Andrea Frangi, Professor of Timber Structures at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the 2026 Carola and Carl-Olof Ternryd Award. He is being recognised for his research in timber engineering, which has helped shape international standards and design rules for timber structures.
Critical dependencies on raw materials, technologies and key infrastructure can be used as a means of exerting political pressure. A new report led by KOF Co-Director Hans Gersbach recommends that the EU reduce such vulnerabilities wherever sensible and feasible, strengthen its capacity to respond to geo-economic pressure, and expand international partnerships. (German only)
Professor David Basin, head of the Information Security Group at the Department of Computer Science, has been honoured with the ESORICS 2026 Outstanding Research Award for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of formal methods for Information Security.