Dominique Cachin
Dominique Cachin
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Institute of Embedded Systems
Technikumstrasse 20/22
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Head of Research/Focus Area Distributed Communication Systems
Focus
- High-performance embedded computing on heterogenous chip architectures
- Network based communications, time synchronization, high datarate with low latency, guaranteed quality of service, redundancy
- Wireless communication, Software Defined Radio, 5G
Teaching
Senior Lecturer Digital technology, Communication technology, Information theory
Professional development teaching
WBK Embedded Linux: Vom Kernel bis zu Realtime-Systemen
Projects
- 5G Network in a Single Compact Device / Project leader / ongoing
- PERFORMA – Performance-optimized video compression and synchronization for real-time applications / Project leader / ongoing
- ViscoControl – Control of the injection molding process to compensate for the viscosity fluctuation of recycled plastic / Project leader / ongoing
- Control platform for gallium nitride-based power converter / Team member / completed
- High Speed Networking Switch for Surgical Research / Project leader / completed
- Scalable AV Platform for Edge AI Computing / Project leader / completed
Publications
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Schorp, V., Giraud, F., Pargätzi, G., Wäspe, M., von Ritter-Zahony, L., Wegmann, M., Cavalcanti, N. A., Henao, J. G., Bünger, N., Cachin, D., Caprara, S., Fürnstahl, P., & Carrillo, F. (2025). A modular edge device network for surgery digitalization. 17th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, United Kingdom, 24-27 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2503.14049
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Pargätzi, G., & Cachin, D. (2025, May 27). High-performance multimedia streaming with ROS2. Embedded Computing Conference (ECC), Winterthur, Switzerland, 27 May 2025.
- von Ritter-Zahony, L., & Cachin, D. (2024, May 28). High speed networking switch on ARM based SoC. Embedded Computing Conference (ECC), Winterthur, Switzerland, 28 May 2024.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
Patents: T. Sivanthi, T. Widmer, D. Cachin et all: Tunnelling time-critical messages between substations over WAN, 2015, EP 3 114 802 B1 D. Cachin, R. Baechli, A. Gygax, H. Spiess: Data transmission over packet switched network, 2013, EP 2 805 441 B1 D. Cachin, A. Gygax, H. Maag: Security framework for transmitting communication messages between a substation LAN and packet-switched WAN, 2013, EP2887605A1 D. Cachin, C. Leeb: Network interface for transmitting protection data of a power network, 2013, EP 2 887 593 B1 C. Leeb, D. Isch, D. Cachin: Medium voltage power line communication coupler, 2013, ES 1 098 130 U D. Cachin, M. Kranich, C. Leeb: Parallel Redundancy Protocol, PRP, packet duplication over VLANs based on Spanning Tree instances, 2011, EP 2 568 673 A1 H. Benninger, D. Cachin, R. Comino: Utility communication method and system, 2011, EP 2 617 138 B1