DSI hosted a European hub for a conference held in Australia in mid-June. In the video, organizer and DSI postdoc Mario Angst talks about his experience with this new format and how it helps reduce researchers’ individual CO2 emissions.
Dmytro Boyarchuk and Christopher Hartwell are working together on the project Economic priorities in post-war Ukraine, funded by the Rapid Action Call. The Chicago Tribune published a commentary by the two explaining why now is the right time to talk about reconstruction and what areas the plan for Ukraine must… Read More »A Ukrainian postwar recovery plan needs specifics now. A commentary by Dmytro Boyarchuk and Christopher Hartwell in the Chicago Tribune.
Switzerland urgently needs to have a debate about which attack scenarios we can expect and what collateral damage we are willing to accept, writes Markus Christen from the University of Zurich in the column: Cyber defence – defined processes instead of “hack backs” (external link), which appeared in InsideIT. The… Read More »Is the Canton of Zurich equipped against cyber attacks?
The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) intensifies the exchange with practice and the public. To this end, DIZH is funding four innovation structures with a total of 16 million Swiss francs for the areas of Autonomous Systems, Clinical Innovation, Cybersecurity and Digital Health. DIZH is creating… Read More »Innovation through exchange and networking
Virtual Reality (VR) learning exercises are recognized to boost motivation of students and to be highly scalable. In Central Tanzania, Helvetas and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) conducted a pilot study with electrical engineering students at two government vocational training schools. Helvetas is a practice partner in the… Read More »Virtual reality as a learning venue for basic vocational training – pilot test with students in Tanzania
Robots are revolutionizing industries by enabling tasks once considered impossible for them. As autonomy advances, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in unlocking their potential but also introduces new challenges in ensuring trust, safety, and reliability in increasingly complex environments. To address these and advance autonomous systems toward safe,… Read More »LINA: Shared Large-scale Infrastructure for the Development and Safe Testing of Autonomous Systems
Have a look behind the shiny surfaces of the smartphone industry. The video gives an impression of the Kamituga | Digital Gold project, which was shown as part of the Planet Digital exhibition at the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich. More information: www.digital-gold.ch www.immersive-arts.ch
A practice lab for patient-centred clinical innovation More information and news Digital Health Zurich researches digital health solutions in the hospital context and implements them efficiently and with practical relevance. Core topics are Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROMs), remote monitoring, integrated care and related technologies as well as empowerment of… Read More »Digital Health Zurich
We are looking for researchers (PhD’s) who are at the beginning of their academic career and are conducting interdisciplinary research on topics that are closely related to digitalisation and its impact on society. Possible research fields include digital health, digital ethics, religion and digitalisation, digital humanities, legal tech, etc. The… Read More »DSI Bridge Postdoc Call
DSI Infrastructures & Labs are jointly usable infrastructures or structural vessels that are intended to generate collaborative settings for research – naturally always with reference to the digital transformation. Synergies and new forms of cooperation are to be made possible from the bundling of existing competences and people. We are… Read More »DSI Infrastructure & Lab