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Documenting and Preserving Heritage Creatively

News Digital Heritage SIG In 2018, the Digital Heritage SIG organised an exhibition with the Zurich artist Peter Grenacher focusing on his research with the Ishango Bone, which was presented in the ETH Zurich and seen by several hundreds visitors.

Privacy Security Herbst

Corona- und Digitalisierungs-Challenge als das «Neue Normale»

Die Planung und Umsetzung der Transformation / Digitalisierung sollte ein vom Management gesteuerter und vom mittleren Management aktiv unterstützter Prozess sein. Das bzw. der diesbezügliche Reifegrad der Digitalisierung der Organisationen wurde speziell in den letzten Monaten ersichtlich und auch noch

GongPong.SAT: Developing Realtime Android Apps

The application underlying this case study is at the core of an award-winning concept of a distributed multi-player performance called Music for Gongs and Satellites. In short, the vision aims at turning commercially available mobile phones into devices for coordinating a

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Editorial for the autumn issue 2020

Dear SI members, Dear SIDM readers, The spotlight of this issue of Swiss Digital Magazine features two articles on hot topics, albeit seemingly independent of each other. The first of the two spotlight articles explores the question of why computer

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Somehow you recognize faces. And somehow old masters. But somehow it’s also a bit scary. The images are part of Mario Klingemann’s video work 79530 Selfportraits, in which the artist trained a neural network exclusively with portraits of old masters.

A Look into the Future

This article covers present issues around the ICT professions. Paradigms of the past are compared to those emerging at present and the road forward is described as one that involves letting go of former and well supported beliefs and embracing

SI News Graphic

SI In Review: A Report

The Swiss Informatics Society (SI) faced several challenges in the past year. Some of them were mastered very successfully; while others remain a burden to the future. All though the Covid-19 crisis and the certification business provided SI with real

Swiss Digital Summit 2020

About the Swiss Digital Summit 2020 The Swiss Informatics association SI promotes information technology, “in Switzerland in research and in practice. With a membership of almost 2000 individuals and collectives the SI is the largest association for IT professionalism in

SI News Graphic

SI General Assembly 2020

Due to the present restraints on the number of persons that are permitted to assemble is limited, and due to the possibility that this number could change in the near future, this year’s General Assembly will take place as a

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Cloud Software als Innovationstreiber in ICK-Unternehmen

The information and communications technology (ICT) sector is one of the largest industries in Switzerland. The driving force behind this sustained growth is the digital transformation. It is constantly creating new trends that can be used to further optimize and

SI News Graphic

Interview in Computerworld: Gemeinsam nach oben!

Fortbildung, Quereinstieg, Lebenslanges Lernen Wie behebt man den Fachkräftemangel? Fachleute aus den Bereichen IT, HR und Bildung wissen es: durch Weiterbildung des Teams und die Rekrutierung von Quereinsteigern. Aber wie motiviert man Mitarbeitende, sich auf dem Laufenden zu halten, wenn

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SwissCovid App – viele Stärken, einige Schwächen

Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hat zehn Kriterien zur Beurteilung von Contact Tracing Apps vorgelegt. Sechs dieser Kriterien werden von der SwissCovid App erfüllt, vier werden teilweise erfüllt. Die Grafik fasst die Bewertung anhand der CCC-Kriterien zusammen. Sie zeigt, dass

Homo Informaticus or Informatics as Integral to Human Culture Since Ever

Why to teach computer science (informatics) as a mandatory subject in schools? Why is it not sufficient to limit computer science education to specialists developing the information technology? The short answers are: The computer scientist way of thinking is a

More Classic Problems

The History Of Lateral Thinking Historically, the term „Lateral Thinking“ was first used in 1967 by Edward de Bono. According to Wikipedia, de Bono was using the anecdote where King Solomon resolves a dispute over the parentage of a child

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Video Journal: Digital Arts & Computer Science

Während einer Veranstaltung der SI im Jahr 2019 hatte der Präsident der Multimedia Fachgruppe, Fredy Schwyter, die Gelegenheit wahrgenommen, mit einer Reihe von Teilnehmern zu sprechen. In diesem Interview hören wir Anna Kälin und Julia Schicker. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZpiNo_jvo[/embedyt]  

WebConferencing: Einfach loslegen bis systemisch angehen

1 Einleitung «Einen Artikel über WebConferencing? Braucht es das? Einloggen, Mikrofon und Kamera freischalten und loslegen! Völlig einfach. Da braucht es doch keine Anleitung und schon gar keinen eigenen Artikel in einem Fachmagazin.» Stimmt, wenn man einfach mal loslegen will,

Blogroll: Digital Collaboration

Digital collaboration implies the simultaneous work of 2 or more people at different locations and on a common task. For this purpose there are an increasing number of creative and exciting tools and technologies available. However, digital collaboration also takes

