TEC News
Doctoral examination of Naomi Stricker

One more (and last!) TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Doctoral examination of Andreas Biri

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
FlockLab discontinuation in summer 2023
The FlockLab testbed will be discontinued in summer 2023 as the TEC group will no longer exist thereafter.
Test-of-Time Award 2022 at SenSys
Our paper Low-Power Wireless Bus has received the Test-of-Time Award 2022 at SenSys this year.
Retirement of Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele
After 28 years, Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele retires from his position as full professor at ETH Zurich.
Doctoral examination of Zhongnan Qu

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Doctoral examination of Xiaoxi He
One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Test-of-Time Award 2022 at EMSOFT
Our paper Real-Time Interfaces for Composing Real-Time Systems has received the Test-of-Time Award 2022 at EMSOFT this year.
Doctoral examination of Yun Cheng
One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Doctoral examination of Roman Trüb

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Doctoral examination of Matthias Meyer

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Best Paper Awards @SECON2021, UrbCom2021 and Best Paper Runner up Award @CPD 2021.
Yun Cheng receives the Best Paper Awards from the SECON conference and two workshops UrbCom and CPD. Congratulations!
On-Device Last-Layer Learning
Machine learning on an ultra-low-power microcontroller
Doctoral examination of Stefan Draskovic

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
RocketLogger Software Upgrade
Release of software version 2.0
First Cohort of Fellows by IFIP
Prof. Lothar Thiele has been nominated as first cohort of Fellows by IFIP. In 2021, IFIP has elevated 18 Members as first cohort of Fellows to the new higher status in recognition of their substantial and enduring contributions to the ICT industry.
Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award from IEEE RTS
Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele receives the Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award from IEEE RTS.
New Student Thesis
TEC has published new semester and master theses for the Spring Semester 2021.
Doctoral examination of Philipp Miedl

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Public release of FlockLab2

Refinement and extension of the original FlockLab testbed concept. Check-it out!
Doctoral examination of Lukas Sigrist

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Public release of ExOT

The Experiment Orchestration Toolkit (ExOT) supports reproducible, comparable and exhaustive experimental evaluation for cover channel research.
Fixposition raises 3.3M
A major step for the start-up co-funded by TEC member Tonio Gsell. Congratulations!
Doctoral examination of Romain Jacob

One more TEC member gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Invited Talk - Prof. Thiemo Voigt

Don't Hack my Body - Security and Privacy in In-body Sensor Networks. Dec. 17, 11.15 am, ETZ E8
Open Faculty Position
The Computer Engineering and Networks Lab is looking for a colleague in "Cyber-Physical and Embedded Systems"
Large media coverage on PermaSense

Jan Beutel from the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK) takes a look back on the past ten years working on the PermaSense project. National and international media have recently regularly reported on the network of wireless sensors on the Matterhorn’s Hörnli ridge.
Best Innovation Paper award @ UIC 2019

Dr. Balz Maag receives the Best Innovation Paper award at UIC 2019. Congratulations!
Monitoring the Matterhorn with millions of data points

A unique project is linking in-situ measurements with natural hazards research. For the past ten years, a network of wireless sensors on the Matterhorn’s Hörnli ridge has been constantly streaming measurement data on the condition of steep rock faces, permafrost and prevailing climate. The project leader, Jan Beutel, reviews progress to date.
Studienwoche 2019
High school students design multisensor smart watches with the support from TEC members
PhD examination of Balz Maag

One more of our group members gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
Best Paper and Best Demo Awards @ ICCPS and IPSN 2019

Romain Jacob receives the Best Paper Award and Best Demo Award from the ICCPS and IPSN conferences. Congratulations!
Science Communication

The TEC group is engaged in various outreach activities. Members recently participated in the 2019 SNSF Scientific Image Competition.
New Doctoral Student

Andreas Biri recently joined TEC as new doctoral student. Welcome!
New doctoral student
Naomi Stricker recently joined TEC as new doctoral student. Welcome!
Internet of Things - The "smart-everything" era

Romain Jacob, one doctoral student of TEC, realized a science communication video introducing some of the challenges of the Internet of Things. Check-it out!
Distinguished Paper Award from IMWUT

Dr. Zimu Zhou receives the Distinguished Paper Award from IMWUT. Congratulations!
New group members
Zhongnan Qu and Dr. Samuel Weber recently joind TEC. Welcome!
PhD examination of Andreas Tretter and Andres Gomez

Two more of our group members get a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
'Innovator of the Year' with the RocketLogger

The readers of "Design&Elektronik" selected TEC members as 'Innovators of the Year' for the design of the RocketLogger!
PermaSense research on Swiss Science show "Einstein"

The science television show Einstein, from SRF, will have an broadcast on the "Internet of Things", featuring the PermaSense project.
Embedded Systems Lecture - Revamped!

The whole TEC group has been working hard to completely revamped our flagship lecture: Embedded Systems. Get some impressions!
PhD examination of Felix Sutton

One more of our group members gets a doctorate from ETH. Congratulations!
TEC Winter Sport Day

Ski day in Stoos - Ski, Cross-country ski and Sledge: There was fun for everyone at our annual TEC Winter event!
Best Paper Award @ ICPADS 2017

Balz Maag receives the Best Paper Award from the ICPADS 2017 Conference. Congratulations!
“We are seeing a fundamental shift”

Prof. Thiele has been appointed representative for digital transformation by the ETH Executive Board.
Best Poster Award @ SenSys'17

Felix Sutton receives the Best Poster Award from the SenSys 2017 Conference. Congratulations!
2017 TEC Retreat in Val Bregaglia

The TEC group had a 4-day retreat a few weeks back. The perfect opportunity for team building, group work, and social activities activities!
PermaSense GPS sensor network in TV report on alpine natural hazards

On September 13, the Swiss national TV SRF1 aired a report on alpine natural hazards. In the report Jan Beutel, Senior Scientist at TEC, together with a colleague from UZH, demonstrates the PermaSense GPS sensor network monitoring alpine mass movements and their related natural hazards in Matter Valley/CH.
Invited Talk - Prof. Olaf Landsiedel, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Network-wide Consensus in Low-power Wireless Networks - Monday, July 10, 10:00 - 11:00, ETZ G7.2