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Prof. Dr. Marc Langheinrich

Computer scientist, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
  • Professor of Computer Science at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano, Switzerland, where he heads the People-Centered Computing group
  • Notable achievements: Pioneer in the field of privacy technologies on the web (P3P standardization group at the WWW consortium) and the Internet of Things
  • Prizes & Honors: Among the top 2% cited scientists in his field (Stanford Impact Ranking), “10-Year Impact Award” for his early work in privacy for IoT (Ubicomp'01)
  • Books: Privacy in Mobile and Pervasive Computing (2019)
  • Other positions: Editor of the IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine (2019-2023); Dean of the Faculty (2021-2025); Member of the Steering Committee of the Swiss Government's Cybersecurity Advisory Group (since 2024)