Do you wish to conduct innovative research and to engage students in this endeavour? Apply for the Connected World Academy Assistant programme. All interested VU staff can apply now! The Connected World theme allows Bachelor/Master students guided by you- VU … Continue reading
Category Archives: News
The 3rd Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Digital Society Including an NI Community Meet-up
The third instalment of the Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Digital Society (IWDS) will take place at the VU on March 1st 2024. The theme is Inclusive Technologies. A call for participation will be published soon. IWDS’24 will be followed by … Continue reading
HumanCLAIM 2024 Workshop
We are excited to invite you to the HumanCLAIM 2024 Workshop (see last year’s successful edition here), a one-day conference dedicated to the exploration of cognitively motivated cross-lingual language models. When: January 11, 2024 (9:30 AM – 4:30 PM) Where: … Continue reading
TED talk training series leads to Maud van Merriënboer’s winning talk
This past June, Maud van Merriënboer and more than a dozen others had the opportunity to participate in a TED Talk training organized by the VU Network Institute. The goal of the training was to help researchers develop the skills … Continue reading
Research Lunch: Meet the Research Support Department
We would like to invite you to the next Research Lunch organized by the Network Institute to facilitate exchange between researchers at the VU across faculties and disciplines. When: 14th December, 12-13:30 Where: NU-3B05 The University Library will illustrate the many opportunities the … Continue reading
New book released by NI member: Cognitive Plausibility in NLP
NI-member and VU academic Lisa Beinborn and Nora Hollenstein published an introductory book to “Cognitive Plausibility in Natural Language Processing”. It is based on the idea that we can learn more about the cognitive plausibility of computational language models by … Continue reading
Connected World Conference: From Decolonization to Global Citizenship
As part of the Connected World theme which the NI is supporting, we invite you to a whole-day event on the 8th December on educating for societal impact, decolonizing the digital society, knowledge production and indigenous knowledge as well as … Continue reading
Research Symposium Shines Light on the Role of Language in Engaging Audiences in New (Quantum) Technology
On November 6, our research symposium The Role of Language in Engaging Audiences in New (Quantum) Technology took place. This was made possible by the Network Institute and NeFCA and organised as part of Aletta Meinsma’s (PhD student Quantum & … Continue reading
Science at the Frontier: Regulating Digital Environments
The Amsterdam Law & Tech Institute (ALTI) along with the NI will soon host three visiting researchers from Mexico: Dr. Nora del Carmen Osuna Millan (Computer Science), Dr. Virginia Berenice Niebla Zatarain (Computer Science), and Dr. Jesus Manuel Niebla Zatarain … Continue reading
Two blogposts on NI Hackathon Analyzing Religious Language in Social Media in the Age of Restrictions
On 26 and 27 October 2023 the Network Institute Research Visit project “Live-mapping Religious Difference Online: the interplay of Digital Society, religious texts mediated online, and live-mapping” of the Eep TAlstar Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC) organized two hackathons … Continue reading
75 years to the future: Reimagining Business & Economics at SBE
This year marks a significant milestone: the 75th anniversary of the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit. Join us in shaping a vision that will guide the School of Business and Economics through the next 75 years. We … Continue reading
Research Spotlight: Guiding Visions of Corporate Smart City Innovators
The open-access scientific publication that formed the basis for the last year’s NI-funded video installation ‘(re)think the role of smart sensors in the digital age‘ has been published now in the FUTURES journal here: The video installation motivated the researchers … Continue reading
Research Lunch: Religion on Social Media & Metaphors in Tech Communication
Dear VU Researchers and Colleagues, Hereby we would like to invite you to the upcoming Research Lunch organised by the Network Institute to facilitate exchange between researchers at the VU across disciplines and institutions. When: 9th of November, 12.00-13.30 Where: … Continue reading
Visit: Theory of Mind in Multimodal Dialogue
On Monday, November 6, James Pustejovsky from Brandeis University will visit the VU and CLTL. We would like to extend the invitation to members of the NI. To get a sense of how many people will attend events throughout the … Continue reading
New NI-relevant journal by the ACM
Thanks to Patricia Lago for flagging a new journal by the Association for Computing Machinery. This new publication covers topics especially relevant to the NI’s mission and likely to overlap with our members’ interests: the ACM Journal on Computing and … Continue reading
Academy Update: Robot Bookworm Pilot
