Organisation of the Faculty of Informatics
Faculty Council
The Faculty Council exercises its authority on all general matters related to the interests of the Faculty, especially those pertaining to teaching and research activities. More information are available in the Faculty statute. The list of professors and representatives of students, Phds, post-docs and lecturers is available in Plan of Studies of the Faculty.
Dean and Vice Deans
The Dean and the Vice Deans act as the Faculty's executive body. The Dean, assisted by the Vice Deans, leads and manages the Faculty by implementing the decisions of the Faculty Council and the Board of Professors. The Dean represents the Faculty in the USI Council. More information are available in the Faculty statute.
Current Dean and Vice Deans:
Antonio Carzaniga
Dean of the Faculty of Informatics
Antonio Carzaniga is a professor and a founding member of the Faculty of Informatics. From 2001 to 2007 he was an assistant research professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Antonio Carzaniga has a degree in Electronics Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where he also earned a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science. His primary research interests are in the areas of Distributed Systems and Software Engineering, specifically in content-based networking, information-centric networking, distributed publish/subscribe systems, middleware, software adaptability and automatic fault tolerance, and testing. Previously, he also conducted research in software configuration management and code mobility. He is Dean of the Faculty of Informatics from September 1st, 2017.
Laura Pozzi
Prof. Pozzi is interested in the interaction between compiler and architecture design in the field of embedded systems. Her research mostly revolves around the automation of embedded processor customization and the definition of innovative configurable fabrics.
Board of Professors
The Board of Professors identifies the Faculty members that are called upon to sit in a commission for the appointment of professors, assigns courses to lecturers, and proposes the awarding of Honoris Causa and Professor Emeritus. More information are available in the Faculty statute.
Other contact persons
Below is a list of other persons who hold managerial positions within the activities of the Faculty.
- Coordinator of Faculty activities / projects and external relations
Ing. Mauro Prevostini - Mobility Delegate
Prof. Natasha Sharygina - Study curricula Directors
Bachelor
Prof. Laura Pozzi
bachelor.dir.inf@usi.ch
Master
- Master in Informatics
Prof. Kai Hormann
Prof. Evanthia Papadopoulou
- Master in Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Luca Maria Gambardella
Prof. Jürgen Schmidhuber
- Master in Computational Science
Prof. Olaf Schenk
Prof. Ernst Wit
- Master in Cyber-Physical and Embedded Systems
Prof. Cesare Alippi
- Master in Financial Technology and Computing
Prof. Marc Langheinrich
Prof. Fernando Pedone
- Master in Management and Informatics
Prof. Marc Langheinrich
- Master in Software and Data Engineering
Prof. Cesare Pautasso
Prof. Gabriele Bavota
PhD
Prof. Walter Binder
Prof. Silvia Santini
phd.dir.inf@usi.ch
Dean's office and services
Please visit the following page:
www.inf.usi.ch/en/practical-information/deans-office-and-services
Institutes
According to USI statute, Institutes are training and research units supported by one or more Faculties, subject to approval by the University Council.
The responsibilities, tasks, organisation and members of the Institutes are defined by specific agreements between the Faculties and the Rectorate. These agreements set the scope and limits within which an Institute can engage in its own right with third parties. The contract has limited duration and is renewable.
The Institutes do not have a distinct legal personality and are headed by a Director appointed among professors (Full or Associate) of the Institutes, according to the terms of agreement. Specialised sub-units (centres, observatories, laboratories, groups ...) can be created inside or in cooperation between the institutes, with the aim of carrying out specific research projects and/or handling specific aspect of the training.
The list of the Institutes supported by the Faculty of Informatics is available at this page:
