ZHAW digital - News and Events

17.10.25

PhD Student Pascal Sager Selected for Swissnex Embodied Intelligence Week in San Francisco

PhD student Pascal Sager has been selected for the competitive Embodied Intelligence Week at Swissnex San Francisco. The program connects Swiss researchers and entrepreneurs exploring the future of AI and robotics.

17.10.25

CAI co-organised AI+X Summit 2025

Early October 2025, over 2000 participants gathered in Oerlikon at the AI+X Summit to explore how AI is shaping business, science, and society.ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, ETH and the University of Zurich co-organised the event.

14.10.25

Document recognition as transcription : A new perspective

A collaboration with Swiss engineering specialist Bossard Group on a digital parts production platform revealed a critical bottleneck: the automated interpretation of engineering drawings. This industrial challenge sparked foundational research with…

14.10.25

CAI presents Readings in AI 2024/25

In our most recent research report, Readings in AI 2024/25 (Volume 1 and 2), we present the fruit of our labor from 2024 and first quarter of 2025. It is the result of our team of staff, students, and partners working together to enhance…

03.10.25

Two of our own as part of top 100+ Women in AI+Data in Switzerland

Women are a driving force in AI & Data - designing strategies, developing methodologies, translating them into practice, leading teams, and shaping the discourse.

19.08.25

Apply now: 3rd Structure Call

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH) supports cross-university innovation structures with funding of up to CHF 1.2 million.

18.08.25

The world, planets, and stars align at ZHAW in August

A team of the ZHAW is contributing with their research to the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), an international organisation that is building the future world’s largest and most advanced radio telescope. At the end of August, the Swiss SKA…

12.08.25

Five new DFF projects for digital transformation

The “ZHAW digital” initiative supports research projects that address a wide range of topics and aspects of digital transformation. The projects in this funding round deal with issues such as privacy protection, digital participation and sustainable…

12.08.25

CAI contributes to Swiss Open LLM release

ZHAW's Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) has been involved in the development of Switzerland's first large language model, a 70-billion-parameter system, as part of the SwissAI Initiative. The model is scheduled for release in late Summer…

22.07.25

4-year SNF-Innosuisse funded Bridge Discovery grant for Robotic 3D Printing

The highly competitive grant has been awarded to Prof. Dr. Alisa Rupenyan at ZHAW CAI, Dr. Efe Balta at inspire AG, and Prof. Dr. John Lygeros at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich. They will collaborate to establish innovative technology…