Team
We are multi-disciplinary
Our core team consists of researchers from various fields including technology management, computer science, and psychology from the Chair of Information Management at ETH Zurich and the Chair of Operations Management at the University of St. Gallen.
In total, 30 additional researchers work at associated institutes, including the Bosch IOT lab, Bits-to-Energy lab, Center for Digital Health Interventions, Mobiliar lab.
In addition, the affiliated labs of the Auto-ID Labs ETH/HSG within the Auto-ID Labs alliance include the MIT Auto-ID lab, Cambridge Auto-ID lab, Keio Auto-ID lab, KAIST Auto-ID lab and the Fudan Auto-ID lab.
Research Team
Simon heads the Chair for Interaction- and Communication-based Systems (ICS-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen. He is also affiliated with the Distributed Systems Group at ETH Zurich, as a Senior Scientist. Simon’s research concerns interactions of machines and people in industrial IoT settings.
Alex previously was the head of the Auto-ID Labs ETH/HSG and sold his startup Dacuda to Magic Leap prior to becoming GM at Magic Leap Switzerland. Today he serves as the Executive Director of the ETH AI Center.
Klaus serves as Director for Industry Relations at the ETH AI Center. His research interest is Promoting Nutritional Literacy & Behavior Change based on Automated Purchase Logging & Food Product Databases.
Jing is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS-HSG) at University of St. Gallen. Jing’s research interests include artificial intelligence and digital health.
Andrei is a senior scientist at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen. His research interests include Internet-scale multi-agent systems, hypermedia systems, Web of Things, and socio-technical systems.
Iori is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS-HSG) at University of St. Gallen. He worked for the Auto-ID Labs Keio in Japan before moving to Switzerland. Iori’s research interests include the domains of Industrial Automation/Autonomization, Interoperability and Standardization, and the Web of Things.
Elgar holds the Chair of Information Management at ETH Zürich and the Chair of Operations Management at University of St.Gallen (HSG). Elgar was the founder and is a standing honorary member of the Auto-ID Lab ETH Zurich/HSG and the global Auto-ID Labs network.
Industry and Academic Network & Alumni
Giada Danesi is currently senior researcher at the Department of Technology Studies of the University of St. Gallen and works on a SNSF project ‘The Food Coach: Societal Implications of Digital Receipt-based Diet Monitoring & Interventions enabled by Graph Analytics Techniques’. She is also associated researcher at the STS Lab of the University of Lausanne. Her research focuses on health and illness, health technologies, chronic diseases, food and eating. Her research draws on ethnographic, qualitative and comparative approaches.
Aline is a doctoral researcher at the school of humanities and social sciences (SHSS) at University of St. Gallen. She does research in the field of science and technology studies with a focus on app solutions promoting a sustainable food system.
Sybilla is a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Marketing at University of Zurich. Sybilla is interested in using marketing mechanisms to promote more sustainable consumer behavior.
Annette is a collaborator of the Auto-ID Lab ETH/HSG in the area of healthy lifestyle choices. She leads the FutureMe project, which aims to motivate consumers for healthier lifestyle choices through the use of a FutureMe-Avatar intervention. Annette has a background in marketing and consumer behavior and currently pursues her PhD at the Institute for Customer Insight at the University of St. Gallen (ICI-HSG).
Avik was a research assistant and has a research interest in computer vision-based detection of packaged products. He is now a Computer Vision Expert in the Digital Health domain.
Johannes was one of the founders of the Swiss fintech startup Numbrs and works on payment data. His research interests include: FinTech; Mobile Applications; Business Models
Tanja is a collaborator of the Auto-ID Labs ETH/HSG in the area of food & transparency. She is the PI of the SNF-NRF project ‘FoodCoach’ in which we collaborate on developing novel monitoring and intervention methods leveraging digital receipts and AI. She works at the Institute of Sociology (SfS-HSG) and her research interest includes Digital Food Activism.
Jaewook received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from KAIST, Republic of Korea, in 2018. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Sejong University, Republic of Korea. His research interests include temporal graph, graph mining, graph database, semantic web, and the Internet of Things.
Sangtae Kim received his PhD degree in culture technology in KAIST in 2011. He is currently a senior researcher in KAIST Institutes for Information Technology Convergence and is also a member of Auto-ID Labs, KAIST. He has contributed to GS1 standardization activities since 2015, and is participating in EPCIS MSWG. He also is a member of TTA ICT International Standardization Committee for Smart Agriculture. His research interests include food traceability system and data visualization.
Denis worked on self-checkout technologies and marketing insights from transaction data. His research interests include Internet of Things; Big data; Consumer mobile applications
Brigitte works for the Swiss Society for Nutrition & has been a dietician for over 20 years. She is a contributor to the Swiss Food Composition Database & is also a lecturer at University of Berne. Brigitte supports the Auto-ID Labs in nutrition-relevant research projects.
Florian was the Associate Director of the Auto-ID Labs ETH/HSG (2005-2013). Research topics: IoT; Mobile Applications; HCI; RFID
Stefan founded the ETH spin-off Allthings AG.
Irena was Scientific Leader of Mobi-Lab and also worked in the Auto-ID Labs before. Thesis: Evaluation framework for social media brand presence
Thesis: Mass Personalization through Mobile App Adoption Analytics.
Thesis: Leveraging Mobile and Internet of Things Technologies to Enhance Products with Digital Services
Thesis: Towards High-Resolution Multi-Channel Marketing for Physical Stores
Thesis: Mobile Barcode Scanning and Quality of Product Master Data
Thesis: Applications and Implications of User-Generated Content in Retail & MSc CEMS MIM
Andrea co-founded the ETH Spin-off 42matters AG. In his work at the Auto-ID Labs he assessed technology with a focus on privacy and health care.
Andreas co-founded the ETH spin-off 42matters AG (formerly known as AppAware)
Thesis: An Efficient Bar Code Recognition Engine for Enabling Mobile Services
Thesis: Product reviews via mobile phone
Thesis: Mining the Internet of Things: Detection of False-Positive RFID Tag Reads using Low-Level Reader Data
Thesis: How to secure supply chains against counterfeit products using low-cost RFID
Thesis: High fidelity shelf stock monitoring
Thesis: Adoption und Diffusion neuer Technologien am Beispiel der Radiofrequenz-Identifikation (RFID)
Dominique founded the IOT startup EVRYTHNG and is working on GS1 Digital Link. Thesis: A Web of things application architecture
Frédéric holds the Chair of Information Systems and Systems Development at University of Wuerzburg.
Christian co-founded the ETH spin-off Scandit (formerly known as Mirasense AG).
Christian is the CIO of the ETH spin-off Scandit (formerly known as Mirasense AG).
Thesis: Application-level system and tool support for auto-ID application development
Thesis: The impact of Auto-ID technology on process performance–RFID in the FMCG supply chain
