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Video conferences have long since progressed from fixed spaces to one’s own workstation and mobile devices. That’s why new devices are aiming to score points with different characteristics: these combine camera and screen in a tablet, sometimes even placed on a movable stand, and therefore enable mobility and allow the user to control them remotely. This means that not only can their position be changed within the conference room, but the perception and representation of absent persons can also be actively influenced. Weiterlesen

erstellt am 01.03.2018 von Olaf A. Schulte

Release 2017.2 of the Course Catalogue (CC) for the ETH Zurich is online. An interview with Dr. Giorgio Broggi, Head of ITS Software Services (ITS SWS), and Roland Fehr, ITS SW Project Services, OIS Lessons – Java (ITS SWS). Weiterlesen

erstellt am 21.12.2017 von Sabine Hoffmann

ETH Zurich’s contribution to the fight against climate change is not limited to just research. The organisation’s own contribution to global warming is also being discussed, analysed, and reduced wherever possible. Sustainability is becoming the premise for all action, be it in the field of buildings, food, or energy use in a narrower sense. Weiterlesen

erstellt am 12.12.2017 von Olaf A. Schulte

IT news at ETH Zurich – «Find out what’s going on in terms of IT at ETH Zurich»: the 14th inside|out newsletter is online.

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erstellt am 08.11.2017 von Sabine Hoffmann

SharePoint is a collaboration platform available to all departments, institutes and research units of ETH Zurich. Weiterlesen

erstellt am 08.11.2017 von Sabine Hoffmann

For the second time, the four-day course Parallel Programming with MPI/OpenMP, organised by Thomas Wüst (ITS SIS), was met with great interest in August 2017. 57 participants from 12 different ETH departments (D-BAUG, D-BSSE, D-CHAB, D-ERDW, D-GESS, D-HEST, D-ITET, D-MATH, D-MATL, D-MAVT, D-PHYS and D-USYS) and one technology platform (NEXUS), other Swiss and foreign universities and research institutes (including Harvard University and the Paul Scherrer Institute) as well as private companies (Disney Research and Infineon) took part in this year’s course. Weiterlesen

erstellt am 16.11.2017 von Thomas Wüst

An ever increasing number of mobile devices are being used to surf the internet. And we wish to support this development at ETH Zurich. IT Services and Corporate Communications have carried out a joint project, that makes the websites on our Web Content Managment System responsive.

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erstellt am 31.10.2017 von Gerhild Müller

ETH Scientific IT Services (ITS SIS) will hold two information events in November. These events will give an overview of how SIS supports modern research through the provision of scientific computing services such as computing clusters, data management and software development. Weiterlesen

erstellt am 25.10.2017 von Sabine Hoffmann

Research Collection is the new publishing platform for ETH Zurich and comprises the university’s entire research output. It provides the staff at ETH Zurich with a single point of access for them to document, publish, and archive their scientific findings.

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erstellt am 25.10.2017 von Sabine Hoffmann

The IT Services warmly welcomes all first semester students and re-entrants! Today on Monday the fall semester at ETH Zurich begins with 3016 incoming freshmen students. More than 20,000 students and doctoral students are enrolled for the new semester. Weiterlesen

erstellt am 18.09.2017 von Sabine Hoffmann