Meet your future: Green-IT networking event for students a success Students and industrial partners were enthusiastic about a networking event that was organized on November 14, 2013 by the Computer Science department (dr. Patricia Lago, Software and Services) in collaboration … Continue reading →

The Netwerk Instituut, Orange Labs, World Resources Institute and Reseau Marp Burkina Faso present “The Web of VOICES” at the European Development Days #EDD13 In Brussel, 26/11/13. Best practice on Voice-based mobile services for social development (FP7 project 2010-13) Mobile … Continue reading →

Hoe invloedrijk is een wetenschappelijk artikel? Sociale media zijn een serieuze aanvulling aan het worden op de traditionele manieren om te tellen hoe vaak een artikel wordt geciteerd. Lees het hele artikel.

Dear members of the Network Institute, We’re proud to announce the NI Academy Assistants Kick-off meeting, which will take place this Tuesday October 29, at 16.00 hrs in the “Tuinzaal” (W&N building V-002, left of entrance 1081). The meeting will … Continue reading →

The Network Institute sponsored 7 of its members to participate in the workshop “Innovation Management & Technology Entrepreneurship for Faculty: Innovation and entrepreneurship in the space between “magic” and “science” “ that was organised on Monday 7 October at the … Continue reading →

“World Wide Semantic Web”: the e-Data Magazine of DANS highlights some of the projects by Network Institute members working on Web infrastructure in Africa”. The Web Of Voices (english) from Synergique on Vimeo.

On September 19, 2013 the second international workshop on Downscaling the Semantic Web will be held in Geneva, Switzerland. If you want to attend or submit papers please visit the World Wide Semantic Web web site for more information. The … Continue reading →

TNO and The Network Institute of the VU University present The cutting edge of smart power grids A ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR – 3 July 2013 VU University Amsterdam Free passes for SISK PhD Students working on Energy-related topics. Special rate … Continue reading →

The (EU-FP7 funded) VOICES project, in which the W4RA-group from the Network Institute participates together with 11 other international partners including Web Foundation, North West University (SA) and Sahel Eco (Mali) and France Telecom,  was covered in an article in … Continue reading →

You are invited to the annual Network Institute Event, on Thursday the 4th of July, 15h – 17h, De Tuinzaal (ground floor of the Faculty of Sciences)inFOLIO Research Group The event is one part content mixed with an equal part … Continue reading →

Under the new section About->Documents you will find the 2012 Annual Report of the Network Institute. Or just click here to view the report. Enjoy!

On July 3, 2013 TNO and the Network Institute present “The Cutting Edge of Smart Power Grids” seminar at the VU University. Top-level international smart grid experts gather in Amsterdam for a symposium on the cutting edge of Smart Power … Continue reading →

NWO bekroont beste wetenschappers van Nederland 10 juni 2013 Natuurkundige Michail Katsnelson, chemicus Bert Weckhuysen en taalwetenschapper Piek Vossen ontvangen de hoogste wetenschappelijke onderscheiding in Nederland: de NWO-Spinozapremie. Dat maakte Jos Engelen, de voorzitter van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk … Continue reading →

Patricia Lago, leader of the Software and Services (S2) research group, has been awarded a research grant to carry out research on making software work in a more energy efficient manner in ‘greener’ data centers. The project is funded by … Continue reading →

Onderzoekers van het Centre for International Corporation (CIS) ontwikkelden verschillende telefoonapplicaties waarmee boeren op grote schaal kunnen communiceren. Ad Valvas interviewde Anna Bon van het CIS hierover. Klik hier voor het hele artikel.

The New Scientist wrote about the VU’s project to develop speech-based web-services for rural areas in Africa, making it easier for illiterate people in Mali and other West African nations to use the internet. A paper on the same work … Continue reading →

Major funding acquisition from NWO’s Creative Sector programme Members of the Network Institute have been extremely succesful in NWO’s Creative Sector funding programme. A team from Organisational Science (Irma Borst, Marcel Veenswijk) got 300k€ for research into crowd funding, and a … Continue reading →

A new research group has joined the Network Institute. The “Eep Talstra Centre” has been using computer-based linguistic and literary analysis as the basis for Bible Studies for over 3 decades now, and has established a world-leading position in this … Continue reading →

The following workshop is organised at the VU by one of our member groups. Workshop “Maps and Visualization Techniques in the eHumanities” Kickoff Event GLAMMap 3rd of May 2013 This workshop has three aims: i) present ongoing research in the … Continue reading →

