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26.03.26

When Does Quantum Machine Learning Actually Help? First Doctoral Thesis on Quantum Machine Learning at ZHAW.

Quantum computers process information in a fundamentally different way than classical machines, exploiting superposition, entanglement, interference, and the structure of quantum measurement. Whether these properties translate into practical…

24.03.26

Humanoid Robot KAI Takes the Stage at START Hack

PhD student Pascal Sager showcased the humanoid robot KAI during an impressive halftime performance at the START Hack in St. Gallen, promoting the upcoming Davos Tech Summit.

16.03.26

Do LLMs predict the next words like our brain does?

Brain recordings show consistent patterns on the predictability of next words as language models

06.03.26

Building Switzerland’s Research Infrastructure for Autonomous Systems

CAI and ZAV are leading TESTAIR, an initiative for a new national research infrastructure designed to test and validate autonomous systems such as drones and robots in real-world environments.

02.03.26

ZHAW CAI Brings Physical AI to the Agentic Hackathon with ETH at Google Zurich

The ZHAW CAI Embodied Mobile Agents group contributed to the ETH Agentic Systems Lab's recent hackathon at Google Zurich. By providing our robotic fleet and expertise, participants were able to build agentic tooling and run MPC servers, successfully…

02.03.26

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…

26.02.26

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,…

18.12.25

DIZH Visits CAI to Learn About Physical AI Education

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta presented ZHAW’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) to the DIZH Coordination Committee. The exchange focused on Physical AI in education and on defining Physical AI literacy across schools, vocational training, and…

18.12.25

CAI was present at the Swiss Robotics Day with multiple AI + Robotics demonstrations

Prof. Alisa Rupenyan-Vasileva and Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta represented ZHAW’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) at Swiss Robotics Day in Lausanne. They showcased humanoid and other autonomous robotic systems and discussed recent advances in…

04.12.25

Pro-human AI Design explained

AI has the potential to manipulate what makes us human – e.g., our ability to form relationships. Prof. Stadelmann explores how to make sure the technology does not dehumanize us.

01.12.25

A More Holistic View for Graph AI: New Pooling Method Boosts Performance in Drug Discovery and Network Analysis

A new study from the ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence, in collaboration with Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, introduces DSMVPool, a multi-view graph pooling method published in Pattern Recognition. The approach overcomes key limitations in how…

13.11.25

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta Selected for Swissnex Staff Mobility Program to Shanghai, China

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta, Head of the Embodied Mobile Agents research group at ZHAW’s Centre for AI, will be supported by Swissnex in Shanghai, China, in 2026. During his exchange in Shanghai, he will explore collaboration opportunities in robotics…

17.10.25

PhD Student Pascal Sager Selected for Swissnex Embodied Intelligence Week in San Francisco

PhD student Pascal Sager has been selected for the competitive Embodied Intelligence Week at Swissnex San Francisco. The program connects Swiss researchers and entrepreneurs exploring the future of AI and robotics.