School of Computer and Communication Sciences

Our School is one of the main European centers for education and research in the field of computing.

We take pride in educating students at all levels in the exciting and world-changing fields of science and technology, performing research that drives forward the boundaries of knowledge, as well as fostering the commercial use of our research and the entrepreneurial spirit of our faculty and students.
The artifacts and software of the technology revolution have changed peoples’ lives in countless ways over the past half century. And, this revolution is not over! The intellectual accomplishments of computer science are diffusing into many other disciplines, changing the way that researchers, practitioners, and people in general see their world and conceive of solutions. We are proud and happy to be at the center of these revolutions.

MISSIONS

Education

We offer a bachelor program in Computer Science and one in Communications. We also offer four master’s programs: Computer Science, Communications, Data Science and Cyber Security.

Research

Research in IC spans a broad range of topics. Our faculty members are world leaders in many of these areas, and our PhD students go on to successful careers in academia and industry throughout Switzerland and the world.

Innovation

Our school works closely with industry, both in Switzerland and throughout the world, to lend our expertise to solve challenging problems and to bring new ideas from our labs into innovative products.

News

My students are my biggest achievement

Published:18.09.20 — EPFL Professor Anastasia Ailamaki wins the prestigious Women in Database Research Award and is appointed as a member of Academia Europaea.

Carmela Troncoso: named one of 2020s global top young tech leaders

Published:11.09.20 — Carmela Troncoso, head of the Security and Privacy Engineering Lab (SPRING) in EPFL’s School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC), helped lead the push to build the Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing system (DP-3T), now used in COVID-19 tracing apps around the world. She’s just joined the ranks of Fortune Magazine’s prestigious 40 Under 40.

Changes at the top

Published:08.09.20 — The EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) is a dynamic workplace and we are delighted to congratulate three colleagues who have recently taken on leadership positions within the School.

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Carmela Troncoso: named one of 2020s top young tech leaders

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Lang/Baumann – Up #4

> Video of the perilous installation of the sculpture Up #4 The Swiss artist duo Lang/Baumann (L/B) was invited by the CDH-Culture to imagine and create a sculpture installed from June to December 2020 in a patio of…

17-06-202012-12-2020

With: Lang/Baumann, duo d’artistes suisses
Place and room: Patio extérieur du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions

Prix Pictet — Hope

04-09-202004-10-2020

Place and room: ArtLab Pavillon B
Category: Exhibitions

From bench to bedside – a fantastic voyage of drug/device development – Europe and US

07-09-202002-10-2020

With: Gautam Maitra, AC Immune Hasnaà Haddouck, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum Norma Shafer, Steadmed Mediacal Ary Saaman, Debiotech Claude Amman, Amman Consulting Ajit Simh, San Diego Matthew Scherer, FDA – Europe Office
Place and room: Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Book selection "A utopian vision of futuristic cities"

09-09-202023-11-2020

Place and room: RLC
Category: Exhibitions

A utopian vision of futuristic cities

09-09-202023-11-2020

With: La Maison d’Ailleurs, musée de la science-fiction, de l’utopie et des voyages extraordinaires
Place and room: Hall du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions