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Here you will find content related to digital transformation: new publications and projects, vacancies, grant and funding announcements and much more.
In the «DSI Insights» series of columns (in German), the DSI demonstrates its expertise and interdisciplinary approach to digital transformation topics. The columns by authors from the DSI network appear in the «Inside IT» industry magazine and on the University of Zurich's communication channels.
The paper «Examining the Inclusion of Trust and Trust-Building Principles in European Union, Italian, French, and Swiss Health Data Sharing Legislations: A Framework Analysis» by the three DSI members Federica Zavattaro, Viktor von Wyl and Felix Gille was published in the current issue of the journal «The Milbank Quarterly».
The DSI Community Health organized the DSI Health Innovathon. During two days, bachelor's, master's and PhD students worked in teams to address real-world health challenges.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich (UZH) is looking for a project manager to head up the «Profilbildung AI» project, to start immediately or by agreement. The aim of the project is to make better use of synergies on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) within the UZH and to give activities on the topic greater visibility both internally and externally.
On November 20th, 2024, the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) hosted the workshop «Unlocking the Acceptance of Digital Health Interventions: Policy, Communication, and User Design Perspectives». At the workshop, experts examined the key factors influencing the acceptance of digital health technologies.
Two DSI members, in collaboration with the SRG, have conducted a representative survey on knowledge, use and attitudes regarding generative AI. The results are now available in a report.
Five projects are being funded in the 2nd structure call of the DIZH Innovation Program. These are intended to provide impetus for responsible innovation in education, society, AI, communication and finance. DSI members are involved in all five funded projects.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) has produced a third video podcast series together with the Swiss Drone and Robotics Center (SDRC). This time on the topic of «Autonomous Weapon Systems and Human Control».
The Call for new DSI Infrastructures & Labs is currently open to all DSI members and allows for funding of up to CHF 100'000. Applications are due by April 6, 2025.
From now until 15.01.2025, interested parties can apply for the upcoming start of the DSI Excellence Program in September 2025. The program prepares doctoral students from all disciplines for an environment in which interdisciplinary collaboration on digitalization topics is a top priority.
The «DSI Disinformation Month» came to an end with an event supported by the Dutch Embassy. The keynote speaker Marleen Stikker painted a comprehensive picture of everything that goes wrong in the «digital sphere».
What makes a data space for research with health data trustworthy from the perspective of the Swiss population? A DSI project team has published the report «Public Trust in a Swiss Health Data Space» to answer this question.
The paper «How user language affects conflict fatality estimates in ChatGPT» by DSI member Christoph Steinert was published in the current issue of the «Journal of Peace Research».
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich is looking for a Project manager and a Postdoc for the «AI Buddy» project, which aims to create an AI system that accompanies UZH students throughout their studies.
The DSI project sustainability.discourses provides an insight into discourses on sustainable mobility in Zurich with two web applications: on the micro level as a review of the past four weeks and on the macro level with the help of a sustainability discourse map of the past decade.
The DSI Spotlights series uses short videos to shed light on individual aspects of digitalization. The experts are all part of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich and deal with topics of digital transformation and their impact on society.
Navigation apps are often of little use to people with limited mobility because they lack information on accessibility. The ZuriACT project worked on solutions. The project data has now been published on Open Data Zurich.
The paper «Responsibility Gaps and Retributive Dispositions: Evidence from the US, Japan and Germany» by the two DSI members Markus Christen and Markus Kneer was published in the current issue of the journal «Science and Engineering Ethics».
In the 30 ECTS Master’s minor study program DSI Minor Digital Skills, students learn how to meet the challenges of the digital transformation and take advantage of its opportunities. The new program has officially started in mid-September 2024.
Apéro Digital is a multistakeholder outreach activity organized by the BRIDGE Lab – a project of the «DSI Infrastructures & Labs» series, and the Responsible AI Innovation group at ZHAW. The aim is to bridge the gap between sectors to drive impactful change, including through co-created infographic artefacts that illustrate key takeaways from the discussions. For the first two events, such infographics have now been published.
