IC
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IC is the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, renowned for its research and education in computer science, communications, and information technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IC canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5701630 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IC Context triple: [School of Computer and Communication Sciences, shortName, IC]
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IC
IC is a common abbreviation for Iowa City, a university-centered community best known as the home of the University of Iowa and its renowned Writers' Workshop.
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IC
IC is a category of long-distance passenger trains in Poland, operated by PKP Intercity and offering intercity connections between major cities.
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IC
IC was the stock ticker symbol used by the historic Illinois Central Railroad, a major U.S. railroad that played a key role in Midwestern and Southern rail transport.
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ICA
ICA is a contemporary art museum in Philadelphia known for its innovative exhibitions and support of emerging artists.
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ICA
ICA is a renowned London-based cultural institution dedicated to showcasing and supporting innovative contemporary art, film, and ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IC Target entity description: IC is the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, renowned for its research and education in computer science, communications, and information technology.
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IC
IC is a common abbreviation for Iowa City, a university-centered community best known as the home of the University of Iowa and its renowned Writers' Workshop.
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B.
IC
IC is a category of long-distance passenger trains in Poland, operated by PKP Intercity and offering intercity connections between major cities.
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C.
IC
IC was the stock ticker symbol used by the historic Illinois Central Railroad, a major U.S. railroad that played a key role in Midwestern and Southern rail transport.
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ICA
ICA is a contemporary art museum in Philadelphia known for its innovative exhibitions and support of emerging artists.
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ICA
The International Cooperation Administration (ICA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for administering foreign economic and technical assistance programs during the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic division
ⓘ
school ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | School of Computer and Communication Sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation | Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain ⓘ |
| campus |
EPFL Lausanne campus
ⓘ
linked to:
EPFL main campus in Ecublens-Lausanne
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| city | Lausanne ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
artificial intelligence
ⓘ
communication systems ⓘ computational biology ⓘ computer graphics ⓘ computer networks ⓘ computer science ⓘ computer systems ⓘ computer vision ⓘ data science ⓘ human-computer interaction ⓘ information technology ⓘ information theory ⓘ machine learning ⓘ security and privacy ⓘ signal processing ⓘ software engineering ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| fullName | School of Computer and Communication Sciences ⓘ |
| hasDepartment |
communication systems section
ⓘ
computer science section ⓘ data science section ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
applied research
ⓘ
fundamental research ⓘ technology transfer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-quality engineering education
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international research collaborations ⓘ research in communication systems ⓘ research in computer science ⓘ research in information technology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
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French ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
bachelor in computer science
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doctoral program in computer and communication sciences ⓘ master in communication systems ⓘ master in computer science ⓘ master in data science ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | EPFL Vice Presidency for Academic Affairs ⓘ |
| partOf |
EPFL
ⓘ
linked to:
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ⓘ
linked to:
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
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| regionServed | international ⓘ |
| researchOutput | peer-reviewed scientific publications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IC Description of subject: IC is the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, renowned for its research and education in computer science, communications, and information technology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.