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 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

Dina G. Mahmoud Awarded CYD Doctoral Fellowship

Published:23.07.20 — One of the first recipients of the Cyber-Defence Campus (CYD) Doctoral Fellowship is Dina G. Mahmoud, Doctoral Assistant at the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC). The program recognizes and supports researchers by awarding Master Thesis, Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Jakub Tarnawski receives Honorable Mention in 2019 ACM Awards

Published:17.07.20 — EPFL graduate Jakub Tarnawski has received an honorable mention in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)’s annual Doctoral Dissertation Awards for a PhD dissertation which tackled two of the most central problems in the field of combinatorial optimization.

Emmanuel Abbé receives IEEE Information Theory Society Paper Award

Published:10.07.20 — The EPFL professor and mathematician won the award for an exceptional research paper that he published.

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Dina G. Mahmoud Awarded CYD Doctoral Fellowship

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Innovation Today

Innovation happens when business, design, and tech meet. In a series of virtual conferences and masterclasses (in person), internationally renowned speakers will share their experience, case studies and…

20-08-202021-08-2020

Place and room: online
Category: Conferences – Seminars