by Claudia Schärer, Matthias Meili, Stefan Scheidegger | Oct 3, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews
Management Summary: The SATW’s Technology Outlook 2025 is now available. The national foresight study highlights 31 technologies that will shape Switzerland’s future. The focus is on the circular economy, CO₂ utilization, and new manufacturing processes,...
by Alexandre Vallotton | Aug 19, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews
Management Summary: The report under consideration analyzes the technological evolution towards Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), defined as intelligence that exceeds human cognitive abilities in all domains. It describes a gradual progression from the currently...
by Evan Blezinger, Vladimir Pfister, Steven Galbraith, Ramona Wolf, Renato Renner, Josef Pieprzyk, Sebastian Kish, Seyit Camtepe, Rajiv Krishnakumar | Aug 19, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews
Abstract: This third semi-annual report explores the field of quantum communications, focusing on technologies that promise to secure information in an era when quantum computers pose a significant threat to classical encryption. It examines quantum threats, quantum...
by Deep Tech Nation Switzerland | Jun 26, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews, Technology Trends
Foreword Over the past decade the Swiss ecosystem has become one of Europe’s most exciting tech hubs and Deep Tech has been the driver of this development. A small country with a domestic market too small to build big businesses around it, exempt from EIF/EU...
by Technology Observatory | Jun 20, 2025 | Podcasts, Press
Technology Monitoring Track 1: Members of the Swiss Technology Observatory community met in Davos (Graubünden) in June 2025. The first session of the track on June 19th centered on the latest breakthroughs in quantum computing. Complementing this main focus, the...
by Valentin Mulder, Martin Sand, Martin Burkhart | May 14, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews
Abstract: From 2023 to 2025, the Swiss Federation was targeted by a series of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks against multiple governmental websites. While these attacks did not massively affect the Federal Administration’s operational capabilities,...
by NATO | Apr 10, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews, Technology Trends
Executive Summary Each of the S&T Macro Trends describes a distinct global trend that is uniquely impacted by and distinctly impacts S&T. These six trends are shaping and/or will shape NATO’s strategic landscape and influence how emerging and disruptive...
by Raphael Meier | Apr 7, 2025 | Publications, Technology Reviews
Abstract: Images of war are almost as old as war itself. From cave paintings to photographs of mobile devices on social media, humans always had the urge to capture particularly important events during a war. Images provide visual evidence. For armed forces, they may...
by Bhargav Solanki, Natalia Ostapuk, Ljiljana Dolamic, Alain Mermoud, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux | Jan 19, 2025 | Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract: Extreme Multi-Label Classification (XMLC) plays a pivotal role in organizing and retrieving information in largescale textual collections, by considering a very high number of potential labels for the documents. In this paper, we conduct an empirical...
by Technology Observatory | Jan 1, 2025 | Technology Reviews
Foreword The year 2024 was again marked by a significant surge in cyber incidents. Around 63‘000 cyber events were voluntarily reported in Switzerland to the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC), highlighting the pressing need to address the growing threats in the...
