ETH CS Department

The EFCL Winter School 2026 keynote programme brings together leading researchers from academia and industry.

Professor Siyu Tang will give a keynote on 9 February 2026 at 15:30 in HG Audimax.

🔗 Full keynote programme:
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A Red Cross for cyberspace: NATO tests innovation from ETH Zurich The Red Cross protects hospitals, medical personnel and relief supplies during wartime – but until now, no digital assets. Felix Linker, a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, has developed a digita...

Felix E. Linker, a postdoctoral researcher at @ethz.ch, has developed a digital emblem designed to protect digital assets from cyberattacks during armed conflicts.

Read more about the project and its implications for cyber conflict: inf.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...

Peter Müller named ACM Fellow Professor Peter Müller from the Department of Computer Science has been named an ACM Fellow in recognition of his contributions to automated, modular program verification. Big congratulations!

Congratulations to Professor Peter Müller on being named an ACM Fellow. He was recognised for his sustained research contributions to automated, modular program verification.

The award recognises his sustained research contributions to automated, modular program verification.

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The researcher making AI safer Javier Rando is undertaking a PhD at ETH Zurich on the safety of artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, he is working at a tech company with the same goal. He is convinced that if this works,...

Javier Rando is undertaking a PhD at ETH Zurich on the #Safety of #AI. At the same time, he is working at a tech company with the same goal. He is convinced that if this works, AI could become one of the best technologies ever.

Welcome Karl Bringmann!
Bringmann’s research focuses on fine-grained algorithms and complexity. He designs efficient algorithms for computational problems in areas such as optimisation, geometry, graphs and string algorithms.

Learn more in our interview with Karl Bringmann:
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YouTube video by ETH Zürich Looking back at ETH Zurich’s 2025

The ETH Zurich Annual Review 2025 brings together key developments from across the university and highlights how research translates into impact.

Computer Science is featured with three projects spanning open AI, biomedical data search and applied AI in sports.

Professor Dennis Hofheinz has received the 2025 TCC Test of Time Award for his influential 2017 paper on the Fujisaki–Okamoto transformation, a key building block for secure key encapsulation and post-quantum cryptography. Congratulations on this well-deserved honour.
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Rasmus Kyng receives Latsis Prize for groundbreaking work in algorithms Professor Rasmus Kyng has been awarded the 2025 ETH Zurich Latsis Prize in recognition of his outstanding contributions to theoretical computer science, particularly for his pioneering results on almo...

Prof Rasmus Kyng has received the 2025 ETH Zurich Latsis Prize for his groundbreaking work in theoretical computer science. His research advances efficient methods for solving large computational problems.
Congratulations to Rasmus Kyng on this well-deserved recognition. bit.ly/4oFegMO

We are delighted to announce the appointments of Dr Celestine Mendler-Dünner as Associate Professor and Dr Jules Jacobs as Tenure Track Assistant Professor by the ETH Zürich board! 🎉

Read more about the appointments: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Thousands of video games are published every year. Standing out from the crowd is becoming increasingly challenging. 🎮

The ETH spin-off Indoor Astronaut managed to do just that with their titles Unrailed! and Unrailed 2: Back on Track.

Learn more about the gaming industry: tinyurl.com/36y42fk2

Golden Owl for Ghislain Fourny Dr Ghislain Fourny, senior scientist and lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, has been awarded the Golden Owl 2025. The prize recognises outstanding teaching across ETH Zurich. Congratulati...

We're excited to share that the student organisation VSETH has honoured Ghislain Fourny with the Golden Owl 2025, an award presented to lecturers who demonstrate exceptional dedication and excellence in teaching.

Congratulations on this well-earned achievement! 👏🦉

Professor Adrian Perrig, who leads the Network Security Group (ETH Zurich) at D-INFK, has been awarded the prestigious ESORICS 2025 Outstanding Research Award. 🎉

Congratulations on this fantastic achievement! 👏

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Around one in ten women worldwide are affected by endometriosis. This condition leads to unexplained infertility and heavy menstruation.

Thanks to the AI-based technology of the @ethz.ch spin-off Scanvio, the diagnosis process can be noticeably simplified. 💡

Read article: shorturl.at/NALeQ

ETH Zurich has opened the renovated ML Hall, now home to the new RobotX Lab.
Our department contributes through the labs of Stelian Coros and Marc Pollefeys.
RobotX brings together ETH’s robotics expertise to train talent and advance research in mobility, manipulation and autonomy.
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Congratulations on this huge achievement!👏

A recent 'Nature' article explores how sycophant behavior of AI models affects researchers.

One of those interviewed was Jasper Dekoninck, a doctoral student in the Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab.

Read the full piece in ‘Nature’: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are delighted to share that Professor Zhendong Su has received the Most Influential OOPSLA Paper Award at SPLASH 2025 for the paper "Finding Deep Compiler Bugs via Guided Stochastic Program Mutation".

Congratulations! 🎉 👏

Read more: inf.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...

The Computer Graphics Lab and the ETH Game Technology Center are currently at the GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai, one of the world’s leading technology exhibitions.

If you happen to be close by – pay a visit and have a talk with ETH’s most famous alumnus! 📚 🛋️

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A significant finding from our Secure & Trustworthy Systems Group led by Prof. Shweta Shinde.

ETH researchers uncover vulnerability in confidential cloud environments Some data is so sensitive that it is processed only in specially protected cloud areas. These are designed to ensure that not even a cloud provider can access the data. ETH Zurich researchers have now...

Some data is so sensitive that it is processed only in specially protected cloud areas. These are designed to ensure that not even a cloud provider can access the data. ETH Zurich researchers have found a vulnerability that could allow hackers to breach these environments. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

"A DNA search engine" Computer scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a digital tool capable of searching through millions of published DNA records in a matter of seconds. This can significantly accelerate research into a...

Computer scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a digital tool capable of searching through millions of published DNA records in a matter of seconds. This can significantly accelerate research into antibiotic resistance and unknown pathogens.

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ETH Zurich maintains its top position in THE rankings Ranked eleventh, ETH Zurich is once again placed among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. This means it remains the highest-ranked uni...

Ranked eleventh, ETH Zurich is once again placed among the world’s best universities in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World #University #Rankings. This means it remains the highest-ranked university outside the Anglo-Saxon sphere.

A world-first: global climate simulations now run at 1.25 km resolution 🌍 A major step for climate science + a nomination for the Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling:
👉 www.cscs.ch/science/comp... #climate #gordonbell #prize

ETH Medals and Willi Studer Prizes for Master's Graduates Seven Master's graduates from the Department of Computer Science have been awarded prizes for their first-rate accomplishments. Four have received the ETH Medal and three the Willi Studer Prize. Congr...

We're thrilled to announce that seven graduates from our department have received top honours for their outstanding achievements. Four were awarded the ETH Medal, and three received the Willi Studer Prize.

A huge congratulations to all of them on this well-deserved recognition! 👏 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓

Welcome (back), D-INFK students! 👋 🥳

Whether you’re writing your first lines of code, learning more about the inner workings of AI systems, or getting an update on the latest research in cyber security – this semester offers plenty to explore in CS. We wish you all the best in your endeavors! 💻 👨‍💻 👩‍💻

ERC Starting Grants: success for ETH researchers Nine researchers from ETH Zurich have just been awarded Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). This is a positive signal for Zurich as a research location.

Nine of our young researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants 2025, securing CHF 13.5 million in EU funding.

From physics and AI to climate policy and environmental sciences – these projects show the breadth and excellence of research at ETH Zurich.

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Several D-INFK-affiliated ventures among Top 100 Swiss Startups 2025 The entrepreneurship supporter VentureLab has ranked the Top 100 Swiss StartUps of 2025. Six startups affiliated with D-INFK made it on the list. Congratulations to everyone included!

🎉 Several @ethz.ch startups made the #Top100SwissStartups 2025 by Venturelab:
@deepjudge.bsky.social, EthonAI, LatticeFlow, LogicStar, Flink Robotics, Scanvio!

👏 Big congrats, showcasing the strength of ETH’s #startup & #innovation ecosystem!
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Apertus has entered the chat! 🖥️ This large language model, made in Switzerland, marks a milestone in generative AI in terms of its transparency and diversity. 🎉

Apertus: a fully open, transparent, multilingual language model EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus today, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for trans...

EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS today released Apertus, Switzerland's first large-scale, multilingual language model (LLM). As a fully open LLM, it serves as a building block for developers and organizations to create their own applications.
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ETH SSRF 2025: between supercomputers and mountain hikes The ETH Summer School Research fellowship provides students from all around the world the chance to gain their first research experience, connect with various like-minded people and explore Switzerlan...

This summer, the ETH Student Summer Research Fellowship brought together 19 students from all over the world to explore topics like #machinelearning, #robotics and #bioinformatics – while also discovering Switzerland's culture and mountains.

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