Resources

This page collects interesting information & links.

VMI Helpdesk

VMI offers a helpdesk for all kinds of issues. Find more information on our Contact page.

Getting Started at D-INFK

VMI has put together a Getting Started Guide to help new scientific staff taking their first steps at D-INFK.

Research Seminars

A variety of groups and institutes organize seminars, reading groups, or talks. Below is a list of those that we are currently aware of. Please let us know if you know of any other!

• Theoretical CS lunch seminar

• Reading Group on Discrete and Distributed Algorithms

• Fall Seminar on Machine Learning

• Deep Learning Seminar

• Doctoral Seminar in Visual Computing

• ZISC (Zurich Information Security Center) lunch seminar

Doctoral Plan Collection

The D-INFK study administration provides here guidelines and a template for the mandatory doctoral plan. However, the guidelines give little advice on depth or style required. We are therefore collecting some well-written past research and doctoral plans that can give you an idea of the style and scope. Before 2022, the document outlining the doctoral research has been called research plan. While the name has changed, the purpose and most of the content has stayed the same.

We have set up a shared folder where you can find samples shared by our members. Please add your own doctoral plan, too! After you have written it, simply mail it to vmi-contact@lists.inf.ethz.ch and we will upload it.

• Research Plan Collection

Aptitude Colloquium

After handing in your doctoral plan, you will present the doctoral plan at the end of your first year in a so-called aptitude colloquium. We have attended some aptitude colloquia and summarize here our impressions.

Mentoring Programme for Women in Computer Science

In collaboration with CSNOW, we’ve started a new mentoring programme to help young female scientists find a suitable mentor within our faculty. You can sign up anytime to become a mentee or become a mentor!