This project aims at developing a business model simulation software for evaluating IoT business models. The holistic approach leverages advanced simulation methods and will create new revenue opportunities for Swiss manufacturing companies.

The rolling stock industry is mission critical and places hard real time deadlines on its operations. Network security in train control products, and across a productrange, is an utmost concern which we meet by developing both an innovative methodology and IP components to meet these challenges.  ...

To address the challenge from global warming, the UNFCCC has given rise to several initiatives to channel financial capital into decarbonization efforts. Among investors, demand increasing for investment vehicles that offer both environmental sustainability as well as economic performance benefits. We aim to design ...

The ambition of this project is to develop improved quantum-dot (QD) encapsulation technology for display enhancement films, innovative measurement systems and simulation software for characterizing QD films as well as ink-jet printing technology for deposition of QD films on top of OLED pixels.  ...

We develop a consulting approach for helping companies to create data-based decision algorithms that explicitly consider fairness requirements. This approach is based on a new methodology which integrates an ethical choice methodology with a technical implementation methodology.

From 2021 to 2024, the National Thematic Network (NTN) Innovation Booster (IB) Applied Circular Sustainability supports the pre-development of radical solution ideas for 100% recyclable products and systems - and this for all industries and economic sectors in Switzerlan

Traditional measures that are based on rational thinking and action by individuals (e.g. controls, penalties or education campaigns) sometimes fail to achieve their full potential in road traffic and in reducing accidents. Moreover, it can be assumed that most road users already have a very good knowledge of the ...

CarboPHOS develops a technological solution for the recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge using the hydrothermal carbonization  process. An overview of the availability of P-species in Swiss sludges is being compiled and the technology chain HTC - filtration - crystallization is demonstrated in pilot scale.  ...

All people are vulnerable, but vulnerability is unequally distributed - some people are more vulnerable than others. What this means for children and youth and how they understand well-being is the goal of the qualitative SNF research project. Background Social work often deals with children and youth who are ...

Legionella are harmful bacteria that can live in building water installations. An “at line” system is proposed that monitors the Legionella content of the water. The system fits to a water installation and consists of an acoustofluidic device that concentrates the bacteria.

Much of the increasing complexity of ICT systems is being driven by the more distributed and heterogeneous nature of these systems, with Cyber Physical Systems accounting for an increasing portion of Software Ecosystems. This basic premise underpins the COSMOS proposal which focuses on blending best practices DevOps ...

As part of the smartrail 4.0 program, Swiss railroads are exploiting the potential of automated cross-company planning and operational processes to make more efficient use of rail infrastructure capacity and increase the competitiveness of railroads in the environment of future mobility offerings.  ...

The design thinking projects are carried out as part of the elective modules "Design Thinking" in the Master in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing and "Customer Centric Innovation" in the Master in Business Administration with specialization in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The projects aim ...

The aim of the current InnoSuisse application is to optimize small molecules, which were identified in a drug library screen to block CD93-signaling in LSCs and showed a positive clinical response, in order to develop lead candidates with a novel chemical scaffold and own IP to treat leukemia.  ...

Writing in most contexts today is done with digital, computer-assisted support. Technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) such as intelligent tutoring (IT), automated writing evaluation (AWE) and machine translation (MT) present new opportunities, perspectives, and risks for tertiary education. The ...

In this project, a «Digital Mobility/Logistics Hub» with different traffic modalities will be realised in robotic model format and combined with cameras and digital components (simulators, device models, cloud platforms, real-time injection of open data, reservation system, application scenarios). A logistics ...

This project proposes to develop, study and apply mathematical models to optimize protein production of a gene that stems from one organism in a different organism. The focus will lie specifically on genes involved in the biosynthesis of suberin. Suberin is a carbon-rich decay-resistant biopolyester, found majorly ...

Writing technology is developing at a breath-taking pace. However, there is a lack of empirical studies that reveal what these technologies mean for writing methodology and pedagogy, and of theoretical work guiding the understanding of digital writing within the academic domain. This fellowship aims to address these ...

In recent years many industrial and infrastructure asset owners are shifting towards data-driven solutions for condition monitoring and intelligent maintenance planning of their equipment. Old paradigms such as “fix it when it fails” or alternatively preventive maintenance are being replaced by condition-based and ...

In the canton of Zurich, the municipalities and cities pay for teaching material on preschool, elementary-school and secondary-school level. Until now, there has been no financial analysis of these teaching material expenditures. The Institute for Public Management (IVM) of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ...

Digitalisation is not a new topic for insurers. First IT-system were already introduced in the 1970’s. Subsequent digitalisation waves included the attempt to go direct via pure digital distribution channels in the noughties. Their limited success as a result of the hybrid interaction patterns of insurance customers ...

The start-up project will be used to finance various preliminary work in the field of R&D, which is a prerequisite for the launch of a joint project at national and international level. At a conference at the ZHAW in autumn 2019, the ZHAW was already mentioned as a "peat-free competence center". In order for the ...