Implementation of the federal government's data science strategy

The federal government is currently implementing a data science strategy, which includes plans to make greater use of methods from the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for policy-making in the Federal Administration. Researchers from ETH Zurich and EPFL are actively involved in implementing the follow-up mandates adopted by the Federal Council. For example, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), together with other departments and the federal institutes of technology, produced a report identifying specific use cases where data science and AI can be applied for the common good along the policy-making process. The FSO also produced a code of conduct for human-centred and trustworthy data science and AI. This code of conduct uses practical explanations to sensitise the administrative units of the Federal Administration to the basic principles of human-centred and trustworthy data science and AI and to enable them to implement them in their day-to-day work. A concept on the use of data science and AI to safeguard privacy is currently being drawn up. Finally, the Federal Chancellery (Digital Transformation and ICT Steering DTI) and the FDHA/FSO are working with internal federal IT service providers to develop a concept for establishing a collaborative data science platform in the Federal Administration.

Confederation sets targets for the use of data science (admin.ch)

First measures of the data science strategy implemented (admin.ch)