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Increasing weather extremes are jeopardizing the food supply. Agriculture must adapt to climate change. The AgroPionier project focuses on more diversity, innovative solutions and close cooperation between research and practice. Common flax (Linum usitatissimum) is an old cultivated plant that is grown for oil production, among other things. (Image: Annette… Read More »AgroPioneer: Diversity and innovation for sustainable agriculture

Applications of artificial intelligence are everywhere. In the UZH ‘Talk im Turm’, Prof. Abraham Bernstein and UBS Foundation Professor David Dorn discussed how they could change the world of work. This article by Stefan Stöcklin was originally published in ‘UZH News’ on 4 November 2024 in German. Translated by the UBS… Read More »Applications of AI

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is a common and serious complication for patients who are not intubated. They increase the risk of dying in hospital, prolong hospital stays and cause high healthcare costs. But the good news is that many of these pneumonia cases can be prevented with targeted preventive measures. Regular oral… Read More »Together against hospital-acquired pneumonia

Navigation apps help us in our everyday lives, but people with mobility impairments often lack important information about barriers such as stairs or narrow walkways. Two projects at UZH and the City of Zurich are tackling precisely this issue and creating solutions for barrier-free navigation. Hoda Allahbakhshi reports on this… Read More »Virtual crowdsourcing for inclusive city navigation

Apéro Digital is a multistakeholder outreach activity effort organized by the BRIDGE Lab of UZH, and the Responsible AI Innovation Group at ZHAW. The aim is to bridge the gap between sectors to drive impactful change, including through co-created infographic artefacts that illustrate key takeaways from the discussions. For the first… Read More »Apéro Digital: Publication of infographic artefacts

Even without its own automotive production, Switzerland remains an important supplier of components for the international automotive industry. Prof. Dr. Anja Schulze, DIZH Bridge Professor at UZH and ZHAW and Director of the Swiss Center for Automotive Research, talks in an interview with the SME portal of the State Secretariat for Economic… Read More »Innovation as the key to success in the automotive industry

In our latest podcast episode, Frank Richter talks to Lisa Hillers from ZHdK about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creative process. From image generation tools to automatic 3D modeling, AI is increasingly becoming an important tool for designers. And therefore also a competitor? Lisa Hillers explains that… Read More »New podcast episode: Creative with AI

The AI+X Summit 2024, organised by the ETH AI Center in collaboration with the ZHAW and UZH, brought together experts from science, industry and politics at the beginning of October to shed light on current developments in artificial intelligence (AI). The AI+X Summit provides an annual platform for discussing the… Read More »Review of the AI+X Summit 2024

Comedian Frank Richter wants to find out whether humans or machines make ‘better’ decisions and what this actually means. To this end, he asks passers-by on the street, a computer with a funny hat and researcher Alice Aubert fromZHAW. Her research focusses on decision-making processes at the interface between environmental… Read More »Can computers make decisions for us?

Which podcast did you listen to yesterday? What was the last thing you googled? Which post did you like the day before yesterday? As users, we quickly lose track of our online activities, while Google, Meta and other platforms record exactly what we do. To get a better understanding of… Read More »Why donate data? A look at our digital footprints