ZHAW ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences

Delighted to host Prof. Dr. Raushan Bokusheva from the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, ZHAW at our recent colloquium to discuss groundbreaking research on the impacts of climate sensitivity on agricultural productivity across Eurasia’s grain powerhouses: Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia (KUR). The presentation delved into a comprehensive panel data model that uniquely captures climate effects by analyzing not only regional variations but also cross-region comparisons within similar climatic zones. Covering 92 regions over two decades (2000–2020), the study highlighted fascinating insights including technological advancements and land use changes, the impact of global warming on land productivity, and importantly, modernization efforts in agriculture to foster resilience against changing weather patterns. This thought-provoking discussion sheds light on how data-driven insights can help shape sustainable agricultural policies in the face of climate challenges. Thank you to Raushan and all participants for an inspiring exchange of ideas! Interested in our Master's programme in Applied Computational Life Sciences (ACLS)? 👉 contact Matthias Nyfeler Ahmad Aghaebrahimian Thomas Ott ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management   #zhaw #master #climate

Happy to announce our new publication "Robust Low-Cost Drone Detection and Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks in Low SNR Environments" in the IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification DOI: 10.1109/JRFID.2024.3487303 Thanks to my colleagues Stefan Glüge and Ahmad Aghaebrahimian from ZHAW ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences, Nicola Ramagnano from Nicola Rama OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and Christof Schüpbach from armasuisse Wissenschaft und Technologie https://lnkd.in/dqqUJSGE #drones #deeplearning

Delighted to have welcomed Dr. Ashley Rooney, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich and an expert in microbiome and bioinformatics, as our guest speaker at our ACLSxICLS colloquium! 👏   Dr. Rooney presented exciting insights into the human microbiome, a vibrant ecosystem of microorganisms essential to our health. She discussed the remarkable variability of microbiomes between individuals and the potential for microbiome analysis as a tool for personalized medicine. She highlighted the ongoing challenges in computational analysis and the advancements needed to make clinical microbiome analysis feasible.   Her talk provided a fascinating glimpse into the future of microbiome research and its immense promise for clinical applications. Thank you, Ashley! Learn more about the Institute of Medical Microbiology: https://lnkd.in/dJUdG85w Interested in our Master's programme in Applied Computational Life Sciences (ACLS)? ➡️ Join us for the next online info event on Tuesday, 12 November 2024, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/dXnvtHWe Matthias Nyfeler Ahmad Aghaebrahimian Thomas Ott ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management ZHAW Digital Health Lab #personalizedmedicine #usz #zhaw #master

We Value Your Feedback! Dear Community, we’re excited to shape the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Digital Life Sciences to better meet the needs of professionals in this fast-evolving field – and we need your insights to make it happen! Your feedback is invaluable to us as we aim to create a programme that aligns with your career goals and interests. The survey will take around 10 minutes ⏳ to complete, and all responses are kept completely anonymous. You’re welcome to pause and return to the survey at any time. Thank you for being part of this journey! We look forward to your valuable input. ➡️ Link to the CAS Digital Life Sciences: https://lnkd.in/gr5w-9dH ➡️ Link to the survey: https://lnkd.in/gPXaN6Bn Ivo Kaelin Dr. Quy Vo-Reinhard #DigitalLifeSciences #AI #LifeSciences #ContinuingEducation #ZHAW

