11th IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science
The 11th edition of the IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science will be in Zurich. Mark the date in your calendars! More information: https://sds2024.ch/
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Ethic and Geoinformation Webinar
Abschätzung des Sterblichkeitsrisikos durch Smartphone -Daten? Die Zerstörung von gefährdeten Lebensräume durch geo-tagged Social Media – Kommunikation? Diskriminierung aufgrund räumlicher Autokorrelationen?
In diesem Webinar geht es um das aktuelle Thema der ethisch-moralischen Herausforderungen bei der Erhebung, Verarbeitung und Anwendung/Interpretation von räumlichen Daten. Dabei werden nicht nur Fragestellungen um Data Privacy thematisiert, sondern auch die Schwierigkeiten rund um Qualität und Bias in den Daten an sich und den daraus resultierenden Limitationen in der Entwicklung und Anwendung von Algorithmen, insbesondere im Bereich von Machine Learning-Methoden. Dabei steht vor allem die Verknüpfung verschiedener Datenquellen und der daraus resultierenden Zusammenhänge im Fokus. Es werden sowohl Einblicke aus der aktuellen Forschung zur Ethikdebatte als auch in spezifische Anwendungs- und Umsetzungsbeispiele aus der Industrie vorgestellt.
Finden Sie alle Informationen auch auf der offiziellen Webseite (Link)!
Organisation: Christoph Heitz (ZHAW), Karin Lange (dieMobiliar), tbd (CLAIRE), Stefan Keller (OST), Reik Leiterer (data innovation alliance)
8th European COST Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Finance
We would like to cordially invite you to our 8th European COST Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Finance – Sept 29, 2023, online and at Bern Business School.
The topics will cover amongst others
- Asset Management and Large Language Models
- Artificial Intelligence in Finance
- Peer-to-Peer Lending
- Share Buybacks – A multi-billion dollar question
- Recent industry developments
Website
Registration (free, but mandatory)
This year, the event will be joint with our Annual Meeting for the COST Action on Fintech and Artificial Intelligence in Finance as well as the European Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Industrial Doctoral Network on Digital Finance. We will welcome participants from more than 20 European countries in Bern.
See the FLYER here.
Looking forward to your participation.
Best regards
Jörg Osterrieder, Branka Hadji Misheva, Christian Hopp and the entire organization team
GEOSummit – Open Data Value Creation
We would like to invite you to the GEOSummit open innovation workshop on “Open Data Value Creation”, hosted by ERNI in Zurich.
Creating value based on open data is difficult, as topics such as harmonization of data formats, automatic data lineages or the standardization of data linkage processes are technically challenging and also not unproblematic from a regulatory point of view. But even supposedly simpler steps such as contextualized data search and raising awareness of the availability of open data in general have only been implemented to a very limited extent.
In this workshop, we would like to invite stakeholders from research, industry, NGOs and the public sector to work on solutions and to define concrete steps on how to improve value creation through open data. Dr. Jürg Meierhofer (ZHAW) will be our moderator and guarantees a result-oriented, structured approach to the workshop.
As thematic use-case we will focus on the energy sector. This includes, for example, the analysis of consumption data collected by sensors and smart meters – or, more generally, exploiting the potential of energy management systems due to the increasing electrification. Especially with regard to energy savings (e.g. usage-specific lighting scenarios), these so-called IoT recommender systems have the potential to deliver great added value. These areas are not detached from the building shell, which brings us back to the various smart building & construction technologies and of course to the electricity providers (e.g. with regard to dynamic tariffs). in this context, we discuss topics such as data protection, data infrastructure and data management, open platform ideas for data sharing and trading and the smart services that could be built on them.
The workshop is co-organized by the data innovation alliance and the SGPF.
Free participation, but registration is necessary: Link
Wir möchten Sie zum GEOSummit Open Innovation Workshop “Open Data Value Creation” einladen, der von ERNI in Zürich veranstaltet wird.
