Focus

All Articles

Why platforms drive the circular economy

, , ,
/
The use of digital technologies (DT) to promote circular practices in all industrial sectors plays a key role in addressing the issues of sustainability,…

12. Procurement Conference: Call for Speakers

,
/
Speakers are still being sought for the twelfth IT Procurement Conference until 1oth February . The Institute Public Sector Transformation at…

Generative AI – what is it and what is it capable to do?

,
/
In the media, there have been more and more special coverages on the topic of artificial intelligence in recent times, for example in the Tagesanzeiger…

How Spitex is becoming all-round digital – a pilot project by Spitex and BFH

,
/
Spitex Bern has launched a pilot project together with the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH): Over a period of four years, the Spitex…

Why eating spaghetti can earn you minus points

,
/
From environmental protection to customs clearance to taxes - the Chinese government also monitors companies. Researcher Omar Serrano from the…

Artificial creativity (part 1) – a first approach

,
/
Can AI do art? This question is becoming increasingly important. However, only the question mark is clear about this sentence. None of the three…

Hi ChatGPT, are you biased?

,
/
ChatGPT is a recent language model that is being prominently discussed in the media. Since we know from our previous research that language models…

How a Triplestore can publish data of the Swiss lakes

,
/
The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) uses a TripleStore database to publish environmental data on the Internet. This article shows which…

Do citizens’ councils bring a democracy update for cantons and communes?

,
/
In many countries, participatory and deliberative approaches have been used in recent years to increase the direct involvement of citizens in…