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Our researcher blogs are back! This time let Muhammad Zakwan tell you about how he's making machine learning safer.
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Sounding Smart Isn’t Enough: How We Can Make Machine Learning Safer
ETH Zurich Automatic Control Laboratory
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November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our researcher blogs are back! This time let Muhammad Zakwan tell you about how he's making machine learning safer.
nccr-automation.ch/news/2025/so...
nccr-automation.ch/news/2025/so...
Last week we welcomed back the companies and researchers from our previous industry-academia workshops for our industry open-house. Thank you to everyone who bought ideas, presented, asked questions and generally contributed to an enthusiastic and open space for sharing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Last week we welcomed back the companies and researchers from our previous industry-academia workshops for our industry open-house. Thank you to everyone who bought ideas, presented, asked questions and generally contributed to an enthusiastic and open space for sharing.
Last week we were happy to host 20 school children as part of the Nationaler Zukunftstag. Thank you to the NomadZ, @ethz.ch, @acupofmilkyway.bsky.social and Anamarija Zivkovic for their brilliant organisation.
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Last week we were happy to host 20 school children as part of the Nationaler Zukunftstag. Thank you to the NomadZ, @ethz.ch, @acupofmilkyway.bsky.social and Anamarija Zivkovic for their brilliant organisation.
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What is feedback, really? In this episode, we retrace its prehistory, revisit Black’s invention of the negative-feedback amplifier, and look at why feedback keeps reappearing in biology, strategy, behaviour shaping machines, organisms, and decisions.
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What is feedback, really? In this episode, we retrace its prehistory, revisit Black’s invention of the negative-feedback amplifier, and look at why feedback keeps reappearing in biology, strategy, behaviour shaping machines, organisms, and decisions.
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
Thanks: @nccr-automation.bsky.social
Beat your Monday blues with a new episode of inControl. This time host Alberto Padoan is looking at all things feedback - give it a listen: www.incontrolpodcast.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Beat your Monday blues with a new episode of inControl. This time host Alberto Padoan is looking at all things feedback - give it a listen: www.incontrolpodcast.com
Did you know that we also do research into the ethics of automation? If you want to learn more about it then you can join this lecture over teams using the link in the QR code (or in person if you're lucky enough to be in Montréal 😉 )
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Did you know that we also do research into the ethics of automation? If you want to learn more about it then you can join this lecture over teams using the link in the QR code (or in person if you're lucky enough to be in Montréal 😉 )
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Do you need high-quality traffic data but your only source of information is a distorted drone video?
Learn more about how Robert Fonod solved this problem with Geo-trax, a toolbox that lets you extract the information you need! www.real-lab.ch/geo-trax
Learn more about how Robert Fonod solved this problem with Geo-trax, a toolbox that lets you extract the information you need! www.real-lab.ch/geo-trax
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Do you need high-quality traffic data but your only source of information is a distorted drone video?
Learn more about how Robert Fonod solved this problem with Geo-trax, a toolbox that lets you extract the information you need! www.real-lab.ch/geo-trax
Learn more about how Robert Fonod solved this problem with Geo-trax, a toolbox that lets you extract the information you need! www.real-lab.ch/geo-trax
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"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." [Niels Bohr]
Zheyu Wu knows what to do in times of uncertainty! Learn more: www.real-lab.ch/distribution...
Zheyu Wu knows what to do in times of uncertainty! Learn more: www.real-lab.ch/distribution...
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." [Niels Bohr]
Zheyu Wu knows what to do in times of uncertainty! Learn more: www.real-lab.ch/distribution...
Zheyu Wu knows what to do in times of uncertainty! Learn more: www.real-lab.ch/distribution...
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How do you come up with the perfect (control) recipe? Learn more about what Salma Elfeki has been cooking up during her master's project! www.real-lab.ch/the-recipe-f...
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How do you come up with the perfect (control) recipe? Learn more about what Salma Elfeki has been cooking up during her master's project! www.real-lab.ch/the-recipe-f...
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❓ Did you know that you cannot just turn off run-of-river power plants when there is an overproduction of electric power?
🌊 Yannick Schüpbach explains what you can do instead. www.real-lab.ch/when-water-m...
🌊 Yannick Schüpbach explains what you can do instead. www.real-lab.ch/when-water-m...
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
❓ Did you know that you cannot just turn off run-of-river power plants when there is an overproduction of electric power?
