Together with another innovative project for the further training of vocational trainers, the project ‘Virtual Reality as a learning venue for basic vocational training’ was awarded the 2025 Vocational Training Prize by the Swiss Society for Vocational Research and Practice (SGAB). The interdisciplinary team led by Thomas Keller and Elke… Read More »SGAB VET Prize for “VR as a learning venue”
Increasing visibility for digital innovation: With its 2. Outreach Call, the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) supports projects that enhance the visibility of DIZH-related activities within and beyond the partner universities and promote exchange between research, society, and practice. Funding conditions: Project duration: up to 18… Read More »Call for proposals: 2. Outreach Call
Whether in social media, advertisements, at work or in private chats: AI-generated images are increasingly shaping our visual environment. In this episode of Schampar Digital, Frank Richter and Jessica Reust talk to image and media scientist Roland Meyer about the political, social and ethical tensions surrounding AI images. Roland Meyer… Read More »Why AI images are not harmless
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
A paper by the TRUST-RAD research team, in collaboration with the Medical Data Science group at ETH Zurich, and the computational infrastructure supported by the Swiss AI Initiative and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) under project ID a02 on Alps, has been accepted for the ICML 2025 Workshop on… Read More »Reliable AI assistance tools for radiology: TRUST-RAD represented at ICML 2025 workshop
On June 24, 2025, a new interactive tool for promoting AI skills among young people was presented at an online event. The event provided an introduction to the digital offering, accompanying teaching materials and an insight into current research on the role of AI in education. Go to Tool The… Read More »Online tool for the promotion of AI skills among young people
The Public Data Lab uses data to better understand social, economic and ecological change processes and their effects. However, data alone is not enough, as it is only by combining it into meaningful indicators that a comprehensive assessment of the quality of life becomes possible, which serves as a basis… Read More »Measure quality of life automatically and improve it in the long term
Digital technologies open up new opportunities to make living, working and educational spaces more sustainable, efficient and connected. Three newly approved projects demonstrate concrete approaches to how these potentials can be harnessed. In the fourth Rapid Action Call, DIZH is supporting three projects. The call for proposals, titled “Smart Spaces:… Read More »Smart Spaces: Three new projects
Gender-based violence (GBV) often goes unrecognised by those affected. Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram are increasingly shaping how individuals come to understand and name their experiences. A recent study from Nimra Ahmed and her team explored how awareness content influences recognition and help-seeking. Using surveys and interviews, the… Read More »Social Media and the Journey Toward Help-Seeking in GBV Contexts