2017
Doctoral exam of Christoph Schiessl
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Christoph Schiessl successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Cohomology of configuration spaces". Congratulations!
2017 VMP Assistant Award
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The Mathematicians and Physicists Association (VMP) has awarded the 2017 VMP Assistant Award to six student teaching assistants from the Departments of Mathematics and Physics.
Siddhartha Mishra: ERC Consolidator Grant
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Siddharta Mishra is one of five ETH Zurich researchers that receive a ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their projects are funded with around two million Swiss francs each.
Wendelin Werner: 2017 Golden Owl
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The 2017 Golden Owl at the Department of Mathematics has been awarded to Wendelin Werner.
Sara van de Geer and Peter Bühlmann: Highly Cited Researchers 2017
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Professors Sara van de Geer and Peter Bühlmann have been selected to the list of "Highly Cited Researchers 2017" published by Clarivate Analytics.