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Challenges for the Swiss Innovation System
(2024)KOF StudiesThe Swiss Innovation System is the most powerful instrument to achieve continuous improvements in material well-being for citizens in Switzerland, and for addressing challenges such as protection against cyberattacks or providing clean energy. Yet, the Swiss Innovation System and its successes are challenged in multiple ways today. The Swiss lead in innovation has declined and the share of firms performing R&D has decreased. Other major ...Report -
PSC Impact Report. 25 years of plant science research, education and outreach
(2023)Since it was launched 25 years ago, the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center (PSC) has contributed significantly to the field of plant sciences. By creating a highly visible platform, and through our innovative collaborations in research programmes, fellowships and educational offering, we show the profound impact that plant sciences can have. PSC facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration and bridges the gap between scientific knowledge ...Report -
Gender Analysis and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: A Response to Daarstad, Park, and Balogh
(2023)I4R Discussion Paper SeriesWe are grateful to Haley Daarstad, RyuGyung Park, and Timea Balogh for their thoughtful engagement with our 2022 short article in The Journal of Politics. In that article, we tested the malleability of U.S. public support for nuclear disarmament, specifically in the context of the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Our survey experiment reveals that––despite majority public support for eliminating nuclear ...Report -
A closed-loop strategy for design of robust model predictive controllers
(2023)A novel robust model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is presented, whereby closed-loop constraint satisfaction is ensured using recursive feasibility of the MPC optimization. The proposed strategy only considers the effects of model perturbations and disturbances occurring at {\em one time step}. This is in contrast to existing formulations which compute control policies that are feasible under the worst-case realizations of all model ...Report -
Pilotstudie für ein Monitoring der genetischen Vielfalt in der Schweiz
(2023)Einer der drei Bestandteile der Biodiversität ist, neben der Vielfalt der Arten und Lebensräume, die genetische Vielfalt. Die Biodiversität steht aufgrund anthropogener Ursachen unter zunehmendem Druck, weshalb der Aktionsplan Biodiversität Schweiz und die internationalen Biodiversitätskonvention (Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD) der Vereinten Nationen (UN) die Notwendigkeit eines Monitorings der genetischen Vielfalt in natürlichen ...Report -
Frequency-Domain System Identification using Sum-of-Rational Optimization
(2023)This work proposes a computationally tractable method for the identification of canonical rational transfer function models, using a finite set of input-output measurements. The problem is formulated in frequency-domain as a global optimization problem whose cost function is the sum of weighted squared residuals at each observed frequency datapoint. It is solved by the moment-sum-of-squares hierarchy of semidefinite programs, through a ...Report