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More than a chatbot – how AI can be used responsibly in companies

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ChatGPT, Midjourney & Co. have shown how much potential software with machine learning has. However, in order to shape this change responsibly,…
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Networking and loss of consistency (3) – the missing technologies

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Is progress really accelerating? Is AI the technology of the future that will replace all others? Will we humans be relegated to the spectator…
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How Gigwork enables self-determined careers in the digital age

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The 21st century labour landscape is undergoing radical change (De Vos & Van der Heijden, 2017). New careers have emerged that are less linear,…
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Why the gender pay gap still exists – a podcast episode

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Swiss women still receive almost 14% less pay than their male colleagues for the same work. BFH expert Prof Dr Lucia Lanfranconi from the New…
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Why Consumers Feel Creeped Out by Smart Devices

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Smart home assistants are becoming increasingly popular. However, they are not only perceived by users as practical, but also as creepy. A study…
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How does data become powerful? Definition of ethical data market

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With the Posmo project, researchers at BFH are developing a trustworthy data space for mobility. Our Scientists are developing and automating…
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Approach ChatGPT like an Online Community and You are Good to Go

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When reading across mainstream media and scientific magazines, it's hard not to buy into a collective frenzy that says that generative AI systems…
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How the TecLab promotes young STEM talents

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Bats, solar systems, recyclable bridges or collaborative robots - the range of topics at the TecLab is broad. The aim behind the workshops and…
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How Bern masters the balancing act between participation and data security

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What opportunities does digitalisation offer Swiss authorities - and what needs to be considered? Jonathan Gimmel, Head of Digital City of Bern,…
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How ‘big visual data’ can be explored and shared in a digital archive

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With over 105,000 images, the photo archive of Empirical Cultural Studies Switzerland is an important part of Switzerland's cultural memory.…
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How AI is revolutionising work at the Federal Supreme Court – a podcast episode

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Public authorities and the judiciary enjoy our special trust. The requirements for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) are therefore particularly…
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The Federal Supreme Court, Microsoft and a Christmas surprise

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A few sentences on the freehand awarding of IT services and the moment when a swear word means something positive. Have you ever used a swear…
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From technology to farm management – how smart is Swiss agriculture, part 2

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Smart farming and technology in agriculture are the topics of the moment, which are also of concern to the Fenaco agricultural cooperative. What…
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From technology to farm management – how smart is Swiss agriculture, part 1

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Apps and digital business models have also long been used in agriculture. Although not everything is running smoothly, Switzerland is still in…
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How are pharmacies supporting digitalisation in the healthcare sector?

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The situation in the healthcare sector is not rosy. Switzerland is facing major challenges; for example, the Swiss general practitioner and paediatrician…

How cities and authorities are becoming smarter – a podcast episode about transformation

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Chatbots are already supporting some authorities. But overall, the Swiss are dissatisfied with the pace of digital transformation in the administration.…
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Networking and loss of consistency – Part 2: Distractions from the essentials

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Almost 10 years ago, the insider discourse on data protection changed fundamentally. The residual utilisation of the findings of that time is…
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How public procurement supports the digitalisation of schools

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Schools are not just educational facilities. They have evolved into high-tech hubs with huge demands for hardware and software. In their study…

Focus on external hospital care: identifying communication barriers with mapping methods

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Functioning communication and smooth information flows play an important role in the complex setting of outpatient care. The CuraComm project…
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Networking and loss of consistency – Part 1: In the chaos of exploding transparency

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The digital transformation regularly offers us various kinds of shocking experiences: firstly, bizarre mistakes in implementation, in which the…

Using Artificial Intelligence in Care – an ambivalent attitude

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The attitude of nurses towards the use of artificial intelligence in clinical practice remains ambivalent. It ranges from the hope that artificial…

Why start-ups benefit from experience and diversity – a podcast episode

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Start-ups drive innovation. Start-up expert Martin Murmann from BFH Wirtschaft analyses why older founders often pursue more risk-taking ideas…

Does “fuzzy voting” increase satisfaction with democracy?

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Anyone who has ever been undecided about whether to write "yes" or "no" on the ballot paper before a vote is in good company: a survey conducted…

With enthusiasm and pragmatism for digital change

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On 1 September, Christian Geiger took up his professorship in Digital Government, Innovation and Transformation at Bern University of Applied…

The Debiaser – Novel Tools for Bias Detection and Mitigation in AI Systems

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Bias in AI is a major challenge of today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The proof-of-concept technology developed in the Horizon…

How neurofeedback training can influence the perception of tinnitus

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Neurofeedback training is an innovative technique that enables people to observe their own brain activity. A joint research project between Bern…

Why meaning is the point in our job

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Lead ergänzenYerin, you are an expert in positive psychology with a special interest in meaning. How do you find meaning in your own work?I…

Between high performance and a feel-good job – a podcast episode on personnel development 4.0

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In times of rapid change and growing and more complex tasks, employees and companies alike are facing major challenges. Is the shortage of skilled…

A platform for the health of pigs

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How healthy are Swiss pigs? The "Pig Health Info System" (PHIS) application has been providing information on this since 1 May. It enables data-supported…

How virtual reality supports performance skills

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How effective is Virtual Reality Public Speaking Training (VRPST) compared to conventional preparation for oral presentations? Researchers from…

Open Source Business Potential: A Look at Odoo’s Open Core Model

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Open source software (OSS) has long been a cornerstone of the IT industry. But how can money be made with freely available software? This article…

What values the Humane Digital Transformation needs

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BFH is committed to a responsible and people-centred digital transformation. What does that mean in concrete terms? In particular, what factors…

Two sides of the same coin: together, CSR and ESG concepts unfold their effectiveness

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In public and in business, the demand is becoming louder and louder that companies must play an active role in sustainable development. And companies…

When ChatGPT helps with the exam – a podcast episode about AI in studies

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Will students have their theses written by AI in the future? How are universities dealing with this? And how does technology help lecturers with…

Digitalisation – beneficial development or social exclusion?

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What opportunities and risks does digitalisation bring for people with mental illness and those affected by poverty? What is the role of social…

Law, Law and Artificial Intelligence – Summary of the Conference on Computer Science and Law

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What changes does the new Swiss data protection law bring? When is cloud computing legally compliant? What should be considered when using AI…

Sensor Technology in Health Care – Sensor Data and Algorithms (Part 2)

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Older people often move unsteadily and can easily fall and injure themselves. To prevent this, sensors could record and analyse movement patterns…

How digital tools improve cooperation in the export business

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In an Innosuisse project, the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the University of Applied Sciences Grisons investigated how digital tools…

A “data bridge” for business relationships

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Business processes between two and more companies, so-called business-to-business (B2B) relationships, are mostly handled electronically today.…

When Peanut serves the tea – a podcast episode about robots in care

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The future of care seems bleak because more and more skilled workers are lacking. At the same time, our society is ageing and more and more people…

The Data-Centric Enterprise: Where Revolutions Converge

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Recent months have seen an explosion in articles about the generative-AI revolution and its effect on economy and society. But in fact there…

How Diversity and AI Will Shape the Fintech Industry

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What does the future of artificial intelligence (AI) look like in the fintech industry? What role do female scientists play? These were the questions…

Diffusion Models: A New Horizon in Image Generation

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As the curtain fell on last year, most conversations about generative AI in public forums and the media orbited around text generation, with…

Between Innovation and Security – Digital Working in the Legal Sector

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The summer ends on a heavy note. On 29 August, the biennial conference Computer Science and Law will take place at Bern City Hall. BFH Wirtschaft…

Sensor technology in healthcare – opportunities and challenges (Part 1)

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How can digital technologies be used in health care and prevention? Can technology relieve the burden on nursing staff? And what does it take…

All hope lies in stakeholder management

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Switzerland is limping behind in e-health - although individual institutions spend sums that the e-health pioneers can only dream of, even at…

“Open by default” as law

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EMBAG obliges the federal administration to publish all software under open source licences in future and to release government data as Open…

A vision for 2035: How will the timber industry produce?

