Emma Beauxis-Aussalet is giving a talk on “Use your brAIn”, tonight, at the art academy in the Hague. More details: 📅 Mark your calendar: 21.01.25, 18.00-20.00 📍 Location: KABK, The Hague 🎙️ Two engaging talks on AI & the Arts … Continue reading
Author Archives: Radu Nicolae
Research Lunch – January 2025
Dear researcher, Hereby we would like to invite you to the next Research Lunch, organised by the Network Institute to facilitate exchange between researchers at the VU across faculties and disciplines. On January 23rd, we will host talks by two … Continue reading
IWDS-2025
The 4th Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Digital Society: Societally Engaged AI As AI reshapes our world, critical questions emerge about its role in addressing – or perpetuating – societal challenges. From algorithmic bias and environmental costs to the concentration of … Continue reading
Guest Lecture Announcement: David Tena Cucala on Monotonic Graph Neural Networks
We are pleased to announce that our visitor, David Tena Cucala, will be delivering a talk titled Expressive Power of Monotonic Graph Neural Networks. When and where – Date: October 7th – Time: 12:00 – Location: NU-3B19 David Tena Cucala’s … Continue reading
Detecting Perspective-Getting in Wikipedia Discussions
Network Institute researchers Evgeny Vasilets, Tijs Van den Broek, Anna Wegmann, David Abadi, and Dong Nguyen explore the concept of perspective-getting to enhance interpersonal understanding in online discussions. Perspective-getting involves actively seeking information about another person’s thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and … Continue reading
New technology developers join the team
Greetings everyone! This is Lara Baseggio and Radu Nicolae joining the Networking Institute as technology developers for the following year. We are excited to embark in this journey and be part of the multidisciplinary research hub, hosted here, at the … Continue reading
Metaphors as tools for understanding in science communication among experts and to the public
Marthe Smedinga, Alan Cienki, and Henk W. de Regt National University of Singapore | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Radboud University. “Metaphors as tools for understanding in science communication among experts and to the public” explores the pivotal role of metaphors … Continue reading