جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Power System Identification
• Bayesian Estimation
• Microgrid Control
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Pulkit Nahata is a Senior Scientist at ETH Zurich's Power Systems Laboratory and Project Lead for the NCCR Automation Energy Moonshot initiative. His research bridges power systems, control theory, and renewable integration, with industrial experience from Alstom Switzerland. Key research areas include Bayesian identification of distribution grids, passivity-based microgrid control, and cyber-security for DC networks. His publications demonstrate consistent focus on: adaptive grid modeling under uncertainty, decentralized voltage stabilization algorithms for microgrids with nonlinear loads, and resilient control architectures. Major collaborations include the NCCR Automation consortium with Walenstadt utility, advancing renewable integration in Swiss grids. His industry background informs applied methodologies for grid modernization challenges.

Iva Kaboschمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Parallel Computing
• High-Performance Computing
• Distributed Systems
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Iva Kabosch is a Researcher affiliated with the Professorship for Scalable Parallel Computing at ETH Zürich. Her role involves contributions to research and academic activities within the field of parallel computing. She is based at Andreasstrasse 5 in Zürich, Switzerland, and can be reached via email at iva.kabosch@inf.ethz.ch .

• Toxicology
• Metabolomics
• Environmental Toxicology
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Dr. Jacob Folz is a Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST) at ETH Zurich, specializing in toxicology and metabolomics research. His work focuses on understanding microbial biotransformation processes in the human gut, environmental chemical exposure impacts, and metabolome profiling under physiological conditions. He employs advanced analytical techniques like LC-MS/MS and physiologically based kinetic modeling to study metabolic pathways and their implications for human health. Research interests include gut microbiota metabolism, toxicological assessments of environmental chemicals, and the development of novel methodologies for in vivo metabolite analysis. Dr. Folz has contributed to studies on herbicide metabolism, intestinal environment characterization, and metabolomic variations in aging and disease models. His interdisciplinary approach bridges analytical chemistry, systems biology, and clinical applications. His publications highlight innovative sampling technologies (e.g., ingestible devices for microbiome studies) and computational models to predict systemic metabolite levels. Collaborations likely involve environmental health, pharmaceutical research, and biomedical engineering. No specific grants or awards are mentioned in the provided texts, but his work aligns with emerging fields in exposomics and personalized medicine. Laboratory affiliations include the Professur für Toxikologie (Toxicology Professorship) at ETH Zurich, focusing on interdisciplinary toxicology research. Dr. Folz’s research has direct applications in drug development, environmental risk assessment, and understanding metabolic disorders linked to gut dysbiosis.

Christophe Randinمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Climate Change Biology
• Ecological Modeling
• Plant Ecology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Christophe Randin is a Researcher at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne. His work focuses on understanding how species distributions respond to climate change, particularly in alpine and mountain ecosystems. He holds a PhD from the University of Lausanne and has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado (INSTAAR) and the University of Basel as part of the ERC TREELIM project. His research integrates field experiments, ecological modeling, and historical data analysis, with key areas including plant phenology, biodiversity conservation, and socio-ecological systems. Notable projects include the 'Herbier vaudois 2.0' leveraging historical herbarium records and the 'Atlas Scientifique du Mont Blanc' under the EU-funded PIT program. Randin’s publications emphasize high-resolution land use forecasting, vegetation dynamics, and climate impacts on ecosystems. He has co-supervised PhD students like Daphné Asse and contributed to tools like the 'ecospat' R package for ecological modeling.

