As part of the project "A Researcher in my Classroom", Ana Anton visited a high school class in Bern to inspire young people, especially girls, to pursue a career in research.

On 8 March, International Women's Day, the NCCR Digital Fabrication organised the workshop "Mitigating Baises in AI" as part of the Parity Talks at the D-ARCH of ETH Zurich.

Three NCCR DFAB researchers found the COMPAS Association. The foundation of the association will take place on 2 March at ETH Zurich. Interested parties are welcome to come and discuss the basics of the association's structures on site.

The Parity Group at the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) at ETH Zurich wins the Swiss Grand Award for Art. The NCCR DFAB congratulates the D-ARCH Parity Group on this achievement.

Aryan Rezaei Rad, former Postdoc at NCCR DFAB and iBOIS EPFL, has been appointed Assistant Professor at UofT.

Farzaneh Eskandari is a researcher at IBOIS at EPFL. Her research focuses on investigating the potential of advanced robots for automating wood shingle sheathing. Farzaneh works with digital tools and machines to revive traditional architecture and heritage.

In December, the annual General Assembly of the NCCR DFAB took place. The presentations and discussions were then followed by the NCCR DFAB Christmas party.

Researchers from all professorships of the NCCR Digital Fabrication met for the NCCR dfab Interdisciplinary Collaboration Workshop. In various exercises, researchers explored their "Individual Collaboration Readiness” and began setting up their Collaboration Plan for projects.

Saeki Robotics AG is officially recognised as a spin-off of ETH Zurich.

Seyma Gürel Saydam is a researcher in the field of digital fabrication of concrete. At the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich, she is working on new types of concrete in order to enable sustainable designs and faster construction.