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Industry 4.0 is also being implemented in the wood industry. When looking into the future, however, it is not primarily about machines, but mainly…

What artificial intelligence is already doing in healthcare today

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AI could extend the healthy life years of many people. But technological progress does not make it into practical implementation. We are researching…

Why digital and sustainable transformation must happen simultaneously

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Several 2022 reports from government and academic organisations contain the key message that sustainable development can be achieved using digital…

Making the world more sustainable with second-hand clothes

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Solving social problems that would otherwise fall through the cracks? More and more start-ups see this as an opportunity to implement their sustainable…

From tree to board – on the digital transformation in the forestry and timber industry

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Trees and technology - the forestry industry is also digitalising. The BFH is promoting the digital transformation in the forestry and timber…

How business design principles are contributing to the digitisation of healthcare

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The digitisation of the healthcare system is strongly encouraged, but in practice it is often carried out in a careless and haphazard way. Successful…

Traumatic Click Work: The People Behind ChatGPT

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The capabilities of new generative AI models or products based on them like ChatGPT are fascinating. Besides the concerns about what this will…

Interactive visualisation of cooperation in the National Council and Council of States

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The National Council elections are coming up in autumn. So it's high time to take stock and take a look behind the scenes of parliament: Do the…

“With process mining, we are helping to reduce CO2 emissions”

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Founded by three students, Celonis has grown from a start-up to one of the fastest growing software companies in Europe. They develop process…

“Failure without a happy ending is not publishable” – Podcast about the dark side of entrepreneurship

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Successful entrepreneurs have visions, turn them into sensational business models and only sleep 4 hours. We know this glorified image, but hardly…

How Basel-Stadt wants to prevent over-indebtedness with a tool from the BFH

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Thanks to digitalisation, data from existing administrative registers can increasingly be used in a fruitful way to monitor social issues such…

Algorithms and Natural Language Processing in the Public Sector – A Review of the Transform Conference 2023

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The theme of TRANSFORM 2023, which took place on 3 May 2023 in Bern City Hall, was "artificial intelligence in the public sector". Machine learning,…

When the public sector authorities use foreign cloud providers for data storage

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Digital sovereignty is one of three annual focus topics of the "Digital Switzerland Strategy". It is about the question of how dependencies in…

Three facets of the humane digital transformation

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How will the digital transformation affect our society and our lives, and what do we need to keep in mind so that people remain at the centre?…

How Open Data can work in the social sector

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In the course of the digitalisation of social institutions, a tension is emerging between two issues that are gaining increasing attention: the…

Digital & AI Literacy as a Pillar of Digital Responsibility – A Report from the Shift Conference on Digital Ethics

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Digital ethics is central to the use of artificial intelligence. It was the topic of the recent Shift conference in Zurich. The speakers come…

How a 3D printer “cooks” food for sick children

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Malnutrition in hospitalised children is a major problem. That's why the Bern University of Applied Sciences, together with the Fribourg University…

“Feelings need more space in the work context” – a podcast episode about New Work

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What if we could let out anger in a meeting and our need for calm was taken seriously in the company? Feelings at work are important for our…

How humour influences trust in smart home products

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19Smart home technologies (SHT) often perform tasks in the most intimate parts of their users' lives - their homes. To build trust in these technologies,…

ChatGPT: an oracle, a doctor or a joker? – Ethical boundaries of different tools usage

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ChatGPT is not a perfect, but effective tool for working with information. But a higher level of anxiety is justified by the emergence of…

How can inclusion succeed with the help of digital skills?

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Social organisations are directly affected by the digital transformation .It is not only a question of whether today's work components could…

Humane Digital Transformation: Towards a human-centered digitalization

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Digital technologies are changing the way we live and work with consequences that are difficult to assess. The Bern University of Applied Sciences…

A Primer on Explainable AI for Natural Language Processing  

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Major breakthroughs in AI are accelerating the adoption of AI-driven tools in industry, research, and government. However, the reasoning process…

How Digital Twins are utilised in industry

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Digital twins enable completely new possibilities in different sectors such as industry or medicine. But what is a digital twin anyway? We discussed…

“We need to remove bias from language models” – a podcast episode about AI in administration and justice

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Chat GPT is all the rage right now. The trained programme can actually chat about any topic and hold conversations that seem human. But ChatGPT…

How Swiss banks and insurance companies implement sustainable measures

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How can the finance and insurance industry also contribute to a more sustainable economy? This question is at the centre of current debates in…

From Big Data education to regulations – the recommendations of the NRP 75 experts

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Big Data has the potential for comprehensive social, industrial and scientific value creation. The National Research Programme "Big Data" (NRP…

What solutions exist for the transfer of identity information

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Business processes between two and more companies, so-called Business-To-Business (B2B) relationships, are mostly handled electronically today.…

How a digital coach helps with rehabilitation

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As part of the international eHealth project "CARE", the company Ateleris have developed a digital exercise coach that accompanies people as…
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Diversity and precise blurring

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We know from pre-digital times: Transformation processes should be set up as programmes consisting of small, focused projects. The programme…

Is Mastodon a new Twitter?

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As alternative to Twitter, many users have recently been switching to a platform called Mastodon. Our author has investigated, why, at a technical…

“Sustainability must become a criterion for quality” – a podcast episode on sustainable procurement

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While the Bernese police correctly procured its new fleet of electric cars, another canton fluffed because it focused on Tesla. In the 13th episode…

What Citizen Scientists can do against visual hate

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Facebook was one of the first social platforms to go online on 4 February 2004. Youtube was founded a year later in 2005, and Twitter has been…

“The customer need is more important than the technology”

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Thanks to the Internet of Things, processes can be digitised and thus often made more efficient thanks to data exchange via sensors and applications.…

Which canton offers the most digital political participation?

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Digitalisation is impacting everything, including democracy. Young people live in an ever more digitalised world. Democracy, therefore, is adjusting…

Programming? It’s also easier!

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The digital world also includes time-consuming programming. Although many things can now be "taught" or "parameterised", can 't it besimpler?…
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Artificial creativity (part 2) – the precarious aspects

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Artists are different than we like to imagine them. That's why many don't see AI as a threat, but as an opportunity. Why is that? Let's first…

Why platforms drive the circular economy

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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From environmental protection to customs clearance to taxes - the Chinese government also monitors companies. Researcher Omar Serrano from the…
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Artificial creativity (part 1) – a first approach

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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?

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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

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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?

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

“Ten per cent are LGBTIQ” – a podcast episode about diversity in working life

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Whether age, gender or sexual orientation - colourfully mixed teams work together more productively and are increasingly encouraged in companies.…

Towards deep learning-based weather reconstruction of the Great Frost

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In the early 18th century, Europe experienced a mini ice age, which has been proven to be the coldest period of the last 1000 years [1]. Our…

Do we need a new mindset for Smart City & Living?

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The planning of our built world must evolve to be climate compliant. The climate will dictate the building plan of the future. Concepts of sustainability…

Energy and climate data in the canton of Bern presented on a new platform

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BFH Business School makes data visible: The Digital Sustainability Lab of the Institute Public Sector Transformation has realised a platform…

The revolution of polymer trading: how Meraxis drives digital innovation across their ecosystem

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Working sustainably with plastics and recycling - that is the goal of the Bern-based company Meraxis. Michael Grysczyk, Head of Digital and Disruptive…

Bringing open data to life and making it tangible through visualisations

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Which members of the Grand Council intervene the most, and with whom? Do parliamentarians work together across political divides? Are men more…

How can digital platforms enhance circular economy practices in value chain networks?

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The emergence of digital technologies (DTs) to promote circular practices across all industries plays a key role to tackle challenges we currently…

The Future of Democracy: Why the Trends of Participation and Deliberation Give Hope

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What can be done when citizens do not trust their governments or do not exercise their rights of participation? Innovative approaches are needed…

“We are all connected to the phenomenon of data colonialism”

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The media scientist and expert on data sovereignty, Ulises Mejías, was a guest at BFH Wirtschaft for a few weeks last May on the occasion of…

How technology helps us navigate around the data protection icebergs

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Privacy enhancing technologies ensure that the security risks of processing customer data remain manageable, your customer data is protected…

Exploring democracy 2.0 with experiments

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From fuzzy voting to liquid feedback - how much change does democracy need? The project "Democracy Lab Basel" by BFH Wirtschaft and Smart Regio…

“Equal opportunities are an economic necessity” – a podcast episode

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Three women from politics who are keen to see more female-led start-ups: in the 9th episode we talk to Aline Trede, National Councillor for the…
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Obituary: A great champion of Open Access is no more

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Daniel Hürlimann, Professor of Legal Informatics and IT Law at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) and Attorney at Law by Laux Lawyers…

How routine clinical data help with quality measurements in hospitals

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The advancing digitalisation in hospitals means that clinical data are increasingly available electronically in the hospital information system.…

How companies use our data, but also protect it

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Companies have immense potential with our data, which they can use to develop products and applications. At the same time, they must also take…

Creating a future: The tower of Babel or a bridge?

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In the digital age, we benefit from the achievements of research and technology more than ever before. At the same time, facts are also doubted…

Why usability testing does not guarantee a successful product

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As someone who has been teaching usability and human-centred design for many years and in various countries, I am of course pleased that the…
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Myth of digitalisation – reasons for not happening

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"The digital transformation is not happening." This finding applies to many areas. It means that while digital tools are being introduced for…

How Satellite Images help to detect the Severity of Wildfires

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Wildfires lead to changes to our ecosystems and can have serious social and economic impacts. In the last few years, the number of wildfires…

Digital transformation at the Swiss Post – when digital meets physical

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More than technology, successful digital transformation is about the changes in processes and structures in an organization - in other words,…

“It’s neither fair nor economically wise” – a podcast episode about the situation of female founders in Switzerland

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For every 10 men who start a business, there are only 6 women. In the 8th episode of our podcast, we talk about the reasons for this and how…

Digital Physiotherapy – A Future Model in Switzerland?

