Dr. Robert Vorburger PhD

Dr. Robert Vorburger PhD
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
FG Data Management and Visualisation
Schloss 1
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Lecturer / Co-Head of Research Centre
Teaching
- Programming / ADLS
- Databases and Data Architecture Systems / ACLS
Education and Continuing education
Focus
Data Management & Visualization
Experience
- Expert Software Development Engineer
HELVETING Engineering LLC
05 / 2015 - 01 / 2017 - Chief Competence Center IoT
HELVETING Engineering LLC
01 / 2016 - 01 / 2017 - Postdoctoral Researcher
Columbia University in the City of New York
10 / 2013 - 03 / 2015
Educational background
Electrical Engineering and Informationtechnology, MSc, 2007, ETH Zurich
Biomedical Engineering, PhD, 2012, ETH Zurich
Certificate in Didactics, 2012, ETH Zurich
Certificate in Requirements Engineering, 2015, IREB
Membership of networks
Social media
Projects
- Compensation Study Universities of Applied Sciences Switzerland 2023 / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Technologie-unterstütztes Wohnen im Alter / Team member / Project ongoing
- AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Team member / Project ongoing
- Development of a web-based food frequency questionnaire / Team member / Project ongoing
- Predictive Analytics for Hospital Supply Chain Management / Team member / Project completed
- Augmented Reality - Outdoor Mission / Team member / Project completed
- Designing Business Models for the IoT / Team member / Project completed
- Digitalisierung und Automatisierung des Nachhaltigkeits-Index für Menüs / Team member / Project completed
- Dynamik Knowledge Platform / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Cocoa in Numbers – from data to knowledge / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Softscope / Project leader / Project completed
- Simulation & Optimization needs HPC / Team member / Project completed
- Longitudinal progression of White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH) / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Mildenberger, Thoralf; Braschler, Martin; Ruckstuhl, Andreas; Vorburger, Robert; Stockinger, Kurt,
2023.
The role of data scientists in modern enterprises : experience from data science education.
SIGMOD Record.
52(2), pp. 48-52.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27357
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Igwe, Kay C.; Lao, Patrick J.; Vorburger, Robert S.; Banerjee, Arit; Rivera, Andres; Chesebro, Anthony; Laing, Krystal; Manly, Jennifer J.; Brickman, Adam M.,
2021.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
85, pp. 71-79.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2021.10.007
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Meier, Irene B.; Lao, Patrick J.; Gietl, Anton; Vorburger, Robert; Gutierrez, José; Holland, Christopher M.; Guttmann, Charles R.G.; Meier, Dominik S.; Buck, Alfred; Nitsch, Roger M.; Hock, Christoph; Unschuld, Paul G.; Brickman, Adam M.,
2020.
Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior.
1(100001).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2020.100001
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Lao, Patrick J.; Vorburger, Robert S.; Narkhede, Atul; Gazes, Yunglin; Igwe, Kay C.; Colón, Juliet; Amarante, Erica; Guzman, Vanessa A.; Last, Briana S.; Habeck, Christian; Stern, Yaakov; Brickman, Adam M.,
2019.
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
11(345).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00345
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Chatelain, Karin; André, Amandine; Freimüller Leischtfeld, Susette; Schneider, Monika; Wick, Sylvia; Keller, Regula; Trachsel, Sonja; Waldner, Tim; Vorburger, Robert; Miescher Schwenninger, Susanne; Chetschik, Irene,
2022.
Cocoa in numbers : from data to knowledge [poster].
In:
10th Round Table Cocoa, Hamburg, Germany, 2-3 June 2022.
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Vorburger, Robert; Hollenstein, Lukas,
2021.
Neue Verrechnungsmodelle für die Maschinenindustrie.
Transfer.
2021(2), pp. 5.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23748
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Vorburger, Robert; Hollenstein, Lukas,
2019.
Virtuell Schäumen : Simulieren und Visualisieren.
Transfer.
2019(2), pp. 6.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18853
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Chetschik, Irene; Chatelain, Karin; Miescher Schwenninger, Susanne; Stucki, Matthias; Trachsel, Sonja; Wick, Sylvia; Vorburger, Robert; Schneider, Monika; Bratschi, Thomas; Hühn, Tilo,
2019.
Cocoa in numbers : from data to knowledge [poster].
In:
8. Round Table Cocoa, Hamburg, 13 - 14. Juni 2019.
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Vorburger, Robert,
2018.
