Events

31/05/2023 14:00 — 18:30

Type of event : c4dt-conference

Governments worldwide are implementing or seeking to implement digital identity (e-ID) solutions to enable economic inclusion, facilitate access to public services, and validate credentials in e-commerce. In developing countries they may also further the UN concept of ‘identity for all’ and support sustainable development goals. However, the safety, trustworthiness, and interoperability of national e-IDs have generated a number of crucial questions. This event brings together stakeholders from Europe, Switzerland, Africa and the International Community to discuss the latest technological developments, explore ways to foster public trust, and promote viable and trustworthy e-ID solutions through multilateral and multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation.

31/05/2023

Type of event : c4dt-workshop

Prof. Carmela Troncoso from the SPRING lab, together with Dr. Bogdan Kulynych gave us an introduction to how data can be leaked from any machine learning model. In the afternoon, led by the C4DT Factory team, the partners explored a set of data and discovered how one can measure this leakage, and how one can protect the model from leaking in the first place.

25/05/2023 09:30

Type of event : other-conference

Data Science, including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, has already sparked a lot of innovation and insights. But how can it create value for your domain of expertise and impact your bottom line? SDSC-CONNECT is a series of conferences organized by the Swiss Data Science Center. We address challenges and applications in the fields of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, in a broad range of areas.

25/05/2023 15:00 — 16:30

Type of event : other-conference

With its Artificial Intelligence Act, the EU wants to ensure that Europeans can trust in what AI has to offer. The EU AI Act will introduce an approach of evaluating risks of AI systems on the principles of ethical AI. Its impact will be felt widely across different industries as the law creates new regulatory (...)

24/05/2023 — 26/05/2023

Type of event : other-conference

C4DT and the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity jointly host a panel at this year's CPDP conference in Brussels on "How to make privacy more user-friendly for the long-term?" (24 May, 11h45). Already today privacy, data security and transparency are at peril. Now, imagine these challenges on steroids by 2030 as AI evolves, new technologies and actors emerge. This discussion at the intersection of people, policy and technology will engage participants in long-term thinking to help make privacy lastingly more user-friendly, and explore how latest technology progress and new governance models can help to achieve this goal.

26/04/2023 09:15 — 17:15

Type of event : c4dt-conference

For this year's edition of the Finance & Technology Conference the Swiss Finance Institute (sfi) and the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT), EPFL are teaming up again to focus on Decentralized Finance (DeFi). The conference will be held on Thursday 26th of April at the Starling Hotel @ EPFL, Switzerland. For more information and the agenda please click here.

21/04/2023 10:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

IMI has been invited to host a series of presentations during the upcoming annual conference of SGKM (the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research). For this, they are collaborating with C4DT and have chosen the theme of automatic content generation (and detection) and (dis)information dissemination in the digital age, under the working title “AI, synthetic media and society”. The organizers are particularly interested in IMI's interdisciplinary approach and the practical aspect of their projects. The goal is to present the current state of research in computer science, to show that this theme is a breeding ground for interdisciplinary research…

31/03/2023 10:30 — 18:00

Type of event : other-conference

A flagship conference on the trust economy and cybersecurity in international Geneva. Bringing together various private, public and academic actors from the State of Geneva, this exclusive platform will allow to reflect on digital governance and the main challenges of the trust economy. It will also be an opportunity for the start-ups of the Tech4Trust program to present their innovative solutions. An online broadcast of the conference will also be available.

30/03/2023 09:00 — 17:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

The past two years saw a new vulnerability make headlines: software supply chains. Events such as the SolarWinds and Kaseya cyberattacks or the discovery of the Log4j vulnerability forced organizations to reevaluate their cyber risk exposure. This one-day conference provides a platform for academia, government, business, NGOs and standard-setting bodies to shed light on software supply chain risks, outline persisting challenges, and discuss mitigation tactics, solutions, and best practices as well as emerging frameworks and standardization initiatives. For more information click here.

20/03/2023 14:00 — 16:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

This online workshop is co-organized by the Swiss Support Center for Cybersecurity (SSCC) and the SWITCH Foundation (SWITCH), in collaboration with the Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) at EPFL and the Zurich Information Security Center (ZISC) at ETHZ. Its goal is to shed light on different aspects of “Zero Trust”. Our speakers cover a wide range of expertise and present their views on and experience with “Zero Trust”. As it has been the case in previous workshops, we hope that the format allows for interesting interactions with the audience.

16/03/2023 17:00 — 19:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned authority on technology and security with a level-headed, must-hear message for any audience concerned about our digital security and privacy. Called a “security guru” by The Economist, Bruce is the author of sixteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World.

14/03/2023 18:00 — 20:00

Type of event : other-conference

On Tuesday, 14 March 2023, a documentary by Dorothé Dörholt, entitled "Algorithmes - vers un monde manipulé" (sub-titles in English), will be shown at the EPFL in conference room SV 1717. Its projection is part of the 21st International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), held from 10-19 March 2023. C4DT's Executive Director, Dr. Olivier Crochat, will participate in the post-projection panel discussion.

