Publications

Researchers from 14 institutes and centres are working with industry and institutional partners to develop innovative, scientifically based solutions. This research work is documented in a number of scientific publications.

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Müller, Manuel; Brunner, Stefan; Fernández Moguel, Leticia; Reif, Monika; Kälin, Tommy Lee,

2026.

Assurance framework for safe and trustworthy AI in railway systems[paper].

In:

Matos, José C.; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Beer, Michael; Oliveira, Daniel; Patelli, Edoardo; Sousa, Hélder S.; Rui, A. Silva; Santamaria, Monica; Turco, Chiara, eds.,

Proceedings European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2026).

European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Braga, Portugal, 14-19 June 2026.

Singapore:

Research Publishing.

pp. 2410-2417.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-37047
Frischknecht-Gruber, Carmen; Reif, Monika; Fischer, Andreas,

2026.

BAAS: Benchmarking Adversarial Agent Strategies : a comparative study of gradient-based, reinforcement, and evolutionary paradigms for safety-critical scenario generation[paper].

In:

Matos, José C.; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Beer, Michael; Oliveira, Daniel V.; Patelli, Edoardo; Sousa, Hélder S.; Rui, A. Silva; Santamaria, Monica; Turco, Chiara, eds.,

Proceedings of European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2026).

European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2026), Braga, Portugal, 14-19 June 2026.

Singapore:

Research Publishing.

pp. 1058-1065.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-37049
Wulf, Jochen; Meierhofer, Jürg; Dömer, Manuel,

2026.

Designing cost-optimal human-AI workflows for retrieval-augmented generation : analytical framework and industrial case study[paper].

In:

2026 IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science and AI (SDS).

13th IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science and AI (SDS), Zurich, Switzerland, 6-7 May 2026.

IEEE.

pp. 37-44.
Velázquez, Alfredo; Rodriguez‐Rodriguez, Juan Ramón; Segundo Sevilla, Felix Rafael; Korba, Petr; Blaabjerg, Frede,

2026.

Enhanced control structure for voltage source converters under unbalanced grid voltages.

IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics.

7, pp. 1878-1894.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36764
Fernández Moguel, Leticia; Kälin, Tommy Lee; Reif, Monika; Shin, Jiwon,

2026.

From ODDs to simulation : automatic railway scenario generation[paper].

In:

Matos, José C.; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Beer, Michael; Oliveira, Daniel; Patelli, Edoardo; Sousa, Hélder S.; Silva, Rui A.; Santamaria, Monica, eds.,

Proceedings European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2026).

European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL), Braga, Portugal, 14-19 June 2026.

Singapore:

Research Publishing.

pp. 1098-1105.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-37046
Meierhofer, Jürg; Weisskopf, Simon,

2026.

Vom Produktverkauf zum Customer Success.

fmpro service.

2026(3), pp. 5-7.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36817
Reichmuth, Gisela,

2026.

Contagion of affinity : predicting CDS spikes in global systemically important banks[paper].

In:

30th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analyses and International Finance (ICMAIF), Rethymno, Greece, 27-30 May 2026.

ICMAIF.
Michelucci, Umberto; Venturini, Francesca,

2026.

How high dimensionality enables perfect accuracy in machine learning applied to spectroscopy[paper].

In:

Bocklitz, Thomas, ed.,

Data Science for Photonics and Biophotonics II.

SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 12-17 April 2026.

Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
Magnus, Indy; De Martelaere, Wannes Luts; Venturini, Francesca; Michelucci, Umberto; Smeesters, Lien,

2026.

Predicting deoxynivalenol contamination in cereals using optical spectroscopy and regression analysis[paper].

In:

Berghmans, Francis; Zergioti, Ioanna; Chiavaioli, Francesco, eds.,

Optical Sensing and Detection IX.

SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 12-17 April 2026.

Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
Ganz, Mirco; Tillenkamp, Frank; Ghiaus, Christian,

2026.

A unified methodology for direct and inverse problems in steady-state thermal-hydraulic networks.

Energies.

19(11), pp. 2587.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36677
Büchi, Roland,

2026.

Optimizing PID parameters in mechatronics using particle swarm optimization[paper].

In:

2026 12th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE).

12th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE), Oldenburg, Germany, 2-4 March 2026.

IEEE.

pp. 248-252.
Tordoya Taquichiri, Carlos Rafael; Doran, Hans Dermot; Ghiglino, Pablo,

2026.

Quantized AI inference on constrained embedded platforms for small-satellite settings[paper].

In:

SmallSat Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26–28 May 2026.
OH, Jungkwon; Kim, Chaeyoon; Jazbinsek, Mojca; Yoon, Woojin; Yun, Hoseop; Kim, Haneul; Kim, Dongwook; Rotermund, Fabian; Kwon, O‐Pil,

2026.

Efficient off‐diagonal terahertz crystals : nonlinear optical organic polymorphs with high conformational freedom substituents.

Advanced Optical Materials.

14(22), pp. e03620.
Cantali, Gökcan; Gür, Gürkan; Stiller, Burkhard,

2026.

Carbon-aware and privacy-preserving federated anomaly detection for containers[paper].

In:

2026 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking).

25th IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking), Lugano, Switzerland, 24-27 May 2026.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36886
Stadelmann, Thilo; Heitz, Christoph; von Wartburg-Kottler, Rebekka; Schärer, Andrea Luca,

2026.

Pro-human AI design : concept, methodology, and preliminary results[paper].

In:

uDay XXIV : #responsible AI, Dornbirn, Austria, 21 May 2026.

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36392
Gür, Gürkan; Attila Altay, Yavuz,

2026.

SATUQ : quantum-ready cybersecurity for integrated space-aerial-terrestrial networks[paper].

In:

Franke, Hubertus; Palesi, Maurizio; Salvador, Rubén; Suarez, Estela, eds.,

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers: Workshops and Special Sessions.

23rd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers (CF), Catania, Italy, 19-21 May 2026.

Association for Computing Machinery.

pp. 176-179.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-37016
Cantali, Gökcan; Soussi, Wissem; Gür, Gürkan; Stiller, Burkhard,

2026.

Sustainable federated learning in 6G networks : the case for cybersecurity.

IEEE Communications Magazine.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36891
Weisskopf, Simon; Meier, Nico,

2026.

Digitally enabled product-service systems and sustainability : a semi-systematic review of IoT, B2B platforms, and digitalization & servitization.

Journal of Sustainable Business.

11(13).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36620
Berger, Salome; Winterberg, Simon; Baumgartner, Corinna; Inauen, Jan; Staller, Justin; Schmid, Daniel,

2026.

Mycelium material substitutes conventional bicycle helmet material by adapted design for X processes[paper].

In:

Podleisek, André; Franco, María A.; Kliem, Daniel; Carpanzano, Emanuele, eds.,

Advances in circular economy: bridging research and practice.

FTAL Conference 2024 – Circular Economy, Lugano, Switzerland, 14-15 November 2024.

Cham:

Springer.

pp. 71-84.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33823
Ristin, Marko; Gneuß, Tom; Schmidt, Uwe; Braunisch, Nico; van de Venn, Hans Wernher; Wollschlaeger, Martin,

2026.

Automatic generation of JSON schemas for Industry 4.0 digital twin templates[paper].

In:

2026 IEEE 9th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS).

9th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS), Perth, Australia, 11-14 May 2026.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36842