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The nationwide lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic led to an increase in digital services in outpatient physiotherapy. The Bern University…

What skills the employees of a digital administration need

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Digital services for citizens and more efficient processes - these are two of the goals of an administration of the future. In order for this…

From blended care to virtual reality – the transformation of the healthcare system

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The Digital Health innovation field at Bern University of Applied Sciences conducts research in the area of digitalisation and technologisation…

Will Digitalization aid the world’s quest to net-zero emissions?

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The increasing global awareness of climate change and the irreversible damages caused has led the world to a code red. Wildfires, floods, heatwaves,…

How to detect and reduce bias in AI systems

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Bias is a major cause of unfair and discriminatory decisions in the use of AI systems. For example, well-paid job offers were algorithmically…

Why we accept automated products less out of nostalgia

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Artificial intelligence again increases the workload of automated products. The resources freed up are valuable for consumers - at least in theory.…

How can the digitalization improve the sustainability in agriculture?

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We live in a world with limited resources. Ignoring that fact, led us to become a throwaway-society. Most business models are based on waste…

How the Fashion Industry can become more sustainable

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When you think of the fashion industry, fast fashion and poorly paid seamstresses in Asia might first come to your mind. In a personal report,…

Smart tourism: where digitalization meets sustainability

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Yes, traveling is a wonderful thing. But so is protecting the environment! Our  our Master's student writes about his world trip and what sustainable…

What moral values mean for corporate social responsibility

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More and more companies are taking on social responsibility. The role of moral values in this is the subject of a study written by David Risi…

Posmo: Ethical revolution in the mobility data market

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To revolutionise the Swiss mobility data market and thereby help us to better understand our mobility behaviour and thus shape our living space…

How the app Memorybox helps foster children to remember

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Children who grow up in institutions or with foster parents are often unable to develop a continuous memory. The Departments of Technology and…

Agility – more than the sum of its parts

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Agility is a key competence in the 21st century and not only determines projects but also influences ways of thinking and acting of entire organisations…

Pinkwashing – all foam or real inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people?

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The rainbow is in high season during Pride Month in June. The rainbow flag flies on company roofs and messages, logos and websites become colourful.…

How prototypes influence the success of technology crowdfunding

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When technology companies seek financial support via a crowdfunding platform, they have more success if their prototype is not yet final and…

How we can improve the framework conditions for female founders in Switzerland

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In Switzerland, women are less likely to start an innovative company than men. Researchers at BFH Wirtschaft have investigated the reasons for…

How we can make cities more sustainable – a podcast episode about smart cities

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Making cities greener, rethinking mobility, using energy cleverly and involving as many citizens as possible in democratic processes - smart…

The New Way to Trade Art – An Insight into NFT Marketplaces

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2021 is a year in which a JPEG - a digital image - sold for 69 million dollars, in the midst of a global pandemic and at a time when the digitisation…

What contemporary identity management must fulfil

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With increasing data protection requirements, it is becoming more and more important to take the data sovereignty of users into account. Therefore,…

Free the data! – How the health sector is overcoming the system blockade

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The fourth Praevenire Digital Health Symposium in Seitenstetten, Austria, focused on the use of health data and how this would improve healthcare.…

Why better usability makes the digital world more socially just

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Simple, easy-to-use interfaces should be a matter of course today. But machine logic is still too often in the foreground and leads to unnecessary…

Data Colonialism and the Role of the Public Sector 

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Data is not only the oil of the digital age, but also a commodity that can be unethically obtained or misused. Prof. Dr Ulises Mejîas from the…

The future of healthcare: from vision to best practices

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On the one hand, the pandemic has posed new challenges for the healthcare system, on the other hand, it has provided a considerable impetus for…

Why we should sometimes think in terms of Zero and One – a podcast episode about digital skills

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Being able to teach artificial intelligence our chaotic thinking - that is a skill we will need in the future. Using technologies profitably…

Data sovereignty – more than just hype

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Digital sovereignty is used by governments in Europe as well as by the EU Commission as a reference for the digital policy legal decrees that…

How the Swiss assistance robot Lio supports nursing care

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Robots can take over repetitive and monotonous tasks in the care of sick and elderly people and thus relieve the nursing staff. A Zurich-based…

Applied NLP Technologies for Physical and Mental Health

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The Applied Machine Intelligence research group from BFH-TI has organized a track with the topic of natural language processing for physical…

On the potentials and hurdles of the Swiss circular economy

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Although Switzerland theoretically has all the possibilities for more sustainable and ecological production, this is not yet being implemented.…

Robo-Advisor, Robot Lawyer, and Healthbot – Barriers and Solution Strategies for the Acceptance of AI Advisors

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AI-based consulting services are all the rage in the service sector. If we look at the evolution of AI-based applications, relatively simple…

How mature is the use of self-driving minibuses?

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They are small, safe and cheap: minibuses without drivers and chauffeurs. Bernmobil has tested them in a pilot project in the Matte and Marzili…

From notarial deeds to hate on the net – digital solutions for legal issues

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Who would like to spend a whole Sunday and half a Monday and the night in between in a legal laboratory? 90 people answered yes to this question,…

How artificial intelligence detects burnouts via linguistic data

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Computers are fed words and phrases every day. Trained programs can recognise or even predict patterns in this data. Scientists from the Applied…

Why zebras are more sustainable than unicorns – a podcast episode about social entrepreneurship

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Society needs the commitment of volunteers. Without them, for example, the Corona warning app would not have been launched so quickly at the…

Between Cyber Sickness & Wow Effect: How Virtual Reality influences learning

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With virtual reality goggles, one can immerse oneself in any imaginable world. This is also used for learning. In an experimental study, researchers…

Axiom Award for Handbook of Digital Transformation

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Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Obwegeser and his colleagues from the IMD Business School Lausanne will receive the Axiom Book Award 2022 for a practical…

A label for digital responsibility: The Digital Trust Label

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With the ever-increasing importance of digital applications and a growing awareness of digital risks, the issue of digital responsibility is…

Digital competence = digital + analogue – a definition example of Spitex

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Digital tools such as apps on smartphones/tablets for care documentation or to remind patients to take their medication, as well as wearables…

AI4SocialGood – towards a better world with augmented intelligence?

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What does AI4SocialGood mean and how can technology be used for societal and social benefit? Our author explores this question and presents some…

How platform work becomes sustainable

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Getting food delivered and booking an Uber for a spontaneous ride - thanks to digital technology, there are more and more options for location-independent…

How Digital Natives, Millennials and Generation Z are shaping the IT industry – 60 years of digital transformation, part 4

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People are the most important factor in the modern age, write Chuck and Ken. In the 4th and final part of their mini-series, the father-son team…

When customers do not understand the benefits of radical innovations

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Has your company successfully developed a revolutionary product that offers customers unique added value? Congratulations! Now they "only" have…

How Dealers helped the Explosion of Minicomputers – 60 years of digital transformation, part 3

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Thanks to the invention of the first microchips, minicomputers spread to all industries from the 1970s onwards. Chuck and Ken, a father-son team…

About the mainframes of the Iron Age – 60 years of digital transformation, part 2

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Chuck and Ken, a father-son team of computer experts, take an entertaining look back at their own six decades in the IT industry. In the 2nd…

From punch card devouring monsters to the first computers – 60 years of digital transformation, part 1

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Chuck and Ken, father and son, both IT experts, take an fun look back at their own six decades in IT. They explore how digital transformation…

“The whole IT industry needs to invest in information and education”

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Personality development is a keyword in today's employer branding to attract more women in ICT. However, this keyword should also be lived and…

“We want to support contemporary role models”

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Attractive working conditions, exciting projects - and yet there is a lack of female ICT specialists in particular. Marco Bürli, Head of Project…
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The unease of interdisciplinarity

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There are people who get sick from psychotherapy. After psychotherapy has actually helped them, they look at everything and anything from a psychotherapeutic…

How useful is the new Swiss Digital Trust Label?

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The Swiss Digital Initiative Foundation wants to create more cyber security with the new digital label. The aim is to enable users to easily…

How digital tools support care

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How does the use of digital tools and clinical information systems affect the sharing of patient information? How can nurses be trained to use…

Agriculture today: Between idealized notion and technology

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Agriculture is facing great challenges. On the one hand, it has to be economically successful, but at the same time it has to meet ecological…

Inclusive and diverse language? – A language model shows how it works

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Natural Language Processing is a branch of linguistics, computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with the interaction…

How an app assesses the usability of forest roads

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Forest roads are the basis for sustainable forest management. Forests should always be easily accessible for ecological, social and economic…

What opportunities and risks the digitalised world of work offers – a podcast episode of the BFH Economy

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Many people have been working in home offices since the beginning of the pandemic. This can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. Prof.…

Will “Verifiable Credentials” replace X.509 certificates in the future?

