Stress is a widely known phenomenon in all societies. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, stress and anxiety issues are becoming more severe for a wide number of people. At the same time, relaxing becomes more challenging, because of working … Continue reading
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Ivano Malavolta appointed Director Network Institute
Last week Ivano Malavolta was appointed by the Board of Deans as the new director of the Network Institute, thus succeeding Ivar Vermeulen (Communications department, VU). Ivano is Assistant Professor at the S2 (Software and Sustainability) research group. He will strive to … Continue reading
Getting rid of Cyber Sickness
The VU Network Institute has recently been asked by the VU Department of Human Movement Sciences for help with the development of two VR based tests to measure “visual dependency” in relation to motion sickness susceptibility. Motion sickness is gaining … Continue reading
Linked Data projects at the Network Institute
The Network Institute is featured in a recent blog on DBpedia! It explains our Academy Assistants program and shows a couple of examples that fit in the Linked Data area of research. “Network Institute Academy Assistant (NIAA) Through a variety … Continue reading
Flood risk communication in Virtual Reality
Many individuals experience problems understanding and preparing for low-probability impact risk, like natural disasters and pandemics – unless they experience these events, yet then it is often too late to avoid damages. Individuals with recent disaster risk experience are, on … Continue reading
Neurofilament Light application online
The Neurofilament Light (NfL) is a biomarker for axioanl damage which is an indicator for neurodegenrative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. To help doctors in diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases, the Amsterdam UMC together with other research groups gathered a large set of … Continue reading
Researching Online Data Platforms
At the end of 2019 the Network Institute’s Tech Labs started collaborating with Giulia Ranzini (Communication Science). The experiment was carried out thanks to the Idea Generator grant. Our goal was to understand which of the (few) elements on dating … Continue reading
Tech Labs moved to NU
As of September the Tech Labs of the Network Insittute have moved to the NU building on the VU campus. Our brand new location is situated on the 7th floor of this magnificent buidling overlooking the campus square in all … Continue reading
Academy Assistants Papers online
For the first time we proudly present the Academy Assistants papers of the 2018-2019 project. The papers are available online via Zenodo. Click here to read them!
Tech Labs Corona Protocol
In our efforts to open up the Tech Labs sometime September, we have setup a Corona Protocol. This protocol outlines the specific issues and needs in the Tech Labs. With this protocol we hope to be able to resume a … Continue reading
Preventing Criminal Behavior
As we reported earlier the Tech Labs have been working on the Virtual Environment (VE) of a part of Rotterdam. The VE will be used to study the effectiveness of deterring potential criminal behavior in a normal neighborhood. Using the … Continue reading
Tech Labs busy in Corona lockdown
Even though the University’s campus has been closed down and the physical Tech Labs are closed, the workload has not slackened! We are of course not able to perform and support any lab-based research, such as Virtual Reality based-research. However, … Continue reading
VR symposium: Let’s get virtual!
Successful VR symposium hosted by Network Institute “Let’s get virtual!” showed the fascinating diversity if VR research at the VU Virtual Reality (in VR) is an exciting new medium that provides a compelling new user experience. Unlike other existing media, … Continue reading
Virtual Reality research at the Fieldlab Rotterdam
Virtual Reality research at the Fieldlab Rotterdam The Fieldlab Burglary Free Neighbourhood uses smart sensors to detect suspicious sounds and movements. In the Rotterdam Fieldlab we’re experimenting with sensors and subsequent measures to determine their effectiveness in sensing and preventing … Continue reading
VR Symposium @ VU
The Network Institute’s VR group invites to to join our morning symposium on VR in research and education at the VU. We have an interesting list of speakers introducing you to their take and use on Virtual Reality in academia. … Continue reading
Inter-Ethnic online dating
The last decade has seen both an increase in the diffusion of online dating and an uptick in the number of inter-ethnic marriages. Could users’ participation on online dating contribute to the formation of more heterogeneous couples ? The awarded … Continue reading
Preventing burglary in Virtual Reality
Burglaries are a continuous threat to our safety and society. Increasingly we are trying to understand how the typical burglar thinks and works to try to prevent this type of criminal behavior. What is needed to deter a burglar from … Continue reading
NWO Veni awards
Political scientist Mariken van der Velden and communications scientist Kasper Welbers have each been awarded a prestigious Veni grant in recognition of their work, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. A Veni grant is worth up to 250,000 … Continue reading
Gravitation Grants 2019 – Hybrid Intelligence
