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

In a new book, IC scientists draft a roadmap for beneficial AI

Published:02.12.19 — Conversations about the risks of artificial intelligence often focus on the tech of tomorrow (sentient robots?) gone awry. But School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) researchers Lê Nguyên Hoang and El Mahdi El Mhamdi argue that there is an urgent need to address risks posed by the algorithms that already influence our daily activities – from reading the news to watching YouTube.

Federal Council appoints Matthias Grossglauser to ComCom

Published:29.11.19 — Switzerland’s Federal Council has appointed EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) professor Matthias Grossglauser as a new member of the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom), starting in January 2020. He replaces IC professor Jean-Pierre Hubaux, who is standing down from the Commission after completing the maximum term of office.

Augmented reading experience takes top prize at LauzHack

Published:28.11.19 — On November 16, more than 200 students from 14 universities came to EPFL for the fourth edition of the EPFL/University of Lausanne (UNIL) hackathon, LauzHack. When all was said and done, an AI-driven system to enhance book-reading with sounds and visual effects took first place.

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