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X.509 certificates have been around for over 40 years. They are used for the identification of subjects (web servers, persons, etc.). They are…

A Medical Decision System to Prescribe Antibiotics

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Adverse drug reactions lead to deaths in the healthcare system, especially the ones linked to antibiotic prescriptions. In order to reduce and…

How to get more Women into Data Science

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Just around 25% of the participants of the 8th Swiss Conference on Data Science are female. This aligns with the report from the World Economic…

How football clubs can digitise their sponsorship

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Thanks to Covid 19 certification, full stadiums are partly allowed again and fans are finally allowed to support their favourite club on site.…

Shaping artificial intelligence – an example from nursing care

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The development of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to analyse and understand data has gained momentum. AI began as early as the 1950s.…

Holacracy as a solution to the pressure of changeability?

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Digitale Transformation, VUCA-Welt (volatil, unsicher, komplex, mehrdeutig) New Work und vor allem Wandelbarkeit von Organisationen spiegel den…

How an algorithm helps to create lesson plans

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Creating lesson plans for an entire year is a complex task. Artificial intelligence can support this and often even plan better than humans.…

How apps can help with mental health problems

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Various mental health apps have been developed to support clinical professionals and patients. What is already possible today and what does it…

How New Work relates to Employability 4.0 and exhaustion

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With a graphic review of the Transform 2021 conference, BFH lecturer Mägi Brändle summarises the contributions from AI to Positive Leadership.…

Confederation and cantons accelerate digital transformation

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The "Digital Administration Switzerland" is intended to give e-government a boost. How the new organisation and the eCH association could more…

Using AI to understand how media content influences us

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Newspaper content can change the way people think or their mood because of its polarity. That is why it is vital to understand its importance.…
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The Future of the Digital “Public Service

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The term "service public" or "digital services of general interest", is used as a political, administrative law and social science concept. What…

“It’s not the girls who have to change, it’s all of us!”- Alain Gut in interview, part 2

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In order to get girls interested in computer science professions, an image change is needed. They are still too often seen as technical. But…

“It’s not the girls who have to change, it’s all of us!”- Alain Gut says in interview, part 1

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How does digitalisation affect women and men? Does it bring the opportunity to balance out existing gender-specific inequalities in the labour…

How Virtual Reality comes to the stage

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The Kleintheater Luzern is venturing into the digital age - away from the strictly real stage towards hybrid experiments. Cultural manager Fabienne…

How a WIFI-Hotspot kill your ecological footprint

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Digitalization and Sustainability are major topics in our society. Often, I observe that the trends run in parallel to each other, almost isolated…

6 reasons against a central state identity provider

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The Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) presents three different technical scenarios in its "E-ID target picture" . One of them is…

Connecta 2021 looks to the future

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The ongoing pandemic left the organisers of Connecta no other choice this year: The event on digitalisation, which is well-known beyond the borders…

How to implement and accelerate your Business Transformation

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Triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation has made it to the top of the business agenda. When an organization is facing obvious…

Centralised or decentralised identity?

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In recent years, the term "decentralised identity" has appeared more and more frequently in discussions about electronic identities. This is…

Call for Papers: Augmented Intelligence in Practice

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Augmented intelligence instead of Artificial Intelligence - various industries are already benefiting from smart technologies to give employees…

A tool for smart community strategies

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A smart government platform for small and medium-sized municipalities - this is what researchers at the Institute of Public Sector Transformation…

Self-Sovereign-Identity – from vision to today

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A few years have passed since Christopher Allen's vision of Self-Sovereign Identities. What has remained of the original vision of "SSI" and…

“Open source is a manifestation of digital sustainability”

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In the new Digital Sustainability Lab of the Institute Public Sector Transformation (IPST), a team of researchers develops mobile apps and web…

Women in ICT: “I am happy about every female applicant”

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The ICT sector is lacking skilled workers, which is why it is increasingly recruiting female talent. In an interview, Managing Director Sandra…

“Digital Twin Society”-initiative works on Austrian digital health ecosystem

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The two Praevenire Digital Health Workshops 2019 and 2020 as well as the Digital Health Symposium 2021 in Stift Seitensteten (A) have resulted…

How augmented intelligence benefits the health sector – Praevenire Digital Health Workshop, Part 2

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The second part of the symposium at the Praevenire Health Days in Seitenstetten Abbey was about augmented intelligence as an essential element…

Praevenire Digital Health Symposion 2021 – Part 1

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At the Praevenire Health Days at the Seitenstetten Monastery, more than 40 experts spent a day engaged in discussions about the digitalisation…

Why Vienna has become an Incubator for High-Tech-Start-Ups

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Research often leads to solutions for practice. The University of Vienna is following a successful path to implement academic results in an entrepreneurial…
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Bottom-up or transversal or different? – Three approaches to digital transformation

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Again and again one hears that it is now finally time to dispose of digitalisation as a cross-sectoral, transversal issue. We have to develop…

Digital and democratic – Why the modern world of work must be both

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The digital and sustainable transformation will fundamentally change work. To prevent social inequality from growing in the process, Prof. Dr…

Connecta 2021 focuses on new digital formats

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Every year, Swiss Post's Connecta digital conference brings together experts in the field of digitalisation to exchange experiences and transfer…

Call for Paper: Critical contributions for the Swiss E-ID

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The electorate rejected the E-ID bill with private providers in March. Nevertheless, it was and is clear that the Swiss E-ID is needed. It should…

How chatbots promote sustainable behaviour in the workplace

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Chatbots are a promising technology to playfully promote climate-friendly behaviour of employees at the workplace. This is shown by a first field…

How job seekers react to AI in the application process

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More and more HR departments are using artificial intelligence (AI) to screen the applications they receive. While the advantages for companies…

How digitalisation becomes a booster for renewable energy

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Digitalisation is one of the biggest drivers of the global transition to renewable energy. Internet of Things IoT, Artificial Intelligence AI,…

Autonomous driving: Between attention and distraction

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The automotive industry is changing rapidly. The first semi-autonomous cars bring many advantages in terms of safety, congestion reduction and…
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“We are doing a lot to attract more women”

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What are the reasons for the shortage of skilled professionals in the Swiss ICT sector? An interview with Daniela Burkhard, Head of Human Resource…

Future thinking is an important tool for leaders

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"It is a utopia that sticking to what exists provides security. On the contrary. Consciously implementing and leading the process of proactively…

A communicative Experiment on Digital Democracy

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TA-SWISS , the Foundation for Technology Assessment, has entered into a communicative experiment: it is seeking public discussion space before…
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The digital wallet is coming

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"Who invented it?" is a popular Swiss saying. In the case of the eID, the question must be: Who threw it away? The EU is implementing a new eID…

Using data mining to track critical dietary patterns and lifestyle diseases

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Many chronic diseases are diet-related. A team at BFH Wirtschaft is pursuing a novel approach with multidisciplinary research: the scientists,…

Public Security Test of the Covid Certificate: BFH assists with security

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The first Covid certificates have been issued in the cantons since 7 June 2021. At the end of June, the system is to be introduced throughout…
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Digital neurosis: How our attention is attacked

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While I was trying to write a post on artificial intelligence, I was briefly distracted by an article on anxiety disorders. What people with…

When Mehmet and Peter are not the same – bias based on the origin of names in word vectors

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Pre-trained language models such as word vectors can contain social stereotypes, which can lead to software making discriminatory decisions.…

Allocating Vaccination Appointments: Why we should (and could) do better than digital Hunger Games

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It is often said that the measure of society is how it treats its weakest members. We know that "first come first serve" or "Es hät solang es…

Health care: Digital and individualised in the future

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Health care close to home has been a political goal for a long time. It is time to put the patient at the centre of the geography of care rather…

Tools for digital building

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BIM will become mandatory in 2021, at least in government real estate projects. But where do companies start to successfully integrate the digital…

How an app evaluates the climate data of different land areas

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At the Climate Hackathon, researchers and developers worked on solutions for reducing and assessing carbon footprints by remotely classifying…

How the industry benefits from machine learning

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That machine learning is shaking up the industry is nothing new. But how mature is this technology for widespread use? And at what point are…

Digital Health – from the visionary to the practical

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On 17 May, the association Praevenire held its Digital Health Workshop for the third time as a participatory event - with over 40 experts and…
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The narratives of the IT industry

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Narratives shape the digital transformation of society much more than we think. We don't like to admit this because we love the illusion of rational…

The furniture industry has long been digital

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Change is slow in countless business sectors, but in the furniture industry of all places the digital revolution is in full swing: equipped with…

Steadily growing community for “inCLOUsiv”

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Digital exchange about mental health has been possible in Switzerland for the first time in a year with "inCLOUsiv". Together with the Pro Mente…

Is Augmented Intelligence the AI of the future?

