Winning the Urban Data Challenge
The winning projects of the Urban Data Challenge visualize the fun and frustration of using public transport.
Harmonious Research: Music and Technology
Arup’s SoundLab technologies meet experiments on music and emotion.
Press Release: Game Gazer
The latest innovations in gaming and interaction from the Geneva University of Art and Design, Zurich University of the Arts, UCLA Game lab, and more.
Accelerating the Learning Curve
A visiting entrepreneur jumpstarts his company and learns to make connections the swissnex way.
A Fond Farewell and a New Beginning
swissnex San Francisco's social media program for Swiss higher ed becomes “The Digital Campus.”
Transmedia: Phenomenal Art
swissnex San Francisco’s Johann Recordon provides this report from the field at StoryWorld 2012, the world’s largest conference dedicated to transmedia.
Scaling Innovation in Smart Cities
The Swiss company Paradox Engineering is working to make cities more energy-smart, starting with San Francisco.
the nexus: Burning Man and Beyond
A healthy dose of art from Switzerland, helping Swiss startups succeed, and more!
Med letters, not love letters
How were afflictions of the body, health, and skin perceived during the Enlightenment?
A “Coup d’Oeil” Behind the Scenes
Discover some of the secrets of Yann Marussich’s extreme performance.
swissnex Joins with ZERO1 in "Seeking Silicon Valley"
Swiss artist Pe Lang's work features in the ZERO1 exhibition “Seeking Silicon Valley.”
Burning Man: Sim City in the Desert
Follow swissnexSF’s journey into the desert and learn what goes into building "The Third Space".
The Quest for (Local) Knowledge
A Ph.D. student from Zurich leverages crowd intelligence into quenching our own everyday curiosity about the places we visit.
Sports and Technology
Discover how innovations in materials, nutrition, social media, and other sectors trigger change in the sports world.
A New Chapter for University of Lausanne Alumni
Mission accomplished! University of Lausanne alumni have a chapter in the Bay Area.
Have you ever listened to a data set?
The sound installation “trees: Downy Oak” exemplifies data sonification, a promising new approach using audio to interpret data.
Come Join Our Team!
We're looking for a dynamic office manager to keep swissnex SF running smoothly.
Feel the Skin: a Multidimensional Approach
Artists, historians, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, biologists, and engineers take part in this thematic series about the skin.
Have You Read the New Nexus?
Cocktails from a robotic bartender, the launch of the new nextrends blog, SN—the new swissnex magazine, and more.
Kaywa, the QR Code Conquistador
A Swiss startup has led the way in developing information-packed QR codes and bringing them to Europe and the United States.
Social Media: The Short Course
What Swiss academia can learn from the @ladygaga Twitter handle and Charlie Bit My Finger YouTube video.
A New Grasp on Scanning
Swiss startup Dacuda introduces world’s first scanning mouse. Next up? Anything with a camera and a computer.
Brainy Swiss Alumni
Neuroscience and collective brainpower on display at alumni gathering for graduates of Swiss higher education.
Serving Science, Without the Lab
A cancer researcher changes continent and career to serve science in a new way.
He’s no Mirage: Swiss Game Developer Mario von Rickenbach
Meet Swiss game developer Mario von Rickenbach. His game “Mirage” is nominated for Excellence in Visual Art at the 2012 Independent Games Festival at GDC.
What is swissnex?
Read our recent quarterly e-newsletter to find out more about our services and activities.
Advertising Innovators: NextWidgets
Swiss start-up offers advertising solutions for F-commerce. And soon, video.
Questli Sets Sights on Silicon Valley
Quest for Success: Swiss-Russian company Questli’s rapid rise, and plans to conquer the US Market.
The Nexus: New Issue Out Now!
Bay Area Science Festival highlights, future citiies, start-ups at swissnex, and more.
blackbox connect
swissnex welcomes blackbox connect participants for their first networking event in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
Ruth Förster’s Vision
Ruth Förster visits San Francisco to study leadership training but finds life and culture just as rewarding.
Silicon Valley Social
Communicators from Swiss higher ed take part in Fall Social Media Study Tour and get inspired by Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
Switzerland’s First Open Data Camp
After a successful data visualization event here in San Francisco, swissnex sponsors Make.OpenData.ch.
