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…

21.07.25

First IEEE CertifAIEd Course for Switzerland at ZHAW

A historic event for Swiss AI ethics: For the first time in Switzerland, an international collaboration between ZHAW and IEEE lead to the in-depth course “CertifAIEd” on the Certification of AI ethics.

08.07.25

A simple, award-winning idea to tame data-hungry models

Researchers at ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) won the best full paper award at the SDS 2025 for a simple, yet powerful idea that makes training medical segmentation models significantly cheaper.

07.07.25

Advancing Science-Policy Dialogue: CAI helps launch Network for Technology and Geopolitics

From October 2025, CAI will be one of the members of the COST action "Science in Diplomacy Network". This network will empower researchers, policymakers and industry leaders for better policies for global challenges

01.07.25

Apply now: DIZH Outreach Call

More visibility for digital innovation: University employees and practice partners can apply together.

26.06.25

Smart Spaces: Three new projects

Digital technologies provide new opportunities to make living, working and educational spaces more sustainable, efficient and connected. The newly approved projects demonstrate concrete approaches to how these potentials can be harnessed.