Dr. Robert Vorburger

Personal profile

Management role

• dep. Head of Research/Focus Area, Digital Labs & Production
• Head, Data Management & Visualization

Position at the ZHAW

Lecturer / Head of Research Group

www.zhaw.ch/icls/digital-labs-production/

Expertise and research interests

Data Engineering, Databases, Data Visualization, Software Development

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

Professional milestones

Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University in the City of New York
Expert Software Development Engineer, HELVETING Engineering AG
Chief Competence Center IoT, HELVETING Engineering AG

Membership of networks

• ZHAW Datalab
• ZHAW GEKONT

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

• 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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27357

• Igwe, Kay C.; Lao, Patrick J.; Vorburger, Robert S.; Banerjee, Arit; Rivera, Andres; Chesebro, Anthony; Laing, Krystal; Manly, Jennifer J.; Brickman, Adam M.,

  2021.

  Automatic quantification of white matter hyperintensities on T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging.

  Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

  85, pp. 71-79.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2021.10.007

• 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.

  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).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2020.100001

• 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.

  White matter regions with low microstructure in young adults spatially coincide with white matter hyperintensities in older adults.

  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

  11(345).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2019.00345

• 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.

• Vorburger, Robert; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2021.

  Neue Verrechnungsmodelle für die Maschinenindustrie.

  Transfer.

  2021(2), pp. 5.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23748

• Vorburger, Robert; Hollenstein, Lukas,

  2019.

  Virtuell Schäumen : Simulieren und Visualisieren.

  Transfer.

  2019(2), pp. 6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18853

• 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.

• Vorburger, Robert,

  2018.

  Harbinger of brain damage.

  Transfer.

  2018(2), pp. 13.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3410

• 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

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