Bay Area Science Festival
We're organizing events all over the city in collaboration with this year’s inaugural festival. Here’s a rundown of what we’re cooking up.
Think Art – Act Science
Art and science meet at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) when "Think Art – Act Science" opens to the public.
Intern Business
David Dudok de Wit takes on swissnex knowledge management and initiates academic links between his Swiss business school and the West Coast.
European Start-up Extravaganza
Swiss precision, Spanish smart apparel, an Italian social search engine, and more at European Startup Demo Night.
The Nexus: Out Now
The new issue of our popular quarterly e-newsletter includes data visualization, robots, and love. See what's inside.
A Visualization All Our Own
Visualize our 2010 event data to find out who attended presentations on the LHC, healthcare, sleep, and more.
Visualize This: Data in Sight
One hundred plus designers, coders, developers, and info lovers work through the weekend to create data visualizations that make us laugh, cry, and park.
Hello, Goodbye
Credit Suisse IT specialist Oliver Stanek returns to Switzerland but Marco Solombrino and Fabio Magagna join us.
Under Construction
Sawdust on the floor, holes in the walls, the bathroom is stripped, and tools and equipment are strewn about.
Are You Our Next Intern?
swissnex San Francisco is looking for new interns. And you might be one of them.
Social Media Kickoff
More than 130 communicators join the first meeting of "Swiss Academia and the Social Media Landscape" at Swisscom in Bern.
Cheese at Cal Day, in a Good Way
At this year’s Cal Day, swissnex San Francisco drew crowds with key information on Swiss universities—and with cheese fondue.
Underaged Achiever
At an age when most people are still trying to decide what they want to be when they grow up, Arik Brückner has already founded two companies. He is twenty years old.
Swiss Ambassador Visits swissnex
Ambassador Manuel Sager drops by Switzerland’s local science and technology outpost during his Bay Area visit.
Social Media for Higher Ed Goes Live
swissnex San Francisco officially launches social media initiative for Swiss academia.
The nexus: Inside the April Issue
Inside brain imaging, Swiss design pop quiz, gaming stats, fun with fonts, and the world’s first portable, visual speed sensor!
New Release: 2010 Annual Report
Our 2010 annual report provides an interactive overview of our activities and points toward new projects.
We see you, ViSSee
ViSSee offers the world’s first portable, visual speed sensor. It could save millions of lives on the roadways. And it all began in a dungeon full of flies.
SXSWissnex
Some of the big ideas, inspiring panels, and bright minds swissnex cared about at SXSW. And one RV karaoke lounge.
Start-up Crawl Gallery
View photos from TechCentralSF’s international start-up crawl, co-sponsored by swissnex San Francisco.
Brains Beyond Borders
Avatars and thought-controlled robots: EPFL neuroscience gains global attention at science conference. And swissnex San Francisco helps get them there.
Yahoo! for Fontself
Swiss start-up Fontself lets personality shine through online with user-generated typeface.
Alumni Carve New Chapter
ETH Zurich alumni gather on the slopes over President’s Day weekend to enjoy the snow and plan a local alumni chapter.
Central Partnership
New partner TechCentralSF helps us connect the dots between Swiss and local entrepreneurs in tech sectors.
Happy New Year, Let's Work
swissnex San Francisco Founder and Executive Director, Christian Simm, shares the achievements of the last year and a few new projects shaping up in 2011.
CAMPing out at swissnex
CTI Start-ups find home base, targeted assistance in San Francisco and Boston.
ETHZ Alumni Reunion
President Ralph Eichler of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and local alumni take part in a private networking reception at swissnex.
Swiss Higher Ed Goes Social
swissnex San Francisco embarks on new program to boost use of social media by Swiss academic institutions.
She's Got Her Tickets to Ride
Nicole Dennis is the lucky winner of two round trip business class tickets to Switzerland on Swiss International Air Lines.
Bidding Adieu, For Now
swissnex San Francisco says goodbye to two esteemed colleagues going on to bright futures in Switzerland.
Science Hack Day
Isn't the world better off with particle windchimes, grassroots mapping, and fancy pigeons?
Swiss Alumni Mix it Up
Louise Roux’s account of first all Swiss university alumni gathering at swissnex.
Minister of Interior Visits
Swiss Federal Councillor Burkhalter connects with swissnex; stops by Milieux Sonores, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente to experience Bay’s best.