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In the past, artificial intelligence (AI) was often portrayed as one that could one day replace humans. Today, it is assumed that this will not…

What is the state of digitalisation in your company?

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Is it possible to measure digital fitness? The Bern University of Applied Sciences of Economics has developed a questionnaire for SMEs. Using…

How a 2020 parameter turned our world upside down

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A significant part of the COVID pandemic story is driven by one parameter in an epidemiological model. How can a single number dominate our lives…

Innovation in the public sector? Only with cultural change!

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For digital transformation to gather pace in the public sector, a cultural shift is needed. The most important thing is to introduce a culture…
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The underestimated automation

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Automation supposedly has two very different meanings: On the one hand, we use it to describe the taking over of human tasks by machines (= automata)…

Do we need to regulate mathematics?

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The logical world of mathematics eludes political thinking. Nevertheless, we must not regard mathematics as a black box when regulating digital…

Dangerous mathematics or dangerous humans? – Opportunities and risks of an algorithmised world

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The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has potential for discussion. On 23 March 2021, experts from the BFH Centre Digital Society discussed…

The Importance of a Good Fit Between eID Systems and Country Context

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A comparison of the eID systems in France, Belgium, Poland and Estonia shows the importance of country-specific path dependences and a good fit…

The role of the E-ID for digital government

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In the strategic visions of the future for the transformation of the administration, digital infrastructures play a central role. A widely used…

Digital solutions for social work

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In December 2020, Bern University of Applied Sciences hosted Hack4SocialGood, bringing together the social sector and tech sector. The event…

The unspoken about the E-ID debacle

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After the resounding rejection at the ballot box, people are already thinking about the next E-ID law without any deeper understanding. It would…

A brief history of E-IDs

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E-ID concepts were neither a matter of course nor did they fall from the sky. They are the result of years of discussion, research, piloting…

Is the E-ID now the “digital passport”? – A clarification

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A heated discussion arose around the question of what an E-ID is. It cannot be answered in one sentence. For there are legal as well as practical…

Handling personal data according to the BGEID – Part 2

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On 7 March 2021, a vote will be held on the BGEID, i.e. the Federal Act on Electronic Identification Services. In Part 1, an overview of data…

Handling personal data according to the BGEID – Part 1

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On 7 March 2021, the BGEID, i.e. the Federal Act on Electronic Identification Services, will be voted on. In this two-part article, an overview…

Measuring digital fitness – a test for SMEs

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There are various interpretative frameworks, maturity models and awards for the digital transformation of companies. But in practice, there is…

E-ID connection from the point of view of a company

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If a web application wants to use the E-ID (according to the law), it has to overcome some challenges. This compilation is intended to help clarify…

About privacy at login

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Everyone knows that with a social login, e.g. with Google or Facebook, user data is collected and the profiles formed from this data have a lot…

With the planned E-ID to the Covid 19 vaccination? A thought experiment

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Would the planned state E-ID be applicable for registration for Covid 19 vaccinations? Could the extensive and time-consuming registration in…

“With the E-ID law, Switzerland is taking a pioneering role”

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For Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director of digitalswitzerland, the Swiss e-ID is indispensable. In an interview with Prof. Dr. Reinhard Riedl,…

“How can the state ensure cyber security?”

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Why the state's lack of digital competence can lead to a loss of control and why Min Li Martithinks the Schaffhausen E-ID is good is explained…

“Man is an analogue being” – Interview with Moritz Leuenberger on digitalisation, stupidity and democracy (2)

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Part 2 of the interview with former Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger is about the advantage of natural stupidity over artificial intelligence,…

Lessons from Covid-19 – Paradigm shift through distance testing (4)

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Completely secure online exams are neither possible nor necessary. In many cases they do not even make sense. Instead, the current situation…

“Man is an analogue being” – Moritz Leuenberger on digitalisation, stupidity and democracy (1)

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Former Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger talks about the opportunities of digital transparency, the strengths of slow legislation, the advantage…

Two Key Learnings from the Health Crisis

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Covid-19 is strongly entangled with digital transformation, both in positive and negative ways. On the one hand, Covid-19 has boosted online…
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Digital personalisation – future opportunity or dead end (2)

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Part 1 of this column highlighted that digital personalisation optimises conditional expectation values to offer tailored products and services…

Taking back control of our data: Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time (Part 2)

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A recurring theme in the above centralization races is the lack of choice: a choice of browser and operating system, of entry point to the Web,…

Call for Contributions: To e-ID or not to e-ID?

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On 7 March, there will be a referendum in Switzerland on the "E-ID Law", against which a referendum has been filed (see also "NO to the E-ID…

Power to the people: Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time

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Originally designed as a decentralised ecosystem, the Web has undergone a significant centralization in recent years. In order to regain control…

What barriers there are for blind people on the net

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For blind people, the internet is often difficult to access. They are dependent on barrier-free websites or on appropriate software. Daniele…
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Digital personalisation: future opportunity or dead end (1)

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In many areas, personalisation represents great progress, economically and socially. It has complex causes and is, among other things, a result…

New standard makes it easier to avoid barriers on the internet

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Digitisation could help people with a disability gain more autonomy. However, many e-services are not yet barrier-free. In order to change this,…

Work magic successfully with AI in the company

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You don't even have to know how to program to play an active role in Artificial Intelligence in the enterprise. It's time for the "business"…

Lessons from the COVID19 crisis: How the courtroom became (not) virtual (2)

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The judiciary has successfully mastered the COVID lockdown and has entered a "permanent crisis mode". What has the COVID-19 pandemic changed…

A virtual space for Public Administrators and Citizens around Open Data, Information and Knowledge (O-KID)

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Open Data (OD) are valuable initiatives in favour of transparency. Open Governments and public administrations aim at increasing the availability…

Leonce and Leonce – a streaming review

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Theatre is experimenting - finally - with hybrid forms of performance that can be viewed on site by a few and on the internet by many. Multimedia…

An agile mindset is the key to digitalisation

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It is clear to most companies that digitisation is not just about technology. But learning agility is particularly difficult for those companies…

Business Transformation in the Covid 19 Crisis (4) – Trade Collapse and the Next Globalisation

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The health crisis will push those technologies that promote the fragmentation of value chains. This will change the economy for good What are…

Teaching from Covid-19 – How Distance Teaching comes alive (3)

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Online lectures pose major challenges for students and lecturers alike. We need to rethink and make more use of contemporary didactic tools.…

“Do you think your job could be taken over by a robot?”

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"Aimeriez-vous qu'un robot prenne soin de vous?" - with questions like this, the Neues Museum Biel invites you to two current exhibitions: Hello,…

Lessons from the Covid19 crisis: How the courtroom went virtual (1)

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The judicial authorities are not known as particularly innovative or digital. However, the contact restrictions of the pandemic have now given…

Digital conference on the transformative power of data – that was Transform 2020

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"Trust is the key between authorities among each other vertically and horizontally, but also among citizens* and business towards authorities",…

Lessons from Covid-19 – making art digitally accessible (3)

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Based on the experiences of the first lockdown, the subsequent (partial) reopening and the last days in the near-lockdown, clear recommendations…

In Good Data We Trust – Liveblog from Transform 2020

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At TRANSFORM 2020, we will focus on the transformative power of good data in the public sector. The event is co-organised by the Institute Public…

Which deficiencies conference software has and which technical changes the internet needs

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In the worldwide pandemic, the virtual world often replaces communication in real life. This makes questions in the area of software, internet…

Teaching from Covid-19 – How universities can teach digitally (2)

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So far, the potential of existing platforms for online teaching has only been used to a small extent. In the following, three scenarios will…

Hackathon for inclusive digitalisation in the social sector

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How do social organisations keep pace with digitalisation? The Bern University of Applied Sciences is focusing on new forms of work and cooperation…

Lessons from Covid-19 – How theatre reaches its audience digitally (2)

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The digitisation of theatre first failed over 20 years ago. Now it's time to break new digital ground, in all the arts. We have the economic…

Looking back at Connecta 2020 – what will the future be like?

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Due to the pandemic, Swiss Post's "Connecta" digital conference was held as a purely digital event this year. But even in its new format, it…
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Lessons from Covid-19 – the digital arts (1)

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Covid-19 has hit the performing arts particularly hard. While there have been many notable digital initiatives that point a way forward, on balance…

How professional men’s football is going digital

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Big data has long since found its way into match analysis in football. In their master's thesis, two students at BFH Wirtschaft investigated…

The Asymmetric Effects Of COVID-19 on the Labor Market Performance of Mothers and Fathers

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COVID-19 confinement measures imposed a tremendous burden on families with young children: schooling and childcare had to be provided in the…

Lessons from Covid-19 – Digital Universities (1)

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The lockdown has changed higher education - probably permanently. Much will have to be redesigned in the coming years, but for now the challenges…

“We bear responsibility for our technologies” – Digitisation from the perspective of the philosopher of technology

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Is digitalisation accessible to everyone, can we trust new technologies and who ultimately takes responsibility for their actions? Janina Loh,…

Music goes digital in the Age of Social Distancing

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The COVID-19 has changed the way we work and the way we entertain ourselves. It has forced us to remain locked up in our houses, observing and…

“Lost in Transition” – a reflection on Digital Governance post-Covid

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The Corona crisis has greatly changed our needs in many areas. The pressure to change has increased rapidly - also for a digital and agile administration.…

Digital fitness can be measured: How digital are Bernese SMEs?