Hybrid Intelligence: augmenting human intellect Professor of Computer Science Frank van Harmelen (member of the Network Institute) leads a team of scientists from six Dutch universities with the aim of combining human and artificial intelligence. The goal is to enrich, … Continue reading
Network Institute End-of-the-year Event – July 2 @ 15:00
Dear members of the Network Institute, You are invited to the annual, traditional, original, nutritional, but above all unmissable Network Institute end-of-the-academic-year event, taking place: *** Tuesday July 2nd, 15.00 hrs, Tuinzaal (W&N) *** We have a very interesting program … Continue reading
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Call for Academy Assistant Proposals
The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its ninth year. The Academy Assistants program aims at promising high-potential master students who want to conduct scientific research and possibly pursue an academic career. As in previous years, … Continue reading
Upcoming VR meetings
We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming VR meetings with three special hosts in the field of VR: Unfortunately cancelled – April 25th from 15:00 – 16:00, with Tara Donker Currently, her main focus of research is investigating … Continue reading
VR for rehabilitation following stroke or brain injury
Faviola Dadis, PhD candidate within the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at the VU, is working in collaboration with prof dr. Erik Scherder and dr. Tilo Hartmann on her VR game “Koji’s Quest,” which aims to change the way people approach … Continue reading
Immersive Virtual Reality for Experimental Economics
Jantsje Mol from the VU Institute for Environmental Studies wrote an overview article about the possibilities of immersive virtual reality for experimental economics. The review explains essential terminology, gives practical guidelines and describes the currently available high-immersive VR experiments on … Continue reading
MediaLab open again
As of March 1, 2019 the MediaLab (11th floor Main Building) with 8 cubicles is open for research again. After a few months closure the cubicles have new computers installed with Windows 10 and are ready for use. The MediaLab … Continue reading
360 Video journalism
Dr. Miguel Barreda-Ángeles (Fundacio Eurecat Barcelona, Department Data Science & Big Data Analytics, see Google scholarprofile) and Tilo Hartmann from the VU Department of Communication Science (as supervisor) worked out a EU Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship proposal that was just accepted. … Continue reading
Embodiment in VR
As of Monday February 25th, Associate Prof. Jesse Fox (Ohio State University, see here or here) will start a 6-month sabbatical stay at the VU Department of Communication Science (Faculty of Social Sciences) to collaborate together with Tilo Hartmann – … Continue reading
Weston Brain Institute grant project starts in collaboration with the Tech Labs
Professor Charlotte Teunissen and her team at the NeuroChemistry group at the VUmc, received a grant from the Weston Brain Institute to further develop a biomarker helping in the detection of a large number of neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Proceedings of the NIAA program 2017-2018 published under Open Access
We are pleased to announce that the results of last year’s Network Institute Academy Assistant program are now available online. The proceedings consist of research reports of the individual projects which were collected in these proceedings after having undergone a … Continue reading
Tech Labs at the AI Field Trip 2018
Last November (2018) the first year students of Artificial Intelligence had their annual Field Trip. During these two intensive days they learn to translate a societal problem into a technological solution and build an actual proto-type to show how it … Continue reading
Tech Labs at ‘VR for Justice’ conference
On December 14, 2018 the University of Twente organised a short conference on the use of XR-technology by anyone working at legal organisations like the Justice department, police, probation offices, criminology and law researchers, etc. The goal was to exchange … Continue reading
Tech Labs Mobile App scores Best Demo at BNAIC 2018
The Babbeltruc app (see here for more) made by Computer Science VU and the Tech Labs of the Network Institute, won the Best Demo at this year’s Benelux AI Conference!
Using Virtual Reality to train bus drivers
In collaboration with the Rotterdam public transport organisation (RET), Allerto and the Artificial Intelligence group (Tibor Bosse & Romy Blankendaal) at the VU, the Network Institute developed a virtual reality training application to help bus drivers cope with aggressive passengers. … Continue reading
Anti-scam training app in the news
Over the past two weeks there’s been a lot of media attention about the Babbeltruc App. This tablet app was created by the Network Institute in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence (Tibor Bosse & Laura van der Lubbe) at the VU … Continue reading
Eep Talstra Center nominated for Nationale Dataprijs 2018
Two VU projects are nominated for the Dutch National Data Price 2018. One of these is the Hebrew Bible Database of the Eep Talstra Centre, a member of the Network Institute. The two projects were selected from 47 submitted projects … Continue reading
Fall 2018 Newsletter Tech Labs is out!
