“Playful work”, combating forced marriage or education for the 60+ generation: the 18 applications approved in the 2nd project call in the innovation program of the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) use technologies and develop innovative applications to address human needs and values. With funding of… Read More »Innovative projects put people at the centre
ChatGPT is causing a stir on all channels and is shaking up the education system: The media are reporting on it, experts are investigating its effects and universities are discussing the opportunities and risks in research and teaching. ChatGPT&Co at school Writing essays or summarising entire books: Pupils can now… Read More »The influence of ChatGPT&Co on education
https://youtu.be/r6zZtb0RyGs Together with Digital Shift, ZCCE organised a discussion evening on the topic of “Value of Web3” on 1 February. Almost 100 guests from the university landscape, tech community and start-up landscape in Zurich took part and discussed the potential of blockchain technologies. The experts were: Matthias Weissl, Co-Founder and… Read More »Event review “Value of Web3”
A video game aims to help refugee Ukrainian children and teens in Zurich discover the city in a familiar setting. The interactive project was launched by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) together with Blindflug Studios. War and destruction mean a sudden loss of familiar things, especially for… Read More »Video game “Where Am I?” lets Ukrainian children explore Zurich
We all make mistakes: we are human after all. But what about machines? As they are programmed by humans, they are also prone to errors. In the case of automatic text generation, researchers from the Center of Artificial Intelligence (CAI) developed a new way of proof checking the various systems – fully… Read More »How well do chatbots or AI translators perform?
The position should be filled by 1 February 2024. The professorship will be established as a joint assistant professorship between the University of Zurich (UZH) and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). After six years and upon a successful evaluation, the professorship is to be made permanent. The successful candidate’s… Read More »DIZH professorship in Digital Cultures and Arts
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines recently. AI tools that can create text or images (e.g., ChatGTP or Dall-E) are on the rise. Felix Schmitt-Koopmann asked himself how AI could automatically detect mathematical formulae in a text and ultimately help visually impaired people. He created the new database “FormulaNet” to… Read More »New database helps AI recognize mathematical formulae
The DSI Community Education, newly launched in 2023, is dedicated to research in the field of learning and teaching with digital media and in digital environments. Are you interested in becoming part of the new community? Share your ideas, wishes and perceived challenges with the community through a short survey… Read More »Invitation to survey and kick-off of DSI Community Education
“Interdisciplinary” is a word that everyone uses, when asked how science projects should ideally take place. The ZHAW Datalab, one of the first Data Science labs in Europe, embodies exactly this notion. The 2023 symposium not only showcased successful examples, but it also highlighted the goals of the Datalab: it… Read More »10 years ZHAW Datalab
This year, the “Digital Futures Fund” (DFF) projects have their focus not only on digitalisation but also on sustainability. Thirteen projects start the new year with a funding by ZHAW digital. Since 2020, innovative digitalisation projects by ZHAW employees have been funded by the DFF with up to CHF 20,000.… Read More »Digital & sustainable: new year, new DFF projects