Die Wertschöpfung auf der Basis offener Daten ist schwierig, denn Themen wie die Harmonisierung von Datenformaten, automatische Datenabgleiche oder die Standardisierung von Datenverknüpfungsprozessen sind technisch anspruchsvoll und auch aus regulatorischer Sicht nicht unproblematisch. Aber auch vermeintlich einfachere Schritte wie die kontextualisierte Datensuche und die Sensibilisierung für die Verfügbarkeit offener Daten im Allgemeinen wurden bisher nur in sehr geringem Umfang umgesetzt.
In diesem Workshop möchten wir Akteure aus Forschung, Industrie, Nichtregierungsorganisationen und dem öffentlichen Sektor einladen, an Lösungen zu arbeiten und konkrete Schritte zu definieren, wie die Wertschöpfung durch offene Daten verbessert werden kann. Dr. Jürg Meierhofer (ZHAW) ist unser Moderator und garantiert einen ergebnisorientierten, strukturierten Ansatz für den Workshop.
Als ein mögliches Anwendungsgebiet steht hierbei der Energiesektor im Fokus. Dazu gehört z.B. die Analyse von Verbrauchsdaten, die durch Sensoren und Smart Meter gesammelt werden – oder ganz allgemein die Nutzung des Potenzials von Energiemanagementsystemen aufgrund der zunehmenden Elektrifizierung. Gerade im Hinblick auf Energieeinsparungen (z.B. nutzungsspezifische Beleuchtungsszenarien) haben diese sogenannten IoT-Recommender-Systeme das Potenzial, einen großen Mehrwert zu liefern. Diese Bereiche sind nicht losgelöst von der Gebäudehülle, womit wir wieder bei den verschiedenen intelligenten Gebäude- und Bautechnologien und natürlich bei den Stromanbietenden Organisationen sind (z. B. im Hinblick auf dynamische Tarife) sind. In diesem Zusammenhang diskutieren wir Themen wie Datenschutz, Dateninfrastruktur und Datenmanagement, Ideen für offene Plattformen zum Datenaustausch und -handel und mögliche, darauf aufbauende “intelligente” Dienste.
Der Workshop wird gemeinsam von der Data Innovation Alliance und der SGPF organisiert.
Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos, aber eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich: Link
Shaping Workshop – BFH meets Practice: Digital Onboarding for Small and Medium-Sized Companies: A Toolbox Approach
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the onboarding process has emerged as a crucial
aspect of organizational success. With the advent of remote work and virtual teams, new challenges
have arisen, necessitating the development of structured onboarding processes that incorporate digital
tools. However, the integration of analog and digital tools to effectively assimilate new hires
remains a persistent challenge for organizations.
Effective onboarding of new hires has long been recognized as a critical factor in organizational
success. It ensures a smooth transition for new employees and facilitates their assimilation into the
organizational culture and workflow. However, with the paradigm shift towards remote work and virtual
teams, the traditional onboarding process has encountered new hurdles, necessitating the adoption of
novel strategies and digital tools. New work arrangements offer flexibility and access to talent pools
beyond geographical boundaries. However, they also present unique challenges in terms of team
collaboration, communication, and fostering a sense of belonging. Addressing these challenges
requires a reimagining of the onboarding process.
Leveraging digital technologies for employee onboarding creates complexities that differ from
traditional in-person onboarding. The absence of physical presence makes it challenging to establish
personal connections (commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour) and convey the
organizational culture effectively. The challenges posed by the combination of analog and digital tools
necessitate innovative strategies. By implementing a structured onboarding process that incorporates
digital tools effectively, organizations can foster a sense of connection, enhance employee
engagement, and lay the foundation for long-term success in a digital-first era.
A research Team of the BFH aims to develop a toolbox of digital solutions in order to empower
SMEs to effectively integrate new hires. Through empirical research and a focus on specific SME
needs, this study seeks to enhance the onboarding experience and promote organizational success.
