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Swiss radio SRF: How can digital technologies help us manage stress at work?

And to what extent are they not only a solution but part of the problem? An interview with Lab Director Erika Meins and Die Mobiliar‘s head of HR Barbara Agoba on Swiss radio SRF.

Presentation at ISTP colloquium

Erika Meins and Jasmine Kerr presented the Lab’s work at the latest colloquium of ETHs Institute of Science, Technology and Policy. More information can be found here.

Publication in the Journal of Medical Ethics

The manuscript “AI knows best? Avoiding the traps of paternalism and other pitfalls of AI-based patient preference prediction” by Andrea Ferrario (Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and Chair of Technology Marketing, ETH), S. Gloeckler and N. Biller-Andorno has been published in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Publication in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics

What does the way you move your computer mouse say about your stress levels? Find out in our recent publication in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104299 This work is co-authored by our Lab’s Mara Nägelin, Raphael Weibel, Jasmine Kerr and Andrea Ferrario, together with Florian Wangenheim, Victor Schinazi, Christoph Hölscher and Roberto La Marca.

Publication in Computers in Human Behavior

Using virtual reality to deliver HRV-biofeedback for stress management benefits cardiac activity and user experience! Read our publication in Computers in Human Behaviour to find out more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107607 This work was a collaboration between Raphael Weibel, Jasmine Kerr, Mara Nägelin, Andrea Ferrari, Victor Schinazi, Roberto La Marca, Christoph Hölscher, and Florian Wangenheim.

Explainability, trust and AI at the University of Bern

Does explainability really foster trust in artificial intelligence (AI) systems? A. Ferrario discussed a novel philosophical account of explainability and its relation to trust in AI at the Research Symposium 2022 of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (CAIM) at the University of Bern.

Publication in the Journal of Medical Ethics

The manuscript “The Ethics of the Algorithmic Prediction of Goal of Care Preferences: From Theory to Practice” by Andrea Ferrario (Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and Chair of Technology Marketing, ETH), S. Gloeckler and N. Biller-Andorno has been accepted as “Feature Article” in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Open position: Scientific Director

Curious how new technologies can improve human-computer interactions and bring value to society? Shape our Lab’s future research as designated Scientific Director. Find more information here

Entry in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics

The manuscript “Algorithm, machine learning and artificial intelligence” by A. Ferrario (Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and Chair of Technology Marketing, ETH) and M. Loi has been accepted as an entry in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Technology and Politics.

Digital vs Real

Telematics, virtual or augmented reality to address societal challenges? Erika Meins illustrates opportunities and dark sides on the occasion of the award for the best Swiss annual report. Thank you to Hans-Peter Nehmer, Andreas Jäggi, Rafael Koch, Jiří Chmelik, Alexander Wagner, Amra Hrustanovic und HarbourClub – it was a pleasure to get together.