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.

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.

What’s new?

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Trustworthy AI without Trusted Data

10.04.25EPFL

EPFL researchers developed a ground-breaking new tool to help build safer AI.

Professor Rachid Guerraoui © 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

IC's Rachid Guerraoui Awarded the ACM Luiz André Barroso Award

07.04.25EPFL

Professor Rachid Guerraoui has been awarded the inaugural Luiz André Barroso Award by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions to distributed computing and promoting computer science in Africa.

Small- model approach could be more effective

07.04.25Research

Small language models are more reliable and secure than their large counterparts, primarily because they draw information from a circumscribed dataset. Expect to see more chatbots running on these slimmed-down alternatives in the coming months.

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Spotlight

IC and SV Professor Charlotte Bunne has appeared on the popular Ground Truths podcast, hosted by pioneering biomedical researcher Eric Topol, to talk about the recently published paper “How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities.”

The Holy Grail of Biology

Event

30.04.2025 – 11:00 › 13:00 Imaging Lunch: Extending Neural Networks Beyond 2D: Approaches for 3D and Temporal Data

Neural networks often focus on 2D, but science needs 3D and time data. Florian Aymanns shares how to bridge the gap.

Recruitment

Join the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) for a faculty position in cyber-physical security, learning sciences, and in security & privacy. Position open at Tenure Track Assistant Professor level.