We are inviting companies interested in participating in a shaping workshop to share their
knowledge and insights regarding the use of digital tools in the onboarding processes. This
workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss the challenges they face and generate
initial ideas on how to effectively address these challenges. We encourage companies to join us
in this collaborative session to foster knowledge sharing and collectively enhance the onboarding
experience.
The workshop will take place on 02.10.2023 from 16.30 – 18.00 at Haslerstrasse 30, 3008 Bern
followed by an Apèro.
The language of the workshop will be chosen depending on the number of registered participants
(German/English).
Registration is requested by 18.09.2023 to Sabrina.Schell@bfh.ch
Workshop on Digital Twins and Data Usage
During that day, organized by the Data Booster and the Innovation Booster Microtech, we would like to bring together experts from different fields.
Find more information on the official website!
Swiss Text Analytics Conference
SwissText is an annual conference that brings together text analytics experts from industry and academia. It is organized by the Swiss Association for Natural Language Processing (SwissNLP) in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO // HE-Arc) as well as the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the data innovation alliance.
You can find more information on the official website.
Konferenz Perspektiven mit Industrie 4.0: Digitale Ökosysteme
Industrie 4.0 ermöglicht es Unternehmen, ihre Prozesse transparenter zu gestalten und die Integration von internen und externen Partnern neu zu gestalten. Je nach Grad der Partnerintegration können sogar ganze Ökosysteme, bestehend aus Lieferanten, Kunden, Konkurrenten und Substitutionsunternehmen, etabliert werden.
Die Konferenz Perspektiven mit Industrie 4.0 bietet einen Einblick in unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten der Ökosystemgestaltung. Die Inhalte der Konferenz umfassen unterschiedlichen Lösungsansätze (“best practices” aus Unternehmen) zu folgenden Fragen:
- Wie kann die Transparenz in Supply Chains dank Industrie 4.0 erhöht werden (traceability)?
- Wie können dank Industrie 4.0 neue Geschäftsmodelle mit stärkerer Kundenintegration gestaltet werden?
- Wie können ganze Partnernetzwerke in Ökosysteme überführt und somit neuartige Ressourcen und Kompetenzen erschlossen werden?
An der Konferenz Perspektiven mit Industrie 4.0 werden Lösungen von und für Schweizer KMU präsentiert, die pionierhaft und mustergültig sind. Wir laden Sie ein, sich davon inspirieren zu lassen und freuen uns über Ihre Teilnahme.
Finden Sie mehr Informationen auf der offiziellen Webseite.
Smart Service Summit: building resilience in a changing world
The volatility we have experienced recently was unexpected, and society needed to be sufficiently prepared. Unforeseen resource shortages, logistics and skilled people have further challenged our society. We see today that the markets are driven by the scarcity of resources rather than demand. Coupled with this is the need to integrate sustainability into our behaviour. All of this results in a wave of short-term and rushed management decisions that are not sustainable in the medium- and long-term and, in many cases, create unforeseen consequences that, on an individual basis, make sense yet, on a systemic basis, make the situation worse.
It became evident that we need to be more resilient and able to deal with the changes our rapidly changing world throws at us. Resilience can be achieved by rapidly adapting to a dramatically changed situation (through resourcefulness, adaptability, and flexibility) (Conz & Magnani, 2020). Capacity increases can achieve this by improving the system’s ability to absorb shocks (e.g., by more redundancy, robustness, or agility). Smart services can provide the capability to adapt within ecosystems. By their inherent design of resource integration in socio-technical systems (Vargo et al., 2018), services systems build up the dynamic capabilities to rearrange existing resources for adapting to dynamically changing needs.
The smart services summit 2023 will be dedicated to the capability of smart service systems to support resilience and build sustainability. Contributions are welcome in the following fields:
- How can smart services create value in dynamic ecosystems?
- How can dynamic capabilities be developed?
- How are resilience and sustainability in smart service systems interrelated?
- How can resilience and short-term value optimisation go hand in hand?
- What are practical examples and best practice experiences from companies?
- What role does AI play in building resilience and helping with sustainability?
