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Companies must also protect robots from cyberattacks

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Robots are the interface through which IT systems have a very concrete impact on the real world. Until now, dangers to humans and the environment…

How women are discriminated against in the labour market

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There is no gender discrimination (yet) in the search for an apprenticeship - but there is a lot of it on the labour market: At the conference…

Digitaltag 2019: BFH Wirtschaft is there with Smartvote and a data experiment

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The third edition of the nationwide Digitaltag is also taking place in the federal city for the first time - and the Bern University of Applied…

How a virtual platform promotes mental health – a project of BFH Gesundheit and Pro Mente Sana

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What expectations do people with mental illness, relatives and health professionals have of a digital platform to promote mental health? A project…

Basic registers and standards data as precursors for Linked Data

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Base registers are central components of a Linked Data ecosystem. Together with commonly used data models or ontologies, they ensure that data…

Building a Linked Open Data Ecosystem for the Performing Arts

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Over the past six months, the BFH Institute for Public Sector Transformation has had the pleasure to accompany the Canadian Arts Presenting Association's…

Algorithms also discriminate – as their programmers tell them to do

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Companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to make decisions or to make decisions based on their suggestions. These suggestions…

How IT in pharmacogenetics helps to increase drug safety

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The European Commission estimates that 197,000 patients die each year from adverse drug reactions. This is partly due to differences in genetic…

How service providers are integrated into the electronic patient dossier

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The complexity of connecting a service provider to the electronic patient dossier varies depending on the level of integration. An overview of…