Computer and Communication Sciences 2024-25

Core courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced Topics in Information Theory (Not given this year, next time: Spring 2026 )
COM-621 / Section EDIC
Gastpar
EN
Project report
2
Algorithmic Toolbox (Not offered this year)
CS-627 / Section EDIC
Svensson
EN
Project report
2
Constructive Computer Architecture (not offered this year)
CS-629 / Section EDIC
Bourgeat
EN
Oral presentation
4
Fault-tolerant quantum computing (spring 2025)
CS-630 / Section EDIC
Soeken
EN
Project report
3
Privacy at the communication layer (Not offered this year)
CS-721 / Section EDIC
Troncoso
EN
Multiple
2
Project FALL (Click on the arrow to fill out the description with the name of the professor (enseignant) and your project title)
CS-698 / Section EDIC
Various lecturers
EN
Project report
6
Project SPRING (Click on the arrow to fill out the description with the name of the professor (enseignant) and your project title)
CS-699 / Section EDIC
Various lecturers
EN
Project report
6
Quantum Hamiltonian Complexity
CS-631 / Section EDIC
Vidick
EN
Term paper
2
Quantum Information Theory and Computation (Not offered this year)
COM-611 / Section EDIC
Macris
EN
Oral
4
Topics in Computational Social Science (TopiCSS) (Not offered this year)
CS-727 / Section EDIC
West
EN
Multiple
2
Topics in Machine Learning for Education (Not offered this year)
CS-702 / Section EDIC
Käser
EN
Oral
2
Topics in Machine Learning Systems (Not offered this year)
CS-723 / Section EDIC
Falsafi, Jaggi, Kermarrec
EN
Oral presentation
3
Topics in Natural Language Processing (Fall 2024)
CS-612 / Section EDIC
Bosselut, Montariol, Sotnikova, Weiss
EN
Oral
2
Topics on Datacenter Design (Not offered this year)
CS-728 / Section EDIC
Falsafi, Kermarrec
EN
Oral
2
Transfer learning and meta-learning (Not offered this year)
CS-625 / Section EDIC
Brbic
EN
Oral
2

Other doctoral courses (EDOC)

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
EECS Seminar: Advanced Topics in Machine Learning (Next time: Spring 2026)
ENG-704 / Section EDEE
Bosselut, Cevher, Faltings, Flammarion, Frossard, West
EN
Autre (reprise)
2
Lecture series on scientific machine learning (Next time: Fall 2024)
PHYS-754 / Section EDPY
Bitbol, Carleo, Ceriotti, Harvey, Mathis, Schwaller, Zdeborová
EN
Oral presentation
2
Online learning in games (Next time: Spring 2026)
EE-735 / Section EDEE
Cevher
EN
Oral presentation
4

External courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Lattice-based Cryptography (July 7-11, 2025. Registration via https://lattice-school.epfl.ch/)
CS-800 / Section EDIC
Chiesa
EN
Project report
1

Master courses

Courses
Language
Exam
Credits / Coefficient
Advanced multiprocessor architecture
CS-471 / Section IN
Falsafi
EN
Winter session
During the semester
8
Advanced probability and applications
COM-417 / Section SC
Shkel
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Advanced topics on privacy enhancing technologies
CS-523 / Section IN
Stadler, Troncoso
EN
Summer session
Written
8
Algorithms II
CS-450 / Section IN
Kapralov, Svensson
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Cryptography and security
COM-401 / Section SC
Vaudenay
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Design technologies for integrated systems
CS-472 / Section IN
De Micheli
EN
Winter session
During the semester
6
Distributed algorithms
CS-451 / Section SC
Guerraoui
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Formal verification
CS-550 / Section IN
Kuncak
EN
Winter session
During the semester
6
Foundations of Data Science
COM-406 / Section IN
Gastpar, Urbanke
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Information security and privacy
COM-402 / Section IN
Payer
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Information theory and coding
COM-404 / Section SC
Telatar
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Intelligent agents
CS-430 / Section IN
Faltings
EN
Winter session
During the semester
6
Learning theory
CS-526 / Section IN
Macris
EN
Summer session
Written
6
Machine learning
CS-433 / Section IN
Flammarion, Jaggi
EN
Winter session
Written
8
Modern natural language processing
CS-552 / Section IN
Bosselut
EN
Summer session
During the semester
8
Principles of computer systems
CS-522 / Section IN
Argyraki, Candea
EN
Winter session
During the semester
8
Software security
CS-412 / Section IN
Payer
EN
Summer session
Written
8
Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Cours biennal, donné les années impaires )
CS-448 / Section IN
Kapralov
EN
Summer session
During the semester
6
Systems for data management and data science
CS-460 / Section IN
Ailamaki, Kermarrec
EN
Summer session
Written
8