2021.1 Transformation textile industry
Transformation of the textile industry from push to pull production through digitalization Development of a platform on which clothing can be digitally tried on and…
Automated Decision-Making Systems in the Public Sector: An Impact Assessment Tool for Public Authorities
AlgorithmWatch 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…
DSI/DIZH Data Donation Lab
The 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…
Prevalence of Hate Speech on Twitter in Switzerland and Strategies to Counter It
The new project financed by BAKOM combines natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning with civil society engagement to analyse the prevalence of online hate…
Digitalisation in obstetrics
In many professions where personal contact with people is paramount, digitalisation has a difficult time. But digital tools can also make midwives’ work easier in…
Better use of DeepL, Google Translate & Co.
Alice Delorme Benites from the ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics knows that machine translation systems are popular among ZHAW researchers. As part of a DIZH Fellowship and…