Almost two-thirds of the Swiss population would like to have a digital twin. The digital image of a human body is likely to have a major impact on healthcare in the future and will become an issue in diagnosis and therapy, but also in prevention. The Digital Society Initiative (DSI),… Read More »Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine
https://vimeo.com/865476620 The project aims to deepen the understanding of the Circle of Willis, an important vascular system in the brain. This is a network of blood vessels at the base of the brain that allows blood to be redirected in the event of an ischemic stroke. The project team is… Read More »Deep Brain Vessel Profiler: Treating strokes individually with Deep Learning
Late August “Government as a Platform” research group has held a presentation of a pilot project on the potential usage of SSI technology for issue of digital IDs for the refugees in Switzerland. The results were presented to the practice partners from the Swiss software companies Ergon Informatik AG and… Read More »Digital ID for refugees based on the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
At the beginning of September, we were represented at Switzerland’s largest science festival. We presented fascinating research ranging from virtual reality projects on gold mining in Congo to the amazing possibilities of artificial intelligence in health, language and robotics. Ricardo Chavarriaga presents a video game controlled by thoughts. Virtual Reality… Read More »Our appearance at the Scientifica
The BRIDGE Lab is a structural vessel funded by the UZH Digital Society Initiative (DSI). It offers a collaborative platform to promote research and innovation across sectors and cultures, and to bring together academia with industry and policy makers with the aim to better understand how to obtain societal acceptance of disruptive technologies, among others. The lab… Read More »The BRIDGE Lab – a collaborative platform to promote research and innovation
The Digital Society Initiative and the division of Mathematics are seeking candidates with an excellent track record and the potential to establish an internationally leading research group in one area of mathematics for high-dimensional problems with connections to mathematical modeling, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other areas relevant in… Read More »Open position: Assistant Professorship in Deep Learning in High-Dimensional Data Structures (50-100 %)
Expanding Literacy Skills with the Help of Artificial Intelligence The project shows how artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies such as automatic feedback, machine translation, and automatic text production can be used systematically in higher education teaching and advising. We empower faculty and students to use AI in education in a reflective… Read More »Digital literacy in university contexts
The learning offer for digital competencies digibasics arouse curiosity for digital and provides an insight into media education and computer science. digibasics is a support program for students and teachers to deepen their digital competencies with a view to their studies and careers as teachers. The “digibot” recommends suitable learning… Read More »digibasics
Teaching Tools offers concise and evidence-based methodological-didactic information, suggestions and inspiration for lecturers and all others involved in teaching at the University of Zurich. The website is operated by the Office of the Vice President Education and Student Affairs at the University of Zurich and provides didactic basics as well… Read More »Teaching Tools
How to create accessible open educational resources? As part of the P8 Swissuniversities project “Swiss Digital Skills Academy“, project participants are supported in making content accessible. Public workshops, learning videos and tests ensure that all OER content is accessible. Courses for All Team: Prof. Dr. Alireza Darvishy, ZHAW Prof. Dr.… Read More »Accessible OERs