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ZHAW CAI Showcased Physical AI and Robotics at the Humanoid Forum in Biel

Following successful appearances at WEF and Swiss Robotics Day, the ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) headed to the Humanoid Forum in Biel. We showcased live robotics demonstrations, presented our latest research in Physical AI and…

Galactic Alchemy: Deep Learning Map-to-Map Translation in Hydrodynamical Simulations

A new research publication pioneers the use of generative AI to bridge HPC simulations of the early universe with observational data obtained by radio telescopes.

New fellowships 2026

The digital transformation needs new ideas – this is where “ZHAW digital” comes in: for the eighth time, the initiative is funding innovative research projects from across the university. In 2026, five juniors, three seniors, and five seniors with…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

They act in our name. Who sets their limits?

AI agents answer our clients, handle our requests and increasingly make decisions on our behalf. When an agent oversteps, an apology comes too late: it may already have moved money, shared data or made a promise in our name.