Improving adoptability and market reach of self-dialogue technologies for counselling and psychotherapy As mental-health challenges continue to rise globally and treatment gaps widen, there is a pressing need for accessible, evidence-based interventions. Me² is an immersive self-dialogue tool, designed to strengthen self-compassion, a known key factor in psychological resilience and… Read More »Me to the power of two
Leukemia Classification and Diagnosis using AI Algorithms An AI-based classification system for hematologic neoplasms uses laboratory data and cell images from blood and bone marrow samples. Fast and accurate subtyping of different leukemias can expedite the start of the right treatment and increase the survival rate of the patient. Team… Read More »LEUCAIDA
A Service for Complementary Paediatric Neuromuscular Telerehabilitation Kymu is a telerehabilitation service that complements pediatric therapy for children with neuromuscular disorders. It bridges clinic and home, reducing family burden and enabling data-driven individual care. Therapists monitor and adapt treatment via a web platform, while patients engage in game based training… Read More »Kymu
AI-assisted reminiscence therapy in everyday life MemoBox is an AI-supported digital memory box for people with early-stage cognitive impairment, featuring a camera and voice dialogue system. The goal is autonomous reminiscence therapy, promoting well-being and supporting care through AI. Team Dr. Gunter Lösel, ZHdK Departement Darstellende Künste & Film Dr.… Read More »MemoBox
Rapid Integration through Job-Specific Communication Training As part of the project, a mobile AI-supported app is to be developed that promotes communication skills in the workplace. This aims to foster integration in the workplace and counteract the shortage of skilled workers. Team Dr. Anne Catherine Gieshoff, ZHAW Angewandte Linguistik Duygu Dogru,… Read More »SteppingStone
The ZHdK Digital Council has published the results of its second AI survey. The three data stories show that the use of artificial intelligence is becoming more commonplace at ZHdK, but also more critical and reflective. 73 percent of respondents now use AI tools, up from 59 percent last year.… Read More »AI at ZHdK: Results of the 2025 survey
Roland Meyer, DIZH Bridge Professor for Digital Cultures and Arts at UZH and ZHdK, has published two new papers. In his essay Images from Images: Generative AI and the Reconfiguration of the ‘Photographic’, published in the journal Photography and Culture, Roland Meyer examines how AI image generators are changing our… Read More »New publications on AI image generation and visual similarity
If you want to develop innovative AI solutions, you should focus not on the majority of users, but on disadvantaged groups. This is the thesis put forward by Oriane Pierrès, a postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Society Initiative (UZH), in her article on Inside IT. Many technologies that are now… Read More »AI innovation begins with disadvantaged groups
Food production in agriculture requires a lot of energy and often has negative effects on the environment. Special sensors based on artificial intelligence (AI) inspired by the human brain could counteract this. Neuroinformatician and DSI Postdoc Chiara de Luca explains how this technology, known as neuromorphic computing, works and how… Read More »How intelligent sensors can improve farming
The Digital Society Initiative (UZH) is looking to fill a research assistant position (30–40%) starting in March 2026 for the DIZH-funded project “ZuReach: Zurich Urban Reachability & Accessibility Enhancement through Digital Technology”. The project investigates the accessibility of Zurich for people with limited mobility. It is being carried out in… Read More »Research Assistant wanted: ZuReach