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?

Remembering Prof. Alain Wegmann

06.12.22EPFL

We are sad to announce the passing of Prof. Alain Wegmann. He was an inspiring teacher, colleague, and head of the Systemic Modeling Laboratory (LAMS) in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC).

Giovanni De Micheli © Giovanni De Micheli / EPFL 2022

"Computing is like potato chips – there's never enough!"

29.11.22EPFL

EPFL’s Professor Giovanni De Micheli was recently recognized for his strong impact on the electronic system design industry, and he sees another decade of rapid design innovation ahead.

“In academia I have more intellectual freedom”

24.11.22EPFL

“Where are they now?” series Nada Amin is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University where she explores new ways of computer programming.