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.

Education

We offer a bachelor program in Computer Science and one in Communications. We also offer four master’s programs: Computer Science, Communications, Data Science and 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.

What’s new?

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New EPFL Program to drive AI4Health research across Africa

15.03.23EPFL

A newly launched academic exchange program gives EPFL data and computer science students the opportunity to create impactful STEM research in Africa, building expertise on the continent and at EPFL.

© Illustration created with "Midjourney" by Alexandre Sadeghi

Unraveling the primordial-soup-like secrets of ChatGPT

13.03.23EPFL

AI chatbot ChatGPT exploded onto the scene in November 2022. It can write essays, WordPress plugins and even pass an MBA exam – yet scientists still don’t fully understand how these general artificial intelligence programs work. New EPFL research aims to change this paradigm. This article is an excerpt from : Artificial intelligence: friend or foe?

Appointment of EPFL professors

10.03.23EPFL

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

Spotlight

Assistant Professor Antoine Bosselut, a specialist in artificial intelligence and head of the Natural Language Processing Lab, was on the RTS set yesterday to talk about ChatGPT.

Event

20.03.2023 › 26.03.2023

Workshop – Action Week Against Racism 2023

The Equal Opportunities Office at EPFL and the EPFL library are joining forces with the UNIL Equality Office to launch a joint programme of activities.