Organisation

The Steering Committee is responsible for the overall implementation of the research programme, including the development of the call for proposals, the selection of projects, the assurance of scientific quality and the exchange of knowledge.

The President of the Steering Committee and the Programme Manager are responsible for the programme’s operational management.

The representative of the federal government works in close collaboration with the Steering Committee and acts as a liaison between the programme and the relevant offices of the Federal Administration.

The SNSF National Research Council bears ultimate responsibility for the NRP. The Council’s delegate acts as the link between the Research Council and the Steering Committee.

Steering Committee of NRP 86

• Professor Pascal Felber, Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Neuchâtel (President)

• Dr Eva Cellina, Admitted to the Swiss bar and Lecturer, Digital Law Center, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva

• Dr Fabian Muhly, Deputy Head in Defence Economics/Cyber Defence, Military Academy at ETH Zurich

• Professor Martina Angela Sasse, Professor of Human-Centred Security, Horst-Görtz-Institut für IT-Sicherheit, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)

Representative of the Swiss Federal Administration

Dr Bernhard Tellenbach, Head of Cyberdefence, armasuisse Science + Technology

Delegate of the Research Council

Professor Patrick Eugster, Professor of Computer Science, Computer Systems Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana

Programme Manager

Dr Martin Christen, Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne

Programme Assistant

Julien Jauquier, Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne