Institute of Data Analysis and Process Design (IDP)
We create value from data
We use advanced data-based methods to create innovative solutions for business and industry. We address real-life challenges with scientific methods and a strong commitment to practicability. We are the leading educator and partner of choice for applied data science and business engineering in Switzerland.
Research Groups

Advanced scientific tools for solutions in the financial industry

Health and Environmental Analytics
Analyzing data to derive interpretable results using statistical and machine learning techniques

Maintenance, Mobility, AI & Society
Leverage AI and advanced modeling for innovations in predictive maintenance, mobility solutions, and socially aligned systems

Generating insights, creating value and fostering innovation in business processes and services

Visual Intelligence and Applications
As visual data becomes one of the most abundant and complex sources of information, Visual Intelligence is a key pillar of modern data science — enabling new ways to analyze, model, and communicate through images, video, and immersive environments
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Publikationen
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2025.
Critical dynamics of random surfaces : time evolution of area and genus.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications.
678(130959).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2025.130959
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A. Safari, Sara; Schmidhuber, Christof,
2025.
Trends and reversion in financial markets on time scales from minutes to decades.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications.
675(130796).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2025.130796
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Fedorova, Anna; Stefani, Wolfgang; Heitz, Christoph; Chavarriaga, Ricardo,
2025.
Continuous assessment-driven requirement elicitation for trustworthy AI systems[paper].
In:
European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD), Porto, Portugal, 15-19 September 2025.
Zenodo.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17099001
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Burri, Christoph; Meierhofer, Jürg,
2025.
Data Value Creator 4.0 – Wertgenerierung durch datenbasierte Optimierung.
topsoft Fachmagazin.
15(2), pp. 44-45.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33862
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Wulf, Jochen; Meierhofer, Jürg; Hannich, Frank,
2025.
Architecting human-AI cocreation for technical services : interaction modes and contingency factors.
arXiv.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.14034