IfI News 2022

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?