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    107. Arbeitstagung Allgemeine Algebra AAA107 - 107th Workshop on General Algebra AAA107

    AAA107 will be held at the Marzili Campus of Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH-W), located in the historical center of Bern and near to the Aare, with a special session dedicated to the 80th birthday...

    20.06.2025 until 22.06.2025 – Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern, Switzerland

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    AI improves day-to-day support activities at Brändi

    02.06.2025 Since December 2024, an AI solution has been providing the specialist team at Brändi with support to document client records and write texts in clear language.

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    Open source software: added flexibility to gradually break free from vendor lock-in

    11.04.2025 Open source solutions and open standards help companies curb vendor lock-in, implement technological sovereignty and retain control over their data.

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    Mindful Co-working Design: How knowledge workers can meet current challenges

    07.03.2025 Knowledge workers, whose performance depends on intense concentration, facing significant challenges in today's working world: Their tasks require not only uninterrupted concentration, but also active...

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    “Active sourcing remains human-centered”

    14.02.2025 In Switzerland, artificial intelligence (AI) also has a say in who gets hired. We assess this evolution with BFH experts Mascha Kurpicz-Briki and Caroline Straub.

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    Menopause is not just a women’s issue

    24.01.2025 Our society is ageing. Up to now, one aspect of the demographic discourse has been largely ignored: the menopause. Researchers at BFH want to include the topic in two studies.

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    Why geopolitics and intercultural skills are becoming increasingly important

    09.12.2024 What implications does the new presidency in the USA have for the rest of the world and how do we provide our students for the possible developments and consequences? Prof Omar Serrano, Head of the...

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    Wanted: Hackathon organizers interested in diversity and inclusion

    20.11.2024 The Hack Integration project aims to foster more diverse and inclusive hackathons, bringing high-skill refugees to events, and using suggested team algorithms to form diverse and inclusive teams. To this...

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    Specialist for consumer behaviour and AI joins Business School

    15.11.2024 This autumn, Adithya Kamaraj joined our Institute of Marketing & Global Management as a doctoral student. His research focuses on how the use of AI in exchange relationships influences consumers' perception...

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    “AI is not an eco wonder weapon”

    04.11.2024 Sustainable digitalisation requires us to put the well-being of people and the environment first, rather than technology. Read our interview with Jan Bieser about human digital transformation.

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    Why Companies Across All Sectors Should Turn to Deep-Tech Ventures – and How They Can Benefit

    09.09.2024 Why should companies across all sectors engage with deep-tech ventures? This question has been adressed by our researcher Stefan Raff, in collaboration with Fiona E. Murray from the MIT Sloan School of...

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    16th ISIR conference inspired with ground-breaking ideas

    06.09.2024 The 16th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) at our Business School has come to a highly successful close. We look back on three richly filled and inspiring days.

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