Transfer.
2018(2), pp. 13.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3410
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Vorburger, Robert,
2017.
Biomarker für Demenzkrankheiten.
Transfer.
2017(2), pp. 7.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-7729
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Yian Gu, Robert Vorburger, Nikolaos Scarmeas, José A. Luchsinger, Jennifer J. Manly, Nicole Schupf, Richard Mayeux, Adam M. Brickman "Circulating inflammatory biomarkers in relation to brain structural measurements in a non-demented elderly population" Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (2017)
Gu Y., Vorburger R. S., Gazes Y., Habeck C. G., Stern Y., Luchsinger J. A., Manly J. J., Schupf N., Mayeux R., Brickman A. M. "White matter integrity as a mediator in the relationship between dietary nutrients and cognition in the elderly" Annals of Neurology (2016)
Vorburger R. S., Habeck C. G., Narkhede A., Guzman V. A., Manly J. J., Stern Y., Mayeux R., and Brickman A. M. “Insight from uncertainty: Bootstrap-derived diffusion metrics differentially predict memory function among older adults” Brain Structure and Function (2016)
Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., and Boesiger P. “BootGraph: Probabilistic Fiber Tractography Using Bootstrap Algorithms and Graph Theory” NeuroImage (2013)
Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., Dikaiou K., and Boesiger P. “In-Vivo Precision of Bootstrap Algorithms Applied to DTI Data” JMRI (2012)
Reischauer C., Gutzeit A., Vorburger R. S., Froehlich J. M., Binkert C. A., and Boesiger P. “Optimizing the Functional Diffusion Map Using Monte Carlo Simulations” JMRI (2012)
Reischauer C., Vorburger R. S., Wilm B. J., Jaermann T., Boesiger P. “Optimizing Signal-to-Noise Ratio of High-Resolution Parallel Single-Shot Diffusion-Weighted Echo-Planar Imaging at Ultrahigh Field Strengths” MRM (2011)
Spichtig S., Piccirelli M., Vorburger R. S., and Wolf M. “Near-Infrared Imaging Sensor with Improved Handling and Direct Localization in Simultaneous Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measurements” JIOHS (2011)
PEER-REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS
Vorburger R. S., Habeck C. G., Narkhede A., Guzman V. A., Manly J. J., Stern Y., Mayeux R., Brickman A. M. Diffusion tensor imaging bootstrap metrics differentially predict memory among older adults Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, Milano, Italy, 10-16 May, 2014
Sommer S., Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., Boesiger P. Fiber Reconstruction Using Backtracking and Averaged ODF Profiles ESMRMB 28th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leipzig, Germany, 6-8 October, 2011
Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., Boesiger P. Advanced Fiber Tracking Using ODF Based Force Fields ISMRM 19th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition , Montreal, Canada, 7-13 May, 2011
Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., Boesiger P. BootGraph: Probabilistic Fiber Tracking Using Bootstrap Algorithm and Graph Theory Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, Stockholm, Sweden, 1-7 May, 2010
Reischauer C., Vorburger R. S., Staempfli P., Boesiger P. Optimization of Diffusion Sequences Using Bootstrap Algorithms ISMRM 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, USA, 18-24 April, 2009
Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., Dikaiou K., Staempfli P., Boesiger P. Investigation of DTI Bootstrap Reproducibility in the Human Brain ISMRM 17th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, USA, 18-24 April, 2009
Reischauer C., Jaermann T., Wilm B. J., Vorburger R. S., Staempfli P., Boesiger P. Comparing SNR at 3 T and 7 T for DTI with Parallel Imaging ESMRMB 25th Annual Scientific Meeting, Valencia, Spain, 3-6 October, 2008
Reischauer C., Vorburger R. S., Dikaiou K., Staempfli P., Jaermann T., Boesiger P. Experimental Optimization of Diffusion Sequences ESMRMB 25 th Annual Scientific Meeting, Valencia, Spain, 3-6 October, 2008
Vorburger R. S., Reischauer C., Dikaiou K., Boesiger P. In-vivo Reproducibility of Bootstrap Methods in DTI ESMRMB 25 th Annual Scientific Meeting, Valencia, Spain, 3-6 October, 2008
Reischauer C., Vorburger R. S., Wilm B. J., Jaermann T., Staempfli P., Boesiger P. Simulations of SNR Efficiency of DTI Using Parallel Imaging and rFOV Acquisition at 3 T and 7 T ISMRM 16th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 3-9 May, 2008