Education

Internships, Master’s Thesis,
Bachelor & Semester Projects

We offer projects related to (i) the development of new methods in healthcare data; (ii) the derivation of theoretical models, and (iii) the conception and execution of experimental studies for the understanding of SCI secondary conditions. Projects apply advanced machine learning, sensing technology, and robotics towards digital twins in digital health care and rehabilitation. Interested students may check our open student projects or check our research projects and contact the responsible person directly for further questions.

Your own project ideas?

It is always possible to find a project for motivated students with their own ideas in the fields of assistive health care and rehabilitation technologies, advanced machine learning modelling, and applied robotics in health care. Please contact Dr Diego Paez if you would like to pursue a project which is not listed below.

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Currently, the following student projects are available. Please contact the responsible supervisor and apply with your CV and transcripts.

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Internships (Industrial or Research) on Body Modelling and Sensing Technology for Health Care in SCI

This hands-on work (internship or semester project) within a clinical setting will bring you close to intelligent health management while exploring multiple data systems. You will experience multimodal data of robotics rehabilitation, general clinical practice, and detailed clinical studies applied in classification and dimensionality reduction.

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Machine learning, time-series, HR, ECG, BP, wearables, nearables, Medical and health science, healthcare, Android studio, App development

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Semester Project , Internship , Lab Practice , Bachelor Thesis , Master Thesis , Other specific labels , ETH Zurich (ETHZ)

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Published since: 2025-07-10 , Earliest start: 2025-09-01 , Latest end: 2026-06-30

Applications limited to ETH Zurich , EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Empa , Eawag , Zurich University of the Arts , Zurich University of Applied Sciences , Wyss Translational Center Zurich , University of Zurich , University of St. Gallen , University of Lucerne , University of Lausanne , University of Geneva , University of Fribourg , University of Berne , University of Basel , Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts , Institute for Research in Biomedicine , IBM Research Zurich Lab , Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics , CSEM - Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique , Corporates Switzerland , CERN , Hochschulmedizin Zürich , Université de Neuchâtel , Università della Svizzera italiana , Swiss National Science Foundation , University of Konstanz , University of Hamburg , University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , University of Cologne , Universität zu Lübeck , Universität Ulm , Universität der Bundeswehr München , TU Dresden , TU Darmstadt , TU Berlin , Technische Universität Hamburg , Max Planck Society , Otto Von Guericke Universitat, Magdeburg , RWTH Aachen University , Ludwig Maximilians Universiy Munich , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) , Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen , Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) , Technische Universität München , Imperial College London , National Institute for Medical Research , Royal College of Art , UCL - University College London , University of Aberdeen , University of Cambridge , University of Manchester , University of Nottingham , University of Oxford , University of Leeds , Delft University of Technology , Maastricht Science Programme , Radboud University Nijmegen , Utrecht University

Organization Sensory-Motor Systems Lab

Hosts Paez Diego, Dr. , Paez Diego, Dr. , Paez Diego, Dr.

Topics Medical and Health Sciences , Information, Computing and Communication Sciences , Engineering and Technology

Research Assistant in Biosensing for Robotics Care and Body Simulation (~12 months)

Join a team of scientists improving the long-term prognosis and treatment of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) through mobile and wearable systems and personalized health monitoring. Joining the SCAI Lab part of the Sensory-Motor Systems Lab at ETH, you will have the unique opportunity of working at one of the largest and most prestigious health providers in Switzerland: Swiss Paraplegic Center (SPZ) in Nottwil (LU).

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App development, Machine Learning, Data bases, Data engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Modelling

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Internship , Lab Practice , Student Assistant / HiWi , ETH Zurich (ETHZ)

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Published since: 2025-07-07 , Earliest start: 2025-09-01 , Latest end: 2026-12-31

Applications limited to ETH Zurich , EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , IBM Research Zurich Lab , Institute for Research in Biomedicine , Hochschulmedizin Zürich , Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics , University of Lucerne , University of Zurich , Zurich University of Applied Sciences , Zurich University of the Arts , Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts , Berner Fachhochschule

Organization Spinal Cord Injury & Artificial Intelligence Lab

Hosts Paez Diego, Dr. , Paez Diego, Dr. , Paez Diego, Dr.

Topics Information, Computing and Communication Sciences

Master Thesis: Adaptive Motivational Treadmill - Personalized Biofeedback and Avatar-Guided Gait Training

This Master’s thesis project focuses on enhancing gait rehabilitation by integrating real-time heart rate and respiratory monitoring, intelligent treadmill control, and AI-driven avatar feedback. Physiological data are processed by a LLM to generate personalized verbal encouragement, while an AI-based controller adjusts treadmill speed to maintain clinician-defined heart rate zones and adapt to patient performance. The project aims to deliver personalized, engaging, and adaptive rehabilitation and involves system integration, algorithm development, and experimental validation.

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rehabilitation, robotics, model-based control, LLM integration

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Published since: 2025-06-26 , Earliest start: 2025-08-01 , Latest end: 2026-03-31

Organization Spinal Cord Injury & Artificial Intelligence Lab

Hosts Paez Diego, Dr.

Topics Medical and Health Sciences , Engineering and Technology

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