Research activities School of Engineering
The latest publications and projects from the School of Engineering.
Publications
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Cellina, Francesca; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Wemyss, Devon; Profeta, Giovanni; Granato, Pasquale,
2024.
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
52(100868).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100868
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Weisskopf, Simon Alexander; Meierhofer, Jürg; Sordini, Furio Valerio,
2024.
Quantitative models for sustainable smart services in the building industry [paper].
In:
West, Shaun; Meierhofer, Jürg; Buecheler, Thierry, eds.,
Smart Services Summit : building resilience in a changing world.
Sixth Smart Services Summit, Zurich, Switzerland, 27 Oktober 2023.
Cham:
Springer.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30936
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Nooralahzadeh, Farhad; Zhang, Yi; Smith, Ellery; Maennel, Sabine; Matthey-Doret, Cyril; Raphaël, de Fondville; Stockinger, Kurt,
2024.
StatBot.Swiss : bilingual open data exploration in natural language [paper].
In:
Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2024.
62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), Bangkok, Thailand, 11-16 August 2024.
Association for Computational Linguistics.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30993
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Thouvenin, Florent; Volz, Stephanie; Weiner, Soraya; Heitz, Christoph,
2024.
Jusletter IT.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.38023/9642ed9a-5c05-4884-b5b9-ebc66f2f3324
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Ramirez Gonzalez, Miguel; Segundo Sevilla, Felix Rafael; Korba, Petr; Castellanos, Rafael,
2024.
CNN with squeeze and excitation attention module for power system transient stability assessment [paper].
In:
2024 12th International Conference on Smart Grid (icSmartGrid).
12th International Conference on Smart Grid (icSmartGrid), Setubal, Portugal, 27-29 May 2024.
IEEE.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/icSmartGrid61824.2024.10578176
Projects
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Guar Gum Bioplastics: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future
This project involves the development of a bio-based and biodegradable alternative to fossil plastics through the use of guar gum. This can close material cycles and contribute to a more sustainable future.
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International workshop on dynamic stability challenges of the future power grids DynPOWER 2024
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MuLi: Reliable Multi-lingual and Cross-lingual Open Data Exploration in Natural Language
As data consolidates into relational databases, the need for text-to-SQL systems grows, democratizing access to information by allowing natural language queries. The potential for improvements brought by Large Language Models (LLMs) in text-to-SQL systems is mostly assessed on monolingual English datasets. However, ...
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Strategies for a Secure Operation of Net Zero Power Systems
Switzerland is under an ongoing energy transition exemplified by the enforcement of its Swiss Energy Strategy 2050, the long term climate policy and the 2050 net?zero target, which are policies tailored to reach a net?zero power grid by 2050. Although similar trends are followed worldwide, emerging nations such as ...
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Technology-supported stress management training for professionals in the nursing profession
A high level of stress is documented among nursing students, which has a negative impact on their health, satisfaction and ability to remain in the profession. Problematic interactions that place high demands on emotional self-control are considered to be a major stressor. Measures to promote competence in dealing ...