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

Unravelling light to understand the visible world

Published:23.09.20 — UNRAVEL, a groundbreaking project at EPFL’s School of Computer and Communication Sciences will establish techniques for inverting light simulations with billions of parameters, for a revolutionary impact on scientific disciplines that involve the analysis of images.

EPFL's Predikon: predicting voting results with machine learning

Published:22.09.20 — On September 27 Switzerland votes for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, including on a contentious initiative to end the free movement of workers with the European Union. Predikon will be predicting the final outcome within minutes of the release of the first partial municipal results from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.

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.

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

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De la biologie synthétique et des perspectives d’une seconde Genèse: table ronde à l’EPFL avec George Church et Christian Frei

Dans son dernier documentaire scientifique Genesis 2.0, le cinéaste suisse Christian Frei montre comment, dans le monde entier, on repousse les limites de la biologie synthétique pour concrétiser la vision d’un nouveau…

25-09-202025-09-2020

With: Harvard synthetic biologist, George Church Movie director, Christian Frei EPFL Head of Communications, Mirko Bischofberger EPFL professor and Head of the Laboratory of Systems Biology and Genetics, Bart Deplancke 2019 Winners of the iGEM competition
Place and room: Rolex Forum
Category: Movies

Lang/Baumann – Up #4

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