The Center for Adaptive Security Research and Applications (CASRA) has been founded 2008 by Prof. Dr. Adrian Schwaninger. CASRA has emerged from the Visual Cognition Research Group (VICOREG) of the University of Zurich (founded by Adrian Schwaninger in 1999).
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The main aim of CASRA is to increase security and facilitation at airports and other environments involving people and technology.
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We use an adaptive approach in which we combine applied psychology, computer science, and economical analyses.
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Our software, methods and procedures are scientifically based and developed in close collaboration with end users.
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Our knowledge is provided to society through publications scientific journals, conferences and magazines.
CASRA members are from the following organizations:
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University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), School of Applied Psychology, Institute Human in complex Systems
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University of Zurich, Visual Cognition Research Group (VICOREG)
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Applied Psychological Science Solutions (APSS)
We are particularly strong in the following areas: Aviation security human factors, cognitive and computational modeling, human-machine interaction, perception and recognition of faces and objects.
Our interdisciplinary effort and success is documented in many publications, funded research projects, international collaborations and software products that have been installed at several hundred airports in Europe, Canada, and the USA.