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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…

04.11.25

LCA Experts Discuss the Future of Photovoltaic Life Cycle Data at ZHAW

On 31 October 2025, the ZHAW Research Group for Life Cycle Assessment and treeze Ltd. hosted the 91st LCA Discussion Forum at Campus Grüental in Wädenswil. Experts from academia, industry, and consulting met to discuss the state of life cycle…

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.

17.10.25

CAI co-organised AI+X Summit 2025

Early October 2025, over 2000 participants gathered in Oerlikon at the AI+X Summit to explore how AI is shaping business, science, and society.ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, ETH and the University of Zurich co-organised the event.

14.10.25

Document recognition as transcription : A new perspective

A collaboration with Swiss engineering specialist Bossard Group on a digital parts production platform revealed a critical bottleneck: the automated interpretation of engineering drawings. This industrial challenge sparked foundational research with…

14.10.25

CAI presents Readings in AI 2024/25

In our most recent research report, Readings in AI 2024/25 (Volume 1 and 2), we present the fruit of our labor from 2024 and first quarter of 2025. It is the result of our team of staff, students, and partners working together to enhance…

07.10.25

Federal diversity shapes Switzerland’s digital public administration portals

A new study undertaken by the ZHAW School of Management and Law provides insight into the organisational and technical foundations of Switzerland’s e-service portals. The study reveals that digital public administration in Switzerland is as diverse…

03.10.25

Two of our own as part of top 100+ Women in AI+Data in Switzerland

Women are a driving force in AI & Data - designing strategies, developing methodologies, translating them into practice, leading teams, and shaping the discourse.

26.09.25

Life Cycle Management Under the Sicilian Sun

From September 7th–10th, 2025, Palermo hosted the 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM) – the world’s leading forum for life cycle experts. The event brought together 1000 of researchers, businesses, and policymakers from…

16.09.25

From Turbine to Grid: Comprehensive Life Cycle Inventories of Wind Electricity in 2025

Wind energy plays an important role in the worldwide energy transition. In this context, an accurate account of the CO2-emissions and other environmental impacts caused by wind electricity is essential for a sound comparison with other sources of…

04.09.25

How is Switzerland’s mental health faring?

Today marks the publication of the National Health Report 2025 by the Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan). ZHAW researchers from the Schools of Health Professions, Applied Psychology, Social Work, and Management and Law made significant contributions to…

03.09.25

More Power for Digital Health

Switzerland is lagging internationally in the digitalization of the healthcare sector but is making progress. Experts see this as a strategic opportunity – and the population is also open to digitalization.

21.08.25

Swiss Payment Monitor – Growth in mobile payments slows

Mobile payments are continuing to strengthen their leading position among all payment methods in Switzerland, but growth in terms of the number of transactions is slower than before, according to the latest Swiss Payment Monitor published by the…

19.08.25

Apply now: 3rd Structure Call

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH) supports cross-university innovation structures with funding of up to CHF 1.2 million.

18.08.25

The world, planets, and stars align at ZHAW in August

A team of the ZHAW is contributing with their research to the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), an international organisation that is building the future world’s largest and most advanced radio telescope. At the end of August, the Swiss SKA…

12.08.25

Five new DFF projects for digital transformation

The “ZHAW digital” initiative supports research projects that address a wide range of topics and aspects of digital transformation. The projects in this funding round deal with issues such as privacy protection, digital participation and sustainable…

12.08.25

CAI contributes to Swiss Open LLM release

ZHAW's Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) has been involved in the development of Switzerland's first large language model, a 70-billion-parameter system, as part of the SwissAI Initiative. The model is scheduled for release in late Summer…

22.07.25

4-year SNF-Innosuisse funded Bridge Discovery grant for Robotic 3D Printing

The highly competitive grant has been awarded to Prof. Dr. Alisa Rupenyan at ZHAW CAI, Dr. Efe Balta at inspire AG, and Prof. Dr. John Lygeros at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich. They will collaborate to establish innovative technology…