IfI News 2018 https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018.html In the media: Drone in Rescue Missions https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Drone-in-Rescue-Missions.html Researchers from the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich and the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL created a new foldable drone.

]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:31:58 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Drone-in-Rescue-Missions.html 2018-12-18T14:31:58Z BSc, MSc, and PhD Graduations 🎓 https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/graduation-ceremonies-2018-12.html The Department of Informatics congratulates its 10 Bachelor, 25 Master, and 8 PhD students to their degrees!

]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:41:29 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/graduation-ceremonies-2018-12.html 2018-12-13T07:41:29Z Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Digitale-Transformation-NFP-77.html Im Auftrag des Bundesrats schreibt der Schweizerische Nationalfonds das Nationale Forschungsprogramm «Digitale Transformation» (NFP 77) aus. Abraham Bernstein präsidiert die Leitungsgruppe des NFP 77. 

]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:02:43 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Digitale-Transformation-NFP-77.html 2018-12-04T10:02:43Z In den Medien: Der digitale Wandel in der Schweiz https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Bernstein-SRF-Themenabend.html Abraham Bernstein hat als Gast den SRF-Themenabend «Dataland» begleitet.

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:23:46 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Bernstein-SRF-Themenabend.html 2018-11-27T12:23:46Z Keynote an der Bits & Bäume-Konferenz https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Lorenz-Hilty-Bits--B%C3%A4ume.html Lorenz Hilty war Keynote Speaker an der Bits & Bäume-Konferenz in Berlin. Seine Hauptthese: Die digitale Technologie hätte das Potential, den Energie- und Materialverbrauch in Produktion und Konsum zu senken. Aber leider wird diese Chance nicht ausreichend genutzt. 

]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2018 23:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Lorenz-Hilty-Bits--B%C3%A4ume.html 2018-11-22T23:00:00Z Visual Computing ACM-Lectures available https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/ACM-Distinguished-Speaker.html Renato Pajarola has been appointed as a Distinguished Speaker for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

 

]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:55:13 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/ACM-Distinguished-Speaker.html 2018-11-13T13:55:13Z In den Medien: UZH-Fokus auf Digitalisierung https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Neue-DSI-Professuren.html Die UZH Digital Society Initiative (DSI) wurde vor zwei Jahren vom Informatik-Professor Abraham Bernstein gegründet. Nun wächst die UZH Digital Society Initiative (DSI). Achtzehn neue Professuren im Bereich Digitalisierung werden geschaffen.

]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:57:25 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Neue-DSI-Professuren.html 2018-10-25T07:57:25Z Four Open Professorships https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/four-open-professorships.html We are hiring! These four professorships are currently available at the Department of Informatics:

Assistant Professorship in AI and Machine Learning
(Non-tenure Track)

Assistant Professorship in Interacting with Data
(Non-tenure Track)

Professorship in Big Data Science

Professorship in Human and Crowd Computing
(Assistant/Associate/Full)

 

Application deadline: 30 November 2018.

]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:09:47 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/four-open-professorships.html 2018-10-17T13:09:47Z In den Medien: Die Verlässlichkeit von Wikidata und Wikipedia https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/sarasua-wikimedia-projekte.html Über die Mechanismen und Tools der Wikimedia-Projekte spricht Cristina Sarasua im Interview.

 

]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:34:19 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/sarasua-wikimedia-projekte.html 2018-09-28T09:34:19Z EnviroInfo 2018: Best Paper Award https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/EnviroInfo-2018-Best-Paper-Award.html Maria J. Pouri, PhD student at the Department of Informatics and her supervisor Lorenz Hilty, got the best paper award at the EnviroInfo 2018 for their contribution «ICT-Enabled Sharing Economy and Environmental Sustainability – a Resource-oriented Approach». The conference was held at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Garching near Munich.

Foto: Allesandro Podo, LRZ

]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:27:28 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/EnviroInfo-2018-Best-Paper-Award.html 2018-09-17T15:27:28Z Burkhard Stiller: Member of Scientific Council in Luxembourg https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Stiller-member-of-Scientific-Council-FNR.html The Luxemburg National Research Fund (FNR) is the main funder of research activities in Luxembourg.

