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Pengbo Zhu is a first year PhD researcher who joined the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Automation last October. With the help of intelligent systems, she works on improving the spatial distribution of shared vehicles. In doing so, Zhu hopes to positively impact quality of life in cities around the world.

Mahrokh Ghoddousiboroujeni is a first year PhD researcher, who joined the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) on Automation last November. The algorithms she works on could one day help to keep an increasingly renewable electrical grid in balance.

NCCR Automation is opening its network to new members to address the social science dimension of automation and to strengthen its research on embedded systems, cyber-security and data science.

As part of the #NCCRWomen campaign, five of the NCCR Automation Women introduced their research to show young people of high school or undergraduate age who they are, what they do and why they do it.

The NCCR Automation is a large-scale research network funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. John Lygeros, director of the program, explains why such an effort is needed and what the more than 40 researchers are working on.

The website of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) "Dependable ubiquitous automation" is online.