According to the WHO, one in every eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder, a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour. Which impacts do recent advances in artificial intelligence have on mental health issues? Experts on the topic share their insights. Author:… Read More »AI for the Common Good: Mental Health
The Founder Call offers students and employees of DIZH universities the opportunity to obtain the low-threshold funding they need to advance their start-up or spin-off. By funding the step from a pure start-up idea to a proof of concept, founders are supported in demonstrating that their conceptually developed project can… Read More »Founder Call: Founding of start-ups or spin-offs in the field of digital transformation
A Blueprint for Reform: Economic priorities in post-war Ukraine In cooperation with policy makers and academics from Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine (CASE Ukraine), the ZHAW School of management and Law has developed a concrete concept for economic reforms in post-war Ukraine. From the International Management Institute, Prof. Dr. Christopher Hartwell was involved… Read More »Blueprint for Economic Reform in post-war Ukraine
Did you know that the Alpine ibex was once close to extinction? Researchers at the University of Zurich have now developed an AI that can identify individual ibex. 200 years ago, the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) almost became extinct due to overhunting. Only in the Gran Paradiso massif in northern… Read More »The Alpine ibex and AI in Gran Paradiso National Park
The average gamer is 30 years old. It is time to tackle digital games in academia and the public sphere, says Hiloko Kato, Chair of DSI Community Gaming. Author: Hiloko Kato Digital games have arrived in our everyday lives. What was long regarded as the suspect occupation of marginalised young… Read More »Games between everyday life and science
In the Business Arena, host David Kennedy took a closer look at the economic priorities of post-war Ukraine. Topics discussed included: the reconstruction of Ukraine, post-war recommendations, and integration into the European Union. TVP World’s guest was Prof. Dr. Christopher Hartwell of the ZHAW School of Management and Law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjAw5gQDEMM&t=426s More articles… Read More »Post-war plan for rebuilding Ukraine
How can artificial intelligence help improve medical diagnoses? This was one of the topics of the joint symposium of UZH and Kyoto University, which ended successfully yesterday. Author: Priska Feichter What started as a collaboration between two institutes has become a university-wide strategic partnership: UZH’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine and… Read More »Kyoto University and UZH Strengthen Their Strategic Partnership
Women and the political left are more sceptical about AI. They criticise the lack of emotionality. Nevertheless, the positive basic attitude towards artificial intelligence is surprising. Artificial intelligences can be used in many areas of life. For example, an AI can make a medical diagnosis, recognise false messages on social… Read More »Where AI is accepted in Switzerland
DSI Infrastucture & Lab Call: apply now. The Call is open to all DSI members and provides funding of up to CHF 100,000. The main: Applicants must be full DSI members Funding from CHF 20’000.- to 100’000.- for maximum of 2 years; co-financing mandatory Application deadline: April 23, 2023 Decision… Read More »Apply now: DSI Infrastructure & Lab Call
The National Research Programme “Big Data” (NRP 75) of the Swiss National Science Foundation investigated opportunities and challenges. The final report was presented at a media conference on 2 March 2023. The use of big data can improve our everyday lives: medical care, mobility and energy efficiency or the supply… Read More »Big data, big challenges: conclusion of NRP 75