Roland Meyer, DIZH Bridge Professor for Digital Cultures and Arts at UZH and ZHdK, has published two new papers. In his essay Images from Images: Generative AI and the Reconfiguration of the ‘Photographic’, published in the journal Photography and Culture, Roland Meyer examines how AI image generators are changing our… Read More »New publications on AI image generation and visual similarity
If you want to develop innovative AI solutions, you should focus not on the majority of users, but on disadvantaged groups. This is the thesis put forward by Oriane Pierrès, a postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Society Initiative (UZH), in her article on Inside IT. Many technologies that are now… Read More »AI innovation begins with disadvantaged groups
Food production in agriculture requires a lot of energy and often has negative effects on the environment. Special sensors based on artificial intelligence (AI) inspired by the human brain could counteract this. Neuroinformatician and DSI Postdoc Chiara de Luca explains how this technology, known as neuromorphic computing, works and how… Read More »How intelligent sensors can improve farming
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
The Digital Society Initiative (UZH) is looking to fill a research assistant position (30–40%) starting in March 2026 for the DIZH-funded project “ZuReach: Zurich Urban Reachability & Accessibility Enhancement through Digital Technology”. The project investigates the accessibility of Zurich for people with limited mobility. It is being carried out in… Read More »Research Assistant wanted: ZuReach
On December 11, 2025, the Coordination Committee Education Program met at the ZHAW School of Engineering to discuss a forward-looking topic: physical AI and robotics in education. Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at ZHAW provided representatives from UZH, ZHAW, ZHdK and PHZH with insights into… Read More »Physical AI and robotics in education
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
The ZHAW digital community presented the Digital Shaper Award 2025 at Nüü on 28 November. The Engagement Award went to Anne Catherine Gieshoff (ZHAW Applied Linguistics) for her commitment to the community, her research into extended realities and her contribution to cross-departmental collaboration. The Impact Award went to the team… Read More »ZHAW: Digital Shaper Award 2025
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
We all know it from school or university: some days you learn really well, other days nothing works. This is not only due to how you feel on the day, but also depends heavily on three psychological needs. DSI Professor and educational scientist Sascha Schneider explains what these needs are… Read More »How digital tools boost motivation to learn