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.

MISSIONS

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.

News

Apply now for the [email protected] program

Published:13.01.20 — [email protected], the summer fellowship program offered by the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC), welcomes applications from international students until February 2nd, 2020.

2020 Youth Olympic Games: a testing ground for new technologies

Published:09.01.20 — Almost 2,000 athletes aged 18 and under will descend on Lausanne and the surrounding area for the Youth Olympic Games. EPFL, in partnership with the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), will use this unique opportunity to test a series of technologies developed in the lab before bringing them to the general public.

Evaluating the risks posed by deepfakes

Published:17.12.19 — EPFL’s International Risk Governance Center (IRGC) has published one of the first comprehensive overviews of both the risks posed by deepfakes and the potential responses to them. The study aims to serve as a primer for countering the threat posed by deepfakes.

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