The Swiss Integration Agenda requires refugees to actively integrate into local social structures and neighborhoods within seven years of receiving their asylum decision. But how can this be achieved when a large proportion of refugees perceive their own health status as poor and the asylum centre…

The TRAI project examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming academic work, particularly when students write their Bachelor’s theses.

This project aims to sensibly improve the safety and success rate for long-horizon tasks of autonomous robots leveraging GenAI “robotic brains” (e.g. LLMs, VLMs) in unstructured environments.

The proposed project aims to explore when and why local administrative leaders consider co-production to be an important governance approach and the conditions needed for co-produced services to be successful. Co-production refers to arrangements in which a municipality’s representatives (including…

ViscoControl employs Residual Reinforcement Learning to create novel control algorithms to compensate for the viscosity fluctuation of recycled plastic in injection molding. The combination of stability with adaptive, self-learning capabilities will boost the processing of recycled materials. This…

By combining machine learning and computer vision methods, existing products consisting of elements of a modular system will be captured. Recognized product modules can then be reconfigured, repaired, or refurbished to support a circular business strategy.

Development of a fuel-flexible, modular burner for retrofitting gas turbines. The aim of the project is to use the scalable burner to significantly improve the efficiency, operating behavior and emissions of gas turbines.

The aim of this Agora project is to familiarise secondary school pupils with the history of migration from the region of former Yugoslavia and the political history of this region (in particular, the wars in Yugoslavia) through the life-stories of young adults belonging to the so-called second and…

IMMERSE is committed to the digital transformation of education and training through immersive teaching and learning technologies.

In TaSSAreCt we investigate software architectures for systems of cyber-physical systems (CPS). As it has a major influence on the quality attributes and sustainability of long running software systems, we recognize software architecture as one of the key factors when developing new CPS and…

Climate change is transforming the world, and nowhere is this more evident than in Africa. Mozambique in particular has been subject to increasing extreme weather events, lessened agricultural productivity resulting in food insecurity and malnutrition, rapid urbanization and growth of informal…

"Age-Friendly Cities and Communities" (AFCC) is a framework developed by the WHO to promote age-friendly transformations. There are still many "white spots" on the AFCC world map, highlighting the potential for knowledge transfer and shared learning. The project connects age-friendly Swiss cities…

In the tradition of the Kyrgyz yurts, this project investigates the applicability of felt as a facade material and the use of sheep's wool as insulation. This will create a new cycle that can potentially avoid a lot of waste and introduces a new natural material to the construction industry.

The scientific exchange invites Dr. Zock to the Institute of Language Competence at ZHAW. During 3 monts we will work on the project "Digital support for writing: cognitively motivated authoring aid, supported by LLMs". This project addresses the cognitive and technical challenges of writing by…

Material and process investigation and development of a light, strong, low-cost bike crankset for mountain bike application.

Digital gaming is now an everyday activity and is recognized as a cultural asset, with games displayed at MoMA and Esports featured at the 2021 Olympics. Among these, League of Legends (LoL) has over 150 million players, with more than 2 million active at any time. LoL is known for its toxic…

Real Time, Automated protien evolution (RT-aPACE) for the development of new gene editing tools (in partnership with University of Zurich (EvoFlow).

Researchers from ZHAW, Agroscope, and FiBL are investigating how legumes and oilseeds like soybeans and flax can contribute to a more sustainable Swiss food system. A shift to a more plant-based diet and food production is urgently needed. But what does this mean for consumers and farmers, and how…