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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Ackermann, Lola Jo; Galliker, Helen; Lukic, Yanick X.; Kowatsch, Tobias,

2026.

Same breath, different device : comparing VR and smartphone biofeedback breathing training[poster].

In:

CHI EA '26: Extended Abstracts.

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA), Barcelona, Spain, 13 - 17 April 2026.

ACM.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3798443
Heinisch, Katja; van Norden, Simon; Wildi, Marc,

2026.

Smooth and persistent forecasts of German GDP : balancing accuracy and stability.

IWH Discussion Papers

; 1/2026.

Halle Institute for Economic Research.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.18717/dp99kr-7336
Doege, Patrick; Schocke, Kai-Oliver; Scherrer, Maike,

2026.

Systematic node fortification for enhanced supply network resilience : a real-world network approach.

Logistics Research.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/LORE-04-2025-0050
Heinzmann, Simon M.; Leder, Nino A.; Gopalakrishnan, Harish S.; Bothien, Mirko R.,

2026.

Thermoacoustic finite element method modeling of partly autoignition and propagation-stabilized flames.

International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17568277261454109
Hofmann, Michael; Mayer, Thomas,

2026.

Towards accurate thermal simulations in PBF : a novel calibration strategy for Gauss-Goldak heat-source models[paper].

In:

14th International Seminar on Numerical Analysis of Weldability, Graz, Austria, 21-24 September 2025.

Winterthur:

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35912
Dettling, Marcel; Liberatore, Florian,

2026.

Work schedule preferences and shift schedules of per‐diem nurses : a descriptive cross‐sectional study of online labour platform data - empirical research quantitative.

Nursing Open.

13(2), pp. e70456.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70456
Cantali, Gökcan; Gür, Gürkan; Stiller, Burkhard,

2025.

FedSynthesis : a flower-based framework for carbon-reduced federated learning[paper].

In:

Proceedings of the 18th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing.

18th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Nantes, France, 1-4 December 2025.

Association for Computing Machinery.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3773274.3774265
Sultana, Mushfika; Matran-Fernandez, Ana; Halder, Sebastian; Nawaz, Rab; Jain, Osheen; Scherer, Reinhold; Chavarriaga, Ricardo; Millán, José del R.; Perdikis, Serafeim,

2025.

An out-of-the-lab evaluation of dry EEG technology on a large-scale motor imagery brain-computer interface dataset.

Journal of Neural Engineering.

22(6).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ae2e8a
Sidler, Dominik; Ruggenthaler, Michael; Rubio, Angel,

2025.

Collectively-modified intermolecular electron correlations : the connection of polaritonic chemistry and spin glass physics.

Chemical Reviews.

126(1), pp. 4-27.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00711
Baumann, Mirjam; Hörler, Raphael; Schubert, Iljana; Meyer, Lorenz; Del Duce, Andrea,

2025.

Factors influencing the adoption of carpooling : a meta-analysis of socio-demographic, situational and attitudinal predictors.

In:

Transportation Research Symposium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 25-28 May 2025.

Elsevier.

pp. 11-12.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2025.12.067
Morais, Davide; Cassella, Adriano; Lima, Ricardo; Patel, Martin; Yılmaz, Selin; Zapata, Juliana; Scacco Paulet, Michelle; Ulli-Beer, Silvia,

2025.

Positive energy districts in Switzerland : analysis from a technical, social and business point of view[paper].

In:

Berardi, Umberto; António, Julieta; Simões, Nuno, eds.,

Construction, energy, environment and sustainability.

5th Energy, Efficiency, and Environmental Sustainability Conference, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 12-14 November 2025.

Singapore:

Springer.

pp. 39-47.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-1826-5_5
Bonora, Eugenia; Cerqua, Simon; Brändli, Christof,

2025.

Nachhaltige Hydrogele aus PET und PEF.

KunststoffXtra.

2025(11/12).

Available from: https://kunststoffxtra.com/nachhaltige-hydrogele-aus-pet-und-pef/
Karimipourfard, Mehrnoosh; Stocker, Daniel; Sommer, Christian; Sina, Sedigheh; Scheidegger, Stephan,

2025.

Identifying robust radiomic features in CT imaging for predicting object contrast variation.

In:

2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD).

2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD), Yokohama, Japan, 1-8 November 2025.

IEEE.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/nss/mic/rtsd57106.2025.11286456
Lukic, Yanick; Häsler, Steven; Kowatsch, Tobias,

2025.

Mouse interactions as digital measures of arousal and pleasure at work : limited between-person generalization and no reliable chronic-stress association.

SSRN.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5924470
Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel,

2025.

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW School of Engineering.

In:

Open Day for Students of Engineering, Univ. Ca'Forscari, Venice, Italy, 18 December 2025.
Bischof, Anja Yvonne; Budig, Tobias; Schläpfer, Sonja; Lukic, Yanick Xavier; Schneider, Fabian; Santhanam, Prabhakaran; Barth, Jürgen; Witt, Claudia M.; Kowatsch, Tobias,

2025.

Long-term usage of Breeze, a gamified breathing training app, and its effect on momentary relaxation in people with cancer : cohort study.

JMIR Serious Games.

13(e70297).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.2196/70297
Sudheshwar, Akshat; Apel, Christina; Kümmerer, Klaus; Soeteman‐Hernández, Lya G.; Scheper, Johanna K.; Falk, Andreas; Batel, Annika; Markard, Jochen; Som, Claudia; Wang, Zhanyun; Nowack, Bernd,

2025.

Safe and sustainable-by-design under the European Green Deal : regulatory readiness or pressure for companies?.

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.

pp. vjaf188.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjaf188
Miyazaki, Shinta; Maeda, Nobutaka; Anzai, Akihiko; Mine, Shinya; Toyao, Takashi; Meier, Daniel Matthias; Selyanchyn, Roman; Fujikawa, Shigenori; Maeno, Zen; Shimizu, Ken-ichi,

2025.

Selective hydrogenation of CO2 from direct air capture to CO over Na-Promoted Pt dual-functional material.

Chemistry: An Asian Journal.

(e00923).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500923
Zapata, Juliana; Haase, Matthias; Kauz, Christoph; Schmid, Christian; Bätschman, Marc; Peran, David; Ulli-Beer, Silvia,

2025.

One stop shop for renovation guidelines.

Winterthur:

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36108
Swaminathan, Arjhun; Hannemann, Anika; Ünal, Ali Burak; Pfeifer, Nico; Akgün, Mete,

2025.

PP-GWAS : privacy preserving multi-site genome-wide association studies.

Nature Communications.

16(1), pp. 11030.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66771-z