Sehen, Verstehen, Erleben - KI in Aktion! Genau das erwartete die Interessierten des Bachelors Applied Digital Life Sciences (ADLS) am ZHAW-Infotag vom 2. November. Im Bachelor ADLS verbinden wir Data Science und Life Sciences. Um dies den Besucher:innen näherzubringen, haben wir gemeinsam mit unseren ADLS-Studierenden über das Studium informiert und spannende Projekte vorgestellt: 💡 EEG: Durch die Messung der Hirnaktivität und Machine Learning werden Vorhersagen über den Konzentrationsgrad einer Person getroffen. 👁 Event-basierte Kamera: Eine von der Funktionsweise des Auges inspirierte Kamera, die mithilfe von KI und Tiefensensoren Handpositionen erkennt. 🔄 Digital Twin: Ein programmierter und fahrender Digital Twin, der Pflanzenwachstum eigenständig bewertet, sortiert und schneidet. 🍎 Fruchterkennung: Ein KI-Modell, das Früchte erkennt und klassifiziert. 🤖 Roboterarm ist nicht gleich Roboterarm. Deshalb haben wir zwei unterschiedliche vorgestellt: Einen Roboterarm, der über virtuelle Mechanismen intuitiv per Hand gesteuert wird. Einen anderen Roboterarm, welcher sich über Computer oder Handy steuern lässt. Ein grosses Dankeschön an alle, die dabei waren. Wir freuen uns darauf, die Besucher:innen bald als Studierende bei uns begrüssen zu dürfen! Mehr zum Studium, zu den Online-Info-Anlässen und den Schnuppertagen: www.zhaw.ch/icls/bachelor #zhaw #bachelor #ki #datascience #lifesciences Céline S. Reinbold Thomas Ott Anja Baum Yulia Sandamirskaya bharghav kv Julian Amacker Marco Brunschwiler Angelina Z. Luca Meier David Richard Senn Mirvete Balaj Nóirín Graham Natyra Ajvazi ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management ZHAW Digital Health Lab ZHAW Datalab ZHAW digital ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

Congratulations to Dr. Max Verbiest on his doctorate! 😎🎓🎉 On the 31th of October 2024, Max has defended his dissertation ‘Repetition Is Key: The Role of Short Tandem Repeat Variants in Colorectal Cancer’ for a PhD at the Universität Zürich | University of Zurich. Over the last four years, Max has worked on DNA short tandem repeat mutations to study their prevalence and impact on diseases, and more specifically in colorectal cancer. He also developed a brand new tool to identify these mutations, which can be used in cases where chromosome copy numbers change, such as in Down syndrome or in many plants used in agriculture.   Max, thank you for your amazing contributions to our institute and for the wonderful times we shared together. Wishing you every success in your future endeavors! 🍀   Examination committee: Prof. Dr. Michael Baudis, University of Zürich and SIB, Switzerland (Chair) Prof. Dr. Maria Anisimova, ICLS - Zürich University of Applied Sciences and SIB, Switzerland (Thesis advisor) Prof. Dr. Christian von Mering, University of Zürich and SIB, Switzerland (Internal expert) Prof. Dr. Mark Robinson of Zürich and SIB, Switzerland (Thesis examiner) Prof. Dr. Michael Thon, University of Salamanca, Spain (External expert)   #PhDGraduate #Doctorate #genomics #bioinformatics #zhaw ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca) ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

The ZHAW delegation under the lead of Prof. Dirk Wilhelm, Dean of the ZHAW School of Engineering, has reached its final destination in #Montréal. Prof. Sven Hirsch, Professor for Computational Health at the Institute of Computational Life Sciences, Director of the ZHAW Digital Health Lab and representative of the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management in the delegation was really impressed by the impactful AI-Health ecosystem in Montréal. At its core stands Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, the world's largest academic research center in deep learning. It is mainly funded through the federal and state governments and has pushed the frontier of AI research in different fields through its 50+ AI chairs at universities in Montréal alone. Across Canada, a total of 1400 scientists are affiliated with MILA, all in the field of AI and deep learning. The province of Quebec has seen the necessity of digital health very early and has initiated the Digital Health Consortium between universities and hospitals. Interestingly, this concept is very close to the ZHAW Digital Health Lab and Sven is looking forward to exchange ideas for collaborations between these two initiatives. IVADO is another impressive initiative with many funding opportunities, training (incl. MOOCS), networking and capacity building activities, all in the field of AI. It runs, among others, the R3AI project (robust, reasoning and responsible AI), a 500 Mio. Canadian Dollar project over the next 7 years to support AI research, teaching and knowledge transfer. It was very exciting to see that the computer science department at the Université de Montréal has initiated so many successful and transformative AI initiatives and it was a pleasure to discuss potential joint activities with core scientists of this department, Prof. Sylvie Hamel, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Prof. Philippe Langlais and Prof. Jian-Yun Nie.   ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW ICLS Institute of Computational Life Sciences ZHAW School of Management and Law ZHAW digital ZHAW Digital Health Lab