There is a nice article on the VOICES project in New Scientist today: Voice-based web access helps illiterate get online A new internet system is giving a voice to people in Africa who cannot read or write or who lack … Continue reading →

On 15th April VU and the Network Institute hosted Crowdfunding Day 2013. Crowdfunding Day 2013 was an event visited by about 200 persons ranging from crowdfunding platforms and consultancies, start-ups, innovation managers from the public and private sector, academic researchers, … Continue reading →

The Dept. of Organisation Sciences is organizing two workshops on social network analysis. Both of these are hands-on workshops where you will acquire practical skills in social network analysis using state of the art software: Social Network Analysis: Key Player … Continue reading →

  Last week, at the Eurosys conference, Asia Slowinska was awarded the Roger Needham prize for best PhD thesis in computer systems in Europe. Incidentally, this is the third time the VU university has won this award! No other university … Continue reading →

A physical location, with a postcode and a number, is the heart of companies and families. There is a lot of public information relevant to this particular building such as the market value (WOZ), the rental location value, the energy … Continue reading →

In een samenwerking tussen de UvA (Fac. Geesteswetenschappen), KNAW, VU (Fac. Letteren) en het Netwerk Instituut zijn beurzen beschikbaar voor jonge onderzoekers die als “embedded researcher” een kort-lopend project uitvoeren op het gbied van Creatieve Industrie en Digitale Geesteswetenschappen. In … Continue reading →

Natalia Levina will deliver her paper titled, “Dealing with newly tainted work in an occupational online community:  A story of bankers dealing with new moral taint following the financial crisis of 2008.” This seminar starts at 15.00, and is located … Continue reading →

The Network Group in the Department of Organization Sciences invites you to a special workshop on the analysis of key players in social networks on Tuesday 14 May in the Metrogebouw, Z-305. This workshop will introduce the concept of identifying … Continue reading →

As a result of the recent speed-date event between the Network Institute and industry, a number of researchers have been involved in small collaborative projects with industrial partners. Dr. Irma Borst has performed a literature study for Morpheus, on how online communities can complement … Continue reading →

Computer Science Prof. Herbert Bos on Dutch youth television programme Klokhuis. Network Insitute member Prof. Herbert Bos appears on the most famous Dutch TV programme for kids, Klokhuis. Six minutes into the programme Herbert hacks his way into the laptop … Continue reading →

The Network Institute has a double representation in the Volkskrant’s campaign on “True Science”. The Volkskrant’s campaign is aimed at highlighting best practices of verifiable science and at investigating the relationship between journalists and scientists (see http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/12587/Ware-Wetenschap/article/detail/3407903/2013/03/13/Waarom-ware-wetenschap.dhtml). After an internal call … Continue reading →

Guszti Eiben en Berend Weel (VU) zoeken het beste robotei. Een artikel over robotica onderzoek in de Volkskrant Ware Wetenschap. Het is leven, maar niet zoals we het kennen: aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam werken hoogleraar Guszti Eiben en promovendus … Continue reading →

Excessive alcohol consumption is a major societal problem, especially in adolescence. This is reflected in impaired cognitive abilities, which may lead to academic under-performance and school dropout. Similarly, excessive (unhealthy) food consumption poses a major societal problem in youth. As … Continue reading →

Looking at the Future of Research Communication – Going Beyond the PDF Visual Cage The Future of Research Communications and eScholarship (FORCE 11) held their Beyond the PDF conference in Amsterdam at the Pakhuis de Zwijger from March 19 to 20, … Continue reading →

We kindly invite early career researchers (PhD candidates, post doctoral research and junior faculty) to participate in the 3rd KIN summer school to be held in Amsterdam, June 10 – 13, 2012. This year’s theme will be: Collaborating and Innovating with Technologies. This … Continue reading →

On Friday, March 8th, we organized a Verrijkt Koninkrijk Linked Data Hackathon at the Intertain Lab of VU Amsterdam. The event was co-sponsored by the Network Institute. The goal of the hackathon was to allow third party developers to produce (ideas for) innovative … Continue reading →

Please join us for a lunch seminar with Joe Walther who is discussing his research titled “Social Influence and Social Media: A Framework for Web 2.0 Effects. When: May 7, 2013 starting at 12 noon Where: BelleVUe 0H-38 Please inform … Continue reading →