BlogRoll: Digital Learning

About Digital learning is on the threshold of a new level. Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, an acute need for digital learning formats for the global upskilling challenge as well as better bandwidths and innovative new didactic ideas are the foundations

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Every Crisis is a Chance

Dear Members We hope this letter finds you and your family well and  SI would also like to assure all of our members that SI has taken measures so that the association continues with its duties towards its members and is

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Swiss IFIP Committee Seeks Applications

The Swiss IFIP Committee seeks applications for Swiss representatives in the following IFIP Technical Committees: – TC 8  (Information Systems) – TC 9  (ICT and Society) – TC 10 (Computer Systems Technology) Please find details about IFIP, its Technical Committees

Privacy Security Sommer

Rückgrat und Steigbügel des Homeoffice und Digitalisierung

Resiliente und sichere Hybrid-Cloud: Rückgrat und Steigbügel des Homeoffice und Digitalisierung – speziell auch in Corona-Phase An Diskussionen, in den Medien oder in Digitalisierungs-Projekten wird viel von «Cloud» gesprochen, von App- und Daten-Clouds, auf die alle von überall aus, immer

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The birth of the new Business Informatics Division

Professor Dr. Edy Portmann and his research team are in the process of establishing a new special interest group in the field of computer science. Parallel to this, a new special interest group “Business Informatics” is also to be created.

What’s Wrong with AI? A Discussion Paper

AI ON THE RISE There are probably not many people who would doubt that we have arrived in an age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Of course, this opens up many previously untapped opportunities, ranging from production to

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Video Journal: Swiss Cyber Security Days 2020

Während der zweiten, speziellen Sicherheits-Konferenz  Swiss Cyber Security Days in Fribourg (SCSD) vom 12. bis 13. Februar hatte der Präsident der Multimedia Fachgruppe, Fredy Schwyter, die Gelegenheit wahrgenommen, die Präsentationen einiger Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer aufzunehmen. Im Video hören wir von Doris Fiala

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Applying ICT knowledge to ICT business

Software engineering practices have changed the way we look at organisations. It has become widely accepted that agile practices improve the speed of change. It has been partly understood that teams are more important than processes, as they reduce the

Documenting and Preserving Heritage Creatively

News Digital Heritage SIG In 2018, the Digital Heritage SIG organised an exhibition with the Zurich artist Peter Grenacher focusing on his research with the Ishango Bone, which was presented in the ETH Zurich and seen by several hundreds visitors.

Privacy Security Herbst

Corona- und Digitalisierungs-Challenge als das «Neue Normale»

Die Planung und Umsetzung der Transformation / Digitalisierung sollte ein vom Management gesteuerter und vom mittleren Management aktiv unterstützter Prozess sein. Das bzw. der diesbezügliche Reifegrad der Digitalisierung der Organisationen wurde speziell in den letzten Monaten ersichtlich und auch noch

GongPong.SAT: Developing Realtime Android Apps

The application underlying this case study is at the core of an award-winning concept of a distributed multi-player performance called Music for Gongs and Satellites. In short, the vision aims at turning commercially available mobile phones into devices for coordinating a

SI News Graphic

Editorial for the autumn issue 2020

Dear SI members, Dear SIDM readers, The spotlight of this issue of Swiss Digital Magazine features two articles on hot topics, albeit seemingly independent of each other. The first of the two spotlight articles explores the question of why computer

Art & IT Herbst Image

NEUROGRAPHY

Somehow you recognize faces. And somehow old masters. But somehow it’s also a bit scary. The images are part of Mario Klingemann’s video work 79530 Selfportraits, in which the artist trained a neural network exclusively with portraits of old masters.

A Look into the Future

This article covers present issues around the ICT professions. Paradigms of the past are compared to those emerging at present and the road forward is described as one that involves letting go of former and well supported beliefs and embracing

SI News Graphic

SI In Review: A Report

The Swiss Informatics Society (SI) faced several challenges in the past year. Some of them were mastered very successfully; while others remain a burden to the future. All though the Covid-19 crisis and the certification business provided SI with real

Swiss Digital Summit 2020

About the Swiss Digital Summit 2020 The Swiss Informatics association SI promotes information technology, “in Switzerland in research and in practice. With a membership of almost 2000 individuals and collectives the SI is the largest association for IT professionalism in

SI News Graphic

SI General Assembly 2020

Due to the present restraints on the number of persons that are permitted to assemble is limited, and due to the possibility that this number could change in the near future, this year’s General Assembly will take place as a

David Lachenauer Avatar 150*150

Cloud Software als Innovationstreiber in ICK-Unternehmen

The information and communications technology (ICT) sector is one of the largest industries in Switzerland. The driving force behind this sustained growth is the digital transformation. It is constantly creating new trends that can be used to further optimize and

SI News Graphic

Interview in Computerworld: Gemeinsam nach oben!

