Digital support for caregivers Project state closed Project start September 2021 Funding duration 28 months Universities involved ZHAW, ZHdK Practice partners We+Tech, Pro Aidants Funding amount DIZH CHF 223'000 There is an enormous amount of knowledge available for relatives of people with dementia. So much, in fact, that it’s easy… Read More »You+Care
Action Competence through Immersive Learning Experiences Project state closed Project start July 2021 Funding duration 15 months Universities involved ZHAW, PHZH Practice partners BKW Building Solutions, Bandara, Helvetas, EIT.swiss Funding amount DIZH CHF 102'000 For many training companies, it is difficult to provide vocational trainees with sufficient situations in which… Read More »Virtual reality as a learning venue for basic vocational training
A collaborative environment to embrace deep uncertainties in decision making on climate risks Project state closed Project start November 2021 Funding duration 27 months Universities involved UZH, ZHAW Practice partner City of Zurich, City of Winterthur, Swiss Re Funding amount DIZH CHF 239'000 DSS_Embrace aimed to enhance the capacity of… Read More »DSS_Embrace
Project state closed Project start October 2021 Funding duration 24 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Schweizerische Textilfachschule (STF); Image Wear AG; Swisstextiles; further associated partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 180'000 https://vimeo.com/829867796 The fashion industry is characterised by the mass production of homogeneous and standardised fashion items. Fast fashion attempts… Read More »Transformation of the textile industry from push to pull production through digitalization
Researchers from the USA and Europe met at the ZHAW in early December for an exchange on the digitization of writing. The meeting was hosted by DIZH Fellow Christian Rapp from the Center for Innovative Didactics at the School of Management and Law. The SNSF-funded meeting was prompted by a book project on digital writing technologies, the results of which were exchanged and discussed.
Read More »DIZH Apéro for the international workshop “Writing Technology”Bestselling author Noreena Hertz writes in her new book that digitalization can lead to more loneliness. But digital tools can also make it possible to communicate more with each other. In an interview, Lilian Suter from the ZHAW Psychology Institute explains how we can use these tools to strengthen meaningful relationships.
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What is “artificial” and “intelligent” about technology? For people outside this field, it is often difficult to understand how artificial intelligence works. ZHAW researchers are developing methods to help here.
The technology that lies behind artificial intelligence (AI) can seem invisible and sometimes even scary to many. People often do not realise that applications are underpinned by an AI system. This is the case, for example, when AI makes recommendations based on our previous decisions when we are browsing Netflix or shopping online. Manuel Holler from the ZHAW School of Management and Law refers to this as an “AI moment,” in other words an everyday situation in which the effect of AI is surprisingly felt.
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Develop and implement innovative solutions to the challenges of digital transformation: This is the goal of the ten projects approved by the innovation program of the Digitalization Initiative of Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH). With four million Swiss francs, the canton and the universities are promoting close collaboration between research and practice in areas such as health, education and sustainability.
Read More »DIZH funds ten innovation projectsAlgorithmWatch Switzerland and AlgorithmWatch have published the new paper “Automated Decision-Making Systems in the Public Sector: An Impact Assessment Tool for Public Authorities”. The publication was written by DSI team member Michele Loi in collaboration with Anna Mätzener, Angela Müller, and Matthias Spielkamp.
With the tool, the authors aim to contribute to the discussion around impact assessment of ADM systems by providing a concrete proposal on how ethical principles can be operationalized in the context of such an assessment. The checklists they have developed for this purpose are directly applicable as a tool for public authorities.
Read More »Automated Decision-Making Systems in the Public Sector: An Impact Assessment Tool for Public AuthoritiesThe DSI/DIZH Data Donation Lab was initiated to promote and facilitate research with data gathered through data donations – a relatively new methodological approach. Data donation refers to the active consent of an individual user to donate her or his personal digital trace data for research purposes.
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