ERC Starting Grants awarded to Laurent Vanbever and Maksym Yarema
Laurent Vanbever, head of the the Networked Systems Group (NSG), and Maksym Yarema, currently senior scientist at the Institute for Electronics, are among the fifteen talented young researchers from ETH Zurich who will receive an ERC Starting Grant.
Laurent Vanbever conducts research in the area of computer networks, such as the internet or data centres, with a focus on network operations. Together with his group, he develops systems that can drive large network infrastructures while guaranteeing their availability and performance. In his ERC project, Laurent Vanbever aims to automatically synthesise provably correct network controllers out of high-level requirements. By automating the most critical aspects of network operations, the project will enable tomorrow's networks to be more dependable and, at the same time, more flexible and efficient.
Phase-change memory offers a feasible alternative to mainstream silicon-based devices. In his ERC project, Maksym Yarema will study nanodimensional phase-change materials and memory devices prepared using low-cost, material-efficient, liquid-based fabrication processes. On the materials side, he will focus on multicomponent and non-equilibrium compositions of colloidal nanoparticles and molecular inks, providing a size control for phase-change materials down to molecular level. Such colloidal nanomaterials are ideal objects to study phase transitions and high-temperature structural dynamics. On the device side, phase-change colloids are convenient building blocks of memory arrays, enabling new device configurations and energy-efficient fabrication and operation.
Congratulations to both of them!