🌊 Yannick Schüpbach explains what you can do instead. www.real-lab.ch/when-water-m...
🌊 Yannick Schüpbach explains what you can do instead. www.real-lab.ch/when-water-m...
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❓ Why do you prefer one brand over another? 💡 Learn more about opinion dynamics from Michelle Egger's explainer!
www.real-lab.ch/the-coke-vs-...
www.real-lab.ch/the-coke-vs-...
September 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
❓ Why do you prefer one brand over another? 💡 Learn more about opinion dynamics from Michelle Egger's explainer!
www.real-lab.ch/the-coke-vs-...
www.real-lab.ch/the-coke-vs-...
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💡 How can you make sure the lights stay on and react early on to problems in your power grid?
Ioannis Papadopoulos explains how in our latest REAL text: www.real-lab.ch/know-thy-vol...
Ioannis Papadopoulos explains how in our latest REAL text: www.real-lab.ch/know-thy-vol...
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
💡 How can you make sure the lights stay on and react early on to problems in your power grid?
Ioannis Papadopoulos explains how in our latest REAL text: www.real-lab.ch/know-thy-vol...
Ioannis Papadopoulos explains how in our latest REAL text: www.real-lab.ch/know-thy-vol...
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🤔 Can your heat pump stabilise the electricity grid?
Find out more from Boxuan Yao's text! www.real-lab.ch/flex-your-he...
Find out more from Boxuan Yao's text! www.real-lab.ch/flex-your-he...
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
🤔 Can your heat pump stabilise the electricity grid?
Find out more from Boxuan Yao's text! www.real-lab.ch/flex-your-he...
Find out more from Boxuan Yao's text! www.real-lab.ch/flex-your-he...
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🔭 Physical models explain the world in great detail but may be too complex to be useful.
💻 Data-driven models are simpler but do not consider the underlying physics.
🪢 Let's combine the best of both worlds! Muhammad Zakwan explains how.
www.real-lab.ch/simba
💻 Data-driven models are simpler but do not consider the underlying physics.
🪢 Let's combine the best of both worlds! Muhammad Zakwan explains how.
www.real-lab.ch/simba
September 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🔭 Physical models explain the world in great detail but may be too complex to be useful.
💻 Data-driven models are simpler but do not consider the underlying physics.
🪢 Let's combine the best of both worlds! Muhammad Zakwan explains how.
www.real-lab.ch/simba
💻 Data-driven models are simpler but do not consider the underlying physics.
🪢 Let's combine the best of both worlds! Muhammad Zakwan explains how.
www.real-lab.ch/simba
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Is stabilising the electricity grid just a game? Jonas Matt's research investigates what a fair rule-book could look like. www.real-lab.ch/a-game-plan-...
A Game Plan for Electricity — Real Lab
Our world relies on electricity. And we rely on the power grid, to deliver this electricity to us. As the world moves toward cleaner electricity, the complexity of this network grows as the number of ...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Is stabilising the electricity grid just a game? Jonas Matt's research investigates what a fair rule-book could look like. www.real-lab.ch/a-game-plan-...
New episode of the @incontrolpodcast.bsky.social! Cosimo Della Santina takes us inside soft robotics — a young, daring field where compliance replaces rigidity, intelligence emerges from shape, and underactuation is a feature, not a flaw.
www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
ep35 - Cosimo Della Santina: From Dexterous Manipulation to Soft Robotics and Embodied Intelligence - inControl
Outline 00:00 – Intro 01:19 – Early steps: PhD journey & robotic hands 15:42 – What is a soft robot?23:35 – MIT years & models of soft robots 30:01 – Discretization & underactuation 37:21 ...
www.incontrolpodcast.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
New episode of the @incontrolpodcast.bsky.social! Cosimo Della Santina takes us inside soft robotics — a young, daring field where compliance replaces rigidity, intelligence emerges from shape, and underactuation is a feature, not a flaw.
www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
www.incontrolpodcast.com/1632769/epis...
