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After an extended COVID-related break, we are pleased to announce the continuation of the successful  CHOOSE Forum format! The first edition following the break will be held co-located with the  2026 Software Engineering Conference (SE2026) in February 2026 in Bern and will focus on Software Engineering and its intersections with Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Computing.

CHOOSE, the Swiss (CH) Group for Original and Outside-the-box Software Engineering, is a special interest group of the  SI (Swiss Informatics Society). CHOOSE is a non-profit organization that pushes the boundaries of software engineering at the intersection of programming languages, model-based engineering, visual analytics, NLP, AI, and other emerging technologies.

Who we are

• We are a group of researchers from academica and experts from industry interested in advancing the Software Engineering landscape in Switzerland.

What we do

• We support researchers in exploring better ways of crafting software and bridging the gap between research and industry.
• We sponsor students to help them further their academic careers.
• We organize forums where researchers and industry professionals can exchange ideas.