La dinamica geopolitica tra Stati Uniti, Europa e Cina è caratterizzata da intense rivalità economiche e tecnologiche, sintetizzate come “ascesa dell’IA e caduta degli Stati”. Gli Stati Uniti e la Cina sono al centro di una corsa globale per la
L’iperdigitalizzazione e l’iperautomazione sono processi che stanno cambiando radicalmente il nostro modo di lavorare, vivere e interagire. Questa trasformazione di vasta portata non si basa solo su singoli progressi tecnologici, ma su una complessa interazione di diversi componenti chiave. Per
Nell’odierna era digitale, in cui l’intelligenza artificiale (IA) e l’automazione stanno diventando sempre più importanti, è essenziale che le aziende e i loro dipendenti si preparino alle nuove sfide e opportunità. Un aspetto centrale di questa preparazione è l’applicazione e
Nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale (IA) e della corrispondente “preparazione all’IA”, è fondamentale che i consigli di amministrazione delle aziende moderne adattino la loro cultura aziendale e il loro modo di lavorare per rimanere innovativi e competitivi. Mentre molti parlano o sognano
Nel mondo digitale di oggi, caratterizzato anche da criminalità informatica, IA e disinformazione, “Zero Trust, always verify” non è più solo un’opzione, ma una necessità per emergere come vincitori e non come perdenti dall’evoluzione sempre più dinamica della cybersecurity e
Nell’attuale era digitale, l’automazione, l’aumento dell’efficienza, la scienza dei dati e l’intelligenza artificiale (AI) in generale non sono solo parole d’ordine, ma fattori talvolta decisivi per il successo a medio-lungo termine di aziende e organizzazioni in tutto il mondo. Nonostante
The 2024 Helmut and Heide Balzert Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching and the didactics of Informatics has been given Wolfgang Pfeffer and Tobias Fuchs. Award ceremony on September 24, 2024 in Wiesbaden, Germany From left to right: Ulrike
As part of our SI Evening Talks series, we invited Michael Gauckler to share his knowledge on Bitcoin and the development of cryptocurrency with us in an online event titled „Bitcoin – The Perfect Currency?“ Michael was the Chief Product
The SI Evening Talk “Broadening our Horizons” was a great success, thanks to the insightful presentations and lively interactions between our speakers and participants. The event took place on February 1st at the Renaissance Zurich Tower Hotel and featured two experts
“To hell with AI”. Niklaus Wirth’s answer to a journalist’s question about his views on AI reminds me of the famous words by Albert Einstein „Gott würfelt nicht“ – ”God does not play dice”, when expressing his skepticism about quantum
SI mourns the loss of its former president, Helmar Burkhart, who passed away on December 17, 2023, at the age of 72. He was a professor of High-Performance and Web Computing at the University of Basel from 1987 to 2016
Imagine yourself working for a thriving small to medium-sized enterprise or a compact corporation operating in fiercely competitive markets. Now, picture yourself in a dynamic brainstorming workshop, joined by fifteen top-level managers. The workshop commences with a free-flowing brainstorming session,
Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is a new concept for identity management that shall be used in the Swiss E-ID which is currently under development. The main advantage of SSI is that it better protects the users’ privacy than classical identity solutions
This year, SI celebrates its 40th anniversary with a gala event for its members on November 17 in Bern. While Switzerland was among the pioneers in Computer Science research in Europe and Swiss companies were among the early adopters of
The Swiss Informatics Society hosts this year‘sSwiss IT Congress (SITC) on “E-ID in Switzerland” on May 11th, 2023 at sitem-insel in Bern, starting at 11:00 am. Come and hear about the Swiss government‘s E-ID plans, countries that have already implemented
This year’s General Assembly of SI will take place on May 11, 2023 in Bern. Time: 09:00-11:00. Location: sitem-insel, Freiburgerstrasse 3, 3010 Bern. All SI members are kindly invited to attend. After the GA, from 11:20 to 17:20, the Swiss
Digital transformation is very similar to analogue transformation, that is to those analogue transformations that imply fundamental cultural changes because individuals must adapt their practices and communities must adapt their narratives. Therefore, we can learn from the great transformations in
In the series of SI evening talks, the talk of November 29, 2022 featured a hot topic: How can medical data be collected and used for the benefit of the patients and in a way that preserves the patients’ privacy.
