Awards news
Researchers at D-ITET regularly receive honours and prizes for their outstanding scientific work. Below you find a list of the most recent awards.
Swiss Federal Office of Energy awards the 2025 Watt d'Or energy prize
Two projects with contributions from the Power Systems Laboratory (PSL), headed by Prof. Gabriela Hug, have won the Watt d'Or Award 2025.
Onur Mutlu receives the 2025 Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
Prof. Onur Mutlu, head of the SAFARI Research Group, has received the IEEE Computer Society 2025 Harry H. Goode Memorial Award for "seminal contributions to computer architecture research and practice, especially in memory systems".
Prof. em. Dr. Johann Kolar elected into the 2024 Class of Fellows by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
The National Academy of Inventors announced the election of exceptional inventors into the 2024 Class of Fellows. The NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
Best Paper Award for Banyan
The DISCO group’s "Banyan: Fast Rotating Leader BFT" has won the Best Paper Award at Middleware 2024. The paper demonstrates how to reduce the latency of modern blockchain protocols.
Prof. em. Dr. Johann Kolar receives IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
Prof. em. Dr. Johann Kolar has been awarded the IEEE Medal in Power Engineering 2025 sponsored by the IEEE Industry Applications, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, and Power & Energy Societies.