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Bachelor Awards

Yr.	Award	Laureate
2024	EPFL Second best Bachelor average (equally-ranked)	Joachim Favre
2024	EPFL Highest average in Propaedeutics	Stefan Taga
2023	EPFL Third-best Bachelor average grade	Nicolas Ettlin
2023	EPFL Special commendation for EPFL third-best Bachelor average grade but with a lower Propaedeutic GPA	Bryan Gotti
2022	EPFL Third-best Bachelor average grade	Alexandre Hayderi
2020	EPFL Best Best Bachelor average grade	Paul Renauld
2020	EPFL Third-best Bachelor average grade	Alexandre Pinazza
2020	EPFL Best Propaedeutic grade point average	Alexandre Hayderi
2018	EPFL Best Propaedeutic grade point average	Alexandre Pinazza

Master Awards

Yr.	Award	Laureate
2024	Commune de Chavannes-près-Renens prize to reward a student who, during her or his studies, has left a strong impression in her or his behavior or personality	Tom Demont
2024	Kudelski prize for a Master’s project contributing significantly to the field of cryptography and information systems security	Guilhem Niot
2024	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second-best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Yifei Li
2024	Swisscom prize for best grade average in the communication systems section or data science section	David Mizrahi
2023	EPFL Second best Master average grade	Matteo Pariset
2023	EPFL Youth Prize intended to reward the youngest graduate	Amaury Pierre
2023	Annaheim-Mattille prize for a high-level Master’s project dedicated to bringing together life sciences and informatics	Sara Djambazovska
2023	Annaheim-Mattille prize for a high-level Master’s project dedicated to bringing together life sciences and informatics	Matteo Pariset
2023	Commune de Chavannes-près-Renens prize to reward a student who, during her or his studies, has left a strong impression in her or his behaviour or personnality	Manon Michel
2023	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Matteo Pariset
2023	Kudelski prize for a Master’s project contributing significantly to the field of cryptography and information systems security	Antoine Sidem
2023	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Elia Anzuoni
2023	Swisscom prize for best grade average in the communication systems section or data science section	Alexander Apostolov
2022	Annaheim-Mattille prize for a high-level Master’s project dedicated to bringing together life sciences and informatics	Shuqi Wang
2022	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Olivér Facklam
2022	Kudelski prize for a Master’s project contributing significantly to the field of cryptography and information systems security	Bastien Wermeille
2022	Swisscom prize for best grade average in the communication systems section or data science section	Fedor Moiseev
2022	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Antoine Brunner
2022	William Grenier prize for an original and innovative presentation of a Master’s project (illustrations, multimedia, demos)	Emma Lanctuit
2021	EPFL Best Master’s average grade	Lingjing Kong
2021	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Doga Tekin
2021	Kudelski prize for a Master’s project contributing significantly to the field of cryptography and information systems security	Mathilde Aliénor Raynal
2021	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Aditya Vardhan Varre
2020	EPFL Second best Master average grade	Alexandre Carlier
2020	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Alexandre Carlier
2020	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Alexander Immer
2019	EPFL Best Master’s average grade	Guirec Maloisel
2019	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Guirec Maloisel
2019	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Adrian Valente
2019	Young Investigator Award (ICSS 2019)	Roman Bachmann
2018	Award of Merit for a graduate who has successfully undertaken studies in engineering after an initial qualification and a professional career	Lionel Fleury
2018	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Mladen Dimovski
2018	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Dario Pavllo
2018	EPFL SHS prize	Mike Bardet
2018	EPFL SHS prize	Romain Gehrig
2018	EPFL SHS prize	Tim Nguyen
2017	EPFL Best Master’s average grade	Xavier Fontaine
2017	EPFL Second best Master average grade	Etienne Ferrier
2017	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Xavier Fontaine
2017	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Etienne Ferrier
2016	ELCA prize for best grade average in the computer science section	Minh Khue Vu
2016	Swiss Informatics Society prize to reward the student in Computer Science who has obtained the second best average grade in the Master’s cycle including the Master’s project	Roger Küng
2016	EPFL SHS prize	Alexandre Sikiardis

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Published:15.12.23 — Stefan Nikolić, who works on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) – a type of integrated circuit that can be programmed or reprogrammed after manufacturing – has won the annual Patrick Denantes Memorial Prize, awarded to a doctoral student in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences for their outstanding thesis.