Fortbildung, Quereinstieg, Lebenslanges Lernen Wie behebt man den Fachkräftemangel? Fachleute aus den Bereichen IT, HR und Bildung wissen es: durch Weiterbildung des Teams und die Rekrutierung von Quereinsteigern. Aber wie motiviert man Mitarbeitende, sich auf dem Laufenden zu halten, wenn

COVID19 App

SwissCovid App – viele Stärken, einige Schwächen

Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) hat zehn Kriterien zur Beurteilung von Contact Tracing Apps vorgelegt. Sechs dieser Kriterien werden von der SwissCovid App erfüllt, vier werden teilweise erfüllt. Die Grafik fasst die Bewertung anhand der CCC-Kriterien zusammen. Sie zeigt, dass

Homo Informaticus or Informatics as Integral to Human Culture Since Ever

Why to teach computer science (informatics) as a mandatory subject in schools? Why is it not sufficient to limit computer science education to specialists developing the information technology? The short answers are: The computer scientist way of thinking is a

More Classic Problems

The History Of Lateral Thinking Historically, the term „Lateral Thinking“ was first used in 1967 by Edward de Bono. According to Wikipedia, de Bono was using the anecdote where King Solomon resolves a dispute over the parentage of a child

Video Journal Digital Arts Key Image

Video Journal: Digital Arts & Computer Science

Während einer Veranstaltung der SI im Jahr 2019 hatte der Präsident der Multimedia Fachgruppe, Fredy Schwyter, die Gelegenheit wahrgenommen, mit einer Reihe von Teilnehmern zu sprechen. In diesem Interview hören wir Anna Kälin und Julia Schicker. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZpiNo_jvo[/embedyt]  

WebConferencing: Einfach loslegen bis systemisch angehen

1 Einleitung «Einen Artikel über WebConferencing? Braucht es das? Einloggen, Mikrofon und Kamera freischalten und loslegen! Völlig einfach. Da braucht es doch keine Anleitung und schon gar keinen eigenen Artikel in einem Fachmagazin.» Stimmt, wenn man einfach mal loslegen will,

Blogroll: Digital Collaboration

Digital collaboration implies the simultaneous work of 2 or more people at different locations and on a common task. For this purpose there are an increasing number of creative and exciting tools and technologies available. However, digital collaboration also takes

BlogRoll: Digital Learning

About Digital learning is on the threshold of a new level. Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, an acute need for digital learning formats for the global upskilling challenge as well as better bandwidths and innovative new didactic ideas are the foundations

SI News Graphic

Every Crisis is a Chance

Dear Members We hope this letter finds you and your family well and  SI would also like to assure all of our members that SI has taken measures so that the association continues with its duties towards its members and is

SI News Graphic

Swiss IFIP Committee Seeks Applications

The Swiss IFIP Committee seeks applications for Swiss representatives in the following IFIP Technical Committees: – TC 8  (Information Systems) – TC 9  (ICT and Society) – TC 10 (Computer Systems Technology) Please find details about IFIP, its Technical Committees

Privacy Security Sommer

Rückgrat und Steigbügel des Homeoffice und Digitalisierung

Resiliente und sichere Hybrid-Cloud: Rückgrat und Steigbügel des Homeoffice und Digitalisierung – speziell auch in Corona-Phase An Diskussionen, in den Medien oder in Digitalisierungs-Projekten wird viel von «Cloud» gesprochen, von App- und Daten-Clouds, auf die alle von überall aus, immer

Edy Portmann Portrait

The birth of the new Business Informatics Division

Professor Dr. Edy Portmann and his research team are in the process of establishing a new special interest group in the field of computer science. Parallel to this, a new special interest group “Business Informatics” is also to be created.

What’s Wrong with AI? A Discussion Paper

AI ON THE RISE There are probably not many people who would doubt that we have arrived in an age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Of course, this opens up many previously untapped opportunities, ranging from production to

Cyber Security Days Key Image

Video Journal: Swiss Cyber Security Days 2020

Während der zweiten, speziellen Sicherheits-Konferenz  Swiss Cyber Security Days in Fribourg (SCSD) vom 12. bis 13. Februar hatte der Präsident der Multimedia Fachgruppe, Fredy Schwyter, die Gelegenheit wahrgenommen, die Präsentationen einiger Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer aufzunehmen. Im Video hören wir von Doris Fiala

Economy 2.0 Winter Image

Applying ICT knowledge to ICT business

Software engineering practices have changed the way we look at organisations. It has become widely accepted that agile practices improve the speed of change. It has been partly understood that teams are more important than processes, as they reduce the

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The Swiss Informatics Society SI is the association of Informatics professionals in Switzerland.

Die Schweizer Informatik Gesellschaft SI ist der Verband der Informatikfachleute in der Schweiz.

La Société Suisse d’Informatique SI est l’association des professionnels de l’informatique en Suisse.

La Società Svizzera di Informatica SI è l’associazione dei professionisti dell’informatica in Svizzera.