Interview: CAS program “Computer Science and Computer Didactics in Continuing Education”
The subject “Media and Information Technology” in Curriculum 21 enables information technology to enter the Swiss education system. Realizing this opportunity in practice is proving to be extremely difficult. For example, several teacher training colleges have few trained computer scientists, and some do not have a single specialist. As a […]
Digital sovereignty for a secure future in the cyber age
Digital sovereignty is increasingly recognized as a success factor in the cyber-dominated age. The pandemic makes us very aware of the opportunities and, at the same time, the extreme dependence on IT technologies. As a spokesperson for the GI Economic Advisory Board, I hold discussions with IT experts from business, […]
Safety. Relevant. Software. Secure Coding. CyberSecurity-Resilienz
The digitization of processes in all industries and in administration is progressing with great momentum. New opportunities, new processes, new dependencies, new risks are constantly emerging. Old things are becoming obsolete and the dynamic “state of the art” is becoming increasingly relevant and challenging. This has led and continues to […]
Two Key Learnings from the Health Crisis
Covid-19 is strongly entangled with digital transformation, both in positive and negative ways. On the one hand, Covid-19 has boosted online formats in business, healthcare, education and even in government. On the other hand, Covid-19 has highlighted the missing capabilities in inter- and intra-organization information management. Both ICT application areas […]
The Swiss Digital Finance Conference
Since 2016, the Swiss Informatics Society has been co-organizing the Swiss Digital Finance Conference at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) as part of a partnership. Prof. Dr. Georges Grivas from the HSLU is responsible for the management of the conference. He is lecturer and head of […]
Voeux de fin d’année! Frohe Feiertage! Season’s Greetings!
Dear members, dear colleagues, At the end of the year, I was keen to look back on the highlights of the Swiss IT landscape. The first global event was the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. If this virus has unfortunately had negative effects on the population in terms of health, it has also […]