Next Stop: UNIGE
University of Geneva alumni representative Louise Roux attends study abroad fairs at UCLA and UC Berkeley.
Serial Matters
Neurons fire and imaginations ignite with this season’s two stimulating event series: the brain and mind, and gaming.
3D Science
Synthetic gel gives scientists Petri dish alternative for stem cell and cancer therapy research.
Crafting a Conversation
Sam Grawe, Editor-in-Chief of Dwell magazine, discusses TechnoCRAFT at YBCA with curator Yves Béhar.
Finding NeMo
Swiss Start-up NeMoDevices uses light to monitor the brain and help prevent secondary injury in trauma patients.
Build Your Own World
ZERO1: 2010 01SJ Biennial brings art and technology together to promote civic engagement.
Refresh, Rethink, Retreat!
swissnex San Francisco heads to wine country for a mid-year staff retreat to assess and fine-tune our work.
I’ll Have My Eggs Science Side Up
Inaugural Bay Area Science Breakfast strengthens ties and cooperation among official representatives from Europe.
Forum for Alumni
Lucky UNIGE alumni mingled at the St. Francis Yacht Club to celebrate Swiss National Day and toast the 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy.
Roman Holiday
ETH Zurich Media Relations head describes three-month sabbatical, publishes profile of swissnex director and founder.
Make It and Break It
TechnoCRAFT at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts showcases the increasing role of the individual in design.
Random Swiss Fact of the Day
Send us your Swiss trivia now and follow along to learn new facts about Switzerland.
Switzerland’s Bright Ideas
May 2010 study tour illuminates Swiss renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Solar Impulse Makes History
Solar airplane soars around-the-clock (and through the night) without fuel or pollution.
Uniting UNIGE
University of Geneva delegation prompts alumni meet-up and renewed interest in local alumni chapter.
Swiss Lands in SF
Swiss International Airlines is back in the Bay Area with direct service from San Francisco to Zurich.
He's Got Personality
Director Christian Simm makes L'Hebdo magazine's list of top 100 personalities.
Just Tweet It
Swiss artist in WIRED thanks to @swissnexSF Twitter update. A success story from the swissnex San Francisco communications desk.
Solar is Red Hot. And Green and Pink and Clear and….
Sneak peek at projects from the "Sunny Memories" exhibit, based on breakthrough dye-sensitized solar cells.
This Just In
We’re thrilled to announce that Thierney Thys will join our panel on Visualizing Science on Wednesday, April 7th.
EPFL’s New Library Takes Pritzker Prize
Graceful, fluid building wins SANAA top architectural honor.
swissnex on the go
When we aren’t busy in our downtown San Francisco office, we’re active around the globe.
Rolling Out the Rolex Learning Center
The Rolex Learning Center, at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), opens on February 22, 2010.
Meeting of the (EPFL) Minds
Bay Area alumni treated to special pre event mixer with EPFL heavy hitters.
Let There Be Light
Researchers from EPFL and MIT bring daylight to building bowels even on cloudy days.
Surrounded by "Amidst"
Swiss artists Ursula Scherrer and Flo Kaufmann present video and sound installations at The Lab.
Gimme a U-Z-H!
Local UZH alumni attend the first official mixer, co-organized by the UZH International Alumni Program.
Conversations with Devices—Audience Reactions
Experts explore the future of voice communication with mobile devices.
2009 Highlights
As we look forward to another great year in 2010, here’s a look back at a few highlights from 2009.
The viruses within—and what keeps them there
EPFL biologists wake dormant viruses and uncover mechanism for survival.
Simon Says Stay in Touch with EPFL
Simon Lépine heads up the North American branch of EPFL-A3, the alumni organization for the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Want to do research in Switzerland?
ThinkSwiss offers 15 scholarships for U.S. students looking to do research at a university or research institute in Switzerland.
Happy Birthday swissnex San Francisco
swissnex San Francisco celebrated six very full years this November.
SVOX: A swissnex Success Story
SVOX visited swissnex San Francisco to fill us in on the company’s success.
What is Innovation?
Nick de la Mare, creative director at frog design, on the future of business—innovating with a sustainability strategy.
Matthieu Ricard Visits swissnex San Francisco
Bhuddist monk, translator to the Dalai Lama, founder of Karuna-Shechen.