After a very busy period here at the Network Institute Tech Labs, we’ve finally been able to create an other newsletter. The newsletter offers some insight in the projects being done at the Tech Labs and gives you all the … Continue reading
Europe lagging behind in AI
Network Insittute member Frank van Harmelen was interviewed on the Dutch radio NPO1 about the state of European AI research. Read the excerpt (Dutch) and listen to the interview (also in Dutch) on NPO1.
Tech Labs: Ons Tweede Huis Festival & Virtual Reality
Health care organization “Ons Tweede Huis” (Our Second Home) held a fun and informative festival in order to celebrate their 50th anniversary. To show what the future could hold for engaging, entertaining and caring for their patients, the Tech Labs … Continue reading
The Network Institute hosts WebSci’18 at VU from 27-30 May 2018
The Network Institute hosts the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science, 27-30 May 2018. It is a wonderful opportunity and a great pleasure for the Network Institute to be able host the 10th ACM conference on Web Science, WebSci’18, at … Continue reading
Call for Network Institute Academy Assistant projects
Apply for interdisciplinary research projects with 2 student assistants Deadline 8 June 2018 at 12.00 pm The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its eighth year. Initially funded through a KNAW grant and aimed at combining … Continue reading
Ministry of Interior pays visit to the Network Institute
On Friday 26 Jan the Network Institute received a visit from a high ranking delegation of the Ministry of the Interior (“Binnenlandse Zaken”), headed by Mevr. Simone Roos, one of the highest ranking civil servants in The Hague. Mrs. Roos … Continue reading
VU voorop met interdisciplinair onderzoek
Michel ter Hark, decaan Geesteswetenschappen, vindt dat nergens zo gemakkelijk interdisciplinaire vraagstukken lijken te ontstaan als aan de VU. De organisatie van het onderzoek in de vorm van iOzi’s draagt hier zeker toe bij. Maar het aantal iOzi’s dat behalve … Continue reading
Piek Vossen en Frank van Harmelen lid van de KNAW
Piek Vossen, prominent lid van het Netwerk Instituut, en Frank van Harmelen, lid en voormalig directeur van het Netwerk Instituut zijn beiden benoemd als leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen. De KNAW telt 550 leden uit alle geledingen … Continue reading
Frank van Harmelen in Universiteit van Nederland
The TV lecture that Frank van Harmelen gave for the Universiteit van Nederland on semantic technologies and knowledge graphs was available for viewing on cable TV last week, and is now available on the Web. Click here to watch.
Network Institute VR at IDFA 2017
Take a look at this short impression of the VR display at the IDFA this year.
Tech Labs VR featured in Discovery Channel documentary
As most of you have probably seen in the Tech Labs Newsletters, the Tech Labs have been working on a virtual neighborhood for studying burglary. These studies are a collaboration between the NSCR (Jean-Louis van Gelder), the University of Porstmouth … Continue reading
VU Regreening research exhibited at the Museon
The VU research on Regreening features in the new permanent exhibition of the Museon in The Hague. The exhibition interactively visualizes the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. As content partner of the Museon, the W4RA programme … Continue reading
Web Science Trust celebrates 10 year anniversary
2016 marks the tenth anniversary of the academic discipline of Web Science. The authors called for the new discipline of Web Science to be inherently interdisciplinary, to tackle research challenges around ownership and access to data, and to provide better … Continue reading
Course High Performance Computing @VU
Is modelling on your pc taking longer than getting a cup of coffee? Take now this four day course on High Performance Computing from 3-20 October at the VU. The objective of this course is to learn how to use … Continue reading
International Symposium: Abstract Concepts: Debating Their Structure, Processing, and Modeling
Abstract Concepts: Debating Their Structure, Processing, and Modeling Description On which dimensions of meaning do abstract and concrete concepts differ? How does perceptual experience affect abstract concept processing and representation? What is the role of language in shaping and indexing … Continue reading
Wereldprimeur: robots planten zich voort
Science fiction become reality: Professor Guszti Eiben (Vrije University Amsterdam, Artificial Intelligence) and his team have for the first time ever succeeded in creating robots that can procreate themselves. This break-through is an important first step in Industrail Evolution and … Continue reading
Science Research at UvA-VU: Applied Gaming Research Community
Scientists of the Network Institute (Vrije University Amsterdam, Tibor Bosse) and the Game Studies master program (UvA, Sander Bakkes) have create a new platform. A collaboration of scientists who are interested in Applied Gaming, or creating video games for purposes … Continue reading
Science Research UvA-VU: Logic and Language
Two totally different disciplines meet. Philisopher Arianna Betti and Computer Scientist Stefan Slobach are collaborating in scientific research. But how does such a collaboration work? Stefan Slobach gives a behind-the-scenes interview [more… (in Dutch)] Stefan Slobach Arianna Betti
Tech Labs Newsletter Spring 2016 is here!