• Parallel Computing
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Optimization
• Performance Profiling
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Walter Binder is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI). He holds a MSc, PhD, and venia docendi from Vienna University of Technology. Previously, he was a senior researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, EPFL. His research focuses on program transformations, virtual execution environments, aspect-oriented programming, profiling, and resource management. Education: MSc from Vienna University of Technology PhD from Vienna University of Technology Venia docendi (Habilitation) from Vienna University of Technology Research Interests: His work spans JVM optimization, parallel computing, and dynamic program analysis. Notable contributions include tools like Renaissance (a JVM benchmark suite), S2S (SQL-to-Stream translator), and Akkaprof (profiler for actor-based systems). He explores topics such as thread management, vectorization, and performance profiling in distributed systems. Articles Trends: Recent work emphasizes JVM performance (e.g., Java Vector API, Native Image optimizations), parallel execution policies (NAS benchmarks), and adaptive runtime systems (e.g., MPR framework). He also investigates big data systems (Spark, Node.js) and runtime verification tools. Grants & Labs: Leads projects on JVM profiling, polyglot runtimes, and large-scale program analysis. His lab develops tools like NodeMOP for Node.js and AccStream for stream processing systems.

Nils Fürstenbergمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• New Leadership
• Engagement and well-being
• Dealing with complexity and uncertainty
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Nils Fürstenberg is an Assistant Professor for Organizational Culture, Leadership and Collaboration, and Vice Director at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management (IFPM-HSG) within the University of St.Gallen (HSG). His affiliations include the School of Business, Economics, Law, Social Sciences, International Relations and Computer Science. He focuses on research areas such as New Leadership, Engagement and well-being, Dealing with complexity and uncertainty, and New Work. His research explores leadership behaviors, work engagement dynamics, and organizational health. Notable themes include paradoxical leadership effects, employee well-being, and the interplay between HR practices and organizational outcomes. Recent work investigates how CEO health-orientation impacts organizational performance and the role of team mental models in enhancing team performance. Key collaborators include Dr. Julia Lara Forjan (Scientific Associate) and Sabrina Jann (Human Resources/Accounting). His work addresses contemporary challenges like remote work resilience and boundary control in organizations, reflecting a commitment to both theoretical and practical organizational insights.

Gabriela Schaepman-Strubمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Arctic Ecology
• Remote Sensing
• Climate Change Impacts
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub is an Associate Professor of Earth System Science at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich. She serves as Scientific Director of the Swiss Polar Institute (part-time) and represents Switzerland in multiple Arctic science initiatives including the Arctic Council's Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and the Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research (SKPH). Her research focuses on spatial ecology, remote sensing applications, and Arctic biodiversity with emphases on land surface albedo dynamics, vegetation-radiation interactions, and climate change impacts. She leads the Remote Sensing and Spatial Ecology Research Group and has held visiting roles at NASA JPL and institutions in the Netherlands and the US. Her academic journey includes a PhD in Natural Sciences (2005) and postdoctoral fellowships from the Swiss National Science Foundation (2005) and European Space Agency (2005-2007). She chairs international bodies like the CEOS Land Product Validation subgroup and advises the Swiss Polar Institute's scientific strategy. Her work bridges field observations, satellite data analysis, and indigenous knowledge to address Arctic ecosystem transformations. Key research areas include Arctic greening trends, wildfire dynamics, permafrost thaw impacts, and biodiversity conservation strategies. She has pioneered studies linking vegetation trait variability to ecosystem functioning across tundra regions. Over 80 peer-reviewed publications demonstrate her contributions to remote sensing validation methodologies, Arctic energy budget dynamics, and climate-biodiversity feedback mechanisms. Scientific achievements include co-developing the Tundra Trait Team database and advancing understanding of radiative forcing changes in Siberian forests. Awards include prestigious postdoctoral fellowships and leadership roles in international polar research networks. Her current projects investigate drought impacts on tundra energy budgets and Arctic fire regimes using experimental manipulations and satellite time series analysis.

Christoph Ringliمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Molecular Plant Biology
• Phytopathology
• Cell Wall Integrity Sensing
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Christoph Ringli is a Professor at the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying plant cell wall integrity sensing, particularly involving LRX proteins, RALF peptides, and FERONIA signaling. He investigates how these components regulate cell growth, cell wall formation, and stress responses. His work also explores the role of flavonols in cell shape determination and auxin transport regulation. Key research areas include: cell wall dynamics, plant hormone signaling (e.g., RALF peptides), genetic regulation of cell morphology, and epigenetic mechanisms influencing developmental processes. His lab has identified suppressor mutants (rol and sune) that shed light on interactions between cell wall signaling and TOR pathway components. His research is supported by grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, SystemsX/MechanX programs, and a Syngenta Fellowship. He teaches courses in plant biology at the University of Zurich and supervises research internships in plant biology. Notable achievements include discovering LRX proteins' role in cell wall compaction, elucidating flavonol glycosylation effects on cell shape, and identifying novel components of the LRX/RALF/FER signaling network.

