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April 22 2024
Responsibly connecting on social media: The RE-LINK Project >
In the ERC project RE-LINK, Fernando P. Santos and his team examine the social effects of link recommendation algorithms on social media.
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April 22 2024
How Artificial Intelligence and data are changing the world of football >
Artificial intelligence is changing the way football coaches analyze and improve corner kicks, according to a joint study by Google DeepMind and Liverpool FC.
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April 21 2024
CWI call semester programme development 2025/2026/2027 >
Do you have a mathematics or computer science research topic that deserves broader attention? Would you like to organize more collaboration within the Dutch scientific community?
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April 20 2024
Growy: a mission to feed the world through vertical farming >
Growy, an Amsterdam-based vertical farming company, is committed to providing local and affordable food amidst global challenges such as sustainability and food safety.
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April 19 2024
Toward a national computing facility for AI >
In a recent article in I/O magazine, Geert-Jan Houben and Cees Snoek argue for the necessity of a national GPU-based supercomputing facility to keep the Netherlands at the forefront of generative AI development.
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April 19 2024
Study: Dutch companies unprepared for European AI legislation >
Following the recent approval of the EU-AI Act by the European Parliament, a new study from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences examines how Dutch companies are preparing for this sweeping legislation.
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April 19 2024
CWI researcher Madelon Hulsebos receives NGF AiNed fellowship >
Madelon Hulsebos, an incoming tenure-track researcher, has received an NGF AiNed Fellowship grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for a project that enables anyone to make independent, data-driven decisions based on structured data.
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April 19 2024
ERC Advanced Grant for Peter Grünwald of the CWI >
Peter Grünwald, senior researcher at the Machine Learning group of CWI and part-time full professor of Statistical Learning at Leiden University, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his research on developing a new, revolutionary theory of statistics.
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April 18 2024
COIN-3D: collaborative innovation in 3D VLSI reliability >
The Parallel Computing Systems (PCS) team at the Informatics Institute of the UvA has secured funding for the EU Horizon CSA project "COIN-3D: Collaborative Innovation in 3D VLSI Reliability".
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6 December 2024
Advanced AI for Surveillance Robots >
At LAB42, their addressing tomorrow’s challenges today. One pressing question is: how can we tackle the growing staff shortage in security?
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6 December 2024
AI, Media and Democracy Lab: Why Bother with AI Transparency? >
Exploring Audience Perspectives on AI in Newsrooms. As generative AI becomes an integral part of journalism, questions about transparency have taken center stage. Should news organizations disclose their use of AI? And how would such disclosures impact audience trust? These questions were explored in recent research by the AI, Media and Democracy Lab at the University of Amsterdam, focusing on Dutch citizens’ attitudes toward AI-generated content.
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5 December 2024
Podcast Spotlight: Cees Snoek on AI Innovation and Amsterdam’s Role as an AI Hub >
In the latest episode of Snoek op Zolder, UvA professor Cees Snoek dives into the state of AI research and innovation in Amsterdam
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November 28
AI captures Wildlife in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen >
Scientists from the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) at the University of Amsterdam are collaborating with Waternet on an innovative AI-driven monitoring system. This system uses smart cameras and species identification to map wildlife in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen 24/7.
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14 November 2024
The City of Amsterdam - AI Agenda 2025 >
In its new policy, The Amsterdam Vision on AI , the city outlines how artificial intelligence (AI) should be integrated into urban life and how it should influence the city according to its residents. This vision was developed through months of conversations and dialogues with a wide range of Amsterdammers—from festival-goers to schoolchildren, experts to novices—who shared their thoughts on the future role of AI in Amsterdam.
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