The Swiss Smart City Survey aims to regularly survey the current status of smart city developments, trends and corresponding implementation activities in Swiss cities and municipalities. In addition to the planned and implemented solutions, the current framework conditions within politics and administrations ...

In 2014, the School of Management and Law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) launched FLEX, a blended learning format that offers students more flexibility in when and where they want to learn. FLEX reduces classroom learning time by about half and provides a digital learning environment for ...

The project addresses land use planning of an island nation in the context of climate change, economic use of natural resources, and ecosystem conservation and protection. This project will develop and test a serious game for participatory landscape planning in São Tomé and Príncipe. The goal is to: (I) understand ...

The project aims to improve the accessibility of teaching at Swiss universities and to guarantee it in the long term. One of the main problems is the lack of awareness among responsible faculty and staff of the diversity needs of their students, which is why the development of an online training and short films to ...

Quality of sleep has an impact on mental and physical health and thus on general well-being. several factors that influence sleep quality exert their effect in the hours before falling asleep. Activities that promote or hinder sleep quality during this time are commonly subsumed under the term "sleep hygiene". ...

Recently, GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH presented a single-use disc separator for microbial as well as mammalian cell culture processes. By using centrifugal force instead of filter-based harvesting methods, the GEA kytero® Single Use Pharma Separator is intended to achieve high-quality and high-yield ...

The aim of this research is to develop concepts for accessible urban trip-planning and navigation for pedestrians with visual and mobility impairments, and to implement two proof-of-concept mobile application for accessible trip-planning and map exploration.

We develop and test a novel method for a fully unsupervised selection of appropriate training data for anomaly detection using machine learning methods.

Logobject is interested in addressing the question: for every illegal incident detected, how many illegal incidents are left undetected? The research partners at ZHAW develop a novel statistical method to estimate the dark rate of illegal activity. Logobject will use this method to provide their customers with ...

The Innosuisse project, Digital Competence for Healthcare (DC4HC), aims to develop a digital platform that will support Swiss healthcare institutions in their digital transformation efforts. In particular, the focus of DC4HC is on the non-medical support services. A state-of-the-art digital maturity model framework ...

The goal of this Industry 4.0 project is to stabilize and optimize the clinker burning process in a cement plant using machine learning and improved process analytics. This significantly reduces emissions of carbon dioxide, ammonia and nitrogen oxides, improves clinker quality and reduces the consumption of thermal ...

NLP &ML tools for Swiss asset managers and owners for identifying inconsistencies in companies’ financial and non-financial communication

The aim is to produce chocolate 100% composed of de-pulped cocoa beans and pulp, both obtained from the same fruit. Fermentation of de-pulped beans will be defined and pulp will be naturally pre-conditioned allowing drying and application in chocolate aiming at added value along the entire cocoa chain.  ...

This project will identify proven methods, practices and standards that support responsible research and development of AI systems for health. They will be tested in use cases from medical imaging and neurotechnology, publicly released and published as a guideline of recommended best practices.  ...

A new software module for intelligent performance analytics and fault diagnosis for photovoltaic power plants will be developed and integrated in the existing Nispera platform. The service includes diagnosing prominent under-performance factors, allowing for a cost-effective maintenance planning.  ...

The complex, internal relationship between rail schedules and staff rotation is here addressed for a complete analysis of the current performance of train drivers. The potential for performance improvement in relation to the constraints imposed by the timetable and the corresponding shift plans (e.g., use of buffer ...

Whereas digitization has penetrated the business world and thanks to the smartphone our every-day life, students and researchers starting in a lab receive a paper notebook with their lab coat. On the one hand, this might look outdated, on the other hand, one might ask the question whether digital assistance is ...

In this project, various technical aspects for tracing functional/non-functional requirements within user interface test cases were investigated. Originally, this project aimed to detect bugs in user interfaces automatically by using machine learning algorithms. During the execution of the project, we decided to ...

A tissue bioreactor and a corresponding process are developed to enable the differentiation of bovine satellite cells on a proprietary scaffold technology to produce cultured meat. Key to success is the integration of a mechanism to periodically stretch the scaffold/cells to enhance taste & texture.  ...

SPECS Zurich GmbH provides measurement systems for scanning probe microscopy and quantum transport applications. During this project, a new plug&play-capable high- speed serial interface with ultra low latency and optical transmission shall be developed, such that it can be used in demanding environments such as ...

Researchers from the CAI and InES conduct a technical deep dive together to explore the possibilities of capturing process knowledge on injection molding in deep neural networks and transfer the results to novel usage scenarios. The groups of Prof. Stadelmann (Computer Vision, Perception & Cognition, ZHAW CAI) and ...

This project aims to develop a quantified and scalable decision model for sustainable corporate financing. Findings from various sub-disciplines of finance and financing practice are to be integrated into an overall model. At the same time, a validation with capital market data is to be implemented so that the model ...

The project partner received two layout proposals for a new production line and wanted to compare them in terms of their suitability and performance. In the injection molding process, failure of individual injection molding cavities can occur, which leads to systematic or random missing parts. The system's modules ...