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24.02.26

CAI wins 4 projects in one day

With an acceptance rate of 13%, the fifth DIZH project call was very competitive; the CAI was successful with submissions on health, education, and security.

18.02.26

10 of the 12 newly funded DIZH projects are with ZHAW participation

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH) has approved 12 projects in the fifth and final project call. The projects are diverse and range from intensive care units to classrooms, forensic institutes, ancient inscriptions, and…

11.02.26

New graph classification method improves applications like drug discovery

Researchers from Winterthur and Venice developed a new method to improve the classification of graph-structured data: Topology-Aware Node Dropping Augmentation.

09.02.26

ZHAW’s CAI Captivates Global Audience at WEF 2026

Under the motto “Touching Intelligence,” a delegation from ZHAW’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) showcased the future of embodied AI at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos.

09.02.26

CAI researchers develop advanced AI model for medical image processing in full 3D

A new publication from the Intelligent Vision Systems group (IVS) at CAI introduces an AI method to reduce patient radiation dose in cancer therapy.

04.02.26

Everyone uses social media – but the “social” component is fading

Social media is now strategically established in Swiss organisations. However, while content production is becoming increasingly professionalised, dialogue with the community is losing significance. This is one of the findings of the 2026 social…

30.01.26

Automated Measurement of Tissue Velocities in Echocardiography

In a collaboration with the Zürich Startup MediRapp AG, we trained a computer vision model to automatically detect clinically relevant peak velocities in echocardiographic tissue Doppler traces. The vendor-agnostic approach harmonizes measurements…

29.01.26

CAI Research accepted for publication at the top journals JAIR and Neural Computation

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) publishes innovative contributions ranging from fundamental neuro-inspired AI research to agentic systems for autonomous computer control.

19.01.26

DIZH Founder Call: Four ZHAW Projects Successful

The Digitalization Initiative DIZH is funding eleven projects from Zurich's higher education institutions that aim to establish a start-up or spin-off. Four ZHAW projects have been approved, ranging from interventions for cognitive impairments to…

18.12.25

CAI Received SoE Funding for new Physical AI Demonstrations and Workshop development projects

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta and PhD student Pascal Sager have secured funding for two internal School of Engineering projects at ZHAW. The projects strengthen interactive robotics demonstrations and hands-on AI education, advancing outreach, teaching,…