The AI+X Summit at the beginning of October 2024 offered researchers and academics the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Of course, the University of Zurich (UZH) was there too – represented by the Digital Society Initiative (DSI).
We are pleased to announce our partnership with the AI Policy Summit 2024. The summit, which will take place online and on the campus of ETH Zurich from November 1-2, aims to highlight the role of public policy in shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI).
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich (UZH) held its 2024 General Meeting on October 10. Those present approved 275 new network members.
On September 21 and 28, the Data Donation Lab at the University of Zurich – a project of the «DSI Infrastructures & Labs» series – organized the first Data Donation Days for the general public in Zurich and Winterthur.
Disinformation has become an increasingly important issue in recent years. The DSI has made this the focus of its fourth Strategy Lab and has thus also defined its thematic focus for 2024. Accordingly, the fourth edition of the DSI Media Workshop also addressed this topic.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich has recently launched a podcast. Under the title «Genial digital?», answers are given to topics related to digital transformation. The first podcast episodes were created in close collaboration with the DSI Community Work.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) will represent the University of Zurich (UZH) at the AI+X Summit in Oerlikon. Two DSI members will speak on the main stage. In addition, the DSI will hold a workshop and offer the opportunity to talk to experts on a wide range of topics in the field of artificial intelligence at its booth.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich is focusing this year on the topic of disinformation. Under the title «DSI Disinformation Month», it is organizing public events and other activities on the topic in fall.
On Monday, September 9, 2024, a new Parldigi MasterClass will start for the members of the National Council and Council of States. The series will comprise five continuing education events.
Joshua Weidlich has been appointed to the bridge professorship «Digital Higher Education» at the PH Zurich and the University of Zurich.
The third DSI Strategy Lab focussed on the question «AI in education, research and innovation – what do we lose, what do we gain?». The objectives and recommendations were summarised in a position paper, which has now been published.
The special course and open innovation format «UZH Innovathon: The Digitalization of Mobility», developed by the DSI Community Mobility together with the UZH Innovation Hub, will take place again in Fall 2024. The practice partners have now been determined.
The DSI Managing Office at Rämistrasse 69 in Zurich will be closed from 19 July to 5 August.
We wish you a little more sunshine and fewer clouds in the coming weeks.
The official conclusion of the Parldigi MasterClass for the Bern Grand Council was celebrated with a lunch event in June 2024. A survey of the participants gave a positive feedback.
Three project applications were approved in this year's DSI Infrastructure & Lab Call.
As part of its third Rapid Action Call, the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions (DIZH) is funding six projects that contribute to strengthening digital resilience and security. DSI members are involved in five of these funded projects.
The 2022-2024 cohort of the Excellence Program of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) celebrated at the DSI Summer Party.
Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Witt, Co-Director of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI), has been elected as a member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW).
The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) will become a national research infrastructure with the mission to support the access and development of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) in research, industry and the public sector in Switzerland. In this context, the SDSC is launching a national call for collaboration projects to begin in 2025.
The BRIDGE Lab of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) has launched a new series of events in recent weeks. The Apéro Digital has the vision of promoting collaboration around digitalization and innovation in the Greater Zurich Area.
For over three years, researchers from the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the University of Zurich and the University of Lausanne have been examining the ethical and legal aspects of cybersecurity. The results of the project have been presented at various closing events in recent weeks.
HOPE will release its project-based learning course on the topic «Social Innovation for Development and Sustainability» in fall 2024. Hubs of Open and Participatory Education for Digitally Connected Learning (HOPE) is one of the central educational activities of The BRIDGE Lab, a project in the «DSI Infrastructures & Labs» series.
The third round of the DSI media workshop highlighted the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the economy as a whole and on the work of teams, among other things. New survey results also provided answers to the question of what the Swiss think about ChatGPT and co.