The ‘Robot Bookworm’ project of the NI’s Academy Assistants (NIAA) has been successfully piloted. Nina Sangers (Language, literature and communication), Lisa van der Sande (Education studies) and Mike Ligthart (Computer Science) conducted this pilot featured on the VU’s news page, … Continue reading
Digitalization of scientific research and supporting high-quality science – the experience of the Digital Science Center at the University of Innsbruck
In the week of November 20 the Network Institute is hosting Carina König. She is the coordinator of the Digital Science Center of the University of Innsbruck. The initiative will provide an opportunity to explore in depth what interdisciplinary research units … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Social x Computational Papers
COMPTEXT 2024: A conference on the quantitative and computational analysis of textual data in social and political sciences, to be held in Amsterdam on 2-4 May 2024. The COMPTEXT 2024 Organising Committee consists of many NI members: ● Mariken A.C.G. … Continue reading
Dagstuhl Seminar: Roadmap for Responsible Robotics
Responsible Robotics is an appealing goal. It captures the idea of developing and deploying physical autonomous systems for the benefit of both individuals and society. However, although a popular target, there are, as yet, no robustly reliable routes to achieving … Continue reading
Network Institute @ DBpedia Day 2023: Shaping the Future of Cultural Heritage
Knowledge, collaboration, and innovation took centre stage at DBpedia Day, an integral part of SEMANTiCS 2023. Held on September 20, 2023, at the HYPERION Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, this event was a unique gathering of technology professionals, industry experts, and … Continue reading
Academy Project Spotlight: Personality & burglary: A VR study
Burglary is a common and costly crime which has also been found to be a gateway to violent crimes. On average, the offenders in this study committed 62 burglaries each. Personality is a robust predictor of involvement with crime but … Continue reading
Flying start to Network Institute research visit: integrating quantum with language & communication
On September 4, Aletta Meinsma (PhD researcher Quantum & Society, Leiden University) started her Network Institute research visit. For the next 3 months, she will be visiting Gudrun Reijnierse (Assistant Professor Language & Communication, VU). To get the visit off … Continue reading
Creating Secure Societies Networking Session
The University of Twente and the VU’s synergistic “Creating Secure Societies” impact coalition is culminating in another meeting next month: When: 22nd November 2023, 2-6pm Where: University of Twente, at the Designlab, room LEARN-X Sign-up: here This synergy (find out … Continue reading
Guest Talk: Dismantling the White Patriarchal Origins of Robotics
Tom Williams from the Colorado School of Mines will be giving an interdisciplinary talk at the VU – details below. Would be great to engage with an audience in the humanities and the social sciences in addition to CS folks. … Continue reading
Two Hackathons: Live-mapping Religious Differences online
What is the feasibility of live-mapping the differential use of religious texts in social media to identify religious issues present across digitally mediated culture? How can we mine social media such as X in the age of restrictions? How can … Continue reading
ABRI Seminar on the Social Side of AI
On Tuesday, October 24 from 12:00-13:00 the Amsterdam Business Research Institute (ABRI) Lunch Seminar hosted by Dr. Franz Strich from the Deakin University Melbourne will take place in the main building room HG-13A24. He will present an ongoing research project … Continue reading
Research Lunch: Human-Interactive Agent Learning
We would like to invite you for the next monthly NI Research Lunch on Thursday, October 12th from 12h-13.30 in room NU-4A06, on the topic of Human-Interactive Agent Learning. Our topic this time builds upon the fruitful discussions on the previous Human-Robot … Continue reading
Connected World Book Now Available
The research institute for Culture, Cognitive, History and Heritage (CLUE+) and the Network Institute are the foundational institutes of the “Connected World” profile theme. This has culminated in Ivar Vermeulen’s book “Connected World”. In fact, it is authored by 100 … Continue reading
Research Symposium: Language’s Role in Public Engagement with New (Quantum) Technology
As part of a Network Institute research visit, we are organizing a research symposium on November 6, 2023 entitled ‘The role of language in engaging audiences in new (quantum) technology’. We would like to invite you to join the day. Where: Restaurant De Bosbaan, Bosbaan … Continue reading
NIAA 2023 Kick-Off Event
The Network Institute’s Academy Assistant (NIAA) program is kicking off its 14th year on the 11th October! When: 11th October 3:15-5:15pm Where: NU4A67 The NIAA funds 10-15 research positions which undertake projects leading to a proposal or published paper in … Continue reading
Seminar by Prof. Michał B. Paradowski in collaboration with LEARN!
