Similarity-based AI for Rare Diseases
The RareSim project aims at developing novel AI-based approaches to support physicians in their tasks of helping rare disease patient (in particular for diagnosis). Whilst these more than 7000 rare diseases each afflict less than 2000 people, it is estimated that for all these diseases together affect around 500’000 people in Switzerland.
Core team
Prof. Abraham Bernstein PhD, UZH Department of Informatics
Dr. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken, ZHdK Department Design
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Krauthammer, UZH Department of Quantitative Biomedicine
Prof. Dr. med. Matthias R. Baumgartner, University Children ‘ s Hospital Zurich
Prof. Dr. med. Felix Beuschlein, UZH Faculty of Medicine
Practice partner
Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ)
Running time: 2024-2027