Do Swiss Computer Science studies need a new strategy?
SARIT is the Swiss association for research into information technologies. It was founded in 1989. Its purpose was to “improve the quality of Swiss computer science research and provide Swiss computer scientists with access to top international research activities within the European Union (EU) and the United States”. Activities in its first decade centered on exchange programs for postdocs and faculty members to ICSI (International Computer Science Institute) in Berkeley and to ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) sites. A small number of people managed these exchanges in collaboration with a few companies. The work was supported by federal and related funds. However, this funding system could not be continued. In 1998, SARIT was restructured, becoming a national scientific association with the goal of “improving national and international relations within the IT research community and to making IT research better visible and recognized within Switzerla
