Benjamin Kühnis
Benjamin Kühnis
ZHAW
School of Management and Law
Institute of Information Systems
Theaterstrasse 17
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Teaching
Experience
- Software Engineer
Abrantix AG
09 / 2011 - 08 / 2017 - Software Engineer
UBS AG
08 / 2007 - 08 / 2011
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Msc in Information and Communication Technologies / Computer Science
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
09 / 2017 - 08 / 2019 - Bsc in Computer Science / Computer Science
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
09 / 2011 - 08 / 2016
Continuing Education
CAS Higher and Professional Education
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
07 / 2023
Projects
- Multimodal Detection of Toxicity in Video Games / Team member / completed
- ERZ-SmartAssistant / Team member / completed
- Multimodal Anonymization of Gameplay Data / Team member / completed
- Transforming clinical assessments: Explicitly articulating implicit clinical decision-making to train AI / Team member / completed
- Tele-Assessment: Leveraging Deep Learning to Assess Upper Limb Kinematics after Stroke with Off-the-shelf Webcams / Team member / completed
- Design Criteria for Communicating with Avatars and Smart Agents / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Unger, T. et al. (2025) 'Using deep learning to detect upper limb compensation in individuals post-stroke using consumer-grade webcams : a feasibility study', Frontiers in Medicine, 12(1645369). doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1645369.
- Unger, T. et al. (2024) 'Upper limb movement quality measures : comparing IMUs and optical motion capture in stroke patients performing a drinking task', Frontiers in Digital Health, 6(1359776). doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1359776.
- Sauerzopf, L. et al. (2024) 'Evaluating inter- and intra-rater reliability in assessing upper limb compensatory movements post-stroke : creating a ground truth through video analysis?', Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 21(217). doi: 10.1186/s12984-024-01506-7.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
- Sauerzopf, L. et al. (2025) 'Toward ground truth : evaluating therapists' reliability in video-based assessment of upper limb compensatory movements post-stroke', in RehabWeek, Chicago, USA, 12-16 May 2025.
- Chavez Panduro, C. G. et al. (2024) 'Movement analysis through videos in occupational therapy : insights from an ongoing research project for clinical practice', in 6. Kongress der Ergotherapie, Fribourg, Schweiz, 24.-25. Mai 2024.
- Unger, T. et al. (2024) 'Quantifying upper limb movement quality after stroke with a webcam', in 13th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation, Vancouver, Canada, 22-25 May 2024.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
Sauerzopf, L. et al. (2024) 'Transforming clinical assessments : rater reliability in video-based evaluation of upper extremity after stroke', in Annual Conference of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSBE), Winterthur, Switzerland, 5 September 2024.