06/03/2023 — 12/06/2023

Type of event : c4dt-course

As an external teacher at HEIG/VD in Yverdon gave an introduction to network security to 25 students. The course duration was 16 weeks with 4h every week. Half of the time was spent on exercices with the students. The exercises ranged from simple network attacks to WiFi attacks and how to set up VPNs.

09/02/2023 09:30 — 15:00

Type of event : other-conference

Blockchain, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, platforms, big data - new technologies are challenging lawyers. They must grasp the main social, economic and technical challenges of digitalisation and find the right legal instruments to react to the upheavals caused by digital technology. This is the perspective of the "Digitalisation Week".

26/01/2023 14:45

Type of event : other-conference

A l’occasion de la Journée de la protection des données, la Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d’administration publique de l’Université de Lausanne organise une conférence publique en collaboration avec le Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence, le Centre universitaire d’informatique de l’Université de Genève et ThinkServices.

10/11/2022 17:30 — 19:30

Type of event : c4dt-conference

Est-ce que Google connaît suffisamment une personne pour être capable de la reconstruire ? Ou même de permettre à une autre personne d’imiter sa vie en se basant sur ses données ? Dans le documentaire “Google connaît toute ma vie”, une actrice tente l’expérience : elle utilise les données Google d’une autre jeune femme pour se mettre à sa place — et finalement la confronter. Que va-t-il se passer ? À l’issue de la projection du documentaire, une discussion autour des aspects éthiques, techniques et sociétaux abordés sera proposée en présence d’un panel d’expert·e·s. Cet événement se déroulera le 10…

09/11/2022 18:00 — 20:00

Type of event : other-conference

La CLIC et la Société des Officiers et Militaires du campus universitaire de Lausanne organisent ensemble une série de 4 talks sur le thème de la cybersécurité.

31/10/2022 — 04/11/2022

Type of event : c4dt-course

C4DT is organizing the 7th edition of the "FICT for Decision Makers" course. The target audience is managers and executives, without any technical prerequisites. The audience will gain in-depth understanding of the digital ecosystem.

26/10/2022 09:30 — 17:00

Type of event : c4dt-conference

Im Oktober 2022 veröffentlicht das Bundesamtes für Kommunikation (BAKOM) seinen Grundlagenbericht an den Bundesrat zu den wichtigsten Herausforderungen, denen sich der Service Public aufgrund der Digitalisierung gegenübersieht. Aus diesem Anlass bringt diese eintägige C4DT-Konferenz Experten und Expertinnen aus der Verwaltung, den Service Public Unternehmen, den Regulatoren, der Wissenschaft, der Politik und der Zivilgesellschaft zusammen, um sich kritisch damit auseinanderzusetzen, wie die Digitalisierung unser Verständnis und die Bereitstellung des Service Public verändert. Zudem werden mögliche Lösungsansätze für sich abzeichnenden Herausforderungen in vier interaktiven Panels diskutiert. Mit dieser Veranstaltung bieten wir die Möglichkeit verschiedene Blickwinkel auf dieses wichtige Thema kennenzulernen und sich…

26/10/2022 09:00 — 18:00

Type of event : other-conference

This year’s Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus Conference will take place in the Kursaal in Bern on 26 October 2022. The key issue of the Conference will be ensuring future digital infrastructures. The CYD Campus is looking forward to welcoming experts and interested parties from the government, business and science at this Conference.

25/10/2022 14:00 — 17:30

Type of event : other-conference

On the Digital Cooperation Day, the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) will present the findings of the second edition of the Geneva Digital Atlas which maps overall digital developments in International Geneva. Based on this mapping, the discussion will be conducted with the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on technology (a key catalyst of the process towards the GDC) on priority policy questions for actors in Geneva. The discussion will include answers that the vibrant Geneva scene can provide to the global community.

03/10/2022 — 20/01/2023

Type of event : c4dt-course

Course given under the GymInf program of swissuniversities by Linus Gasser. Subjects for the course: - why your opinion is worth money - abusive data collection on personal devices - protecting internet connections using TLS - usefulness of blockchains for the decentralization of trust - homomorphic cryptography for secure data sharing - legislation on security and privacy in Switzerland, Europe, and elsewhere

29/09/2022 — 30/09/2022

Type of event : other-conference

The Stanford Internet Observatory and the Trust and Safety Foundation will host a two-day conference focusing on cutting-edge research in trust and safety for those in academia, industry, civil society, and government.

23/09/2022 09:00 — 15:45

Type of event : c4dt-conference

The Federal Council described cyberattacks as “a serious threat for Switzerland’s security and economy” and proposed a law for a reporting obligation for cyberattacks on critical infrastructures in its press release of January 12th 2022. This 1-day conference, organized by C4DT in collaboration with UNIL’s Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration (FDCA) and Trust Valley, will bring together government, public and private sectors and academia to discuss the proposed reporting obligation. Through case studies of past cyberattacks in Switzerland and simulations of possible critical infrastructure attacks, we aim to raise awareness of the cyber-risks with communal, cantonal and…