This book explores the concept of public trust in health systems. In the context of recent events, including public response to interventions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination uptake and the use of health data and digital health, this important book uses empirical evidence to address why public trust is… Read More »Book: «What Is Public Trust in the Health System? Insights into Health Data Use»Book:
Almost two-thirds of the Swiss population would like to have a digital twin. The digital image of a human body is likely to have a major impact on healthcare in the future and will become an issue in diagnosis and therapy, but also in prevention. The Digital Society Initiative (DSI),… Read More »Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine
https://vimeo.com/865476620 The project aims to deepen the understanding of the Circle of Willis, an important vascular system in the brain. This is a network of blood vessels at the base of the brain that allows blood to be redirected in the event of an ischemic stroke. The project team is… Read More »Deep Brain Vessel Profiler: Treating strokes individually with Deep Learning
Late August “Government as a Platform” research group has held a presentation of a pilot project on the potential usage of SSI technology for issue of digital IDs for the refugees in Switzerland. The results were presented to the practice partners from the Swiss software companies Ergon Informatik AG and… Read More »Digital ID for refugees based on the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
At the beginning of September, we were represented at Switzerland’s largest science festival. We presented fascinating research ranging from virtual reality projects on gold mining in Congo to the amazing possibilities of artificial intelligence in health, language and robotics. Ricardo Chavarriaga presents a video game controlled by thoughts. Virtual Reality… Read More »Our appearance at the Scientifica
The BRIDGE Lab is a structural vessel funded by the UZH Digital Society Initiative (DSI). It offers a collaborative platform to promote research and innovation across sectors and cultures, and to bring together academia with industry and policy makers with the aim to better understand how to obtain societal acceptance of disruptive technologies, among others. The lab… Read More »The BRIDGE Lab – a collaborative platform to promote research and innovation
The Digital Society Initiative and the division of Mathematics are seeking candidates with an excellent track record and the potential to establish an internationally leading research group in one area of mathematics for high-dimensional problems with connections to mathematical modeling, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other areas relevant in… Read More »Open position: Assistant Professorship in Deep Learning in High-Dimensional Data Structures (50-100 %)
Welcome to the virtual exhibition How do sustainability and digitization fit together? We invite you to a retrospective exploration of our exhibition “Green Bytes? The virtual tour offers the opportunity to learn more about the projects and people presented at the ZKSD on June 7. The event was both a… Read More »Virtual Tour “Green Bytes?”
In the first outreach call of the DIZH Innovation Program, funding is provided for projects that increase the visibility of digital innovations and drive networking among stakeholders. Up to CHF 50,000 in funding is available for outreach projects that communicate the impact of digital transformation and stimulate dialogue on its… Read More »Outreach call: promoting visibility and networking
The DSI is looking for researchers (PhDs) who are at the beginning of their academic career and are conducting interdisciplinary research on topics that are closely related to digitization and its impact on society. Possible research fields include digital health, digital ethics, religion and digitization, digital humanities, legal tech, etc.… Read More »DSI Bridge Postdoc Call