EPFL Software Helps Cryptographic Innovation for Swiss Hospitals

EPFL Software Helps Cryptographic Innovation for Swiss Hospitals

By John / 5 May 2020

In a major breakthrough last year, EPFL and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) collaborated to develop a secure software called the MedCo system. The system took shape in the Laboratory for Data Security (LDS), headed by Professor Jean-Pierre Hubaux, and is based on software libraries developed by the Decentralized and Distributed Systems (DEDIS) Lab, headed by Professor Bryan Ford.

Digital Humanities in Pandemic Times: A Data Scientist’s Approach

Digital Humanities in Pandemic Times: A Data Scientist’s Approach

By John / 27 April 2020

To steer clear of false or misinterpreted information during the pandemic, Robert West advises a three-pronged strategy: check the sources of data interpretations and of the data itself; check whether graphs representing coronavirus data are linear or logarithmic; and retain the correct perspective by staying updated about data on the virus.

picture of Nanoplasma-enabled picosecond switch

New Nanodevice to Bridge the Terahertz Gap

By John / 14 April 2020

The nanodevice has the capacity to generate terahertz waves that are 20 times more powerful than any existing device today. That is a revolutionary advancement in the field because terahertz waves, despite their immense potential, are extremely difficult to achieve.