We firmly believe in teamwork and in cultivating a technology instinct
Wherever Swiss universities want to work together on the joint implementation of pioneering ICT projects, SWITCH is to be found at their side, as a coordinating partner with just the expertise they need. Since for us, however, networking the university environment is also a question of inputs from individuals, we provide special working groups for the purpose and make sure that they are given the latitude they need to do a proper job of work.
Grid
Services for scientific computing
Grid technology is needed wherever researchers work across organisational boundaries on problems that require a high computing power. SWITCH is engaged in pioneering work throughout Switzerland with its Grid project. This will give researchers shared, but controlled access to resources.
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AAA/SWITCH
E-Infrastructure for E-Science
Innovative, sustainable and cooperative – these are the characteristic features of the cooperative projects that are being conducted in the framework of "AAA/SWITCH – e-Infrastructure for e-Science". In the period up to 2011, we will be working together with the universities on constructing key components of a national IT infrastructure on a step-by-step basis. The point of departure for this is SWITCHaai, which has achieved pioneering synergistic effects in teaching and research internationally.
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Cooperations
SWITCH frees up resources
Ideas and innovations generally develop where people pool their capabilities, ideas and resources in a meaningful manner. This is why SWITCH is firmly committed to joint projects involving the cooperation of a wide range of different institutions from both Switzerland and other countries, all of which make their individual contribution.
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WG
Mail Working Group
The Mail Working Group's agenda for its regular meetings covers everything that is of concern to the mail community. Those SWITCH customers whose professions require them to take a serious interest in this area have the opportunity of meeting with others in similar situations and of adding to their know-how.
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WG
Network Working Group
This working group focuses above all on the latest network technologies as well as on projects and plans for cooperating with others in the immediate future. Experts from SWITCH and the Swiss university environment put forward valuable suggestions, exchange ideas amongst themselves and use the opportunity to intensify their one-to-one contacts.
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WG
Security Working Group
The Security Working Group's remit is to consider every possible aspect of the theme of IT security. Twice a year, SWITCH-CERT and security experts from the university environment provide information and valuable food for thought, and participants have to opportunity of getting to know one another better and of pooling ideas.
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WG
ICT Law Working Group
The meetings of the working group on ICT law provide a forum for debating legal issues affecting the fields of information and communication technology that are of concern to the legal advisors to the Swiss universities. These sessions serve not only the goal of understanding the law better, thanks to the presentations by legal experts, but also constitute an opportunity for meeting face-to-face with others.
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LEP
The future at SWITCH
Where is SWITCH going to be in fifteen or twenty years' time? If we are to be in a position to appraise tqhat reasonably, we believe that there is no alternative to being proactive and having a carefully thought-out strategy for looking forward. In cooperation with experts from the university and the research field, SWITCH is currently fleshing out its Long-term Development Prospects (LEP). That provides us with a springboard from which we can expand the services we offer in the field of information and communication technology in such a way that they will continue to satisfy the requirements of the Swiss university world even into the more remote future.more information