Six PIs honoured as Top 100+ Women in AI, Data & Robotics – Switzerland 2026

05-10-2026

Congratulations to Alisa Rupenyan-Vasileva, Niao He, Melanie Zeilinger, Maryam Kamgarpour, Kenan Zhang and Aude Billard for the well deserved accolade

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Kenan Zhang

Alisa Rupenyan

Maryam Kamgarpour

Niao He

Melanie Zeilinger

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26-08-2026

Lukas Ortmann wins IFAC Industry Committee Doctoral Thesis Award

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The award is handed out once every three years and honours the thesis with most significance of potential of business impact, likelihood of business impact to actually occur, novelty of the methods developed, and societal impact of the product/service involved.

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09-07-2026

Veronica Centorrino wins the European Systems & Control PhD Thesis Award

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Congratulations to Veronica on winning the prestigious award for her thesis, Contracting dynamics for biologically plausible neural networks and optimization.

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08-01-2026

Xavier Guidetti receives Hilti Prize for Innovative Research 2025

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Congratulations to NCCR Automation alumnus Xavier Guidetti, who was awarded the Hilti Prize for Innovative Research for his thesis, "Intelligent Additive Manufacturing: a Holistic Approach to the Optimization of Data-Poor Complex Processes"

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