Meet 15 graduates from the Doctoral Program in Computer and Communication Sciences

In autumn 2025, the IC School highlighted 15 alumni profiles with varied backgrounds, active in both research and industry. They all graduated from the Doctoral Program in Computer and Communication Sciences (EDIC).

Discover their trajectories below!

#1 Marco Mondelli (PhD SC'16), Professor at Institute of Science and Technology Austria

#2 Aida Mousavifar (PhD SC'21), Senior Research Engineer at Google (Switzerland)

#3 Himanshu Verma (PhD SC'15), Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

#4 Dina Mahmoud (PhD IN'24), Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo (Egypt)

#5 Oğuzhan Fatih Kar (PhD IN'25), Machine Learning Researcher at Apple (Switzerland)

#6 Sena Kiciroglu (PhD IN'23), Senior Computer Vision Researcher Engineer at Magic Leap (Switzerland)

#7 Tiziano Piccardi (PhD SC'22), Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University (USA)

#8 Deblina Bhattacharjee (PhD IN'23), Assistant Professor at University of Bath (UK)

#9 Anastasia Koloskova (PhD IN'24), Assistant Professor at University of Zürich (Switzerland)

#10 Amir Shaikhha (IN'13, PhD SC'18), Associate Professor at University of Edinburgh (UK)

#11 Vinitra Swamy (PhD SC'25) & Paola Mejia (PhD SC '25), Co-founders of Scholé (Switzerland)

#12 Amedeo Roberto Esposito (PhD SC'22), Assistant Professor at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan)

#13 Kristina Gligorić (PhD IN'22), Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University (USA)

#14 Diego Antognini (IN’17, PhD IN’22), Senior AI Researcher at Google DeepMind (Switzerland)

#15 Sandra Siby (PhD IN'22), Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi (UAE)

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