Auch im Jahr 2021 rätselten in der ganzen Schweiz über 36’000 Kinder und Jugendliche beim Infomatik-Biber Wettbewerb. Seit zwölf Jahren organisiert ein Team aus Informatikerinnen, Informatikern und Lehrpersonen aus der ganzen Schweiz einen Online-Wettbewerb, der die Grundlagen der Informatik in
Many programmers share the viewpoint “code is documentation enough” and do not invest time and effort into documenting their code. However, absent software documentation often is a sign of cognitive biases and poor management practices, rather than source code clarity.
On May 12, 2022, SI has held its annual general assembly. The main topics were: – The election/re-election of the president and the SI Board, – The legally required topics (such as the annual reports by the president
Helmut and Heide Balzert have endowed an award for outstanding contributions to the teaching of Informatics. The award is sponsored by the German Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), in cooperation with the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and the Swiss Informatics Society
The SITC 2022 on the topic of IT Education in Switzerland was held successfully on March 10, 2022 in the Aula Magna of the University of Fribourg. The Swiss IT Congress (SITC) is a yearly symposium organized by the
Everyone seems to agree that digital transformation has a trust problem, but few try to look behind the curtain: What is the nature of the problem? Trust is one of those concepts that can endlessly be discussed without any conclusions
In the scope of the initiative www.it-feuer.ch the Swiss Informatics Society (SI) publishes portraits of women in IT from June to December 2021. SI has been looking for female role models and found many women who have made their
The acronym NTF stands for non-fungible token is one that is crossing boundaries in the digital world. An NTF is a unit of data stored on a blockchain so that it certifies as unique and non-interchangeable digital asset. Although, NFTs can
https://magazine.swissinformatics.org/membership/registration Networking Come membro del SI, fate parte di una rete rispettata e attiva di informatici e professionisti IT. Come membro di SI potrete unirvi a uno o più dei SI Special Interest Groups (SIG). Eventi I membri ricevono inviti
As the SI’s specialist group “Informatics and Society”, we recommend banning facial recognition with the potential for mass surveillance in public spaces. Not only because of the known and in many places described shortcomings of the technology (discrimination, false recognition),
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
La dinamica geopolitica tra Stati Uniti, Europa e Cina è caratterizzata da intense rivalità economiche e tecnologiche, sintetizzate come “ascesa dell’IA e caduta degli Stati”. Gli Stati Uniti e la Cina sono al centro di una corsa globale per la
L’iperdigitalizzazione e l’iperautomazione sono processi che stanno cambiando radicalmente il nostro modo di lavorare, vivere e interagire. Questa trasformazione di vasta portata non si basa solo su singoli progressi tecnologici, ma su una complessa interazione di diversi componenti chiave. Per
Nell’odierna era digitale, in cui l’intelligenza artificiale (IA) e l’automazione stanno diventando sempre più importanti, è essenziale che le aziende e i loro dipendenti si preparino alle nuove sfide e opportunità. Un aspetto centrale di questa preparazione è l’applicazione e
Nell’era dell’intelligenza artificiale (IA) e della corrispondente “preparazione all’IA”, è fondamentale che i consigli di amministrazione delle aziende moderne adattino la loro cultura aziendale e il loro modo di lavorare per rimanere innovativi e competitivi. Mentre molti parlano o sognano
Nel mondo digitale di oggi, caratterizzato anche da criminalità informatica, IA e disinformazione, “Zero Trust, always verify” non è più solo un’opzione, ma una necessità per emergere come vincitori e non come perdenti dall’evoluzione sempre più dinamica della cybersecurity e
Nell’attuale era digitale, l’automazione, l’aumento dell’efficienza, la scienza dei dati e l’intelligenza artificiale (AI) in generale non sono solo parole d’ordine, ma fattori talvolta decisivi per il successo a medio-lungo termine di aziende e organizzazioni in tutto il mondo. Nonostante
The 2024 Helmut and Heide Balzert Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching and the didactics of Informatics has been given Wolfgang Pfeffer and Tobias Fuchs. Award ceremony on September 24, 2024 in Wiesbaden, Germany From left to right: Ulrike
As part of our SI Evening Talks series, we invited Michael Gauckler to share his knowledge on Bitcoin and the development of cryptocurrency with us in an online event titled „Bitcoin – The Perfect Currency?“ Michael was the Chief Product
The SI Evening Talk “Broadening our Horizons” was a great success, thanks to the insightful presentations and lively interactions between our speakers and participants. The event took place on February 1st at the Renaissance Zurich Tower Hotel and featured two experts
