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MT research project featured on Swiss TV

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT

A new machine translation system that covers the six varieties of the Romansh language.

Forschungs-Blog: So funktioniert maschinelle Übersetzung für Rätoromanisch

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Wie das Übersetzungssystem «Alas» entwickelt wurde.

CAS in Generative AI - 2026

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:43:20 GMT

The Departments of Computational Linguistics and Informatics are pleased to announce Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Generative AI to be held in Spring and in Fall 2026

Rico Sennrich has also become a professor at the Department of Informatics

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:02:10 GMT

We congratulate Rico Sennrich on his dual professorship at our department and at the Department of Informatics.

Our department is organizing SwissText 2026 jointly with SwissNLP

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:29:49 GMT

The 11th edition of the Swiss Text Analytics Conference (SwissText 2026) will take place on 10 June 2026 at University of Zurich. The call for papers is already open with submission deadline on 17 March 2026.

Stimmfälschung mit künstlicher Intelligenz

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:38:51 GMT

In den ZüriNews vom 20. Januar 2026 ordnet Volker Dellwo die Gefahr von KI-Stimmfälschung fürs Schweizerdeutsche ein.

Roundtable Deepfake Audio

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Deepfake audio is an increasingly important social issue, and our department's researchers are making significant contributions to deepfake detection.

New from fall semester 2026: BSc and MSc

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:05:10 GMT

Students who begin their major studies in the fall semester of 2026 or later will graduate with a degree “of Science.”

Bullinger Digital at the Museum

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:38:49 GMT

The Bullinger Digital project is honoured to be part of the exhibition "Museum of the Future – 17 Digital Experiments".

Welcome Days for New Students

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:00:00 GMT

Join the activities from 8 to 15 September 2025 to get to know your new university, study program and fellow students!

Lena Jäger has also become a professor at the Department of Informatics

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:00:00 GMT

We congratulate Lena Jäger on her dual professorship at our department and at the Department of Informatics.

5 Jahre LiZZ & LiRI

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:00:00 GMT

Feiern Sie mit uns am 30. September 2025 ab 16.00 Uhr das 5-jährige Bestehen von LiZZ und LiRI.

High School Students Visit Our Department

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:08:30 GMT

A group of twelve high school students visited us right before summer break to learn more about machine translation.

Fruitful Retreat

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:04:25 GMT

Our three-day retreat in Herzberg focused on shaping the future of our teaching and research activities.

Broad participation of our department in the MT Summit Geneva 2025

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:11:13 GMT

We are proud to report on the various involvement of our department at this year's MT Summit in Geneva

Successful participation in the 2025 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA)

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:26:48 GMT

9 publications by our Digital Linguistics group have been accepted.

SwissText 2025 Best Paper Award goes to Michelle Wastl and collaborators

Fri, 16 May 2025 09:38:53 GMT

Congratulations to Michelle Wastl and her collaborators. We are delighted that, in addition to the award-winning paper, two other papers from our department have been accepted.

The SRF magazine "Einstein" showcases experiments conducted by our department

Wed, 07 May 2025 22:00:00 GMT

How can we distinguish voices? What makes voices unique? The experiments by Volker Dellwo and his team provide intersting insights.

Call for Abstracts: Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:36:30 GMT

Abstract submission for the first Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025 is open (deadline 15 June 2025)

ACL 2025 Tutorial on Eyetracking and NLP

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:30:01 GMT

At the ACL 2025 conference, our Digital Linguistics group will be hosting a tutorial on eyetracking and NLP.

Neutrality Model – Exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus.

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:26:19 GMT

Among other works, this exhibition features Gabriela Löffel’s installation "Grammar of Calculated Ambiguity", which involves members of the Phonetics & Speech Sciences group.

Eleanor Chodroff joined the editorial board of Laboratory Phonology

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:35:43 GMT

Congratulations to Eleanor on her appointment to the editorial board of Laboratory Phonology, the official journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology.

Nathalie Giroud an der BrainFair 2025

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:27:31 GMT

Die BrainFair 2025 steht im Zeichen von "Sprache und Gehirn", am 13. März 2025 stellt Nathalie Giroud im Diskussionsforum "Wenn Hören und Sprechen schwierig werden" Erkenntisse aus ihrer Forschung vor.

Invited Talks by Eleanor Chodroff

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:00:00 GMT

On 18 April 2025, Eleanor Chodroff will give a talk at the New York University (in person). It will be her 4th invited talk in North America in 2025.

SCSC Annual Meeting with Keynote by Sarah Ebling

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:48:00 GMT

Sarah Ebling will give a keynote talk at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Cognitive Science of Culture (SCSC). It will be held at UZH on 28 and 29 April 2025.

Phonogrammarchiv der Universität Zürich

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:43:24 GMT

Am Donnerstag, 3. April 2025, ab 14:15 Uhr, bietet sich die Möglichkeit, Einblick in die Klangschätze, Archivgeschichte und Herausforderungen des Phonogrammarchvis der UZH zu erhalten.

Teaching Tools Podcast with Sarah Ebling

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:50:48 GMT

Interview about impact of GenAI on natural language

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:38:31 GMT

Sarah Ebling confirmed as keenote speaker at MT Summit Geneva 2025

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:30:51 GMT

SRF Themenwoche "KI und wir"

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:12:12 GMT

Amit Moryossef wins outstanding demo paper award at EMNLP2024

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:53:11 GMT

Zukunftstag 2024

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:12:51 GMT

Michelle Wastl receives UZH Semester Award

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:01:09 GMT

Interview with Sarah Ebling in the SRF Podcast «Digitale Inklusion: Was bringt KI?»

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:00:00 GMT

Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. Sarah Ebling, 2 December 2024

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:00 GMT

«Sign Language and Artificial Intelligence: Ethical Aspects», 12 November 2024

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:00:00 GMT

Ständetalk «Teaching, Research, and AI», 29 October 2024

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:00:00 GMT

5th LiZZ-Gespräch «Multimodality», 24 October 2024

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:00:00 GMT

Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Dr. Eleanor Chodroff, 14 October 2024

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:00:00 GMT

NZZ interview with Nathalie Giroud, 9 October 2024

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 22:00:00 GMT

AI experts from our Department at AI+X Summit, 3 October 2024

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:43:56 GMT

First Semester Day, Thu 12 September 2024

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:15:24 GMT

Rico Sennrich appointed Associate Professor

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:51:19 GMT

Media pick up on UZH study on deepfake voices

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:50:18 GMT

Three Awards at SwissText 2024 for members of our department. Congratulations!

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:31:41 GMT

ETRA 2024 – Best Student Late Breaking Work Award went to members of our department. Congratulations!

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT

Bullinger Digital sucht Freiwillige für Citizen Science Kampagne

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT

Interview mit Volker Dellwo, Kultur kompakt

Mon, 27 May 2024 16:11:49 GMT

CAS in Generative AI

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:07:25 GMT

Fremdspracherwerb im Zeitalter von KI

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:53:55 GMT