The interaction of humans and machines is a central component of value creation in future socio-technical service ecosystems. In this project, methods for the design of these systems will be developed, which will play a central role in the digital society.

The goal of this fellowship is to study the impact of the digitalization of dermatology on the society. The result will be a white paper to inform and guide the various stakeholders as well as a proposal for the first industry or foundation endorsed Swiss chair in digital dermatology.

GitOps is an innovative technique that blends version control technology with declarative application configuration specifications such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It removes the chance of errors and security issues by removing the reliance on human operators or scripts to perform deployment tasks. Implementing ...

For Switzerland, the reputation of stable long-standing financial institutions has always represented a crucial advantage for the acquisition and retention of customers. However, as the financial service industry becomes more global, clients expect personalized offerings and inclusiveness of service which in turn ...

Building a domain-specific AI supporting Venture Capital decision making solution for efficiency gains and quality improvement; Deal sourcing, screening and selection of investment opportunities leveraging a machine learning powered prediction models to assess a startup’s chances of success.  ...

The aim of this project is to develop and to further refine concepts for a novel oral health device that will enable release of selected liquid substances embedded in a PDMS polymer matrix. The basis for the system is the ZHAW technology that allows introduction (embedding) of liquid droplets in a solid polymeric ...

The main aim of this project is to design and develop a map application for tourists in wheelchairs, people with restricted mobility and people with visual impairments. The app will provide specific information on the accessibility of areas of interest to tourists. In Switzerland, these include both urban ...

This main goal of this project is to develop and implement the necessary infrastructure based on PMU and a PDC (Phasor Measurement Unit and a Phasor Data Concentrator) database and exchange measurements in real-time between different countries, i.e. between power systems with different characteristics which can be ...

Problem: Fairtrade producers in developing countries often have a stable business model and substantial growth opportunities. Due to the missing or insufficient finance infrastructure in the respective countries, Fairtrade producers do not have the opportunity to realize their growth opportunities. Although some ...

In this project, a tool is being developed that uses the latest data processing algorithms and novel statistical modeling approaches to forecast menus / individual items sold in gastronomy. The tool allows a more accurate planning and thus reduce e.g. food waste.

Individual and collective action is an important driver of energy consumption in households. In Social Power Plus we aim at directly engaging teams of neighbouring households to raise their awareness and promote active energy sufficiency measures (electricity and heating). To support this process, we launch living ...

In the ADDSA project, an advanced Data and Service Architecture is being developed to meet the industrial needs in equipment insights.

Our innovative idea is to provide a Proof of Concept concerning a superior and adaptive rating system applicable to both SME and personal lending, able to cope with low-quality, sparse data that is commonplace in the context of P2P lenders. If successful, we will have both a new methodology (how to deal with ...

A visualisation of the course of the conrona pandemic is to be created on an 'orbitarium'. This should be generally understandable, but nevertheless scientifically correct. The globally available data material must be homogenized for this purpose. The visualization can be used for internal presentations on the one ...

This project aims to fully digitize and automate the transcription of spoken dialogues. We will implement a software system, Interscriber, that takes an audio recording as input and creates text using algorithms for Speech-to-Text and Speaker Diarization. The text is further processed and corrected. Finally, ...

Development of a low-power sensor that can be used to trigger or stop other applications that require more energy.

The project “Conflicting Transition Pathways for Deep Decarbonization” (PATHWAYS) is a research project funded by ENERGIX, Research Council of Norway (2019-2023). Rooted in Sustainability Transition Studies, we will investigate the following issues: New technologies for deep decarbonization Coupling of energy, ...

We model the dynamics of the SARS – Cov2 pandemics in Switzerland under permanent consideration of data and the course of the vaccination campaign. We put specific emphasis on the ethical justification of potential prioritization schemes.

Plastics, like polyethylene, cannot be bonded without pretreatment. Usual preprocessing includes corona, plasma or flame treatment. These methods have severe drawbacks. In this project, a new primer is to be developed which shall allow for the bonding of, e.g., polyolefins.