Cloud Computing
Automated provisioning of virtual IT resources (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)

Cyber-physical Systems
Linking real systems with virtual cloud-based systems

Immersive Technologies
Virtual/Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, eHealth
Spoken Language Technologies, UX-Design Mobile Applications and Services

ICT-Accessibility
Accessible PDFs, Accessible Mobility, Accessible Education Services

Security by Design
Development of secure software, systems and networks, threat modeling, resilient architectures, IT security risk management

Cyber Defense
Security assessments, automation of penetration testing, evaluation of threat intelligence data, secure operation of software, systems and networks

Big Data and Nano Data
Information Retrieval, Query Optimisation, Quantum Machine Learning

Data Understanding
Natural language interfaces for databases
Question answering via knowledge graphs, stream analytics

Automated Software Generation 
Automatic generation of software, low-code/no-code tools, model-driven engineering methods

Automated Software development Life Cycle
Automating continuous integration and deployment activities, virtual collaboration tools, traceability engineering, test automation

We carry out numerous Innosuisse projects with business partners, EU and other third-party funded projects with national and international university and business partners.

We regularly publish our latest research and project results at national and international conferences and in recognized publication media.

Every year, we conduct over 100 MSc and BSc student projects on current topics and trends in computer science, data science and cyber security, mainly in collaboration with business partners.

The InIT is your reliable partner for collaboration in research and development. This takes place, for example, as part of funded or directly financed projects or as student projects at Bachelor's or Master's level.

As a lecturer, you will teach in our Bachelor's degree programs in Computer Science, Data Science and Medical Informatics, as well as in computer science modules in other degree programs and in the MSE Master's degree program. You will also dedicate yourself to your research in one of our research groups or teach in our continuing education programs.

Our Open Positions

The InIT offers various research positions for PhDs and PostDocs as well as for research assistants and associates. You will work on current research topics as part of our research and development projects together with industry and research partners and present your results at national and international conferences.

Our Open Positions

The InIT offers numerous study places for the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) in the Computer Science, Data Science and Information and Cyber Security profiles. You will spend 2/3 of your time working on your specialization projects at InIT. You will work close to research in the environment of our research projects. The MSE study is also possible on a part-time basis, e.g. 50% study and 50% work as a research assistant.

The InIT offers Bachelor students in Computer Science, Data Science and Medical Informatics exciting student projects in various areas of computer science. Do you have a high school certificate (gymnasiale Matura) or a vocational baccalaureate (Berufsmatura) with a non-technical focus and would like to study at the ZHAW? Then the two pre-study internship programs Youth2Engineer und PiBS offer you the ideal introduction.

The InIT offers you various continuing education opportunities as part of a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS), Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) or Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS): MAS, DAS and CAS in Computer Science; MAS, DAS and CAS in Data Science; CAS in Applied IT Security.