FiLeML with Asyril: smarter fill-level detection for Asyfill hoppers

Asyril has kicked off a new collaboration with HEIA-FR institutes iCoSys and SeSi — co-supervised by researcher Wolf Beat (machine-learning) and Associate Professor (UAS) Jean-Luc Robyr (mechanical engineering), with scientific collaborators Vincent Magnin (ML, with Wolf Beat) and Sivanesan Nirosh (mechanical, with Jean-Luc Robyr) — to make its Asyfill hopper system smarter. The project, called FiLeML, is […]

AI powers up KEVIN: Swiss device takes home security a step further

Fribourg, August 6, 2025 – As burglaries rise for the third year in a row in Switzerland, Fribourg-based Mitipi is reinforcing its anti-burglary device KEVIN with artificial intelligence. The presence-simulation system, already known for mimicking daily life with lights and sounds, will soon generate realistic conversations, adapt to users’ routines, and even reproduce their voices. […]

MSE Summer School 2025: AI & Data Services — Highlights from Lausanne

The MSE Summer School 2025 AI & Data Services ran 25–29 August 2025 at HES-SO Master in Lausanne, co-organised by the Swiss AI Center for SMEs and HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland in the context of the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE).29 MSE students from across Switzerland combined morning expert […]

iCoSys at CISBAT 2025: two posters accepted & forthcoming publication

We’re happy to share that two iCoSys papers were presented at CISBAT 2025 and accepted for publication in the CISBAT special issue of the Journal of Physics: Conference Series (IOP Publishing). Posters Diffusion models for conditioned district heating network time-series generationPresented: 3 September 2025, 15:30–16:00Authors: Frédéric Montet, Benjamin Pasquier, Michal Bryxí, Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, Jean Hennebert.Presented: […]

MSE Summer School 2025 — AI & Data Services (25–29 Aug, Lausanne)

The Swiss AI Center for SMEs is organizing the MSE Summer School 2025: AI & Data Services, a one-week program running 25–29 August 2025 at HES-SO Master, Av. de Provence 6, Lausanne. The format combines morning expert talks and afternoon case-study sprints with industry partners. What to expect Audience & format: 29 students, working in small […]

Spirecut Reaches the Finale of the GenAI Zürich Awards – A Milestone for Our innosuisse SoNIT Project Collaboration

We are proud to share that Spirecut, our partner for advancing AI‑powered image analysis tools for ultrasound‑guided surgery, has been named a finalist in the prestigious GenAI Zürich Awards. The event took place on April 1, 2025, at Technopark Zürich (spirecut.com). Showcasing SoNIT: A Joint Innovation At the awards finale, Spirecut presented the innosuisse funded SoNIT project—Sonography Nerve Instrument Tracking—which integrates real-time […]