Ernst-Blickle-Studienpreis 2015
Manuel Zündel, doctoral student in Prof. Edoardo Mazza’s group, was awarded the Ernst-Blickle-Studienpreis 2015 from the SEW-EURODRIVE-Foundation.
A historical win?
A computer beats a human in the game “Go” for the first time, Prof. Roland Siegwart in an interview with Radio SRF.
Meet the flying machines of the future
As flying machines become more common-place in our everyday lives, their related technologies are poised to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Ushering in a new era, ETH Zurich researchers are developing dynamic systems that empower flying machines to interact with humans.
Manifesta
The “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” reports on the project for Manifesta 11 created by French artist Marguerite Humeau and Mathias Bürki, a doctoral student in Prof. Roland Siegwart’s group. The project concerns a computer platform on which robots of capable of love will one day make advances.
Annual Scholarship from the Swiss Study Foundation
Florian Berlinger, a Master’s student in Professor Bradley Nelson’s group, has received one of this year's CHF 20,000 Annual Scholarship from the Swiss Study Foundation for his project “Swarm robots exceed the sum of the skills of all participating individuals”.
Gordon Moore Fellowship
Prof. Petros Koumousakos has received a Gordon Moore Fellowship from Caltech.
Spark Award 2016 finalist
An invention by Jie Chen, Prof. Petros Koumoutsakos and Jens Walter is among the finalists for the ETH Zurich Spark Award 2016: high-speed heat transfer using graphene-carbon nanotube hybrids.
PRACE Board of Directors
Professor Petros Koumoutsakos has been elected to the Board of Directors of PRACE.
Assistant Professor at the University of Texas
Dr. Zoltan Nagy, former doctoral student in Prof. Bradley Nelson’s group and senior assistant at D-ARCH (Prof. Schlüter), has been promoted to Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He will start his new position on 1 August 2016.