From October 30 to November 1, 2025, a hackathon at the DSI brought together people from tech, design, and humanitarian practice to work on digital solutions for crisis response. The focus was on the Government as a Platform (GaaP) approach, developing modular and scalable digital foundations to enable faster and… Read More »Digital solutions for crisis management
As part of the World Economic Forum in Davos, researchers and students from the ZHAW, together with partners, presented a diverse selection of robot systems in public spaces. The demonstrations highlighted what today’s robotics can achieve and where the technological limits lie. The focus was on specific applications and the… Read More »ZHAW digital in Davos
Delirium DynamiX harnesses high-resolution USZ ICU data with on-prem LLMs and novel time-series Additive Bayesian Networks. This interpretable modeling of dynamic causal chains enables earlier delirium detection, targeted interventions, external validation, a co-designed dashboard, and a clinical pilot aiming at ≥20% fewer missed delirium-days. Team Dr. Dr. Georg Spinner, ZHAW… Read More »Delirium DynamiX
ADHD Data-driven Assessment for Phenotyping & Treatment Prediction ADAPT builds a child‑friendly ADHD assessment that integrates brain signals, movement, and performance data capture into standard neuropsychological tests used in clinics. This data will enable multidimensional patient profiles which predict who benefits from which treatment. The goal: faster, safer, more personalized… Read More »ADAPT
A digital assistant for greater educational equality This project is developing a digital assistant called Chat4All that promotes digital educational equity. Unlike previous intelligent tutors, Chat4All does not just respond selectively to individual tasks, but systematically recognizes patterns in learning behavior and offers adaptive support options based on these patterns.… Read More »Chat4All
Speaker Recognition across Age-Groups for Cantonal Law Enforcement Agencies Criminal activities are increasingly coordinated via telecommunication channels. Telephone fraud generates extensive audio data that make manual analysis impossible. The SAGE project responds to these growing demands on the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Canton of Zurich and the Zurich Forensic… Read More »SAGE
A digital health intervention to improve Family health and self-care capacity in Intensive Care UnitS: A human-centered design approach The digital health intervention eFICUS will leverage advances in digital technology and user-centered design to develop timely, equitable, and individualized access to psychoeducational and emotional support for families affected by critical… Read More »eFICUS
Deepfake voice technology enables deceptively realistic voice clones that are used for fraud and manipulation. Neither humans nor machines can reliably detect deepfakes. The project investigates whether brain signals can capture unconscious distinctions between real and artificial voices. Neural measurements are combined with AI methods to develop more robust detection… Read More »Fake or real? Exploring brain signals for deepfake voice detection
Reflective reading with AI LitAI is developing an innovative learning environment that supports students in deep and critical on-screen reading. Adolescents are reading less and less, with far-reaching consequences. For years, studies have pointed to declining reading literacy, exacerbated by digital distractions and the increasing consumption of short screen-based texts.… Read More »LitAI
Vaccination records in Switzerland are largely paper-based, handwritten, and variable in format, making them susceptible to loss and errors and limiting their usefulness for clinical decision-making and public health surveillance. The project team is developing an AI-powered pipeline to digitize handwritten children’s vaccination cards into CH VACD-conformant HL7 FHIR/JSON data,… Read More »Digital Transformation of Handwritten Child Vaccination Cards to Support Immunization Practice & Surveillance in Switzerland