 

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:18:59 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Stiller-member-of-Scientific-Council-FNR.html 2018-09-14T12:18:59Z H2020-MSCA-ITN Grant for Renato Pajarola's EU-Project EVOCATION https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Grant-Renato-PajarolaEU-Project-EVOCATION.html Renato Pajarola, Chairman of the Department of Informatics, wins a substantial funding for EVOCATION, a project led in cooperation with colleagues from the University of Rostock, Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo e Studi Superiori in Sardegna, TU Wien and Frauenhofer IGD. The project in the field of Visual and Geometric Computing will be supported with 3.6M Euro in total.

The 3D market is expected to boom in the near future. And a new generation of researchers is needed. The project "Advanced Visual and Geometric Computing for 3D Capture, Display, and Fabrication" (EVOCATION) focuses on creating a leading European-wide doctoral Collegium.  

]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Grant-Renato-PajarolaEU-Project-EVOCATION.html 2018-09-13T22:00:00Z «100 Ways of Thinking» mit Davide Scaramuzzas Drohnen https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/scaramuzza-100waysofthinking.html Anlässlich der Langen Nacht der Zürcher Museen am 1. September 2018 zeigt Davide Scaramuzza zwei Experimente mit Drohnen.

 

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:53:14 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/scaramuzza-100waysofthinking.html 2018-08-30T08:53:14Z Renato Pajarola appointed new Chairman of the Department of Informatics https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/pajarola-new-ifi-chair.html The University of Zurich has appointed Renato Pajarola as new Chairman of the Department of Informatics (IfI) as of August 2018. Building on the foundations laid by his predecessor Abraham Bernstein, he will continue guiding IfI into a bright future. Several professorships are coming up, student numbers are growing, and many of IfI’s research topics are flourishing.

 

]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/pajarola-new-ifi-chair.html 2018-08-27T22:00:00Z Welche Auswirkung hat künstliche Intelligenz auf die Gesellschaft? https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/TA-Swiss-Studie-Lorenz-Hilty.html Im Auftrag der Stiftung TA-Swiss arbeiten drei Institutionen zusammen, um die Herausforderungen der künstlichen Intelligenz zu analysieren: Die Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt (Empa), die Digital Society Initiative der Universität Zürich und das Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW).

]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/TA-Swiss-Studie-Lorenz-Hilty.html 2018-08-22T22:00:00Z In den Medien: Drohnen in Katastrophengebieten https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/scaramuzza-10vor10.html Davide Scaramuzza und sein Forschungsteam entwickelt autonom fliegende Drohnen.

]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:01:46 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/scaramuzza-10vor10.html 2018-08-23T16:01:46Z ERC Starting Grant for Sven Seuken https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/erc-grant-2018-sven-seuken.html Sven Seuken, Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics, wins a starting grant by the European Research Council (ERC). His research project at the intersection of Market Design and Machine Learning will be supported with 1’375’000 Euro.
Why do some marketplaces like eBay and AirBnB work well, while others don’t? And which market mechanisms and algorithms guarantee economic efficiency, fairness, and computational feasibility?
Sven Seuken’s research focuses on these key questions. 

]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/erc-grant-2018-sven-seuken.html 2018-08-08T22:00:00Z In den Medien: Renn-Parcours mit Hindernissen https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Scaramuzza-nzz.html Das Forschungsteam von Davide Scaramuzza konstruiert «sportliche» Drohnen.

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/Scaramuzza-nzz.html 2018-08-01T22:00:00Z CGI 2018: 2nd Best Paper Award https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/cgi2018-paper-award.html Reconstructing and visualizing sharp corners of an object in a faithful way is a challenging task in computer graphics.
A new method developed by the VMML researchers allows to compute normal vectors around such corners in a faster way by removing redundant calculations.

]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:20:50 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/cgi2018-paper-award.html 2018-07-20T09:20:50Z In den Medien: Weniger Risiko beim Kauf von Gebrauchtwagen https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/car-dossier.html Die Blockchain-Technologie wird viele Geschäftsfelder beeinflussen und sie transparenter und sicherer machen. 