For those not on the mailing list, the new Tech Labs Newsletter is out! Just go to Tech Labs – Tech Labs Newsletters or download the PDF directly from here. Enjoy reading about the latest and greatest projects running at … Continue reading
From Dream to Realities: Adapting History in the Assassin’s Creed video game series
The past is a puzzle of which we lost most pieces and miss the art cover. Maxime Durand will introduce us to the unique method developed by the Ubisoft teams working on the Assassins Creed. They mastered to interpret the … Continue reading
Annual Report Metaphor Lab available
The 2015 annual report of the Metaphor Lab is now available from their website.
InNet presents at The Network Society Conference
One group presenting at the VU Lustrum (see below) will show off their demo of visualizing networked data using the Network Institute as source. Check out their online demo at: http://www.few.vu.nl/~jfn540/socialweb/ The VU is organising next Friday, 18 March, 12h30-17h30. … Continue reading
Mark Hoogendoorn and Heleen Riper on Radio Swammerdam
On Sunday 6 March, Mark Hoogendoorn (Computational Intelligence Group at the VU) and Heleen Riper (Professor of e-Mental Health at the Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences at the VU) were interviewed for Radio Swammerdam, the scientific radio program of … Continue reading
Reminder: Guide to the network society
We warmly recommend the event that the VU is organising next Friday, 18 March, 12h30-17h30. http://www.vu.nl/nl/lustrum/lustrumconferenties/cw/index.aspx With speakers like Piek Vossen (on his NewsReader), Herbert Bos (on white hackers), and Anna Bon (on ICT4Development), and with workshops on Social Media … Continue reading
Southampton Web Science – Research Exchange Meeting
Southampton Web Science – Network Institute Amsterdam Research Exchange Meeting Thursday 31 March and Friday 01 April 2016 at VU Amsterdam We invite you to an interdisciplinary research exchange meeting between young researchers and senior staff of the Southampton U … Continue reading
Network Institute evaluated “very positively”
The recent national evaluation report on the quality of Computer Science research in The Netherlands speaks very positively about the role of the Network Institute. The Network Institute is mentioned repeatedly in the evaluation of the Computer Science research groups … Continue reading
“Organizing for Digital Innovation” workshop
KIN Research hosts international workshop ‘Organizing for Digital Innovation’ – March 11 & 12 19 February 2016 Several of the world’s thought leaders in (managing) digital innovation will meet in Amsterdam on 11 and 12 March at the workshop ‘Organizing … Continue reading
Guide to the Network Society Conference
Steeds meer mensen zijn online verbonden via het World Wide Web. Welke invloed heeft dat op onze sociale contacten? Willen we allemaal een robot in huis? Ga jij naar de online kerk? Ben je pas veilig als je denkt als … Continue reading
Guide to the network society
In de tweede lustrumconferentie op 18 maart staan de digitalisering en de invloed op de mens centraal. Informatici, geesteswetenschappers en sociale wetenschappers kijken naar de toekomst. Willen we allemaal een robot in huis? Ga jij naar de online kerk? Ben … Continue reading
AUC – Internet Research Fair
Network Institute helps to organise the AUC “Internet Research Fair”, with participation by our members Lora Aroyo, Wouter van Atteveldt, Sally Wyatt, Peter van den Besselaar and Frank van Harmelen. The Fair starts on February 29 and ends on March … Continue reading
Tech Labs part of the Tech020 event on Feb 4
At the “unconference” Tech020 on February 4, 2016, the Tech Labs of the Network Institute will demo a few of the currently in use Virtual Reality applications using the Oculus Rift (DK2 for insiders). For more information on the event … Continue reading
Network Institute Website included in permanent web archive of the National Library
The Dutch National Library KB has decided to include the website of the Network Institute in its permanent digital archive, as part of a select collection of 8400 sites that are permanently archived and made available for the public with … Continue reading
Robots veroveren RTL Late Night
Op woensdag 21 oktober waren onderzoekers van het Netwerk Instituut project SELEMCA te gast bij Humberto Tan in RTL Late Night. Het gesprek ging over robots in ons dagelijks leven. De uitzending kan op RTLXL worden bekeken.