Contributions are invited both from practitioners and scholars. We prefer emerging work that will create discussions; the studies could be based on cases and theoretical frameworks. Accepted papers will be published in Springer proceedings as 12-page papers.
Prof. Dr Shaun West and Dr. Jürg Meierhofer
Registration
Submissions
Submissions can be entered here: EASYCHAIR
Abstracts must be made using the abstract template: CLICK HERE.
Full papers must be submitted using the Springer Word Template: CLICK HERE.
All submissions will undergo a blind review process. Further information can be found here: https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conference-proceedings-guidelines
Publication
The proceedings will be published in by Springer
Prior versions: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-72090-2
The co-chairs may contact authors directly for inclusion in an MDPI special call on “Service Ecosystem: Resilience and Sustainability”.
Venue
The conference will be held in Zürich on 27 October 2023.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
Jürg Meierhofer, Lectuerer for Business Engineering and Operations Management (juerg.meierhofer@zhaw.ch),
Shaun West, Professor for Product-Service System Innovation (shaun.west@hslu.ch)
Sponsors
A New Opportunity: Open Innovation for “Construction & Data Science”
The construction industry has been undergoing a digital transformation, with data science playing an increasingly important role in improving efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing safety. However, to fully realize its potential, it’s essential to promote open innovation and collaboration between data scientists and construction experts.
For this purpose, the first open innovation workshop on “Construction & Data Science” was recently held in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together 40 participants from both fields to explore the intersection of construction and data science.
Findings
To improve cooperation between the construction industry and data science, the workshop formulated central key findings:
- Focus on creating structured data sets across projects, teams, and companies and move away from managing data in CAD systems.
- Don’t wait for new standards to be defined, learn to combine information from different sources and standards by mapping it.
- Consider using other ways of pulling data from CAD tools, like Speckle or an IFC-based modeling tool like Blender.
- Engage in open source or open data projects and learn from others, especially in rapidly evolving technology.
Check out sites like www.opensource.construction/ to proactively work towards changing the status quo and improving the industry.
The summary is also nicely put together in the Linkedin post by opensource.construction’s President, Maximilian Vomhof.
The Event
The workshop aimed to identify potential problems and solutions in this area and to promote open innovation and collaboration between data scientists and construction experts. In this blog post, you will find a report on the insights gained from the workshop and highlight the importance of open innovation in these industries.
The workshop was organized jointly by opensource.construction, bauen digital Schweiz, and the data innovation alliance at Amstein + Walthert in Oerlikon. After a short introduction to the Databooster program, the passive part for the participants was over!
The workshop was structured according to the double diamond framework from design thinking, which consists of four stages: discover, define, develop, and deliver. After the four groups got to know each other, they explored the problem space at the intersection of construction and data science or data engineering. In this phase, the focus was on generating a wide range of ideas and potential solutions by asking “why” questions and understanding the workings of the construction industry as a data scientist – essentially, “falling in love” with the problem.
At this workshop, “love” was certainly in the air, with many questions generated. Of these, five problems were identified as most relevant:
- Optimized building scans
- Open-source door planning configurator
- Linked product data
- GIS data linked with building laws
- Open data environment for storing and linking element-independent information
In the second part of the workshop, powerful teams were formed around the ideas generated. They not only focused on potential solutions but also on related business cases, which added a practical, pragmatic dimension to the ideation process.
One of the solutions produced was standardization, particularly in the light of data formats. However, it was agreed that establishing standards and achieving consensus could take a long time – a luxury that the construction industry simply doesn’t have. It was essential to identify quick and effective solutions that could be implemented without major delay.
Despite the apero long being ready, the teams were still deeply engaged in finding innovative solutions that could be launched swiftly. The teams agreed to follow up on their ideas and continue pushing for change, possibly using the Innovation Booster Databooster, something we are particularly happy to hear.
In conclusion, we believe that the Innovation Booster Databooster initiative is a valuable resource for teams to develop and implement their solutions generated using the double diamond design thinking structure. We look forward to seeing how these ideas will shape the future of construction and data science!
