PD Dr. Alexander Ilic

PD Dr.  Alexander Ilic

PD Dr. Alexander Ilic

Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science
Head of ETH AI Center

ETH Zürich

ETH AI Center

OAT X 16

Andreasstrasse 5

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

Artificial intelligence

PD Dr. Alexander Ilic is the Executive Director and a co-founder of the ETH AI Center. He completed his habilitation at University of St. Gallen (HSG), holds a PhD from ETH Zurich, and a MSc from TU Munich. Alex is a Swiss-German deep tech entrepreneur, researcher, and investor. He co-founded the computer vision start-up Dacuda which was acquired by Augmented Reality pioneer Magic Leap in 2017. He served as head of Magic Leap Switzerland from Feb 2017 to August 2020 where he built up the R&D Center of Excellence for Computer Vision & Deep Learning in Zurich and a R&D Center of Excellence for Advanced Photonics in Lausanne. He was named twice "Entrepreneur of the Year" (2011 by HSG, 2012 by EY) and won several entrepreneurship prizes including the Swiss Economic Award.

Course Catalogue

Autumn Semester 2024

Number Unit
263-3300-00L Data Science Lab
263-3300-10L Data Science Lab
263-5053-00L Technology Investing
263-5054-00L Patenting Digital Innovations
263-5055-00L Talent Kick: From Student to Entrepreneur
263-5058-00L Technology and Entrepreneurship
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