Video on Virtual Reality in Academic Research
Erik Verwiel, master student at the UvA, made a short video about the role of immersive Virtual Reality in academic research at the moment. ReTeks
Alice wint PARISCIENCE 2015 de PRIX GRAND ÉCRAN
De KeyDocs documentaire Ik ben Alice van regisseur Sander Burger waarbij de zorgrobot Alice van het Selemca project (Johan Hoorn) wordt gebruikt, heeft op het filmfestival PARISCIENCE 2015 de PRIX GRAND ÉCRAN gewonnen. De Jury Grand Écran, die bestaat uit zowel professionals … Continue reading
Prof. Ken McRae talks about “The Importance of Event Knowledge”
The Marie Curie COGVIM project presents: The Importance of Event Knowledge in the Organization and Structure of Semantic Memory Invited speaker: prof. Ken McRae Department of Psychology, and Brain & Mind Institute University of Western Ontario, Canada SEPTEMBER 11TH 2015, … Continue reading
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn (Stanford) talks about Immersive VR Sept 15
As part of the unfolding activities of Network Iinstitute’s VR group, we would be excited if you like to save the date for an upcoming presentation by Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, former Stanford Ph.D. of Jeremy Bailenson. Grace will talk about “Persuasive … Continue reading
€25.000 in vouchers for research collaborations
The VU Network Institute awarded five research-business collaboration proposals with a voucher of € 5.000 each. Businesses-research matches were made with 2CoolMonkeys, Konnektid, Akvo.org, ETCBC and Eigen Werk. Read more…
Caredroids in Health – The Lancet
Network Institute’s SELEMCA care-robot Alice, starring in the documentary I am Alice, was featured in The Lancet a few weeks ago. “… Although the idea of health robots has been around for a couple of decades, research into the use of … Continue reading
Amsterdam Applied Gaming Research Community
The Amsterdam Applied Gaming Research Group Community, a collaboration between the VU, UvA and HvA, have opened their brand new web site. Don’t forget to take a look here!
Are Aggressive Agents as Scary as Aggressive Humans?
This question has recently been investigated by a team of researchers from the VU Computer Science department and the NSCR. The results have been published at the 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), including the two … Continue reading
25.000 euro in vouchers for research collaborations
The VU Network Institute awarded five research-business collaboration proposals with a voucher of € 5.000 each. Businesses-research matches were made with 2CoolMonkeys, Konnektid, Akvo.org, ETCBC and Eigen Werk. A successful matchmaking event in May paved the way for this … Continue reading
Tech Labs Newsletter Summer 2015 is available
The latest Newsletter of the Network Institute Tech Labs gives you an update on a variety of projects using the Tech Labs. There are a few very interesting new projects and an update on some familiar projects that have been … Continue reading
“Ik ben Alice” documentaire vanavond 20:00 NPO2
Om in de toekomst te kunnen voldoen aan de vraag naar zorg voor eenzame en dementerende ouderen is zorgrobot Alice ontwikkeld. Kan een robot een menselijke band met iemand opbouwen en dus een mens van vlees en bloed vervangen? De … Continue reading
New website on Robot research in Amsterdam
A new website dedicated to the academic robot research in Amsterdam has been launched. The site gives an overview of robot research both at the VU University and the UvA. Be sure to check it out! You can find it … Continue reading
Network Institute’s End of Year Event
The Network Institute’s End of Academic Year Event will take place this Wednesday, July 1st, 15h in the Kerkzaal on the top floor of the VU main building. We have an exciting programme: 15h00 – 15h20 – Johan Hoorn speaks … Continue reading
Metaphor Lab Amsterdam Summer School 2015
Last week, from Sunday evening 14 June until Friday evening 19 June, 31 PhD students and post doc researchers from all over the world attended the Metaphor Lab Amsterdam Summer School “Methods for Metaphor Identification and Analysis”. It was an … Continue reading
Tech Labs VR in BBC Science Interview
In collaboration with Claire Nee (University of Portsmouth) and Jean-Louis van Gelder (NSCR) the Network Institute Tech Labs are creating a virtual environment to study the behaviour of burglars. The next study using this state-of-the-art environment will involve real offenders … Continue reading
Newstracker presented at DHBenelux 2015
On June 8th, Martijn Kleppe (Faculty of Humanities) presented the set-up and first results of the Newstracker at the DHBenelux 2015 conference in Antwerp, Belgium. This tool, developed by Marco Otte of the Network Institute and supported by a Network … Continue reading
Report in the ICT4D Symposium
The report on the latest ICT for Development symposium, held on the May 22, 2015 at the VU University, is now available. Click here to download the PDF.
