On August 27, a workshop will take place at the Digital Society Initiative (DSI), offering an opportunity to present project ideas and explore their potential implementation within the framework of the City of Zurich’s Innovation Credit. The Innovation Credit is a funding instrument established by the City of Zurich to… Read More »DSI: Workshop on the City of Zurich’s innovation loan
The fifth DSI Strategy Lab deals with the topic of quantum technology. It assesses the status and possible future scenarios of quantum technologies and formulates recommendations. The results of the Strategy Lab can now be read in the newly published position paper. Go to position paper It has been 100… Read More »Position paper with recommendations on quantum technology published
Shelter spaces as social and digital infrastructure for learning and working in times of crisis The SHAPE reimagines adaptive collaboration spaces for living, working, and learning in response to military conflict and its long-term impact on organizations and communities. These spaces are defined by the integration of physical shelters (such… Read More »SHAPE (Shelter-based Hubs for Adaptive Partnerships and Engagement)
Digital solutions for a cross-university, networked and future-oriented learning landscape The aim of the project is to strengthen cooperation between Zurich’s universities. The focus is on the vision of a networked ‘Zurich learning environment’. To this end, the starting point of the participating universities, international good practices and the needs… Read More »Learning environment Zurich
In the third DSI Insights of the year, Noah Bubenhofer, Co-Director of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI), explains how artificial intelligence (AI) can help with writing texts and why it doesn’t always make sense to leave the writing of a text entirely to AI. “In the educational context, this raises… Read More »How AI is changing the way we write and think
Everyone knows Albert Einstein: the outstretched tongue, the wild hairstyle, the genius behind E=mc². But who knows Mileva Marić? His first wife was a physicist herself. There are indications and discussions as to whether and to what extent she contributed to his theoretical work. She now appears in viral videos… Read More »Einstein on TikTok
In an interview with WOZ, Roland Meyer, DIZH Bridge Professor for Digital Cultures and Arts at UZH and ZHdK, talks about the cultural and political consequences of generative image AI. Instead of creating new visual languages, they mainly reproduce stereotypical motifs and backward-looking aesthetics. He warns of a “model collapse”:… Read More »“AI image generators are nostalgia machines and cliché amplifiers”
The European automotive industry is in crisis: 2024 sales figures for electric and combustion cars have fallen. Anja Schulze, Director of the Swiss Center for Automotive Research and DIZH bridge professor at the UZH and ZHAW, explains why electromobility still has a future in an interview with the Beobachter. She… Read More »‘It’s inconceivable that the combustion engine will run forever’ – Interview with Anja Schulze
The Best Blend of Tradition and Trend: Enhancing Cognitive Tests with Digital Pens and Mobile Brain Imaging The project enhances a neuropsychological test of visual memory, the Rey Figure Test, using smart pens and mobile brain imaging. The project team develops a computer vision algorithm to automate figure analysis, analyzes… Read More »CogniDIP
A virtual therapy guidance system for personalized rehabilitation after stroke This project develops a VR-based trunk control rehabilitation system for stroke patients, using adaptive algorithms, real-time motion data, and advanced communication. Through participatory design with clinicians and patients, we aim to create a user-friendly, scalable system that enhances recovery and… Read More »HoloTeach