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Digitalisation projects are innovations that are successful when scarce resources can be saved with technology and data. The example of EWB shows…

Transformation of companies in the Covid 19 crisis (3) – Concrete recommendations

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The health crisis has accelerated the digital transformation. We are facing a major transformation of the economy. It is now important for companies…
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The Discretisation of Politics (Part 2)

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Does the binary representation of digital data with zeros and ones lead to less compromise and more black-or-white politics? In Part1, I described…

Digital sport in the Covid 19 crisis (3) – Visionary action is needed now!

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Financial support for clubs and safety concepts for spectators are necessary, but not sufficient to help sport through the crisis. It also needs…

Accessible digital? – Still not for everyone in 2020

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The digital world is open to all, because almost everyone has Internet today - or so the popular opinion goes. But far from it - people with…

Digital Health in the Covid-19 crisis (3) – what should now be improved

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During the lockdown, many countries had positive experiences with digital health (Atique et al., 2020). We should definitely continue the development…

Business Transformation in the Covid 19 Crisis (2): How to Change

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Companies can use the health crisis to optimise their business models. But they can also develop new business models that address newly emerging…

Corporate transformation in the Covid 19 crisis (1): What happens when you don’t change

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The problem with digital transformation is transformation. The current health crisis brings this home to us in a frighteningly unmistakable way.…

Social stereotypes in pre-trained language models

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When algorithms make decisions, they often discriminate because of programmed preferences. Author Mascha Kurpicz-Briki investigated what happens…

How an app helps to green facades

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The app "towards green cities" shows how urban facades can be transformed into vertical gardens. Thanks to augmented reality, planners and citizens…

Digital Sport in the Covid 19 Crisis (2): Transferring the Emotions to Digital

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The sports industry has been hit hard by the health crisis. How it can find its way out of the crisis and continue to rely on the emotional relationship…

BIMwood and DeepWood in timber construction – 2 pioneering projects at BFH and HSLU

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Even technical colleges are not immune to garden-variety thinking. After all, each one wants to be the best. However, the Action Plan Digital…
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Digital Sport in the Covid 19 Crisis (1) – Different Approaches to Crisis Management

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Sport can only develop economic and social charisma if it brings people together and moves them emotionally. That's exactly where Covid-19 hit…

Consumer behaviour in the digital age – a BFH-W study with 100 Citizen Scientists

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Even for an online purchase, consumers need the personal exchange with family and friends to decide on a product. Researchers at the BFH Wirtschaft…

The workshop of the future

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Small and medium-sized enterprises have done a lot in terms of digitalisation in recent years. Most of the efforts are evolutionary in the direction…
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Digital Health in the Covid 19 Crisis (2) – It’s up to us what we make of the crisis

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Digital health is associated with many challenges that are not easy to overcome. We have to learn how to deal with them. A good example of the…
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Discretisation of politics (Part 1)

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A few days ago, I was surprised by the thesis that digitalisation is changing politics by making compromise more difficult. What may seem obvious…

Digital Health in the Covid 19 Crisis (1) – There is no going back to the pre-crisis era

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The pandemic has hit us much more seriously than we would like to admit. It is high time to look reality in the eye, anticipate likely developments…

Density stress of a different kind

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Where can older people in Switzerland find suitable surroundings? The research project "Urban Landscape 66+" of the competence area Dencity of…

Parliaments in crisis mode (Part 3) – What do we learn from the Covid 19 crisis?

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Parliaments are important institutions, especially in times of crisis, and the fulfilment of their functions is central to the control of the…
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Digital Mindset thanks to Lockdown

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The managers of the Strassverkehramt Bern had already completed the first half of a multi-part training in Positive Leadership when the lockdown…

“Our entire world will be driven by AI in 2050” – an interview with Marcel Salathé

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Image recognition, language understanding, and decision-making: deep learning has made impressive breakthroughs. That’s why machine learning…

Parliaments in crisis mode (2) – Old wine in new bottles?

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When the Covid 19 crisis came, all at once even parliaments that had worked through the Second World War in the hail of bombs no longer seemed…

Breathing energy supply for the energy transition

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In tomorrow's electricity market, the consumption, production and storage of energy must be permanently coordinated. The "breathing" energy supply…

July-August issue: What the living spaces of our future will look like

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Digitalisation is not only changing the way we communicate and live, but also the way we live and work. The changes are very evident in the construction…

Health 2030 – Implementing Digital Health the Right Way

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How do we have to redesign health care so that people have more healthy years of life? Together with several hundred experts, the Austrian association…

Can digital technology help manage acute psychiatric crises?

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Use of technology for crisis management in acute psychiatric care - fewer coercive measures and faster recovery. What sounds theoretically tempting…

Parliaments in crisis mode (1) – variable experience with great learning potential

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The Covid 19 crisis obviously caught parliaments unprepared, whether at the municipal, cantonal or federal level. Contingency plans were for…

Study anatomy with virtual reality

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The Bern Education Centre for Nursing has been conducting interprofessional learning events for some time. An existing offer provides medical…

PARO – a robot for emotional moments

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The PARO robot was originally designed for the geriatric setting. Increasingly, PARO is also being used in child and adolescent psychiatry. However,…

The SwissCovid app – many strengths, some weaknesses

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From 25 June, Swiss citizens will be able to use the SwissCovid app, which complements classic contact tracing in the containment of coronavirus.…

Digital schools during the Covid19 crisis (3) – Concrete recommendations

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The health crisis has caused a lot of damage. This makes it all the more important to use the positive experience that has also been made to…

Sustainable digitalisation – new roles for health professionals

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Digitalisation in the health sector is advancing. The early involvement and sustainable support of healthcare professionals are fundamental in…

Common sense and empathy – also needed in the age of digital health?

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Everybody needs that human touch. Even more so in the age of digital health. So. That was the given question and my headline in February 2020.…

Digital school during the Covid19 crisis (2) – Basic considerations

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As already outlined in Part 1 of the article , the performance of teachers was very heterogeneous and perceptions of the school situation during…

Simulation-based strategy development to relieve the burden on Swiss emergency services

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Swiss emergency care has been in the spotlight not only since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. Emergency departments throughout the country…

Digital school during the Covid19 crisis (1) – A situation analysis

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The health crisis has shown us how important teachers are. After decades of a steady decline in the reputation of teachers, we have had their…

June issue: “Digital health – moribund or healthy?!”

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Let's keep it short: The pandemic has "shaken up" our everyday life and our world of thought. But not only that, it seems it has given digitalisation…

“MeteoAlpen” – A Citizen Science Project for the Verification of Weather Models

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Walking, hiking, touring, mountaineering or one of the countless other activities lure us into nature and the mountains. As a place for sporting…
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Disruption is (not) a fairy tale

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If we look at the digital transformation from the perspective of individual sectors or specific disciplines, we find: In most cases, changes…

Extending the lifetime of mobile devices to reduce their environmental impact: a glimpse on the project LIFESAVING

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Mobile Internet-enabled devices (MIEDs) such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets have become a crucial part of our lives. However, the environmental…

What can we learn from Covid19?

