Project state closed Project start January 2024 Funding duration 18 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Verein Parldigi Funding amount DIZH CHF 25'000 The core of the Digital MasterClass Canton Zurich consisted of five continuing education events for members of the Zurich Cantonal Council. The following events were held on… Read More »Digital MasterClass Canton of Zurich
Project state closed Project start February 2024 Funding duration 12 months Universities involved UZH, ZHAW Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 50'000 HackEOn – Pixels for the planet This hackathon event gives participants all means to capitalize on the application of Earth Observation data for the sustainable management of natural… Read More »HackEOn: hacking satellite data for sustainable resource management
Update: Foundation of PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH The aim of the project team is to support financial institutions and companies in better understanding, measuring and effectively reducing their impact on biodiversity and water resources. PanGeo Nature Risk Discussions with european financial institutions and industrial companies have shown that there is… Read More »Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics
Project state closed Project start March 2024 Funding duration 12 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 45'200 The project focused on developing an innovative image application that allows users to not only view visual content, but also experience and interpret it in new ways. The application… Read More »Re-Experiencing History
Project state closed Project start January 2024 Funding duration 15 months Universities involved UZH Practice partner Funding amount DIZH CHF 74'900 The project, funded by the DIZH Founder Call, investigated how companies can achieve a better balance between concentrated individual work and focused teamwork. The aim was to prepare an… Read More »FlowTeams
Project state closed Project start January 2024 Funding duration 18 months Universities involved UZH / USZ Practice partners Funding amount DIZH Interpreting laboratory results and deriving a diagnosis from them is a common and demanding task in medicine. The team has developed a clinical decision support system (CDSS) that assists… Read More »Clinical decision support system for the interpretation of blood lab results and diagnosis based on them
Project state closed Project start April 2023 Funding duration 15 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 71'871 The project developed a smartwatch that helps children with ADHD concentrate better on their schoolwork. With a prevalence of 5-7% among children, the technology offers an innovative alternative to… Read More »Focus Watch
Project state closed Project start February 2023 Funding duration 18 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 58'260 Community interpreters interpret conversations between migrants and professionals in hospitals, public institutions or at asylum hearings. Despite the responsibility of their role, they often receive only basic training in… Read More »IT-COMMIT: an interactive tool for community interpreter training
Project state closed Project start March 2024 Funding duration 12 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 74'900 The project aimed to combat propaganda and disinformation in digital media through the development of AI-assisted tools for detection and analysis. Over multiple development phases, the team created and… Read More »Apollolytics: Making the Unseen Seen with an AI-assisted Propaganda Detection and Fact-Checking
https://youtu.be/3KgJS77iBcc?si=SmFt6iK0T0iDpKby Perception is the main bottleneck for robots in human-centred dynamic environments. YuRo will build the first real-time smart camera for robotic manipulators using neuromorphic technology. We will integrate the camera on a robotic manipulator and develop a mobile robot arm assisting in hospitals and care facilities. Prof. Dr. Yulia… Read More »YuRo: Real-time 3D vision for robots