]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:57:52 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/car-dossier.html 2018-07-18T14:57:52Z UZH Research Grant for Claudio Mura https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/research-grant-claudio-mura.html Claudio Mura has received the research grant «Forschungskredit» from the University of Zurich.

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:55:55 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/research-grant-claudio-mura.html 2018-07-17T14:55:55Z Farewell, Enrico! https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/enrico-farewell.html After almost 40 years of supporting IfI professors, employees, and students, Enrico Solcà started a new endeavor: His well-deserved retirement.

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2018 06:46:12 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/enrico-farewell.html 2018-07-16T06:46:12Z PhD Summer School 2018 https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/summer-school-2018.html The IfI Summer School 2018 has a hot topic: More than 60 students from 10 countries are attending the courses on «Machine Learning».

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:23:13 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/summer-school-2018.html 2018-06-27T14:23:13Z Martin Glinz im Beirat von 3L Informatik https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/glinz-3l-informatik.html Die Verbände SwissICT und Schweizer Informatik Gesellschaft haben das Joint-Venture 3L Informatik gegründet, um «die Aktualität von Fachwissen in der Informatik sichtbar zu machen».

]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/glinz-3l-informatik.html 2018-06-19T22:00:00Z Höhenflug mit Deep Learning https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/scaramuzza-lernen-im-flug.html Die Drohnen aus Davide Scaramuzzas Robotics and Perception Group können selbständig in der Stadt herumfliegen.

]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:44:36 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/scaramuzza-lernen-im-flug.html 2018-06-18T10:44:36Z BSc, MSc, and PhD Graduations 🎓 https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/graduation-ceremonies-2018-05.html The Department of Informatics congratulates its 47 Bachelor, 20 Master, and 6 PhD students for having successfully completed their degrees! 🎉

]]> Thu, 24 May 2018 07:58:51 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/graduation-ceremonies-2018-05.html 2018-05-24T07:58:51Z Burkhard Stiller on Network Blocking in "10 vor 10" https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/stiller-on-network-blocking.html On 10 June 2018, Swiss citizens will vote on blocking access to online gambling sites.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2018 10:27:25 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/stiller-on-network-blocking.html 2018-05-11T10:27:25Z REFSQ 2018 Best Paper Award https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/rerg-refsq2018-best-paper-award.html Sofija Hotomski, Eya Ben Charrada, and Martin Glinz have won the Best Paper Award at REFSQ 2018. 

Congratulations!

]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:30:29 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/rerg-refsq2018-best-paper-award.html 2018-04-03T11:30:29Z Alle müssen lernen, mit Daten umzugehen https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/bernstein-asut-interview.html Interview mit Abraham Bernstein zum Thema «Wie machen wir unser Bildungssystem für die Digitalisierung fit?». 

 

]]> Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:00:00 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/bernstein-asut-interview.html 2018-03-10T23:00:00Z SNSF Professorship at IfI: Ingo Scholtes https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/ingo-scholtes-snsf-professorship.html Ingo Scholtes, senior assistant and lecturer at ETH Zurich, has just been awarded a professorship by the Swiss National Science Foundation and will be joining the Department of Informatics of the University of Zurich this summer. His research topic is "Next-Generation Network Analytics for Time Series Data".

Welcome to the IfI, Ingo!

]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:54:24 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/ingo-scholtes-snsf-professorship.html 2018-03-01T14:54:24Z Wer spricht denn da? Synthetische Stimmen täuschend echt https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/dellwo-srf-kulturplatz.html Phonetik-Professor Volker Dellwo über die menschliche Stimme im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung. 

]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:39:41 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/dellwo-srf-kulturplatz.html 2018-02-02T11:39:41Z Is digital democracy too risky – or the chance of a generation? https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/digital-democracy-risk-or-chance.html Abraham Bernstein is one of the experts discussing the chances and risks of digital democracy.

]]> Wed, 24 Jan 2018 07:04:04 GMT https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/news-archive/2018/digital-democracy-risk-or-chance.html 2018-01-24T07:04:04Z