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We’re thrilled to welcome Yannis Chronis, newly appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor, to the Department of Computer Science. His research focuses on making databases and data processing more efficient on modern and emerging hardware platforms. In this interview, Yannis talks about the goals he aims to pursue at ETH Zurich, the growing importance of data management in light of AI advancements, and the responsibilities these technologies place on computer scientists. Read full interview: https://lnkd.in/drUiuq6Z Have a great start, Yannis! #datamanagement #computerscience #dataprocessing #artificialintelligence

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🚀 Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model is here: Apertus   EPFL, ETH Zürich, and CSCS have just released #Apertus, a milestone in generative AI built with transparency, diversity, and accessibility at its core.   So, what makes Apertus unique❓ 🔓 Fully open & transparent:  Apertus is Latin for “open”, highlighting that its architecture, training data, and model weights are fully accessible and documented. 🌍 Multilingual by design: Trained on 15 trillion tokens across 1,000+ languages, with 40% non-English data. This includes underrepresented languages such as Swiss German and Romansh. 📈 Scalable access: Available in two versions (8 billion and 70 billion parameters) via Hugging Face and Swisscom’s sovereign Swiss AI platform. 🤝 Built for the public good: Open-source licensing enables use in research, education, and commercial applications. 🌐 Global availability: People outside Switzerland can also access Apertus through the Public AI Inference Utility, making it part of a worldwide movement for public, open AI.   With Apertus, Switzerland positions itself at the forefront of open and responsible AI, turning cutting-edge research into a foundation for innovation across society, academia, and industry.   Read more in this article: https://lnkd.in/drnMUjSt   Learn how to access Apertus: https://lnkd.in/ey6mypX9   #WhySwitzerland #OpenSourceAI EPFL AI Center ETH AI Center Swiss {ai} Weeks Presence Switzerland swisstech Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Swissnex Basel Area Business & Innovation Greater Geneva Bern area (GGBa) Greater Zurich Area St.GallenBodenseeArea Lucerne Business Economic Promotion Valais Standort Promotion in Obwalden Standortförderung Kanton Aargau Brigitte Fäh Martin Jaggi Thomas Schulthess Imanol Schlag Daniel Dobos Joshua Tan

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📢 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁. ETH Zürich, EPFL, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) will release a fully open Large Language Model (LLM) – trained on 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝘀, one of Europe’s fastest AI supercomputers. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁? ✅ 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 Trained on 1,500+ languages – with strong capabilities in underrepresented communities. ✅ 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 (unlike commercial models) Weights, code, and training data will be public. Licensed under Apache 2.0 for unrestricted reuse – commercial, scientific, or regulatory. ✅ 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 Available in 8B and 70B parameter sizes – trained on 15 trillion high-quality tokens. ✅ 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 Developed entirely on Swiss public infrastructure – aligned with Swiss law and the EU AI Act. ✅ 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝘀 – 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 Trained on Alps, using 100% carbon-neutral electricity and 10,000+ NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchips – enabled by a 15+ year collaboration between NVIDIA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and CSCS. ✅ 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 😎 Where world-class universities, sovereign infrastructure, public funding, and a dense AI talent pool create one of Europe’s most trusted ecosystems for building technology at scale.🚀 👏 𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱-𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀: ETH AI Center’s Imanol Schlag, EPFL AI Center’s Antoine Bosselut and Martin Jaggi. Supported by the Swiss AI Initiative and ELLIS - European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems 🔗 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: https://okt.to/NCI68o More about the Swiss LLM: https://okt.to/BR2HIV

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🎓 Engagement, innovation and AI: shaping the university of tomorrow How do we prepare students for the complex challenges of the future? At the University of Luxembourg, we place student engagement, innovative teaching and generative AI at the heart of our academic project. Prof. Philippe Hiligsmann, Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, introduces initiatives that are transforming student life and learning: ⦿ Introductory workshops and guidelines to train creative and responsible AI users ⦿ A new Institute for Innovative Teaching and Learning (I²TL), supporting teachers and bold educational projects ⦿ A Certificate of Student Engagement and Leadership rewarding extracurricular involvement with 10 ECTS ⦿ Stronger emphasis on interdisciplinary programmes https://lnkd.in/dcK69fHS #HigherEducation #GenAI #StudentLife #Innovation #uni_lu

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"The stakes are clear ... The choice – and our window for action – is shrinking fast." EPFL Space Centre’s eSpace Executive Director Emmanuelle David details 3 key challenges for international cooperation on space issues and a unified way forward https://lnkd.in/ekWUy9fE

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🔬Cancer research: a CHF 1,4 million grant from Fondation Leenaards🇨🇭. Three Swiss researchers from EPFL, Université de Genève and HUG - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève are pioneering a groundbreaking strategy to overcome #immunotherapy resistance by targeting #cancer cells' physical properties rather than their biology. The goal: make their membranes stiffer, hence making it possible for T-cells to bind to tumors and destroy them. Congratulations to Prof. Camilla Jandus, Prof. Li Tang and Prof. Olivier Michielin for this promosing approach that could revolutionize cancer treatment. 📸 © Fondation Leenaards / Alban Kakulya. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eRW4SiaF

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