In March, Dr. Liudmila Zavolokina (UZH) and Cédric Merz (Ergon AG) had a chance to present their work “Resilience in times of crisis – electronic identities for refugees from Ukraine” at the monthly E-ID Participation meeting of Federal Office of Justice FOJ. Currently, in Switzerland a work on the e-ID… Read More »eID solution presented at Federal Office of Justice
When wars break out in places such as Gaza or Ukraine, hate comments have a field day. They poison the debate on the internet and are a threat to democracy. Political scientist Karsten Donnay is looking into how to also establish social norms online. Hate comments on the internet are… Read More »Less Hate Online
Participatory GIS and Farmer Science to promote diversification, innovation and cooperation in agriculture The project aims to use a citizen science approach to connect innovative farmers and co-create new knowledge about the cultivation of niche crops. It thus promotes the information exchange between research and agricultural practice and contributes to… Read More »AgroPionier
Towards Personalized Treatment Decisions with Digital Twins The InnoTreat: Towards Personalized Treatment Decisions with Digital Twins project aims to improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions for shoulder pathologies. By integrating patient-specific anatomy into biomechanical simulations, the project aims to provide insight into the underlying mechanisms of shoulder… Read More »InnoTreat
The project aims to promote digital literacy in an academic context with the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI). It supports students and teaching staff in developing skills in the use of digital tools and AI technologies for academic work and writing. Core team Dr. Christian Rapp, ZHAW School of Management and… Read More »Technological support for scientific work, writing and thinking in the age of AI: conceptualization, technology integration and didactics
In an ICU, time-efficient retrieval, precise understanding, and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are critical for ensuring optimal treatment and patient safety. To address this, we develop a multi-lingual, user-tailored, and AI-powered dialogue system over SOP documents which is seamlessly integrated with medical semantic taxonomies. Core team Dr. Ahmad Aghaebrahimian,… Read More »Advancing Information Accessibility in Hospitals Employing Large Language Models
The project is developing a guideline that shows schools how they can help shape the digital transformation with existing resources. Instead of asking which new tools and media are needed in schools, we are focusing on a minimalist approach that looks for solutions with existing resources and uses digital media… Read More »Digital Interfacing. The Minimalist Manifesto
The Being a spider project enables a unique change of perspective through a sensory-enhanced virtual reality experience. Users are immersed in the world of the spider and can thus experience its world in the museum. Core team Prof. Niklaus Heeb, ZHdK Departement Design Isabel Willemse, ZHAW Angewandte Psychologie Practice partner Museum… Read More »Being a spider – Virtual Realities as spaces for learning and experience
The project promotes the quality of discourse in the digital space by empowering people methodically and digitally using a browser extension to react constructively to hate speech as online street workers and to de-escalate escalations. The extension assists in recognizing and processing hate speech. Core team Judith Bühler, ZHAW School… Read More »Social influencer
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… Read More »RareSim