School of Computer and Communication Sciences

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

We take pride in educating students at all levels in the exciting and world-changing science and technology of ICT, performing research that drives forward the boundaries of knowledge in these fields, 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. IC is proud and happy to be at the center of these revolutions.

MISSION

Education

We offer a bachelor program in Computer Science and one in Communications. We also offer three master's programs: Computer Science, Communications, and Data Science. Starting Fall 2019, we will add an additional master in 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.

Jean-Pierre Hubaux and Olivier Crochat in 'Le Temps'

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Event

IC Faculty Awards 2018

News
Campus Life

In December, students and staff in the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) were rewarded for their outstanding contributions over the past year.

Ashkan Norouzi Fard wins 2018 Patrick Denantes Memorial Prize

10.01.19 News Research

Ashkan Norouzi Fard, who completed his PhD this past year, won for his thesis, “Algorithms for Clustering Problems: Theoretical Guarantees and Empirical Evaluations”. The Patrick Denantes Memorial Prize is awarded annually to a doctoral student in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) for his or her outstanding thesis.

EPFL spin-off Nexthink raises $85 million

17.12.18 News Innovation

Nexthink, born at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, is an EPFL spin-off that leads the market in software for managing employees’ digital experience, has just completed an $85 million fundraising round. The proceeds will be used to fuel the company’s international expansion – particularly in key markets like the US.

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