08.12.23

Successful launch of the “Swiss AI Initiative”

A collaboration between ZHAW, ETH, EPFL, and other Swiss universities and research organisations brings together Switzerland’s AI expertise. The researchers will use the new supercomputer “Alps” to build ethical and transparent AI systems that have…

20.11.23

BSc Student with Internship at Harvard University

During the summer, our BSc Student Gabriel Nobel had the privilege of completing a three-month internship at Harvard University. He was part of the Visual Computing Group, led by Hanspeter Pfister.

30.10.23

Mohammadreza Amirian successfully defends PhD thesis on trustworthy AI

The dissertation on “Deep Learning for Robust and Explainable Models in Computer Vision” brought about important discoveries over a series of applied research projects with practice partners and was evaluated with “magna cum laude” at Ulm University,…

30.10.23

ZHAW CAI expert on Responsible AI Innovation gives keynote on geopolitics of neurotechnology innovation

Ricardo Chavarriaga, group leader on Responsible AI Innovation of the ZHAW Center for Artificial Intelligence (CAI), gave a keynote on the topic of "Geopolitics of Neurotechnologies" at the Brain Innovation days in Brussels.

19.10.23

Our paper on "Automated Machine Learning in Practice" wins Most Cited Paper Award at IEEE SDS 2023

On its tenth anniversary, SDS honored the publication with the most citations since its inception. The winner was the publication "Automated Machine Learning in Practice: State of the Art and Recent Results" by CAI researchers in collaboration with…

02.10.23

AI and Sustainability: Pascal Sager Joins the Board of the Sustainable Impact Program (SIP)

Deep learning requires a lot of computing resources. That is why Pascal Sager is working on the efficient and sustainable use of artificial intelligence (AI). In August, he joined the board of the Sustainable Impact Program (SIP), where he evaluates…

22.09.23

Researchers at ZHAW enable AI to effectively read Music Notes in Real-World settings

The usability of AI-powered music reading systems is significantly diminished in real-world settings due to imperfect data quality and the high impact of wrong predictions. Researchers at ZHAW have developed effective answers to these challenges by…

18.09.23

Improving the trustworthiness of critical systems with AI: CAI and IDP are part of the EU HORIZON project AI4REALNET

In the project AI4REALNET, ZHAW researchers focus on the interaction of humans and AI-based solutions for critical systems like electricity, railway, and air traffic control. A key question that will be addressed is: What technological and ethical…

22.08.23

ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence involved in Swiss version of ChatGPT

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) at the ZHAW School of Engineering has joined forces with researchers from other AI labs and companies to found the AI start-up AlpineAI, which is launching a Swiss version of ChatGPT. Under the name…

17.08.23

ZHAW students win regional Siemens Excellence Award with work on AI model for improving thyroid cancer diagnosis

Computer science graduates Tenzin Samdrup Langdun and Martin Oswald win the regional Siemens Excellence Award, endowed with 4'000 Swiss Francs, for their bachelor's thesis titled "Deep-Learning-Based Cell Segmentation for the Detection of Thyroid…