“To hell with AI”. Niklaus Wirth’s answer to a journalist’s question about his views on AI reminds me of the famous words by Albert Einstein „Gott würfelt nicht“ – ”God does not play dice”, when expressing his skepticism about quantum
SI mourns the loss of its former president, Helmar Burkhart, who passed away on December 17, 2023, at the age of 72. He was a professor of High-Performance and Web Computing at the University of Basel from 1987 to 2016
Imagine yourself working for a thriving small to medium-sized enterprise or a compact corporation operating in fiercely competitive markets. Now, picture yourself in a dynamic brainstorming workshop, joined by fifteen top-level managers. The workshop commences with a free-flowing brainstorming session,
Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is a new concept for identity management that shall be used in the Swiss E-ID which is currently under development. The main advantage of SSI is that it better protects the users’ privacy than classical identity solutions
This year, SI celebrates its 40th anniversary with a gala event for its members on November 17 in Bern. While Switzerland was among the pioneers in Computer Science research in Europe and Swiss companies were among the early adopters of
The Swiss Informatics Society hosts this year‘sSwiss IT Congress (SITC) on “E-ID in Switzerland” on May 11th, 2023 at sitem-insel in Bern, starting at 11:00 am. Come and hear about the Swiss government‘s E-ID plans, countries that have already implemented
This year’s General Assembly of SI will take place on May 11, 2023 in Bern. Time: 09:00-11:00. Location: sitem-insel, Freiburgerstrasse 3, 3010 Bern. All SI members are kindly invited to attend. After the GA, from 11:20 to 17:20, the Swiss
Digital transformation is very similar to analogue transformation, that is to those analogue transformations that imply fundamental cultural changes because individuals must adapt their practices and communities must adapt their narratives. Therefore, we can learn from the great transformations in
In the series of SI evening talks, the talk of November 29, 2022 featured a hot topic: How can medical data be collected and used for the benefit of the patients and in a way that preserves the patients’ privacy.
Auch im Jahr 2021 rätselten in der ganzen Schweiz über 36’000 Kinder und Jugendliche beim Infomatik-Biber Wettbewerb. Seit zwölf Jahren organisiert ein Team aus Informatikerinnen, Informatikern und Lehrpersonen aus der ganzen Schweiz einen Online-Wettbewerb, der die Grundlagen der Informatik in
Many programmers share the viewpoint “code is documentation enough” and do not invest time and effort into documenting their code. However, absent software documentation often is a sign of cognitive biases and poor management practices, rather than source code clarity.
On May 12, 2022, SI has held its annual general assembly. The main topics were: – The election/re-election of the president and the SI Board, – The legally required topics (such as the annual reports by the president
Helmut and Heide Balzert have endowed an award for outstanding contributions to the teaching of Informatics. The award is sponsored by the German Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), in cooperation with the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and the Swiss Informatics Society
The SITC 2022 on the topic of IT Education in Switzerland was held successfully on March 10, 2022 in the Aula Magna of the University of Fribourg. The Swiss IT Congress (SITC) is a yearly symposium organized by the
Everyone seems to agree that digital transformation has a trust problem, but few try to look behind the curtain: What is the nature of the problem? Trust is one of those concepts that can endlessly be discussed without any conclusions
In the scope of the initiative www.it-feuer.ch the Swiss Informatics Society (SI) publishes portraits of women in IT from June to December 2021. SI has been looking for female role models and found many women who have made their
The acronym NTF stands for non-fungible token is one that is crossing boundaries in the digital world. An NTF is a unit of data stored on a blockchain so that it certifies as unique and non-interchangeable digital asset. Although, NFTs can
https://magazine.swissinformatics.org/membership/registration Networking Come membro del SI, fate parte di una rete rispettata e attiva di informatici e professionisti IT. Come membro di SI potrete unirvi a uno o più dei SI Special Interest Groups (SIG). Eventi I membri ricevono inviti
As the SI’s specialist group “Informatics and Society”, we recommend banning facial recognition with the potential for mass surveillance in public spaces. Not only because of the known and in many places described shortcomings of the technology (discrimination, false recognition),
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
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.
