Department

History

In 2010, the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Science merged to form the joint Department of Mathematics and Computer Science with a total of 14 professorships. With this merger, the Mathematical Institute with its centuries-old history and the young and growing Department of Computer Science were merged into a single organisational unit.

At the beginning of 2015, the department moved from its previous five locations to its new joint domicile at Spiegelgasse 1/5. At Spiegelgasse, the department has workplaces, seminar rooms, learning places for students, computer laboratories, and a library.

Currently the department has 16 professorships plus three SNFS professorships.

Events in the department’s development since the merger:
10_2019Prof. Ivan Dokmanić (professor of data analytics) begins his position
08_2019Prof. Chiara Saffirio (SNSF professor of Mathematical Physics) begins her position.
06_2019Prof. Giusi Moffa (assistant professor of statistics) begins her position. This appointment supports the development of the research focus on stochastics.
04_2019Prof. Julia Vogt (assistant professor of adaptive systems and medical data science) leaves the department to accept a position at ETH Zurich.
06_2018Prof. David Belius (SNSF professor of probability theory) begins his position.
05_2018A new assistant professorship in statistics (non-tenure track) is created to support the development of the research focus on stochastics.
02_2018Prof. Jiří Černý (professor of probability theory) begins his position. This appointment laid the foundation for developing the new research focus on stochastics.
01_2018Prof. Julia Vogt (assistant professor of adaptive systems and medical data science) begins her position.
The second expansion phase in computer science is thus completed with a total of seven professorships.
09_2017Prof. Pierre Le Boudec (SNSF professor of number theory) begins his position.
09_2017Prof. Luca Martinazzi (SNSF professor of analysis) leaves the department to accept a position at the Università degli Studi di Padova (I).
11_2016Mathematics and computer science hold their first Open Day together as a single department.
07_2016Prof. Helmar Burkhart (professor of high-performance and web computing) retires.
06_2016Prof. Malte Helmert receives tenure and becomes associate professor of artificial intelligence.
08_2015Prof. Jérémy Blanc (professor of algebraic geometry) begins his position.
08_2015Prof. Florina Ciorba (tenure-track assistant professor of high performance computing) begins her position.
02_2015Prof. Philipp Habegger (professor of number theory) begins his position.
01_2015Move to the shared location at Spiegelgasse 1/5.
01_2015Prof. Hans-Christoph Im Hof (professor of geometry) retires.
07_2014Prof. Hanspeter Kraft (professor of algebra) retires.
03_2014Prof. Evelina Viada (SNSF professor of number theory) leaves the department.
02_2014Prof. Enno Lenzmann receives tenure and becomes associate professor of analysis.
01_2014Prof. David Masser (professor of number theory) retires.
09_2013Prof. Luca Martinazzi (SNSF professor of analysis) begins his position.
08_2012Prof. Gianluca Crippa receives tenure and becomes associate professor of analysis..
08_2012Prof. Volker Roth, who has held an assistant professorship since 2007, begins his position as associate professor of biomedical data analysis.
07_2012 Prof. Elisa Gorla (SNSF professor of algebra) leaves the department to accept a position at the Université de Neuchâtel.
02_2012Prof. Enno Lenzmann receives tenure and becomes associate professor of analysis.
01_2012Prof. David Cohen (assistant professor of applied and computational mathematics) leaves the department.
08_2011Prof. Gianluca Crippa (tenure-track assistant professor of analysis) begins his position.
08_2011Prof. Malte Helmert (tenure-track assistant professor of artificial intelligence) begins his position.
07_2011Prof. Norbert A'Campo (professor of geometry) retires.
02_2011Prof. Helmut Harbrecht (professor of computational mathematics) begins his position.
This professorship further expands the field of applied mathematics.
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