The topic of «disinformation» has become increasingly relevant in recent years. The Digital Society Initiative is addressing this issue in its fourth Strategy Lab and is organizing the «DSI Disinformation Month» in this context. The series of events examines disinformation and the handling of it from various perspectives. More information… Read More »DSI Disinformation Month
The third DSI Strategy Lab focussed on the question «AI in education, research and innovation – what do we lose, what do we gain?». The objectives and recommendations were summarised in a position paper, which has now been published. Due to the proliferation of ChatGPT, the capabilities of (generative) artificial… Read More »AI in education, research and innovation – what do we lose, what do we gain?
On 21 and 28 September, the Data Donation Lab at the University of Zurich is organizing the Data Donation Days with stand events in Zurich and Winterthur. At the stands, the scientific upcycling of personal data will be brought to life and information will be provided about donating data for… Read More »Data Donation Days – From download to upcycling
The Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) systematically examines current and future developments and technologies in order to identify opportunities and risks for the canton and the administration in particular at an early stage. As a new contact point, the DIH will initially network innovation players within the administration, create space for… Read More »Digital Innovation Hub of the Canton of Zurich
Exactly one year ago, we published the first episode of our podcast. Together with our hosts Jessica Reust and Frank Richter, we thought about how we could convey the diverse research topics from the DIZH universities in an understandable way. This gave rise to the idea for Schampar digital, in… Read More »Schampar digital celebrates anniversary
As part of the “Digital Futures Fund for Research”, ZHAW digital funds seven new research projects in the area of digital transformation. Since 2020, ZHAW digital has been funding various projects as part of the “Digital Futures Fund” (DFF) funding program. From 2024, the successful program will be realigned: In… Read More »Grasshoppers, dementia, fake videos and more: ZHAW digital funds 7 new research projects
The strategic initiative has existed for five years and will continue for another five years. Under the motto “Five years of future”, ZHAW digital celebrated with workshops, an exhibition and an evening event. Around 170 participants celebrated the fifth anniversary of the strategic initiative ZHAW digital at the end of… Read More »ZHAW digital celebrates its fifth anniversary
Challenges faced by society and science can often only be tackled by transdisciplinary teams. At UZH, students and researchers are learning to develop joint solutions to problems through challenge-based innovation. Text: Theo von Däniken, Photos: Diana Ulrich, Translation: Gemma Brown Practicing innovative teamwork: students Marius Décaillet, Till Baier and Hatice Kübra… Read More »An Incubator for Ideas
The project aims to develop an automated monitoring tool that makes comparative trend analyses of public debates in the education sector accessible to stakeholders and thus enables more differentiated debates. The aim is to contribute to greater transparency in education policy discourse, developments and decisions. Core team Prof. Dr. Barbara… Read More »Educational Policy Transparency Interface
Bridging Orthopedics through Digital Mirroring MedTwins Agil.IT will leverage cloud services to create a Trusted Research Environment connecting the hospital IT system with scalable IT resources. This agile environment will pave the way for cloud usage in the R&D process of clinical AI and accelerate the translation of digital technology… Read More »MedTwins Agil.IT