Projects of the ZHAW Departement Life Sciences and Facility Management
In the project database you will find all current projects in chronological order in descending order of time. Specific projects of the ZHAW can also be found via the search engine.
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DOLORES - Development of a prototype of low-tech, space efficient soilless cultivation (aquaponics) for refugee camps in Jordan
The project focuses on capacity building for soilless technologies (aquaponics, hydroponics, bioponics) through a community of practice, interdisciplinary research, and targeted skill development for vulnerable groups.
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TinyML Grasshopper Classifier
Utilizing AI for the classification of insect sounds, particularly those of grasshoppers, is a promising method to monitor biodiversity non-invasively in the field. Our project focuses on the development and implementation of a sustainable TinyML model. This model aims to efficiently classify grasshopper species ...
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Digitalisation and technologisation in care homes
The aim of the project is to develop the potential of technologies and digitalisation for retirement and nursing homes based on scientific principles. Situational analyses, expert interviews and focus groups will be used to analyse technological solutions that are either directly related to the residents, are used ...
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SAMAKI AFYA: Facilitating economic viability of fish farms through better fish health
The SAMAKI AFYA project aims to improve the health of fish and the profitability of farms through interdisciplinary co-operation.
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SpectralPad
SpectralPad offers an easy-to-use, accurate and cost-efficient way to diagnose and monitor yellow skin diseases for more than 1 billion patients world wide.
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Towards Enhancing Large Language Models with SNOMED CT for Multi-document Patient Records Summarization
Clinical physicians spend about 40% of their work time for reading and writing patient documentation. We will employ NLP, SNOMED CT, and Large Language Models (LLM) to generate concise, accurate, and interoperable summaries of patients’ records, thus saving time, effort, and resources. ...
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Boosting the Development of Plant Cell Cultures with Deep Learning Through Literature Mining
Boosting the Development of Plant Cell Cultures with Deep Learning Through Literature Mining.
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Interoperable solutions to streamline PED evolution and cross-sectoral integration
The PEDvolution solutions will design, process, optimise and strengthen the PEDs genotype- and/or phenotype. Whereas the genotype of a PED is its set of genetic material, built through a unique combination of Social-Technology-Interoperability-Market related aspects. The PED’s phenotype is the set of observable ...
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Smart urban green spaces
The importance of urban green spaces is growing the longer they are used to mitigate the effects of global warming (including an increase in hot & dry summers, and more intense heavy rainfall): ground-covering vegetation delays the drying out of unsealed surfaces, increases evaporation, improves the cooling function ...
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ROADS: Reusing Openly Accessible research Data for Student theses
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Settlement edges – Transition areas
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Bridging the Gap: From Human Expertise to Autonomous Maintenance Services
Manufacturers struggle to provide customers context-and user-specific knowledge due to laborshortages and skill gaps in maintenance. Thus, an Autonomous Maintenance Service (AMS) will leverage Large Language Models to systemize & provide manufacturers' existing expert knowledge as a service. ...
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Cooperation related to Project Noses
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Deep Dive ML on Simulated Enzyme-Electrolysis Performance
The goal of this pilot study is to research requirements needed to develop a computational model that simulates the fluidic and electro-biochemical dynamics in the power-to-liquid process in order to optimise the performance, efficiency and longevity of enzymes.
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Local Food System Challenges
A variety of economic, ecological and social challenges are calling our current food systems into question and demanding a transformation. Two perspectives are essential for the transformation of sustainable food systems: The food system perspective - this integrates the entire value chain from production to ...
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Emerging AI and computing technologies
In the Oasis project, we demonstrate how neuromorphic technology -- Intel's research chip Loihi 2’s -- can be used for assistive humanoid robot used in a smart city environment. Neuromorphic hardware and software support development of applications featuring low-latency real-time sensory processing that enables ...
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Make-or-buy Decision Textile Supply
Development and comparison of scenarios for textile supply.
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ZHAW Summer School for HealthTech Innovators
Planning, promotion and realisation of the 3rd ZHAW HealthTech Summer School according to the Stanford Biodesign innovation approach: 2.5 weeks in July with clinical immersions in three different medical application areas to develop disruptive Digital Health, DTx and MedTech solutions.
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ActinOmics: bioprospecting and genomics of actinobacteria isolated from the Marchica lagoon
The massive and excessive use of antibiotics in medicine has led to the emergence and spread of multi-resistant pathogens, rendering treatment with the usual antibiotics ineffective. Added to this phenomenon of antibiotic resistance is the emergence of new infectious diseases, often zoonotic, in humans. Hence the ...
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ACTS - Agroforestry Carbon Token System
Agroforestry has significant benefits for climate change mitigation and sustainable agroecosystems. For its valorisation as climate protection project, a new carbon certification scheme that allows continuous accounting of the CO2 removed by biomass carbon on a blockchain system is developed. ...