Prof. Robert Vorburger

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer / Co-Head of Research Centre

Focus

Data Management & Visualization

Teaching

• Programming / ADLS
• Databases and Data Architecture Systems / ACLS

Professional development teaching

Einführung in SQL

Experience

• Chief Competence Center IoT
  HELVETING Engineering LLC
  01 / 2016 - 01 / 2017
• Expert Software Development Engineer
  HELVETING Engineering LLC
  05 / 2015 - 01 / 2017
• Postdoctoral Researcher
  Columbia University in the City of New York
  10 / 2013 - 03 / 2015

Network

Membership of networks

ZHAW Datalab

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9780-0343

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Assistive technologies for healthy ageing at home / Project leader / ongoing
• Greengrocer Food Chain Modelling: Nutrition, Processing and Food Waste as Cornerstones of an Enhanced Model for Food System Networks / Team member / ongoing
• Breeding Wheat for High Baking Quality Under Reduced Nitrogen Input / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Green Betty – Making sustainability visible on the plate / Team member / completed
• Digital Self-Learning Unit Design of Experiment / Team member / completed
• Bridging the Gap: From Human Expertise to Autonomous Maintenance Services / Project leader / completed
• Simulation-based optimization of bulk carrier unloading systems / Deputy project leader / completed
• Compensation Study Universities of Applied Sciences Switzerland 2023 / Deputy project leader / completed
• AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Team member / completed
• Predictive Analytics for Hospital Supply Chain Management / Team member / completed
• Designing Business Models for the IoT / Team member / completed
• Dynamik Knowledge Platform / Deputy project leader / completed
• Cocoa in Numbers – from data to knowledge / Co-project leader / completed
• Development of a web-based food frequency questionnaire / Team member / completed
• Softscope / Project leader / completed
• Simulation & Optimization needs HPC / Team member / completed
• Longitudinal progression of White Matter Hyperintensities / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Pannen, S. T., Chevillard, E., Chatelan, A., Marques-Vidal, P., Stringhini, S., Vorburger, R., Rohrmann, S., Steinemann, N., & Sych, J. (2025). Relative validity and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative web-based food frequency questionnaire for Swiss adults. Nutrients, 17(9), 1555. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17091555
• Pannen, S. T., Gassmann, R., Vorburger, R., Rohrmann, S., Sych, J., & Steinemann, N. (2023). Development of a multilingual web-based food frequency questionnaire for adults in Switzerland. Nutrients, 15(20), 4359. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15204359
• Mildenberger, T., Braschler, M., Ruckstuhl, A., Vorburger, R., & Stockinger, K. (2023). The role of data scientists in modern enterprises : experience from data science education. SIGMOD Record, 52(2), 48–52. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27357
• Igwe, K. C., Lao, P. J., Vorburger, R. S., Banerjee, A., Rivera, A., Chesebro, A., Laing, K., Manly, J. J., & Brickman, A. M. (2021). Automatic quantification of white matter hyperintensities on T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 85, 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2021.10.007
• Meier, I. B., Lao, P. J., Gietl, A., Vorburger, R., Gutierrez, J., Holland, C. M., Guttmann, C. R. G., Meier, D. S., Buck, A., Nitsch, R. M., Hock, C., Unschuld, P. G., & Brickman, A. M. (2020). Brain areas with normatively greater cerebral perfusion in early life may be more susceptible to beta amyloid deposition in late life. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 1(100001). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2020.100001
• Lao, P. J., Vorburger, R. S., Narkhede, A., Gazes, Y., Igwe, K. C., Colón, J., Amarante, E., Guzman, V. A., Last, B. S., Habeck, C., Stern, Y., & Brickman, A. M. (2019). White matter regions with low microstructure in young adults spatially coincide with white matter hyperintensities in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11(345). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00345

Other publications

• Vorburger, R. (2023). Gebietsüberwachung im Pflanzenschutz : das Surveillance Tool. TRANSFER, 2023(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29500
• Chatelain, K., André, A., Freimüller Leischtfeld, S., Schneider, M., Wick, S., Keller, R., Trachsel, S., Waldner, T., Vorburger, R., Miescher Schwenninger, S., & Chetschik, I. (2022, June 2). Cocoa in numbers : from data to knowledge. 10th Round Table Cocoa, Hamburg, Germany, 2-3 June 2022.
• Busin, A., Vorburger, R., & Kinner, M. (2022). Softscope : automatic evaluation of microscopy images. Transfer English Edition, 2022(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29554
• Vorburger, R., & Hollenstein, L. (2021). Neue Verrechnungsmodelle für die Maschinenindustrie. Transfer, 2021(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23748
• Chetschik, I., Chatelain, K., Miescher Schwenninger, S., Stucki, M., Trachsel, S., Wick, S., Vorburger, R., Schneider, M., Bratschi, T., & Hühn, T. (2019). Cocoa in numbers : from data to knowledge. 8. Round Table Cocoa, Hamburg, 13 - 14. Juni 2019.
• Vorburger, R., & Hollenstein, L. (2019). Virtuell Schäumen : Simulieren und Visualisieren. Transfer, 2019(2), 6. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18853
• Vorburger, R. (2018). Harbinger of brain damage. Transfer, 2018(2), 13. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3410
• Vorburger, R. (2017). Biomarker für Demenzkrankheiten. Transfer, 2017(2), 7. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-7729

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