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

Manolis Karpathiotakis receives EuroSys PhD Award

Published:17.05.19 — Manolis Karpathiotakis, who completed his PhD in the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) Data-Intensive Applications and Systems Lab (DIAS), is the 2019 winner of the EuroSys Roger Needham PhD Award.

IC hosts first career 'Boost Day' for computer science students

Published:09.05.19 — On May 2, CLIC, the student association of the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC), organized the first edition of the IC Boost Day aimed at helping bachelor's and master’s students build their future careers.

Rachid Guerraoui receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Published:06.05.19 — Rachid Guerraoui, head of the Distributed Computing Laboratory (DCL) in the EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant.

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