Category: News

Boosting and Applications

A new working paper by Andrea Ferrario (Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH, Chair of Technology Marketing at MTEC ETH) and Roger Haemmerli (Swiss Mobiliar) titled “On Boosting: Theory and Applications” is available on SSRN. The Jupyter Notebook of the working paper is available at the GitHub repository of the of the Swiss Association of…
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Organizing in the Era of Digital Technology 2019 Conference: A Discussion around AI, Trust and Organizations

The Organizing in the Era of Digital Technology 2019 conference took place from June 12 to 15 at the beautiful location of Monte Verità , above Ascona (Switzerland). Andrea Ferrario, from the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and the Technology Marketing Chair at MTEC ETH presented ‘Artificial Intelligence And Trust: An Incremental Model’. This…
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Ask Emma!

A column by Erika Meins on the link between chatbot Emma and the Lab’s new research focus.

TripAdvisor-ratings for predicting restaurants’ revenue growth

An article on the possibilities and limitations of using novel data sources and machine learning to predict restaurants’ revenue growth (in “Er will doch nur spielen” a magazine published by Swiss Mobiliar).

The Algorithm, your Friend and Helper

Erika Meins from the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics and Dominik Balogh from Zurich police on how recent research supports police in preventing crime (in “Er will doch nur spielen” a magazine edited by Mobiliar) .

One step ahead of burglars

A new machine-learning method developed by Cristina Kadar and colleagues makes it possible to predict burglaries even in sparsely populated areas. More information can be found at: https://www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2019/05/burglary-prediction.html

Collegium Helveticum Retraite 2019: Poster Session

In the week 08-12 April 2019 the Collegium Helveticum Retraite 2019 took place. It has been an opportunity for researchers to discuss both the ongoing projects at Collegium Helveticum and the research perspectives for 2020. Andrea Ferrario from the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and the ETH MTEC Technology Marketing Chair had the possibility to…
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ETH-exhibition “goMATH – going the MATH way” 11-22 March 2019

From 11 to 22 March, the exhibition “goMATH – going the MATH way” in the main hall of ETH Zurich presents a number of portraits of contemporary female mathematicians at different stages in their career – from academia as well as business. The exhibition is part of a series of events organized by the Department of Mathematics…
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ETH Spring Semester 2019: a data science-driven lecture from the Chair of Technology Marketing

Today 18.02.19, the ETH Spring Semester 2019 starts; the Chair of Technology Marketing at ETH hosts the lecture Marketing Analytics, with lecturers PD Dr. Sebastian Tillmanns – Chair of Technology Marketing Dr. Andrea Ferrario – Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and Chair of Technology Marketing Students will face a data science team problem to be solved…
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A commentary on the ‘Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI’ European Commission’s document

Algorithmwatch has recently published a blog entry containing a commentary on the ‘Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI‘  European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (EU HLEG on AI) document. Andrea Ferrario from the Mobilab for Analytics at ETH and the ETH MTEC Technology Marketing Chair is one of the authors of the commentary, which…
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