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A secure and reliable electronic identity (e-ID) is both a challenge and a crucial issue in today's digital landscape. EPFL and SICPA are joining forces to design an innovative system of cryptographic algorithms.

The first MOOC about responsible use of technology for humanitarians. Learn about technology and identify risks and opportunities when designing digital solutions.

To promote research and education in cyber-defence, EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus launched a rolling call for Master Thesis Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research. This month we introduce you to Hamza Abid, a CYD Master Thesis Fellowship recipient, who is finishing up his Master Thesis in…

Partner with the World Bank to develop digital solutions for Ghana Tax Administration this autumn.

C4DT collaborated with NCSC on implementation of Motion 23.3002. It organized the first of a series of three workshops, actively participated in two additional workshops, and delivered a summary of the workshop results from C4DT's perspective for the final report."

C4DT hosted a successful workshop on Privacy-Preserving eID and welcomed 14 participants from seven partner organizations including Be-Ys, ELCA, FOITT, Kudelski, SICPA, Swiss Post/SwissSign, and Swisscom.

Interview d'Olivier Crochat, directeur exécutif du C4DT lors du 19h30.

Images façon "studio Ghibli", tendance Starter Pack. derrière leur aspect ludique, ces images générées par l'intelligence artificielle générative posent des questions environnementales très concrètes. Réponses avec Babak Falsafi, professeur ordinaire à la faculté d'Informatique et de Communications de l'EPFL, président et fondateur de l'Association suisse pour l'efficacité énergétique dans les…

This policy paper highlights the crucial trade-off between privacy and utility in data sharing and call for a shift from technology-centric solutions to purpose-driven policies. The paper formulates eight actionable recommendations to guide realistic, privacy-preserving data-sharing practices in Europe.

To promote research and education in cyber-defence, the EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the “CYD Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research.” The 12th call for applications is now open, with a rolling call for Master Thesis Fellowship applications and Proof of Concept Fellowship applications,…

Being the head of the Natural Language Processing Laboratory at EPFL, Antoine Bosselut keeps a close eye on the development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT. He looks back at their evolution over the past two years and suggests some avenues for the future.

Melanie Kolbe-Guyot und Matthias Finger diskutieren die Notwendigkeit einer umfassenden Datenpolitik für die Schweiz, um das Potenzial von Daten durch klare Regeln und Anreize zu nutzen und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit langfristig zu sichern. Es formuliert 6 Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik.

L’aéroport de Genève attend le feu vert de Berne pour installer des caméras de reconnaissance faciale. La Suisse réfléchit aux bases légales tandis que la pratique s’est banalisée au Royaume-Uni. Faut-il ou non s’en inspirer ? Avec la participation de Linus Gasser, C4DT.

Find out about the impact that the UC Berkeley Center for Long-term Cybersecurity (CLTC) has made since it launched ten years ago.

MIT’s Future of Data Initiative is supporting the development of better traceability schemes that will help consumers track how their data is being used and shared. Check it out!

The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC) at Tel Aviv University is hosting its 15th annual Cyber Week Conference from June 23-26, 2025. Find out more here.

The latest edition of Trust Matters, IITB’s newsletter on all things digital trust, is out. Check it out here.

The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University hosts a weekly cyber security, privacy, resiliency or autonomy speaker, highlighting technical discovery or case studies or exploring cyber operational approaches. Check out their extensive repository of talks here!

Carnegie Mellon University Africa, through its Upanzi Network initiative, has launched the Digital Experience Centre (DEC). The DEC serves as a hub for exploring and testing digital public infrastructure, digital public goods, cybersecurity, public health, agriculture and more. It demonstrates how key digital solutions—such as digital identity, digital payments and…

A team featuring CyLab researchers was honored with the Test of Time Award at the 2025 Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC 2025). The research team, featuring Patrick Gage Kelley (Ph.D.’12), CyLab alumnus; CyLab director Lorrie Cranor; and Norman Sadeh, co-director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Privacy Engineering Program.

Encryption is a way to ensure that data sent from one device to another can’t be read if intercepted. But what if the data pertains to criminal activity? Ana-Maria Cretu from EPFL’s Security and Privacy Engineering Lab shares her expertise on safety versus privacy concerns.

This document discusses the main ideas, insights and conclusions extracted from the roundtable on "the impact of AI on the software development life cycle”, an event organized by C4DT in collaboration with ELCA on Feb 7th 2025 at the EPFL.

Check out BKC’s recap of 2024 and roadmap for 2025 here.

Le réseau Pravda, basé à Moscou, injecte des masses considérables de faux contenus dans les services d’IA d’OpenAI comme de Google. En parallèle, l’administration américaine somme les scientifiques de l’IA d’éliminer les «biais idéologiques» de leurs modèles. Avec la participation de Jean-Pierre Hubaux, directeur académique du C4DT.