May 2015

Seven ETH Zurich professors have applied successfully for an ERC Advanced Grant, which is worth about CHF 2.5 million. Two of the seven received the coveted award for the second time.

Professor Bernhard Plattner, one of the fathers of the Swiss internet and a pioneer in computer networks is set to retire at the end of July 2015. The Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, which he co-founded, will simultaneously celebrate its 25th anniversary with an open day.

ETH Zurich’s new Game Technology Center in the Department of Computer Science will pool Swiss know-how in the development of computer games. This was announced on Wednesday as part of the final presentation of the Game Programming Laboratory.

Im Dezember 2015 findet in Paris die nächste UN-Klimakonferenz statt, an der eine neue internationale Klimaschutz-Vereinbarung verabschiedet werden soll. Im Vorfeld dieser 21. Conference of the Parties (COP21) sollten die Staaten ihre geplanten Beiträge zum Klimaschutz einreichen. Eine Zwischenbilanz.

For the IDEAS CITY Festival in New York at the end of May, ETH Zurich is constructing a 90 m2 pavilion made from recycled beverage packaging. The project, led by ETH Global and Professor Dirk E. Hebel and Professor Philippe Block, aims to show the immense potential of waste for the construction sector.

ETH professor Jonathan Home and his colleagues reach deep into their bag of tricks to create so-called “squeezed Schrödinger cats”. These quantum systems could be extremely useful for future technologies.

At its meeting of 20/21 March 2015, the ETH Board appointed 12 professors at ETH Zurich in accordance with the application submitted by ETH President Lino Guzzella.  

Singapore’s National Research Foundation has awarded funding to the Singapore-ETH Centre for a second five-year phase of the Future Cities Laboratory. The second phase commences in September 2015 and addresses the challenges of sustainable urban development.

Slow Food, Slow Mobility, und passend zum Frühling Slow Gardening. Entschleunigung ist im Trend. Mehr bewusste Langsamkeit fordert auch Slow Science: Die Forschung sei zu hastig, einseitig und kompetitiv geworden. Dabei braucht gerade die Nachhaltigkeit viel Zeit.

The Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. In both its research and teaching, the department explores the interfaces between technology and economics. Graduates with in-depth knowledge in these areas are in high demand on the labour market.