The “Swiss Smart City Outreach (SSCO)” project aims to promote the implementation of smart city initiatives, primarily in the canton of Zurich, by providing information, knowledge transfer (DIZH projects) and networking, thereby contributing to the development of smart, sustainable cities and municipalities in Switzerland. Further links on the topic: Plattform… Read More »DIZH Swiss Smart City Outreach
The development of exergames for rehabilitation requires an interdisciplinary approach. Exergameathons (a combination of interdisciplinary input and a hackathon format for the development of new exergame ideas) are intended to reduce the barriers to the use of exergames in the healthcare sector by involving healthcare professionals and the public. Team… Read More »Exergames for Health – Bringing digital and motivating forms of therapy and training to the clinic and public
MindfulPacer is an innovative platform made up of a smartwatch application and a smartphone app. The platform helps people affected by Long Covid manage their symptoms by providing them with real-time data related to their physical activity. The research prototype is now to be made publicly available and, in collaboration… Read More »Growing a public self-sustaining community for Activity Pacing and Long Covid patients
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Inventarnummer LM-102737.46 Hardly anyone today knows anything about the “Spanish flu” of 1918-1920 and the “Asian flu” of 1957. However, since knowledge about past pandemics would be very valuable for future health risks, researchers at UZH and ZHAW want to close this memory gap. Author: Louis Schäfer “All… Read More »From the “Spanish flu” to COVID-19 – why researching past pandemics is worthwhile
Discussions with european financial institutions and industrial companies have shown that there is no digital solution on the market that can be used to clearly and objectively analyse and compare the locations of companies with regard to biodiversity and water risks. The project team would like to found the company… Read More »Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics
The 1st Founder Call enables projects from the idea to the proof of concept that aim to establish a start-up or spin-off. The fight against disinformation, real-time robotics or the promotion of teamwork – the range of projects is diverse. The Founder Call in the innovation program was launched for… Read More »Ten projects approved in 1st Founder Call
Spatial visualisation is very important for orientation in space. How can this be trained? Game-based approaches, particularly from game design, can be particularly effective in teaching spatial understanding. The Spatial Abilities project team is developing interactive, virtual and three-dimensional training software as part of a video game. The game-based virtual… Read More »Training spatial thinking in a playful way
Markus Christen (Managing Director of the DSI) and his team have created a guideline focussing on the non-technical aspects of cybersecurity. The research team was able to present these to the Federal Parliament at the end of December 2023. Modern society is increasingly dependent on information technology. Cyber security is… Read More »Four steps for a value-orientated cybersecurity culture
On 30.11.23, the guests of “Digital Futures: AI & Cybersecurity” discussed the responsible use of AI. AI and cybersecurity Martin Burkhart from Cyber-Defence Campus highlighted a crucial aspect of cybersecurity research in Switzerland: the current concentration on specific research areas is overlooking others. The challenge lies in rectifying this imbalance… Read More »How can AI be used responsibly?
Algorithmic systems promise to make grading objective and individualize education. Instead of subjective preferences of teachers algorithms seemingly base their decisions about grading and allocating tasks on seemingly objective data. Yet, due to their nontransparent nature new forms of inequality are unwittingly introduced. Datasets and their algorithmic analysis are subject to algorithmic bias,… Read More »Algorithmic alchemy – socio-technical reproduction of social inequality in education