Last month, when Artur Ekert came to speak at the John von Neumann lecture, we jumped at the chance to sit down with him. Read about what he had to say about privacy in an increasingly online world, and why wandering around can be great for science.
bit.ly/4eznW8e
bit.ly/4eznW8e
“You can’t cheat physics”: Artur Ekert explains why only quantum cryptography can ensure security
ETH Zurich Automatic Control Laboratory
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July 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last month, when Artur Ekert came to speak at the John von Neumann lecture, we jumped at the chance to sit down with him. Read about what he had to say about privacy in an increasingly online world, and why wandering around can be great for science.
bit.ly/4eznW8e
bit.ly/4eznW8e
Congratulations to @dorfler.bsky.social who has been given this year's Rössler prize in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the fields of energy and control engineering.
@ethz.ch @ethfoundation.bsky.social
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@ethz.ch @ethfoundation.bsky.social
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Florian Dörfler awarded this year’s Rössler Prize
ETH Zurich Automatic Control Laboratory
nccr-automation.ch
June 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Congratulations to @dorfler.bsky.social who has been given this year's Rössler prize in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the fields of energy and control engineering.
@ethz.ch @ethfoundation.bsky.social
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@ethz.ch @ethfoundation.bsky.social
nccr-automation.ch/news/2025/fl...
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Would you like to win the Olympics? Learn how at www.real-lab.ch/optimal-curl...
How to win the Olypics — Real Lab
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June 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Would you like to win the Olympics? Learn how at www.real-lab.ch/optimal-curl...
Are you an early stage researcher looking to broaden your network and CV with a research stay in Switzerland? You have until 30th June to submit your application.
More details and application: bit.ly/4lkWwp0
More details and application: bit.ly/4lkWwp0
June 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Are you an early stage researcher looking to broaden your network and CV with a research stay in Switzerland? You have until 30th June to submit your application.
More details and application: bit.ly/4lkWwp0
More details and application: bit.ly/4lkWwp0
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Did you know that the Swiss railways are not 100% electrified yet? But they soon will be, also thanks to the help of Seraina Wurster's work: www.real-lab.ch/battery-elec...
June 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Did you know that the Swiss railways are not 100% electrified yet? But they soon will be, also thanks to the help of Seraina Wurster's work: www.real-lab.ch/battery-elec...
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🎙️ New episode! Mathukumalli Vidyasagar walks us through five decades of asking (and answering) the right questions in control, learning, and applied math — from feedback systems to statistical learning, HMMs, compressed sensing, and non-convex optimization. Unmissable! 🚀🧠
June 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🎙️ New episode! Mathukumalli Vidyasagar walks us through five decades of asking (and answering) the right questions in control, learning, and applied math — from feedback systems to statistical learning, HMMs, compressed sensing, and non-convex optimization. Unmissable! 🚀🧠
Coming to the Swiss CLOCK Summit? Don't miss out on the chance to present your poster. The deadline for poster abstract submissions is on Sunday 15th June. You only have a short time, so get writing! ✍
More info: www.swissclocksummit.com
More info: www.swissclocksummit.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Coming to the Swiss CLOCK Summit? Don't miss out on the chance to present your poster. The deadline for poster abstract submissions is on Sunday 15th June. You only have a short time, so get writing! ✍
More info: www.swissclocksummit.com
More info: www.swissclocksummit.com
Last week our researchers enjoyed soft skills week, where they were invited to three specially designed workshops to help them to navigate their work life outside of their academic goals.
Thank you to our workshop leaders @vicentbotellasoler.bsky.social, Benjamin Sawicki and Ning Wang
Thank you to our workshop leaders @vicentbotellasoler.bsky.social, Benjamin Sawicki and Ning Wang
June 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Last week our researchers enjoyed soft skills week, where they were invited to three specially designed workshops to help them to navigate their work life outside of their academic goals.
Thank you to our workshop leaders @vicentbotellasoler.bsky.social, Benjamin Sawicki and Ning Wang
Thank you to our workshop leaders @vicentbotellasoler.bsky.social, Benjamin Sawicki and Ning Wang
Congratulations to Silvia Mastellone who has been made Chair of the IEEE CSS Outreach task force as a recognition of all her hard work and success in founding and establishing the task force.
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@spectrum.ieee.org @fhnw.ch
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@spectrum.ieee.org @fhnw.ch
Diversity, Outreach, and Development in the CSS [President’s Message]
ieeexplore.ieee.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Congratulations to Silvia Mastellone who has been made Chair of the IEEE CSS Outreach task force as a recognition of all her hard work and success in founding and establishing the task force.
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
@spectrum.ieee.org @fhnw.ch
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...
@spectrum.ieee.org @fhnw.ch