• Human Factors
• Aviation Psychology
• Human-Automation Interaction
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Dr. Ruth Esther Häusler Hermann serves as Team Leader for Human Factors at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) School of Engineering, where she directs research on human-automation interaction in safety-critical systems. Her work integrates engineering and psychological methodologies to enhance performance in aviation, nuclear safety, and industrial automation contexts through empirical field studies and experimental design. Her academic foundation includes a PhD and Master's in Psychology from the University of Bern (2000-2006), supplemented by higher education didactics certification at ZHAW in 2011. Professional roles span the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (2014-present), Federal Office of Civil Aviation (2004-2010), and co-founding Human Factors Solutions GmbH (2005-present). Häusler Hermann's research program emphasizes: Objective measurement of cognitive states using eye-tracking and psychophysiological parameters Evidence-based training systems with real-time performance feedback Human factors in automation design for aviation and nuclear safety Root cause analysis methodologies for incident investigation Human-robot collaboration frameworks for industrial applications Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strategic focus on artificial situational awareness systems, with increasing integration of AI in air traffic control and cockpit interfaces. Her work consistently bridges laboratory experimentation with real-world implementation, prioritizing human-centered design in high-stakes environments where automation failures could have catastrophic consequences. She leads the Horizon 2020 AISA Consortium project on human-machine distributed situation awareness and serves on EASA's Human Factors Advisory Group. Current research includes field studies on AI-based conflict detection for air traffic controllers and novel augmented reality assistance systems validated through controlled cockpit experiments. As head of ZHAW's Human Factors research group, she maintains active collaborations with the European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) and Switzerland's Nuclear Safety Commission. Her team operates at the intersection of cognitive psychology, systems engineering, and data science, developing measurement protocols that translate lab findings into practical safety interventions for aviation authorities and industrial clients.

Grigore Stamatescuمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Networked embedded sensing
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Distributed information processing
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Grigore Stamatescu is a Professor at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica of Bucharest , affiliated with the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers and the Department of Automation and Industrial Informatics . He leads the AISENSE (Artificial Intelligence for SEnsing, Low-Power Networking and ICS SEcurity) laboratory . Research interests include networked embedded sensing, IoT, distributed information processing, industrial and energy applications, statistical learning for load forecasting, and anomaly detection in building/grid energy systems. Focus areas: data-driven modeling of large-scale manufacturing systems for energy efficiency. Awards: Fulbright Visiting Scholar (2015-2016) at University of California, Merced JESH Scholar of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2019) at Graz University of Technology He holds a Ph.D. (2012) from the same university and is a member of IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Smart Buildings and IEEE IES Technical Committee on Industrial Agents .

Nina Jakobyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مدعو

• Sociology of Emotions
• Gender Studies
• Death and Bereavement Studies
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Nina Jakoby is an Adjunct Professor at the Sociological Institute, University of Zurich , and Managing Director of the University Research Priority Program (URPP) Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R . Her work bridges Sociology of Emotions , Gender Studies , and Death and Bereavement Research , with affiliations to institutions like the Centre for Death & Society (University of Bath) and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development . Doctorate in Sociology (RWTH Aachen, 2007) Habilitation in Sociology (University of Zurich, 2017) CAS in Leadership and Governance (University of Zurich, 2021) Her research explores grief as a socially regulated emotion, digital memorialization, and gendered aspects of palliative care. Recent publications focus on socioeconomic disparities in emotional responses, virtual cemeteries, and institutional death practices. She has held visiting roles at the University of Konstanz and University of Bath . Key scientific contributions include the 2016 habilitation thesis Social Loss: Death, Emotions, Coping and Social Structure and co-editorship of On the Sociology of Dying (2017). She received a Konstanz Master Class Fellowship in 2012. Her teaching spans courses on Sociological Classics , Gender Studies , and Emotional Cultures , with lectures at institutions like the University of Geneva and University of Bath . She actively contributes to public discourse on grief through media appearances and 2.0 digital memorialization research.

