werden sollen, sich für ein Studium und eine Karriere in den MINT-Fächern zu entscheiden.

Im Rahmen dieses Tages bot die Universität Zürich spannende MINT-Veranstaltungen für Mädchen und junge Frauen an. Es freut uns, dass wir insgesamt fast 70 Teilnehmerinnen zu den Workshops und Führungen begrüssen durften!

DIZH Rapid Action Grant for André Meyer

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:03:12 GMT

André Meyer won a DIZH Rapid action grant for his research project «FlowLight». The DIZH (Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions) supports projects for which concept and implementation plans already exist. Congratulations!

In the media: The event camera

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 23:00:00 GMT

According to Davide Scaramuzza event cameras are about 40 times as efficient as frame cameras.

Informationskrise und Pandemie

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:00:00 GMT

Die Pandemie stellt Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur auf die Probe. Was kann man aus den bisherigen Erfahrungen in der Schweiz lernen?

In den Medien: TV oder Handy – Wie schneidet Streaming in der CO2-Bilanz ab?

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:51:08 GMT

Im digitalen SRF-Umwelt und Klimaformat «SRF CO2ntrol» erklärt Lorenz Hilty, wie wir den Energieverbrauch beim Streamen kontrollieren können.

Best Paper Award for Jürgen Bernard

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:23:04 GMT

Jürgen Bernard has received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Vis Conference 2021 for an interactive data science system developed in a collaboration with BMW.

Horizonte: Gleiche Information, andere Schlussfolgerung

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:48:44 GMT

Haben Status, Geschlecht oder Hautfarbe einen Einfluss auf Redezeit und Teilnahme?

Congratulations for the Semester Award FS21

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:57:35 GMT

Janosch Baltensperger has been awarded for his BSc thesis, entitled «Continuous Deep Learning. An in-depth investigation of the deep learning workflow».

ESEC/FSE 2021 Test of Time Award: Don’t touch my code!

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:11:44 GMT

Congratulations! The paper Don’t touch my code! examining the effects of ownership on software quality by Christian Bird, Nachiappan Nagappan, Brendan Murphy (all Microsoft Research), Harald Gall (IfI), and Premkumar Devanbu (University of California, Davis) has won the ESEC/FSE Test of Time Award 2021.

This award recognizes highly influential papers published ten years ago in the European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE).

In 2019, Harald Gall was already one of the authors of a Test-of-Time-awarded publication.

SNF grant for Harald Gall and Pasquale Salza: Machine Learning Assisted Software Development

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:51:09 GMT

Congratulations! Harald Gall and Pasquale Salza have been granted SNF funding for their project Melise - Machine Learning Assisted Software Development.

Professur für Ingo Scholtes in Würzburg

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Ingo Scholtes, SNF-Professor für Data Analytics am IfI, ist einem Ruf an die Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg gefolgt. Der neu eingerichtete Lehrstuhl für «Machine Learning for Complex Networks» befasst sich mit maschinellen Lernverfahren für Daten, die sich als Graphen darstellen lassen. Solche Verfahren sind in der Lage, Muster in Datensätzen zu erkennen, die nicht die Annahmen klassischer maschineller Lernverfahren erfüllen – wie sie bisher etwa bei Bild- und Audiodaten oder Textdaten angewendet werden.

SNF grant for Alberto Bacchelli: Software Engineers as Quality Experts

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:10:10 GMT

Congratulations! Alberto Bacchelli, together with two co-applicants from Delft University of Technology, has been granted a project that investigates the question “what constitutes an expert in software quality”.

Blockchain: UZH Best in Europe, 4th Worldwide

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:47:41 GMT

Thanks to the Blockchain Center, the University of Zurich is on the fourth place in a ranking of 230 schools worldwide. Researchers from MIT and Stanford, together with Coindesk, looked at undergraduate and graduate programs, research and innovation at the faculty level, academic reputation, employment outcomes, and other aspects. Original article on Coindesk (with link to the methodology).

Flying High-Speed Drones with AI

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:14:57 GMT

In a recent study published in Science Robotics, Davide Scaramuzza and his team trained an autonomous quadcopter to fly at up to 40 kilometers per hour through unknown environments without colliding with obstacles. The drone's neural network learns to avoid obstacles by watching a “simulated teacher”, i.e., an algorithm that flew a simulated drone in a virtual environment.