The Swiss Informatics Foundation is governed by the board of directors. The members are:
- André Golliez (President) — André Golliez is the presisdent of the Swiss Data Alliance and a past president of the SI. He obtained a Master’s degree in Computer Science at ETH Zürich.
- Thomas R. Gross — Thomas R. Gross is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, ETH Zürich, and a past board member of the SI. He obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, California.
- René Hüsler — René Hüsler is the Direktor of the Departement Informatik at Hochschule Luzern. He completed a doctorate in Electrical Engineering at ETH Zürich.
- Min Li Marti — Min Li Marti is a sociologist, historian and publisher and a member of the National Council (Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP)). She graduated with a
lic. phil. from the University of Zürich.
The review committee evaluates proposals and makes a recommendation to the board of directors. The head of the review committee is:
- Martin Glinz — Martin Glinz is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of Zurich, and has served the SI in various functions (President of SI-SE, President of SIRA, long-time board member). He completed a doctorate in Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Conflict of Interest Policy
Members of the board as well as reviewers are to act in the best interest of the foundation. The foundation aims to support the best proposal(s) subject to budgetary constraints and attempts to balance the intended target audience, the approach presented by the proposer(s), and [if appropriate] past performance of the proposer(s). If board members have, or think they may have, a conflict or potential conflict, they are required to disclose the conflict or potential conflict.
Board or review committee members may not vote on any matter in which there is a conflict.
Disclosure should be made on an annual register of known existing conflicts. Disclosures may also happen during Board or other meetings. The register would be private and not made publicly available.
Minutes of board or review committee meetings should reflect that a board member disclosed that s/he has a conflict of interests and how the conflict was managed (e.g., that there was a discussion on the matter without the board member in the room, and that a vote was taken but that the interested board member abstained).
The board periodically should discuss the types of hypothetical situations that could result in a conflict of interest and discuss how the board would manage that potential conflict. This is so that when a conflict arises the board will be ready to handle it with more ease.