News Datalab

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…

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…

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.

30.09.25

Saving Energy through Digitalisation

In their bachelor's thesis, two ZHAW students developed a practical consulting tool and, through data analysis, identified energy-saving potential for industrial companies. The interdisciplinary collaboration between data science and energy and…

04.09.25

Research on quantum computing at ZHAW in the media

Further reading (in German only): Swiss student conducts research on quantum computing

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…

21.07.25

First IEEE CertifAIEd Course for Switzerland at ZHAW

A historic event for Swiss AI ethics: For the first time in Switzerland, an international collaboration between ZHAW and IEEE lead to the in-depth course “CertifAIEd” on the Certification of AI ethics.

08.07.25

A simple, award-winning idea to tame data-hungry models

Researchers at ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) won the best full paper award at the SDS 2025 for a simple, yet powerful idea that makes training medical segmentation models significantly cheaper.

07.07.25

Advancing Science-Policy Dialogue: CAI helps launch Network for Technology and Geopolitics

From October 2025, CAI will be one of the members of the COST action "Science in Diplomacy Network". This network will empower researchers, policymakers and industry leaders for better policies for global challenges

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.