A hands-on tutorial on analyzing and visualizing Linked Data on the Web, by members of the Network Institute, that is of interest for many people in the Network Institute. e-Humanities Group Workshop (New Trends in e-Humanities): 2.30-5.30 pm, 14 March 2013  You are cordially … Continue reading →

Members of the Network Institute (group of Prof. Treur) contribute to field-experiment that uses smartphones to treat depression. Wetenschappers van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam hebben een innovatieve zelfhulpbehandeling op smartphones ontwikkeld voor mensen met somberheidsklachten. De behandeling heet Moodbuster en … Continue reading →

A 3-day intensive workshop that “will equip both junior and senior scholars with the ability and skills to go digital”. This is an excellent opportunity to jumpstart your e-Humanities skills. Previous experience in either programming, statistics or data visualization is … Continue reading →

Does combining high computer skills with criminology research sound great? Take a look at this vacancy at the Nederlands Studiecentrum Criminaliteit en Rechtshandhaving (NSCR). Researcher in cyber-crime and cyber-security Check out the PDF for more info. image by andrej troha

Voor iedereen met een interesse in e-Humanities en het gebruik van digitale media daarvoor: SEMINAR AVA_NET 7 MAART 2013 IN DEN HAAG Hoe maak ik een nieuwe collectie met films of geluidsopnames? En hoe gebruik ik deze voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek? … Continue reading →

“Binoculars and Blinders” 21 February, 15:30-17:00 Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to this year’s first seminar of the network group on Thursday 21 February 15.30 (Z-305).   We are happy to welcome Antoine Vernet from Imperial College, … Continue reading →

We cordially invite you to a seminar on reasoning over ontologies and data, organized at the VU University Amsterdam. The seminar is held in the context of the PhD defence of Szymon Klarman from the Knowledge Representation and Reasoning group. … Continue reading →

Marleen Huysman en Nima Amiryany (ILI) hebben een NWO Y MeerWaarde Plus-beurs ontvangen voor het onderzoeksproject ‘Ontwikkelen van een high tech overname capaciteit: een instrument voor het bedrijfsleven’. Samenvatting van het project In de high tech industrieën vinden steeds meer … Continue reading →

Johan Hoorn and Margo van Kemenade, both working on the Selemca project, were the guest curators at todays PhDO at the Waag Society in Amsterdam. Barely arrived at the SELEMCA lab or Alice and DARwIn had to perform for the … Continue reading →

Vanavond (7/2) in “De Wereld Leert Door” (Nederland 3, 22.30): Ivar Vermeulen van het Netwerk Instituut vertelt over zijn onderzoek. The interview is now on-line!

Prof. Martine Coene (Faculty of Humanities) receives a Marie Curie  grant. Martine Coene’s Marie Curie grant entitled “HEARING MINDS” wil start on March 1st. Below a brief description of the grant: Abstract: The regular use of an adequate hearing aid … Continue reading →

On Wednesday February 6, Robbert-Jan Merk (Computer Science) will give an interview about his PhD project. The interview will be broadcast between 8pm and 9pm on Radio 5 (747AM). If you can’t make it at the time, you can listen … Continue reading →

This week yet another robot arrived at the Network Institute Tech Labs. In the Game Cella’ Tech Lab a DARwin-OP robot made its entrance. This open-source robot is purchased by the Selemca project, but is available to all researchers. In … Continue reading →

To celebrate their 125th year, the History Magazine (Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis) invited guests and speakers to the Network Institute’s Intertain Tech Lab on January 25, 2013. The History Next Market consisted of seven lectures and a multitude of technical demonstration … Continue reading →

On Wednesday January 23rd, the Network Institute sponsored the symposium Linking political debates and media. In this symposium the PoliMedia project team presented their current research, and invited two speakers also doing computational research on political and news-media data. For … Continue reading →

A Network Institute Academy Assistants project receives best paper award at SocInfo 2012 conference.

Robots that help out with Healthcare could be a solution for the cutbacks and raising costs in this sector. During PhDO 8, we will discuss several questions about this vision. We will investigate the relationship between man and machine and … Continue reading →

The Beyond the PDF conference brings together scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders in a lively forum, not just to broaden awareness of current efforts across disciplines, but to define the future through discussions, challenge projects, demonstrations and seeding new partnerships … Continue reading →

During the last five years, research conducted at the department of Communication Science at the VU University has asked the question of whether specific forms of potentially worrisome media logic can be observed in the period between 1994 and 2010. … Continue reading →