In computer science exactness is often illusory. Computer models merely represent a confirmation of our incomplete understanding of the world. A report from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung with Prof. Petros Koumoutsakos.

Dr. Ivo Leibacher from Prof. Jürg Dual’s group, Dr. Arabella Mauri from Prof. Edoardo Mazza’s group, Dr. Christian Peters from Prof. Christofer Hierold’s group and Dr. Gianvito Vilé from D-CHAB were nominated for the MaP Award 2016. The award won by Dr. Gianvito Vilé and presented at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2016 at ETH Zurich on 9 June 2016.

Patrick Rohner from Prof. Dimos Poulikakos‘ group, Lisa Poulikakos from Prof. David Norris’ group and Luca Hirt from D-ITET were nominated for the MaP Poster Award. The award was won by Luca Hirt and presented at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2016 at ETH Zurich on 9 June 2016.

Pedro Castro Fernandez form Prof. Christoph Müller’s group, Patrick Reissner from Prof. Andreas Stemmer’s group and Steven Wang from D-HEST were nominated for the MaP Image Contest. The award was won by Pedro Castro Fernandez and presented at the MaP Graduate Symposium 2016 at ETH Zurich on 9 June 2016.

The Granular Rigid Body Simulation Framework (GRSF) developed by Gabriel Nützi, former doctoral student in Prof. Christoph Glocker's group, during his Doctoral thesis to simulate large-scale non-smooth rigid body dynamics.

In 2016 the following D-MAVT Master students won the ETH-Medal: Mr. Hofer, Mr. Müri, Mr. Roh, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Schulz, Mr. Weidlich, Mr. Wermelinger.

In 2016 the following D-MAVT Master students won the Willi-Studer-Prize: Mr. Becker, Mr. Byland, Mr. Schär, Mr. Zhang.

The paper "Estimating the Potential of State the Art Design Automation – Tasks, Methods, and Benefits" by Eugen Rigger, Clemens Münzer and Prof. Krisitna Shea was rated in the top 5% papers based on reviewers’ scores.