Michal B. Paradowski, from the Institute of Applied Linguistics (University of Warsaw) is presenting the seminar: “Computational Social Network Analysis meets linguistics: From the diffusion of lexical innovation to second language acquisition” in collaboration with LEARN! When: October 26th 10:30-12:00 … Continue reading
Connected World Book Presentation
The research institute for Culture, Cognitive, History and Heritage (CLUE+) and the Network Institute are proud of being the foundational institutes of the “Connected World” profile theme. As part of this initiative, we are presenting a new book about the … Continue reading
Research Lunch IXA Hosted by the Network Institute
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 disciplines and institutions. For the research lunch on the 21st of September, we invited representatives from the Innovation Exchange Amsterdam … Continue reading
Academy Project Spotlight: Protein Transformers
Supervisors Maurits Dijkstra and Peter Bloem with assistants Henriette Capel and Robin Weiler worked on an NI Academy Project (see here) which resulted in a 2022 paper published in Nature Scientific Reports. See: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19608-4 Proteins are the building blocks of … Continue reading
Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award
IXA (aka: the VU office for valorizing our research) and AmSIA (Amsterdam Science and Innovation Awards) are organizing an event/competition where you can network and pitch your own project with the chance to win one of three 10,000 euro cash … Continue reading
Terminator 2 introduced by prof. Guszti Eiben
James Cameron’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” will be screened at the VU’s Rialto cinema in the NU building at 18:30 on Thursday 12th October Professor Guszti Eiben will introduce the classic. He is a full professor of Artificial Intelligence at … Continue reading
Alice and Eve 2023
We welcome everyone to our free one-day workshop for celebrating women studying and working in computing! Alice & Eve aims to bring together talents in the field of computing. The fourth edition of this workshop will be hosted on 27 … Continue reading
Call for Nominations – Amsterdam AI Thesis Awards
The Amsterdam AI network is seeking nominations for the Amsterdam AI Thesis Award 2023 (deadline: 14th of September). We are looking for thesis nominations that present exciting and innovative work in the area of AI and Data Science research, and … Continue reading
Academy Assistants Projects and Positions 2023-24
The Network Institute funded six Academy Assistant projects for this academic year. Each project is led by two PIs from different disciplines who can hire two Student Assistants (usually master’s students) to work on the project for one day per … Continue reading
We are looking for new teammates
The institute is looking for new members for its operational teams, if you are interested in joining us, contact us at this email address: network.institute.beta@vu.nl. The profile we are looking for is: young researcher (from PhD candidate to associate prof) … Continue reading
From Diversity to Inclusion SEMINAR
The Network Institute is collaborating with the Diversity and Inclusion officers of the Department of Computer Science organising an interactive seminar “From diversity to inclusion” in which we want to address the challenges of how different social identities contribute to … Continue reading
Append Us Apart is now PUBLIC!
The source code for the Append Us Apart project is now publicly available on GitHub [link]. After months of design and development, and a successful launch on the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam premises, the Append Us Apart project created by Daan … Continue reading
White paper on Digital Nomadism in collaboration with Aurora
In June 2022 we organized a workshop on Digital Nomads – Living in a Society of Digital Employees for discussing how society, employers and employees can deal with the new way of working in the digital society, and how to … Continue reading
Append Us Apart, the 4th art installation of the Network Institute is live today!
The title of the art installation is Append Us Apart The use of Large Language Models has exploded since OpenAI provided access to their ‘ChatGPT’ model. This created a big wave of glorification of the model, but also criticism: makers … Continue reading
Network Institute Research Visits for 2023
This year’s visitors for the Network Institute Research Visits have been selected! The Research Visits are our initiative for enabling interdisciplinary research across Universities worldwide. In October/November 2022 we hosted 7 Research Visitors from all over the world to collaborate … Continue reading
Virtual Reality Symposium: The VU Got Virtual!
The “Virtual Reality Symposium: Let’s Get Virtual!” was hosted on the 22nd of June by the XR community and Network Institute at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The public event gathered researchers from the XR community who presented their cutting-edge work over … Continue reading
Great success for the Hack4Her event
Hack4Her is a tech event organized by Isabella Venancia Grdner (STORM), Katja Tuma (Assistant Professor at the Computer Science department), and Mylène Brown-Coleman (STORM). We happily sponsored the event, which turned out to be a great success! Hack4Her is a … Continue reading
Network Institute End-of-the-year Event – July 11 @ 15:00
Dear members of the Network Institute, You are invited to the annual, traditional, shiny, fun, and completely unmissable Network Institute end-of-the-academic-year event, taking place: *** Tuesday July 11th, 15.00 hrs, NU building – Room 3B05 *** The highlight of the … Continue reading
The reports of the 2022 research visits are available now
The research visits are our initiative for enabling interdisciplinary research across Universities worldwide. In October/November 2022 we hosted 7 research visitors from all over the world to collaborate with VU researchers. For those who are interested in the types of … Continue reading
The Phasescope, the 3rd art installation of the Network Institute is live!