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The public sector faces formidable challenges. These have become more prominent as a result of the Corona pandemic. Now we must also use the…

Sufficiency: the missing ingredient for sustainable digitalisation

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Digitalisation is often depicted as a silver bullet to address sustainability issues, due to its potential to decarbonise the global economy…

Sustainability in the digital space

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Sustainability, already a multi-layered topic in itself, becomes a multi-dimensional consideration of IT against the backdrop of the digital…

Sufficiency – An approach towards a sustainable (digital) future

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In environmental research, sufficiency is seen as a major pillar of sustainability. However, up to this day, sufficiency has been widely absent…

Raise awareness of the environmental consequences of the use of connected screens

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New media uses have a big impact on the consumption of energy resources. Two-thirds of the world's electricity is generated by burning fossil…

Using instead of owning – how sharing pays off for the environment

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In Western consumer society, the importance of sharing has steadily declined since the second half of the 20th century. With the start of mass…
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Getting girls excited about coding through play

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The figures change from year to year - but the proportion of women in IT remains in the basement every year. And the proportion in IT education…

Switching Digital in Teaching: A Short Experience Report from a 1-Day Online Teaching Event

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Switching teaching to digital can be quite easy and still provide an excellent learning opportunity for the students: To let our students in…

Digitization and the Environment: Opportunities, Risks and the Need for Action

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Thanks to the radically changed living and working conditions in times of COVID-19 (Corona virus disease 2019), many people have become acutely…
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Man and technology

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The special nature of the relationship between people and technology shapes the digital transformation. It plays out not only on an individual…

April-May: Special Issue “Shaping a Sustainable Digital World”

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The digital transformation our society is currently undergoing affects many areas of public and private life. Technological progress has great…

CodeVsCovid19 hackathon: An app for herd protection

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The virtual CodeVsCOVID19 hackathon took place last week. Nicolai Wenger was among the 3000 participants. He is a researcher at the Institute…

Covid19 Hackathon: Programming new applications from data

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Since the beginning of March, the Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich and its specialist and coordination unit OGD (Open Government Data)…

Password-free login procedures as a key player in digital transformation

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PSD2 and Open Banking open up new possibilities in the digital transformation of banking. A promising approach here is FIDO, which offers strong…

Call for Papers: “Shaping a sustainable digital world”

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Our society is currently undergoing a digital transformation that affects many areas of public and private life. Technological progress has great…

Referendum against the E-ID law

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There is a need for usable and trustworthy electronic identification. It is a pillar of digital democracy and will also be used for the exercise…

The Swiss eHealth Forum 2020: The digitisation of healthcare from EPD to HIS

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We report today in our liveblog from the 1st day of the Swiss eHealth Forum 2020.

The Swiss eGovernment Forum 2020: What it takes for the digital transformation of the administration

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We will be reporting from Day 2 of the Swiss eGovernment Forum 2020 in our liveblog on 4 March.

Digitisation Monitor 2019 – How policy-makers position themselves on digitisation

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Digitalisation is a major challenge for politics: Citizens, but also the economy and science expect forward-looking decisions in this regard.…
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The big political gap between the past and the present

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There is considerable evidence that in the future platforms will act as global markets and thereby control the behavior of both suppliers and…

The Swiss electronic identity

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Switzerland is a federation of the Confederation, cantons and municipalities. Federated systems correspond to the character of Switzerland. The…

What if the AHV number became an email address?

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Digital identity is particularly important in official communication with authorities. Our guest author and President of the Conference of Cantonal…

Self-Sovereign Identities – Will we control our identity ourselves in the future?

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In the real world we can identify ourselves easily and securely, but in the virtual world we still cannot. For digital identification, there…

Secure identities are needed for the trust of customers

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Isolated, centralised or decentralised - here, two researchers from BFH Technik und Informatik compare the advantages and disadvantages of the…
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Applying ICT knowledge to ICT business

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Software engineering practices have changed the way we look at organizations. It has become widely accepted that agile practices improve the…

Call for Paper: Digital Health – moribund or healthy?!

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The April 2020 issue on the topic of healthcare and eHealth will focus on the topic of digital health - moribund or healthy?! We invite you to…

February issue: About digital identities

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It has become a matter of course in our daily lives to chat, make phone calls, shop, watch videos and listen to music via smartphone. Use is…

Unleashing Usability Superpowers to Make the World a Better Place

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ICT systems that suffer from minor, and sometimes major, usability problems are an all-too-common experience. This is hard to understand given…

The Federal Administration is aligning its human resources strategy with the digital transformation

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The Federal Administration's personnel strategy 2020-2023 is all about digitalisation. With the two focal points of "shaping digital transformation"…
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New game, new culture, new IT!

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The digital transformation relies on new digital tools and their networking. This creates new scope for action, which must also be used by economic…

“The public sector needs more dialogue and less garden-variety thinking”

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In order for the public sector in Switzerland to really take off digitally, there needs to be a cultural change in which all those involved have…
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About the use of spanners – Part II

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Nobody is afraid of the growing loss of self-evident facts in our increasingly complex society. Hardly anyone is bothered by the fact that established…

“We don’t just need a technology debate, but above all a socio-political debate”

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The political structures in Switzerland can have a blocking effect on the topic of eGovernment. In an interview with Benedikt Würth, Finance…

EasyGov.swiss: eGovernment according to the needs of businesses

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Two years ago, the then Minister of Economic Affairs, Johann Schneider-Ammann, announced the new online platform of the authorities: "The EasyGov.swiss…

January issue: Digital Administration Switzerland – from integration to transformation

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There is a consensus that we are doing well in Switzerland - our health system, security as well as education, to name just a few examples, are…
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On the (in)objective use of spanners

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Many people are appalled that in the future many jobs will be done with spanners. Some find the use of spanners highly ridiculous. Some expect…

About the future of the Internet

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Researchers have been working on improvements since the Internet was established. The future architecture SCION  is also constantly being improved,…

Machine-Learning Methods for Analysis and Generation of Expressive Performance

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are some of the leading technology trends in the global scene, due to the easy access to big data…

December Issue: Cybersecurity – exemplum docet, exempla obscurant

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We are living in times of disagreement. Silicon Valley has turned rule braking into everybody’s practice. “We have to move fast, we have…

Data, data, nothing but data. What do we do with it?

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According to an IDC study, the total amount of data generated annually worldwide will increase from 33 zettabytes to 175 zettabytes in 2025.…

Digital natives – the end of project management?

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Projects often take longer, they are too expensive or do not offer the promised quality. Young managers in particular, the so-called digital…

About the good life and the happy life

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Digitalisation makes a lot of things easier in our lives. But what really makes us happy in the digital age is not something digital, says happiness…

How to design a collaboration network for public value creation

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Co-production, co-creation, participation, user involvement: these are buzzwords often used when talking about public sector transformation.…

Of digital natives and data-based services – BFH researchers at Connecta 2019

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Swiss Post's Connecta digital conference was a success on Tuesday with over 300 participants and more than 90 speakers from 12 countries. Everyyear,Connecta…

Hackathons as a hot spot for digital skills

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When mixed teams tinker for hours or days until they programme new applications from data, then it is most likely a hackathon. This non-hierarchical…
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Can computers make art?

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Is AI as great as the glossy brochures promise? Or is it only the bosses of the computer programmers who want art, and the result is only art…

Japan: Ageing society needs technology and community development

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The ageing of society is more advanced in Japan than in Switzerland. Japan has been under corresponding pressure to innovate for some time. A…

Does digitalisation make us happier?

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Digitalisation makes many things easier for us in our professional and private lives. Communication is possible in a variety of ways so that…

October-November issue: Digitalisation – Vision of fair participation for all

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In 2011, the US social theorist and economist Jeremy Rifkin drew a positive vision of a "collaborative age" in his book "The Third Industrial…

How traffic measurements enable smart street lighting

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Only as much light as is really needed - intelligent lighting in public spaces is now one of the characteristics of a smart city. Such applications…

Linked Open Data for Smart Cities? New developments from the research perspective

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Almost all cities that call themselves a smart city or want to become one also have a strategy on Open Data and often publish relevant data on…

Digitalization – a great opportunity for women

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Companies need skilled workers for digital transformation and women are especially in demand. However, to date too few girls and young women…

How Lenzburg is becoming a smart city

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The city of Lenzburg is solving more and more offers in a digital way. On the topic of Smart City, the city is launching a specialist series…

Digitalisation promotes interdisciplinarity

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Many problems of the digital age cannot be solved in one discipline alone, says Prof. Dr. Gerd Folkers in an interview. On the second day of…

Liveblog von TRANSFORM – Digital Skills for the Transformation of Disciplines, Business and Government

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Which digital skills are necessary for the transformation of professional professions and companies? The TRANSFORM conference is a 2-day event…

September issue: An ecosystem is essential for the establishment of smart cities

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A few years ago, the MIT scientist Otto Scharmer coined the expression or rather the demand"from ego-system to eco-system". He was referring…

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…

August issue: Technology use in health care – the “missing link”

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The voices are numerous and loud when it comes to the opportunities of technologisation in health care. This has been the case for many years.…

The Internet in institutions for the elderly

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Internet use is ubiquitous, yet it has been little researched in residential aged care. This article discusses the results of two survey studies…

Fertility Discrimination In Hiring: A Field Experiment

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Part-time jobs are thought to reconcile work and family obligations. However, women with a higher probability of becoming pregnant soon have…

Turning Big useless Data into useful Big Data

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The S3Model approach can help organizations transform large amounts of disparate, unconnected data into meaningful data. This will save time…

Why interdisciplinarity is the basis for Computional Thinking

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The only living creature that can think is man. But soon computers will do the thinking for us - or will they? Alexander Repenning, professor…

How to estimate completeness of classes in Wikidata

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The way in which general encyclopaedic knowledge is collected, curated and used has changed dramatically. Anyone in the world can edit Wikipedia…

An international Knowledge Base for all Heritage Institutions (Part 2*)

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Heritage institutions are places in which works of art, historical records, and other objects of cultural or scientific interest are sheltered…

An International Knowledge Base for all Heritage Institutions (Part 1*)

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Heritage institutions are places in which works of art, historical records, and other objects of cultural or scientific interest are sheltered…

The central role of base registers and standards data in breaking data silos

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

How art institutions can manage their metadata

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Virtual assistants need descriptive metadata to work correctly. But many art organizations are poorly positioned with it. To close this gap,…

Switzerland needs a constructive data policy

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The vision has been clear for some time: we want a cooperative, participatory and open use of the data that is accumulating in ever greater quantities…

June-July: Special Issue focused on Missing Links

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Today, Open Data is an imperative. Government data, research data, and data from various other fields must be freely accessible and reusable…

How companies handle electronic business processes securely

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The expansion of the Swissdec information platform places new security requirements on the identification and authentication of participating…

Digitisation in insurance companies – individually or together?

