13.06.25

SIGMOD 2026: Machine Learning-Based Query Optimizer Outperforms Classical Optimizer

We are excited to share the news that our paper "GenJoin: Conditional Generative Plan-to-Plan Query Optimizer that Learns from Subplan Hints" by Pavel Sulimov, Claude Lehmann and Kurt Stockinger has been accepted at SIGMOD 2026, one of the top-tier…

11.06.25

Voice Adaptation in Your Dialect – CAI Clones Voices for SRF Einstein

Researchers at the Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) have developed a voice adaptation system capable of mimicking any voice and speaking it in various Swiss German dialects. The technology was recently featured on SRF’s science program…

03.06.25

CAI at SDS2025: AI and Data Science Take Center Stage

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) will once again have a strong presence at SDS2025, Switzerland’s leading data science conference.

02.06.25

CAI contributes actively to the development of recommendations on the responsible development of neurotechnologies

Dr. Chavarriaga, head of the Responsible AI Innovation at CAI, contributed to two major global recommendations on the responsible development of neurotechnologies

02.06.25

New method for industrial process control developed

How to go from mere process monitoring to full process control with real-world, industrial applications of AI? With world models, shows a recent collaboration with Kistler Group.

21.05.25

CAI Researchers discover fundamental structures in modern AI models (ICML 2025)

In collaboration with the GreweLab of the Institute of Neuroinformatics (ETH Zurich/University of Zurich), CAI researchers Pascal Sager and Thilo Stadelmann co-authored a paper presented at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)…

20.05.25

DIGILOG at Women in Data Science (WiDS) 2025: Poster Presentation on the Digital Transformation of Europe’s Municipalities

At this year’s Women in Data Science Zurich (WiDS) 2025 event, Jasmin Saxer had the opportunity to present the DIGILOG research project during a poster session and a two-minute lightning talk. The conference, which highlights the work of women in…

05.05.25

ZHAW Involved in DIZH-Funded Project RADICAL: Radiology AI-Driven Clinical Decision-making with Multi-modal Exploration

The ZHAW Institute of Computer Science (InIT) will participate in RADICAL (Radiology AI-Driven Clinical Decision-making with Multi-modal Exploration), a project funded by the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions…

27.03.25

CAI Staff Receive DIZH Fellowship 2025

For the seventh time, the "ZHAW digital" initiative is supporting researchers working on projects related to digital transformation. This year, the scholarship is awarded to five junior and five senior fellows with doctoral students. Two of the…

26.03.25

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,…

20.03.25

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!

11.12.24

City of Winterthur and ZHAW Datalab: From Data to Action

More than 100 representatives from the City of Winterthur and ZHAW attended the WinLab Brownbag Lunch to discuss the question: "How can we use data to shape the future of Winterthur?" After short presentations on open government data, data-driven…

10.12.24

Sifting through the Data Jungle at Hospitals with AI

ZHAW researchers present their work at NeurIPS'24, one of the most impactful AI conferences worldwide. Their research focuses on electronic health records (EHRs) and querying them in natural language across various database systems, yielding new…

10.12.24

Paper “Towards Website X-Ray for Europe’s Municipalities: Unveiling Digital Transformation with Multimodal Embeddings” Accepted at iiWAS 2024

The paper “Towards Website X-Ray for Europe’s Municipalities: Unveiling Digital Transformation with Multimodal Embeddings” by ZHAW researchers Jonathan Gerber, Bruno Kreiner, Jasmin Saxer and Andreas Weiler has been accepted at the iiWAS 2024…

03.12.24

Automated Grading with AI?

In their Bachelor’s thesis, ZHAW graduates from the ZHAW Data Science and Informatics programs analysed the automatic creation of open examination questions and their evaluation. They investigated various automatic grading systems and large language…

26.11.24

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…

25.11.24

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…

19.11.24

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.

29.10.24

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…

26.09.24

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,…