The «UZH Innovathon: The Digitalization of Mobility» an inter- and transdisciplinary course at UZH, will take place again in the coming autumn semester – for the fourth time already. The format was developed by the DSI Community Mobility together with the UZH Innovation Hub.
The Digitalisierungsinitiative der Zürcher Hochschulen (DIZH) is funding a total of 14 projects in its 3rd Project Call. This includes six projects from DSI members.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI), together with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Zurich, is looking for a PhD student to work on the project «Meaning in Life in the Digital Society».
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI), together with the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, is offering a PhD Position in Digital Health (80%).
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) is looking for a PhD student to work on the project «Empowering AI to Explore the Space of Reasons (Project AIR)», which is funded by the DSI and led by Dr. Reto Gubelmann.
We are delighted to congratulate our DSI researcher and postdoc, Liudmila Zavolokina, on her next career step. She will be a professor at the University of Lausanne as of summer 2024.
Until 15.04.2024, UZH students can apply for the new DSI Minor Digital Skills. For interested parties, an information event will take place on Zoom on 08.04.2024.
From now until 15.04.2024, UZH students can apply for the new DSI Minor Digital Skills. In the 30 ECTS Master's minor study program, students learn how to meet the challenges of digital transformation and take advantage of its opportunities.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic PhD student to work on a project regarding the use of neuromorphic technologies in the field of precision farming.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) can announce inaugural lectures by five DSI members for the current spring semester.
The DIZH (Digitalisierungsinitiative der Zürcher Hochschulen) has approved ten projects in the first Outreach Call. We are particularly pleased about six projects by members of the DSI.
DSI Infrastructures & Labs are shareable infrastructures or structural vessels for creating collaborative research environments related to digital transformation. Dr. Hiloko Kato briefly introduces the MEEET Lab, one of the projects in this series.
We are pleased to introduce the second new DSI Community. Since the beginning of the year, a group of researchers at the DSI has been working on the legal challenges of artificial intelligence - organized in the DSI Community AI & Law.
The DSI Infrastructure & Lab Call is now open. It is addressed to all DSI members and allows funding of up to CHF 100'000.
The paper «The perils and promises of fact-checking with large language models» by Prof. Dr. Alexandre Bovet and Dorian Quelle was published in the current issue of the journal «Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence».
The Data Donation Lab will organize the first Swiss Data Donation Day in September 2024 and is looking for projects from DIZH researchers (including UZH).
At the beginning of 2024, the Digital Society Initiative received two new communities. One of them is the DSI Community Digital Humanities, which is now starting its work with a kick-off event. All interested are invited.
For our new educational program «DSI Minor Digital Skills» we are looking for a study program coordinator with a 40-60 % workload. This person has experience in higher education and is responsible for the operational coordination of all processes of this program.
The ZuriACT (Zurich Accessible CiTy) project aims to use data on accessibility features to make an important contribution to a barrier-free Zurich city center. The project team hosted an event on January 24 to provide information on the current status and celebrate what has been achieved so far. Attendees were also informed about the next steps in the project.
The Parldigi MasterClass for members of the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva starts on January 26, 2024 with a first event on cybersecurity.
DSI Infrastructures & Labs are shareable infrastructures or structural vessels for creating collaborative research environments related to digital transformation. Dr. Maud Reveilhac briefly introduces the Swiss News Viz Media Lab, one of the projects in this series.
The DIZH (Digitalisierungsinitiative der Zürcher Hochschulen) has approved ten projects in the first Founder Call. We are particularly pleased about four projects from members of the DSI, congratulate them warmly and wish them every success.
The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) has produced a new video podcast with the Swiss Drone and Robotics Center (SDRZ VBS). In seven episodes, the state of drone technology as well as legal and practical aspects of drone defense are explained.
Markus Christen (Managing Director of the DSI) and his team have created a guideline focussing on the non-technical aspects of cybersecurity. The research team was able to present these to the Federal Parliament at the end of December 2023.
