18.01.24

Swiss Global AI Award 2023 presented to Yann LeCun

Congratulations to Yann LeCun for winning the Global Swiss AI Award for his outstanding global impact in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The French computer scientist is one of the pioneers of machine learning and is currently Vice…

18.01.24

ZHAW employee Pascal Kienast honoured with the Watt d’Or award

CLEMAP AG has been honoured with the Watt d’Or award, the quality seal for energy excellence of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), in recognition of its work on the development of intelligent load management in buildings. ZHAW researcher and…

16.01.24

QuantumBasel and ZHAW School of Engineering join Forces for Quantum Machine Learning Research

QuantumBasel, the centre of competence for quantum computing and artificial intelligence, and the ZHAW School of Engineering are entering into a research partnership. The strategic collaboration focuses on cutting-edge research projects in the…

15.01.24

150 years of engineering education in Winterthur: Anniversary with numerous events

The success story of engineering education in Winterthur began in 1874 with the founding of Switzerland's first technical college. The present-day ZHAW School of Engineering and the Department of Architecture, Design, and Civil Engineering at ZHAW…

08.12.23

Successful launch of the “Swiss AI Initiative”

A collaboration between ZHAW, ETH, EPFL, and other Swiss universities and research organisations brings together Switzerland’s AI expertise. The researchers will use the new supercomputer “Alps” to build ethical and transparent AI systems that have…

24.11.23

ZHAW institutes prove functionality of foldable PV roof

The ZHAW institutes IEFE and IMES have validated the Urbanbox retractable photovoltaic roof from iWorks AG over the past few months. As part of an Innosuisse project and with the support of the Swiss Climate Foundation, the ZHAW researchers have been…

10.11.23

ZHAW receives award from US university for successful partner programme

With the «Outstanding Co-op Employer Award 2023», Northeastern University in Boston emphasizes the successful partnership with the ZHAW School of Engineering. The award was accepted by ZHAW lecturer Mathias Bonmarin, whose research team regularly…

12.10.23

ZHAW researchers put sustainable fuel to the test on a Federal Council jet

Working in collaboration with the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA), the Swiss Air Force and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), researchers from the ZHAW Centre for Aviation measured the pollutant emissions of a Federal Council jet both when…

18.09.23

Improving the trustworthiness of critical systems with AI: CAI and IDP are part of the EU HORIZON project AI4REALNET

In the project AI4REALNET, ZHAW researchers focus on the interaction of humans and AI-based solutions for critical systems like electricity, railway, and air traffic control. A key question that will be addressed is: What technological and ethical…

12.09.23

ZHAW School of Engineering signs framework agreement with Siemens Schweiz AG

The ZHAW School of Engineering and Siemens Schweiz AG are consolidating their long-standing collaboration in research and development with a new framework agreement. The focus is on projects in the areas of artificial intelligence and embedded…

22.08.23

ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence involved in Swiss version of ChatGPT

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) at the ZHAW School of Engineering has joined forces with researchers from other AI labs and companies to found the AI start-up AlpineAI, which is launching a Swiss version of ChatGPT. Under the name…

17.08.23

ZHAW students win regional Siemens Excellence Award with work on AI model for improving thyroid cancer diagnosis

Computer science graduates Tenzin Samdrup Langdun and Martin Oswald win the regional Siemens Excellence Award, endowed with 4'000 Swiss Francs, for their bachelor's thesis titled "Deep-Learning-Based Cell Segmentation for the Detection of Thyroid…

14.08.23

ZHAW is Part of ReFuel.ch Consortium Awarded Funding From SWEET Program

A decision has been made on the call for proposals “Sustainable Fuels and Platform Chemicals”: The reFuel.ch consortium led by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) will receive project funding. ZHAW is involved…

04.07.23

The European Commission supports the development of EELISA

EELISA was selected as part of the Erasmus+ European Universities 2023 programme call for proposals and will receive €14.4 million in funding.

03.07.23

Research under realistic clinical conditions: ZHAW Digital Health Lab is a partner of the OR-X research and teaching centre

The OR-X (Operating Room X) surgical research and teaching centre at Balgrist University Hospital has been recognised by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) as a research infrastructure of national significance. The…

16.06.23

New endowed professorship for Industrial Artificial Intelligence at the ZHAW School of Engineering

Together with the Johann Jacob Rieter Foundation, the Rieter Group is supporting an endowed professorship for Industrial Artificial Intelligence at the ZHAW School of Engineering. Dr Alisa Rupenyan will take up the new professorship, which deals with…

26.05.23

Meeting of representatives from ten European universities at the ZHAW

In January, the ZHAW became the first Swiss university to join the EELISA alliance. This offers the opportunity to work with high-ranking universities from the EU region and strengthen partnerships within Europe. The alliance's Executive Board…

26.05.23

ZHAW researchers develop AI platform for open processor architecture

ZHAW researchers are developing a software and hardware platform based on the RISC-V open source processor architecture as part of the EU-funded project REBECCA. The aim is to ultimately make the platform available for a wide range of applications,…

16.05.23

Smart City activities on the rise in Swiss cities

More than 50 Swiss cities and municipalities are already actively engaged with the smart city development concept, according to the Swiss Smart City Survey 2022 conducted by ZHAW. An overarching smart city strategy is also increasingly being pursued,…

25.04.23

ZHAW launches new continuing education offer on generative AI in teaching and further education

Generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to introduce disruptive changes in various areas, including teaching and continuing education. Therefore, the Competence Center for Generative AI at the ZHAW School of Engineering is…