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EPFL School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne / Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
🚀 EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS have released Apertus 1.5, one of the world's largest fully open LLMs. Now multimodal, Apertus offers improved reasoning, instruction following and tool use for more capable and transparent AI. Read more 👉 actu.epfl.ch/news/apertus... #EPFL #AI #OpenSource
New internship? We've got you covered 🎉 Whether you've already found your favorite colleague or you're still introducing yourself to everyone you meet, this IC Bingo is for you! How many squares can you check off? 👀 #EPFL #Bingo #Internship #StudentLife
EPFL’s Machine Learning and Optimization Laboratory has teamed with the United Nations International Computing Centre to deliver a practical evaluation framework to assess the safety and reliability of AI systems. Read more 👉 news.epfl.ch/news/ic-lab-...
🎉 Congratulations to Ola Svensson who has been promoted by the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology to Full Professor in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, recognising his outstanding work in algorithms and theory of computing. Read more 👉 news.epfl.ch/news/appoint...
Congratulations to Charlotte Bunne on receiving the 2026 Lopez-Loreta Prize for Virtual Patient Labs, an AI project creating virtual patient models helping clinicians simulate disease progression, evaluate treatment options and advance personalized cancer care Read more actu.epfl.ch/news/charlot...
Can AI be less of a black box? 🧠 EPFL researchers have developed MiCRo (Mixture of Cognitive Reasoners), a brain-inspired LLM who uses 4 specialized modules for language, logic, social reasoning, and world knowledge, making its reasoning more transparent. Read more 👉 actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-re...
Les pré-inscriptions pour le Cours Turing 2026/27 sont ouvertes jusqu’au 30 juin. La récente cérémonie de remise des certificats de l’édition 2025/26 a marqué l’aboutissement d’une année riche en apprentissages et en projets pour nos élèves. Inscrivez-vous ici theory.epfl.ch/CoursTuring 👈
Do AI systems learn the same view of the world? Two years ago, MIT researchers proposed that as AI models become more powerful, they begin to see the world in the same way. But EPFL scientists now show the picture is more nuanced. Read more: actu.epfl.ch/news/do-ai-s...
🧬 Could virtual cells become a new tool for scientific discovery? Prof. Charlotte Bunne (EPFL) and Dr. Aviv Regev (Genentech) explore how AI and single-cell biology are converging to create models that can simulate cellular behavior and guide discovery. Read more: www.amacad.org/publication/...
What if AI could help restore meaningful vision to blind people? New EPFL research, led by Johannes Mehrer and Prof. Martin Schrimpf, is developing AI models that could one day enable visual prosthetics able to restore object-level sight for the blind. Read more: actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-brin...
Can music recommender systems become tools for self-awareness and well-being? 🎶 Join us for a fascinating AI for Health talk by Professor Li Chen.
The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced new faculty appointments at EPFL, including two within our IC School that we are proud to share with you.
In a prestigious appointment, the former President of EPFL and IC Professor Martin Vetterli has been nominated as Chair of the European Research Council (ERC) Identification Committee. 👉 Read more : actu.epfl.ch/news/martin-vetterli-appointed-to-lead-high-level-europ/
Happening now at the IC Colloquium 👀 Prof. Miryung Kim from UCLA discussing the future of testing AI systems, ML compilers, and fuzzing techniques ⚙️🧠
IC and STI had the pleasure of hosting the Honorary Lecture of Professor Giovanni De Micheli, bringing together his former students, researchers and faculty members, to celebrate his pioneering research and academic excellence. Thank you Nanni, for everything you have given throughout your career.⚡️
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Let's take a look back at this year's LakeCTF ! 🌊🚩 From intense challenges to unforgettable moments with the community, this edition of LakeCTF was an incredible experience. 🚀 Check out the aftermovie below and relive the highlights! 👇 youtu.be/WgdlNiBBp8c #LakeCTF #CyberSecurity #CTF #Hackathon
LakeCTF 2026 Aftermovie
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🚀 pls carry :3 wins prestigious EPFL cybersecurity competition LakeCTF The fourth edition of Lake CTF brought ten teams to EPFL to take part in a jeopardy-style security hacking contest – with no LLMs allowed. Check it out 👉 actu.epfl.ch/news/pls-car...
💥 Our LakeCTF challenge authors are preparing some interesting challenges for the finalists, and we’re working hard to playtest them all. We can’t wait to see our guests tackle what we’ve cooked up! Let's go! 🤘🏽 #CTF #EPFL #cybersecurity
🚀 EPFL researchers successfully mimic dyslexia in an AI brain ! For the first time researchers have used an advanced AI model that understands both images and language allowing them to model dyslexia, paving the way for potential new treatments. 👉 Read more : actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-re...
Last Thursday, CLIC organized the IC Faculty Dinner in the BC Hall 🌷 This year was extra special as we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the event 🥳 From the aperitif to the dinner, along with games, karaoke, and many shared moments, the evening brought together students and faculty members 🫶
Noise limits today's quantum circuits A new theoretical study involving EPFL shows how the noise in today’s quantum computers limits how much work their circuits can really do, and how this affects training and simulation. 👉 Read more: actu.epfl.ch/news/noise-l...
🎉 EPFL IC spinoff Kandou AI raised $225M to tackle a key AI challenge: data movement. As AI tech scales, memory and interconnect bandwidth are becoming major bottlenecks. Kandou AI is building faster, more efficient connectivity to power next-gen infrastructure actu.epfl.ch/news/ic-spin...
IC spinoff Kandou AI raises $225M for faster AI infrastructure
Kandou AI aims to democratize access to artificial intelligence with its high-speed, energy efficient connectivity and system solutions – groundbreaking technology to build affordable, scalable and en...
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