SIRA is a non-profit association representing the professors and lecturers of the Informatics Departments of the Swiss universities, federal institutes of technology and universities of applied sciences.
The goals of SIRA are to foster national and international collaboration within the ICT research community and to promote the visibility and recognition of research and higher education in ICT and its related fields performed in Switzerland.
SIRA achieves these goals by working to influence policy that impacts ICT research, coordinate ICT related efforts in research and higher education both within Switzerland and with organizations abroad, and cultivating communication with industry, government, the media, and the general public.
The SIRA members are those professors and lecturers of the Informatics Departments of the Swiss universities, ETHs and universities of applied sciences who have been registered with SIRA by their respective departments.
SIRA is an independent association which is affiliated with SI. All SIRA members are also SI members.SIRA was founded in 2012 as a joint successor to SARIT (Swiss Association for Research in IT) and CHIP (CH Informatics Professors).
SIRA is continuing its SIRA Brown Bag Talk series. The next talk will be held on Friday, May 29, 2026 12:00-13:00 CEST.
Title: Geometry and Topology in the Era of Deep Learning: Revisiting “The Bitter Lesson”
Speaker: Bastian Grossenbacher Rieck (Uni FR)
Venue: Online in Zoom at
https://uzh.zoom.us/j/64841027306?pwd=T8cVfpel2xRNQeUttvT7iff6PpI8vb.1
Details: In the pdf flier below.
Further SIRA Brown Bag Talks are planned for September 25 and November (TBD) 2026..
Currently, the SIRA Board currently consists of:
Arzu Çöltekin (FHNW), member
Philippe Cudré-Mauroux (UniFR), member
Martin Glinz (UZH), president
Matthias Grossglauser (EPFL), member
Matthias Hauswirth (USI), vice-president
Christian Tschudin (UniBas), treasurer
Here is a database of all SIRA members.
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