Vertoning ‘Ik ben Alice’ met paneldiscussie
De documentaire ‘Ik ben Alice’ over sociale zorgrobots in de zorg, winnaar van de NWO-KNAW Eurekaprijs voor wetenschapscommunicatie 2015, is op 16 juni a.s. op de VU te zien. Aansluitend op de vertoning zal een debat plaatsvinden in de vorm van … Continue reading
Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2015
Martine Coene en Paul Govaerts winnen Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award 2015 De prijs voor innovatieve ideeën van alle Amsterdamse kennisinstellingen en onderzoeksinstituten Paul Govaerts en Martine Coene van de Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen aan de VU zijn de winnaars van … Continue reading
Enter and win a Industry-Research Collaboration Voucher worth € 5000
On May 26 (3:30pm-6pm, Intertain Lab, W&N Building, VU University) the Network Institute, the Amsterdam Economical Board and IXA organize a network session between research and Tech Labs on the one hand and industry and civil organisations on the other … Continue reading
Een robot voor oma
Welke kunstwerken helpen het beste tegen de eenzaamheid? Een artikel in Kunstbeeld vertelt over Alice de zorgrobot (onderdeel van het Selemca project).
To be AND not to be: quantum intelligence?
Two Network Institute members do a TEDx talk on quantum logic for knowledge representation.
Sino-Dutch Forum on Smart City – June 1
On June 1, the cities of Amsterdam and Beijing will jointly co-host the 2nd Sino-Dutch Forum on Smart City. The Network Institute is one of the organising partners for this event. The theme of “Smart Cities” is rapidly becoming a … Continue reading
International Symposium “Perspectives on ICT4D”
The VU Network Institute, the Netherlands Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems SIKS, the VU Computer Science Department and the International Office at the VU University Amsterdam kindly invite you to attend the Second International Symposium “Perspectives on ICT4D” … Continue reading
VR against aggressive behaviour in the public sector
Aggressive behaviour against employees in the public sector, such as police officers, tram conductors, and ambulance personnel, is an ongoing concern worldwide, and in the Netherlands in particular. As an illustration, the Amsterdam public transport company GVB reports about 500 … Continue reading
Kunstmatige intelligentie: Kans of toch risico?
The Network Institute helping to organise a debate on the opportunites and risks of Artificial Intelligence, in De Balie (Leidseplein) on 21 April, 20h. See the poster for more information, or http://www.deingenieur.nl/agenda/agenda-item/kunstmatige-intelligentie-kans-of-risico also to sign-up.
Alice de zorgrobot aan het werk (Vrij Nederland)
Deze keer wordt de sociale zorgrobot Alice in Vrij Nederland uitgelicht. Zie hier het artikel met video. Alice is een onderdeel van het Selemca project (CRISP) waarin onderzoek wordt gedaan naar het maken en analyseren van de effecten van sociale … Continue reading
Documentaire “Ik ben Alice”
In samenwerking met het Netwerk Instituut Selemca project (onderdeel van het CRISP platform), heeft Sander Burger een documentaire gemaakt over hoe een meer menselijke zorgrobot, Alice, ingezet zou kunnen worden in de praktijk. De documentaire haalt veel publiciteit en heeft … Continue reading
Ghana: update March 23, 2015
Gossa and Myrthe, students from VU University Amsterdam are currently in Northern Ghana, doing fieldwork for the interdisciplinary ICT4D research project “Knowledge Sharing for the Rural Poor“. For this project they received a grant from the Network Institute, and are … Continue reading
George Lakoff lecture now available online
On March 13, 2015, George Lakoff held a guest lecture at the VU entitled: “Why linguists are needed: The severe limitations big data analysis of linguistic corpora.” His lecture is now available online here: http://av-media.vu.nl/VUMedia/Play/81ed312e243a4cd4aa1101bb3dab80a41d