• Information Management
• Software Development
• Human-Computer Interaction
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Laurent Sciboz is an HES Ordinary Professor and Head of the Computer Science Institute and eServices Unit at HES-SO Valais-Wallis. He specializes in information management, software development, and innovation management. His work focuses on applying ICT solutions to business challenges, including energy distribution forecasting, supply chain optimization, and digital trust systems. Leads projects like Electricity Load Forecasting for Utilities (ELF4U) and PROSECCO (product-service co-design systems) Main applicant for multiple grants totaling over CHF 1.5M from EU, CTI, and private partners Expert in EU research project evaluation and strategic innovation platforms Research emphasizes digital transformation, with recent work on trust labelling for journalistic content to enhance media credibility. Has collaborated with EPFL, UNIL, and industry partners like Valgrid and Logem.

• Energy Efficiency in Buildings
• Smart Grids
• Machine Learning
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Pierre Ferrez is an Adjunct Professor at HES-SO Valais-Wallis (Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie) within the Institut Energie et environnement, part of the Technique et IT school. He specializes in energy systems, smart grids, and building automation. His research focuses on optimizing energy efficiency in buildings, demand response mechanisms, and integrating renewable energy sources into grid systems. Key projects include the EU-funded domOS project (2020-2023), exploring smart building management and energy-efficient technologies, and the GOFLEX project (2016-2019), addressing flexibility in distribution grids. He has collaborated with institutions like Aalborg University, CSEM, and EDF, contributing to innovations in energy storage, microgrids, and adaptive energy management systems. Education: Details not explicitly stated but inferred from institutional roles. Research: Focuses on thermal systems optimization, demand-response algorithms, and energy data analytics. His work combines machine learning and data science to enhance energy efficiency, with applications in residential and industrial sectors. Publications include studies on household flexibility quantification and grid resilience.

• Energy
• Demand Side Management
• Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring
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Pierre Roduit is a Professor and Head of the Institut Energie et environnement at HES-SO Valais-Wallis. His expertise spans Energy Systems, Demand Side Management, and Machine Learning applications in sustainability. He leads research on smart energy solutions, including grid flexibility, non-intrusive load monitoring, and hydropower maintenance. Current projects include the EU-funded domOS (H2020) for smart building OS and the Innosuisse-backed Industrialisation of energy services for small buildings. His work integrates IoT and data science to enhance energy efficiency in residential and industrial contexts. Key Projects: GOFLEX (H2020), SEMIAH (FP7), Cavitation Monitoring System Focus Areas: Thermal Energy Storage, Predictive Maintenance, Smart Grids His research bridges academic innovation with industrial applications, advancing technologies such as NILM and acoustic-based turbine monitoring. Over 20 years, he has authored over 30 publications and secured €16M+ in EU and industry funding.

• Cybersecurity
• Secure Software Development
• Concurrent programming
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Associate Professor Michael Mäder at Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Fribourg holds a position within the iSIS Institute (Institut des systèmes intelligents et sécurisés). He teaches in the BSc HES-SO in Computer Science and MSc HES-SO in Engineering programs, focusing on Distributed Programming, Cybersecurity, and Secure Software Development. His research emphasizes vehicular cybersecurity, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise IT security frameworks. Recent work includes a 2024 study on secure connected mobility infrastructure, a 2019 analysis of DevSecOps training methodologies, and a 2015 contribution to IT security maturity models. No scientific awards are listed in the provided materials. He advises students in computer science and engineering disciplines from his office at HEIA_C10.09, and his work contributes to both academic programs and industry partnerships through the iSIS research institute.