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In the private client business, insurance companies rely on individual solutions that are widely accepted. The situation is more difficult with…

Payroll reporting – many roads lead to Rome

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The collection and processing of salary notifications is one of the core tasks of the compensation offices. As many channels as possible are…

“Come talk to me” – When Art meets Digitalisation

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The Mayor of Bern as a hologram? In addition to Alec von Graffenried, around 70 people participated in the participatory video installation "Come,…

Sedex – the digital postman of the Confederation

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With sedex, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) and the Federal Office of Information Technology (FOITT) offer a secure data exchange for authorities…

Insurance companies rely on M2M communication

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Suva has been using the Swiss wage standard (ELM) for many years to process wage declarations from companies. Now, in addition to the Swiss wage…

How digitalisation is changing the buying process

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Thanks to the internet, consumers can now find out about products more easily and buy online as well as in traditional shops. An SNSF-funded…

The social security data exchange ecosystem

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The eAHV/IV association defines interfaces and standards for data exchange and coordinates the digitisation projects for AHV and IV. The goal…

Swissdec – Pioneer in eGovernment Switzerland

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With the wage reporting procedure (ELM), the Swissdec association has created a Switzerland-wide standard that enables companies to report wage…

PRAEVENIRE workshop on the future of digital health

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The kick-off of the 4th PRAEVENIRE Health Days was all about digitalisation. Health experts and decision-makers worked on the topic of digital…

Switzerland-wide holistic building directory

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In 2020, Switzerland will have an official directory of building addresses for the first time. Currently, market participants publish, use or…

Digitisation thanks to standards

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The degree of digitalisation of data and the flow of information between organisational units is increasing year by year. This is especially…

How wage and accident data is protected

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The Swissdec data exchange platform (distributor) transmits wage and accident information to many Swiss companies. The protection of this data…

How insurance companies and authorities communicate securely

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The Swissdec architecture sketches show how corporate processes communicate with insurers and authorities today. An attempt is made to explain…

Swissdec history or “From the cradle to the grave, nothing but forms, forms!”

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Digitisation in the exchange of information in the public authority environment should above all save time and money. But it is not just about…

Liveblog from eGov Focus 1/19: Open digital city culture

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Cities are becoming digital. It is foreseeable that this development will permanently change cities. Open data, the internet of things, augmented…

May-June issue: How companies and authorities exchange data securely

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Most businesses today are digitally managed. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are used to control entrepreneurial and operational processes.…

Konferenz: Healthcare of the Future – Bridging the Information Gap

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How will eHealth, mobile health, self-monitoring and personalised medicine affect the future healthcare system? How can these technologies be…

Use of mobile identity solutions within the framework of electronic ID

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The need for a digital means of identification is growing. In Switzerland, electronic identity (eID) is regulated by the eID Act and provides,…

The Digitisation Monitor 2019

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In the run-up to the federal elections on 20 October 2019, the BFH is launching the "Digitisation Monitor 2019" in cooperation with the Universities…

Once Only in Europe – Can Switzerland be part of it?

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The principle of once-only (OOP) data collection from public authorities in Europe as part of the Tallinn Declaration is a key project for the…

Call for Papers: “Missing Links”

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In April 2019, the board of the Opendata.ch association has decided to create a Swiss Linked Data Working Group that is intended to reinforce…

The reconciliation of data reality and the real world – on the way to a data quality model

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It has become a truism that data is becoming more and more important and that handling it can lead to a real competitive advantage for companies…

The Education ID as the basis for the digital school

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If digital teaching aids are increasingly used in class, pupils and teachers need an electronic identity in order to be able to use applications…

April issue: e-government does its homework

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E-Government has set out to catch up on its homework. In this issue, you will learn, among other things, how chatbots can also be used in the…

What are the challenges of managing cyber-attacks in a large company?

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With the ever-increasing risks of cyber-attacks, companies need to make cyber security a priority. Today, it is not a question of "if" a company…

Challenges in digital forensics on smartphones

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Smartphone forensics is a relatively new and rapidly developing area of interest within digital forensics. The market launch of "Simon", the…

eDiscovery – the search for relevant information for investigations

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Every day, the amount of data in organisations grows and so do the opportunities to misuse it. With eDiscovery, data is located, secured and…

Vulnerabilities discovered in Swiss Post’s e-voting system

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The public intrusion test of Swiss Post's e-voting system carried out in recent weeks has aroused a great deal of interest among experts and…

Contemporary Classical Music and the Digital Transformation of Society

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Contemporary classical music is a fascinating showcase for the impact of digital transformation. Apart from that, it helps us to direct our thoughts…

Smartcity – Hype or Reality?

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In the last seven years the number of papers published on smart cities has grown exponentially. However, very few of these texts critically evaluate…

Data Governance as part of a new Swiss eGovernment Strategy?

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“Your data is only as good as what you do with it and how you manage it” [1]. This quote summarizes the problem that eGovernment Switzerland…

Call for Papers: Effects of digitalisation on business models in the digital city

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In June 2018, the issue entitled "Effects of digitalisation on business models in the digital city" will be published. We invite you to submit…

Conceptualizing a National Data Infrastructure for Switzerland

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AbstractA national data infrastructure (NDI) provides data, data-related services and guidelines for the re-use of data to individuals and…

Call for Papers – Projektmanagement und Nachhaltigkeit: wie geht das?

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Die Ausgabe zum Themenschwerpunkt Design for Future System Fitness beschäftigt sich im Mai 2018 mit dem Thema Projektmanagement und Nachhaltigkeit:…

Februarausgabe: IAM is in town, and it is globally connected

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The title is a fata morgana, of course. Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a very old topic in the context of e-services. Still it has not…

Technology Replaces Organizations

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Everyone has heard about platform economy and its branch, sharing economy. But what does it imply for an existing company? How do blockchains…

Early Diagnosis linking Big Data – hope or nightmare? (L4)

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Big Data and the number five.Big data has been seen during the last years as one of the most promising fields in health. By having access…

How a Smart Building Enables New Ways of Teaching and Learning: An Example from Tokyo

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Commonly smart buildings are mainly associated with using ICT in order to make a building more energy-efficient. But this is only one aspect…

Open Data as a first step towards building a national data infrastructure

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In order for government data to develop its potential benefits for the economy and society, it must be made available comprehensively and systematically.…

Useful and secure digital identities for all areas of life and their properties

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Digital identities are with us every day. The technical possibilities are very diverse. How can digital identities enable secure identification…

ECH data standards support the cooperation of all stakeholders in eGovernment

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The subsidiarity principle applies to the Swiss public authority landscape. This leads to decentralised structures in very many areas. In contrast…

Of chameleons and lambs

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Stakeholders are stakeholders. Particularly important stakeholders sit on project committees. Their sometimes peculiar behaviour prompts a comparison…

Open Government Data for accessible applications using the example of an app for the blind

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Public authorities make data available for secondary use as public sector information, (accessible) apps can use these and thus create added…

Swiss Post brings its core business into the digital world

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People entitled to vote cast their ballots online, courts and lawyers exchange case files electronically, and citizens have access to their patient…

Management tools for the federal state

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Only a few organisations systematically use today's possibilities of information and communication technologies (ICT) to support management processes.…

E-Government-Themen im BFH-Zentrum Digital Society

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The BFH Centre Digital Society is concerned with the question of how to create the greatest possible value through digitalisation. This is a…

Good practices and bad practices – not with us!

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The architect Christopher Alexander worked intensively on the question of how rooms, houses, districts and entire cities must be built so that…

Data as an innovation driver of the smart city

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Data has already been called the "oil of the 21st century". But data will also form the basis for many processes in the intelligent city of the…

Cybersecurity und IT-Forensik

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The focus "Cyber Security & IT Forensics" deals with selected topics related to the security of the computer infrastructure, such as confidentiality,…

CfP: Value and Values in E-Government

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SocietyByte is an online magazine for networking knowledge and know-how around the digital transformation of economy, state and society. In March…