Philippe Curty

Partner at Scimetrica GmbH | PhD in Physics

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Managing Director and Co-Founder at Scimetrica GmbH
    Jul 2005 - Present · 21 yrs 1 mo

    Founded in 2005, Scimetrica has been active in IT development and digital communication for science. In June 2007, Scimetrica became a limited company (GmbH). Our core mission is to provide reliable platforms that connect researchers, institutions, and industry, and to support the visibility of academic knowledge. Over the years, Scimetrica has developed and expanded the myScience network, which today operates national portals in several countries to promote research, career opportunities, and scientific news. In parallel, Scimetrica created and maintains UniversityRankings.ch, a platform that consolidates data from major global university ranking systems and presents it in a transparent, comparative format for academia, students, and decision-makers.

  • Full-stack Developer (External) at Secrétariat d’Etat à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation SEFRI
    2009 - 2018 · 9 yrs

    Full development of the UniversityRankings website and database.

  • Scientific Officer at University of Zurich
    2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

    Scientific officer in charge for the development of new bibliographic tools for the University of Zurich. During this time, we were able to use the Google PageRank algorithm to compute country bibliographic indicators.

  • Co-Project Leader at actionuni
    Mar 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos

    The situation of mid-level academic staff Survey study at cantonal universities and ETH. Report ordered by Actionuni with the support of the State Secretariat for Education and Research. https://www.vauz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:00000000-6984-b330-ffff-ffffee384645/zur_lage_des_akademischen_mittelbaus.pdf

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Physics at Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
    Jun 2004 - Jul 2005 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Postdoctoral researcher in statistical mechanics, complex networks and financial models.