In a recent article in UZH News, researchers from the UZH Healthy Longevity Centre present new approaches to improving mobility and quality of life in old age. One focus is the interdisciplinary ZuReach project, which is being funded in the third Project Call. ZuReach is developing a digital tool that… Read More »Through Zurich Without Barriers
The Spatial Abilities project developed a digital, game-based training environment that specifically promotes spatial awareness. The aim was to supplement existing analogue training formats with interactive, three-dimensional software and make spatial thinking systematically trainable. https://youtu.be/OH9YdFLYQkA?si=n4-r505H8S-sO9Ah The result is a video game with progressive exercises in five categories of spatial thinking.… Read More »Project closure: Spatial Abilities
Reta Barfuss is researching the downsides of part-time work as part of her doctoral studies at UZH. In an interview with Katia Soland, she explains how unwanted part-time work arises in the building cleaning sector and what mechanisms enable these precarious working conditions. Many building cleaners work on minimum contracts… Read More »Low employment rates, long working days in the cleaning sector
The second Founder Call enables projects that aim to establish a start-up or spin-off, from the initial idea to proof of concept. Algorithm-based leukaemia diagnosis, digital memory boxes for people with dementia and EdTech certification demonstrate the breadth of the projects. The second Founder Call in the innovation program supports… Read More »Eleven projects approved in the second Founder Call
Digital Health Zurich (DHZ) brings together expertise on a central platform. Digital Health Zurich provides extensive materials for professionals from research, clinics and industry on its resources page. The collection includes manuals, webinar materials, presentations and scientific publications on all aspects of digital transformation in healthcare. To the DHZ resource… Read More »DHZ Resources: Knowledge for digital health innovations
In an interview with Katia Soland, Anna Sigrist, co-director of Opendata.ch, talks about the importance of open data and Opendata.ch’s involvement in the DIZH Public Data Lab (PDL). She explains why open data is often perceived as an abstract topic and why it is important to highlight the concrete social… Read More »Why open data needs more visibility
How can objects in museums remain accessible when they are too large, too fragile, or too valuable to be displayed? The exhibition “Museum of the Future – 17 Digital Experiments” addresses this question and shows how digital technologies and artificial intelligence enable new forms of communication. Seventeen digital experiments transform… Read More »Museum of the Future – 17 Digital Experiments
digilinguo is being funded in the second Structure Call and now has its own website and LinkedIn channel. digilinguo supports public institutions such as hospitals, courts, and schools in overcoming language barriers in everyday life, thereby reducing the burden on everyone involved. The project is a collaboration between UZH and… Read More »digilinguo now also online
How can artificial intelligence be made understandable? Dr Lukas Drees from the EcoVision Lab at the Institute for Mathematical Modelling and Machine Learning (DM3L) is researching how green spaces influence well-being at the Public Data Lab. His vision: an interactive map that recommends optimal green spaces based on personal preferences.… Read More »Teaching machine learning through art
Making AI-supported radiology more transparent and reliable The TRUST-RAD project developed AI tools for radiology that are not only powerful but, above all, reliable and transparent. The focus was on the development of RadVLM, an innovative AI model for analysing chest X-rays. The model can explain findings, draft reports, answer… Read More »Project closure: TRUST-RAD
