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Paper on ARMADA accepted at EDBT conference

The first paper from the ARMADA project "Towards Reliable Conversational Data Analytics" by Prof Bogojeska accepted at EDBT conference. It outlines and examines five key properties that drive a paradigm shift in system design and user interaction,…

Waqar Ali successfully defended his PhD thesis on GNNs

Waqar Ali successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Advanced Representation Learning Techniques For Graph Neural Networks" at Ca'Foscari University of Venice. On behalf of the CAI, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Waqar Ali!

DIZH Rapid Action Call “Smart Spaces”

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH) is funding digital-based solutions for residential, cultural, working, and educational spaces in its new call for proposals.

ZHAW digital Community Awards Two Winners

For the third time, the Digital Shaper Award took place in Zurich, where the ZHAW digital community honored two individuals from its midst. Marcela Ruiz and Nicole Krüger convinced with their impact and engagement, making a significant contribution…

DIZH funds new projects in the structure call

Five projects are being funded in the 2nd structure call of the DIZH Innovation Program. ZHAW researchers are leading or involved in four of those projects. As part of the funded structures, collaboration between the universities of the Canton of…

Robotic Expectations

Insights into assistive robots, autonomous drones, and a demo of the humanoid robot Unitree G1 were some of the highlights of an event co-organised by ZHAW digital, the University of Zurich, Lab42, and Mindfire. At two locations, more than 200…

CAI to launch the AI-BRIDGE Think-and-do-Tank

The ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence launches a new initiative to create a center for Responsible AI Innovation in Zurich. The AI-BRIDGE Think-and-Do Tank brings responsible AI to the ground by bridging the gap between societal values and…

Research by CAI member published at NeurIPS

The paper “Safe Time-Varying Optimization” based on Gaussian Processes with Spatio-Temporal Kernel will be presented as poster during NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver.

CAI-led event series Apéro Digital releases infographics summarizing its recent events

Apéro Digital is a multi-stakeholder outreach activity effort that bridges the gap between sectors to drive impactful change. It disseminates the key takeaways of these exchanges via co-created infographic artefacts. We release now infographics on…

CAI offers training on ethical certification of AI systems in collaboration with IEEE Standards Association

As part of its focus on responsible development of AI systems, the ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence is offering for the first-time in Switzerland the IEEE CertifAIEd™ Assessor Training, providing tools for evaluating transparency, privacy,…

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.