Last week, we wrapped up an inspiring 4-day hackathon on neuromorphic vision - and what an experience it was! 🚀 Together with an incredible group of innovators, developers, and "neuromorphs", we pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with neuromorphic technology. Whether it was SCAMP, SPECK, EROS or Log-Polar Convolutions, it was about reimagining how we can design systems that process visual input like the human brain to tackle challenges of complex sensing tasks. Thank you to Yulia Sandamirskaya, Giulia D'Angelo, Alexander H., Matthias Kampa, Piotr Dudek, Rui Graça, Arren Glover, Caterina Caccavella, Victoria Clerico, Andreas Ziegler, Jules Lecomte, Paul Fox, Bhargav Kota, Simon Ritter, Neil Fraser, Shaochang Tan, Victoria Catalán Pastor, Luca Hess, and Maxvell Arulraj. It was great to see what happens when brilliant minds work together who share a passion for advancing neuromorphic technology! Excited for our future collaborations and already looking forward to the next installment of „You can‘t get enough of neuromorphic vision“. 🙌 Thank you Giulia D'Angelo for the great video!👏 #Hackathon #NeuromorphicVision #Innovation #AI #MachineLearning ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

«Zelle, zeige dich🔦» Studierende des Bachelors in Applied Digital Life Sciences haben im Rahmen des Moduls „Life Sciences Data Lab“ spannende Einblicke in die Mikroskopie, Zellbiologie und biomedizinische Bildanalyse gewonnen.   Im Praktikum wurden Zellen sorgfältig aufgearbeitet und eingefärbt. Nach der Inkubationszeit konnten die Studierenden anschliessend mithilfe des Fluoreszenzmikroskops (Lichtmikroskop) faszinierende Aufnahmen machen und diese mit dem Computer-Tool ImageJ analysieren. Die Auswertung der Bilder ermöglichte den Studierenden einen vertieften Blick in die zellulären Strukturen und deren Zusammensetzung.   In der Praxis werden solche Untersuchungsmethoden zum Beispiel in der Krebsforschung, Entwicklung von Medikamenten oder zur Untersuchung ihrer therapeutischen Wirkung eingesetzt.   Im Bachelorstudium Applied Digital Life Sciences legen wir grossen Wert auf Projektarbeiten. Auf diese Weise lernen die Studierenden, ihre neuen Fähigkeiten gleich vielseitig einzusetzen. Weitere spannende Projekte in diesem Modul umfassen Drohnen, DNA-Sequenzierung, Wearables und Glace-Herstellung. 😉   Interessierst auch du dich für Data Science und Life Sciences? Dann besuche uns am Samstag, 2. November, am Bachelor-Infotag in Wädenswil von 10 bis 13 Uhr. Hier geht es zur Anmeldung: www.zhaw.ch/icls/bachelor   Oder möchtest du gleich einen ganzen Tag mit unseren Studierenden erleben? Dann melde dich für einen kostenlosen Schnuppertag an! Hier findest du alle Infos: https://lnkd.in/e9zqgyda Unsere Studierenden und wir freuen uns auf euren Besuch! 😎   Video © Lejla Beganovic 👏 Besmira Sabani Céline S. Reinbold Thomas Ott Ivo Kaelin Anja Baum Natyra Ajvazi ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften #ZHAW #Bachelor #LifeSciences #KI #Mikroskopie #AppliedDigitalLifeSciences

Is there artificial intelligence for wheat? If so, what would its natural form of intelligence be? What could it reveal to us along the journey from seed, through the fields, milling, and processing? If these questions are part of your daily work, then the following lines might also interest you 😊 We, along with the ZHAW Institut für Lebensmittel- und Getränkeinnovation, are working in collaboration with the ICC - International Association for Cereal Science and Technology to develop an AI-supported platform aimed at improving decision-making across the grain value chain. This platform will integrate secure data from stakeholders and provide comprehensive insights into the quality and sustainability of grain and flour. By using data-driven solutions and predictive models, it will support process optimisation, quality management, and sustainability. To ensure this platform is specifically tailored to your needs, we have created a survey (see QR code or access via this link: https://lnkd.in/d2wc6bhu). We welcome any feedback! For specific questions, feel free to contact Lukas Hollenstein (lukas.hollenstein@zhaw.ch) or Mathias Kinner (mathias.kinner@zhaw.ch) directly. #grainSIM #ICC #zhaw #collaboration Robert Vorburger ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften