Awards and prizes

GAUSS Prize for Prof. Damir Filipovic and Nicolas Camenzind

Published:13.05.25 — They were awarded the prestigious 2025 GAUSS Prize by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Versicherungs- und Finanzmathematik e.V. (DGVFM) and the Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung e.V. (DAV). The prize recognizes contributions that combine both high scientific quality and particular practical relevance in the field of financial and actuarial mathematics.

Can we convince AI to answer harmful requests?

Published:19.12.24 — New research from EPFL demonstrates that even the most recent Large Language Models (LLMs), despite undergoing safety training, remain vulnerable to simple input manipulations that can cause them to behave in unintended or harmful ways.

IC PhD graduate recognized with the ELLIS PhD Award 2024

Published:16.12.24 — EPFL’s Anastasiia Koloskova has won this year’s ELLIS PhD award, which recognizes European dissertations in the area of artificial intelligence and machine learning-related fields.