The title of the art installation is Phasescope A phasescope (or goniometer) plots an audio signal on a two-dimensional area by displaying the amplitude of one audio channel on the x-axis, and the other channel on the y-axis. We achieved … Continue reading
The Fast-Art Machine, the 2nd art installation of the Network Institute is live!
The title of the art installation is The Fast-Art-Machine There are smart cameras all around us in the public space. From the police, the city government, big and small companies, and from residents. We may have become used to them … Continue reading
June research lunch: Social Science and Computer Science
Another research lunch is coming up, a special edition in the VU botanical garden with the aim of fostering collaboration between Computer Science and Social Sciences! We recognize the immense potential that lies at the intersection of these two disciplines. … Continue reading
Virtual Reality Symposium: Let’s Get Virtual!
We are organizing a Virtual Reality Symposium: Let’s Get Virtual! The morning of June 22 will be filled with speakers and conversations about VR research at the VU. Learn about what other scholars are doing and what facilities we have … Continue reading
NIAA call Research Lunch
The next research lunch organised by the Network Institute is dedicated to the Call for the Network Institute Academy Assistant Projects! What? NIAA information & match-making When? 11th of May, 12:00-13:30 Where? MF-A311 Do you have an idea for a … Continue reading
TED Talks Training
Communicating your research is one of the essential career skills to enhance your scientific and societal impact. Learn how to tell your story with the Network Institute’s exclusive TED Talk Master Class! Participants will practice public speaking and learn how … Continue reading
Using VR to Train Decision-Making Behavior of Police Officers
Two of our researchers from the Human Movement Sciences department, Vana Hutter and Lisanne Kleygrewe, have been working (along with others) on the project SHOTPROS: Using Virtual Reality (VR) to train the decision-making behavior of police officers in stressful situations. … Continue reading
Interdisciplinarity, explained
The Amsterdam Young Academy (AYA) is an initiative of the University of Amsterdam and the Vrije Universtiteit where talented young scientists from different disciplines meet to develop views on science, scientific policy and how to build bridges between science and … Continue reading
Embodied Experiences
How to improve diversity and inclusion policies by reading the body? The Connected World conference “Embodied Experiences” invites participants to use Corpoliteracy, as proposed by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, as a tool to explore the intersections of identity and body … Continue reading
Call for NI Research Visits 2023
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
Call for Network Institute Academy Assistant Projects 2023
The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its 14th year. Initially funded through a KNAW grant and aimed at combining social sciences and computer science research, it has since been adopted by the Network Institute and … Continue reading
Emotions are contagious
When we see someone smile from ear to ear, most of us can’t help but smile along. Emotions are infectious, and under some circumstances this can be problematic. Think about stampedes, riots, bullying or depression. A computer model of how … Continue reading
Neurofilament Light application popular
The Neurofilament Light (NfL) online application developed by the Tech Labs of the Network Institute together with Eline Willemse and Lisa Vermunt of the Amsterdam UMC, is gathering momentum as more doctors are using this tool in diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases. … Continue reading
Network Institute members in Stanford’s top-cited scientists!
21 Network Institute members included in Stanford’s list of the world’s top-cited scientists! The annual study performed by Stanford University aims to identify the world’s top 2 percent of scientists in their field. Scientists from across the globe were classified … Continue reading
Ancient Egypt Exploration in VR
As part of the Artificial Intelligence Honours Programme at Vrije University and the course “Discovering Nature” from the University of Amsterdam, Tommasso Mencattini and L. Tisci had the opportunity to work on an interdisciplinary project inspired by the “Description de … Continue reading
The first Art Installation of the Network Institute is live!
The title of the art installation is (re)think the role of smart sensors in the digital age There are smart cameras all around us in the public space. From the police, the city government, big and small companies, and from … Continue reading
Academy Assistants 2022 Kick-Off
From #CloudComputing to #gender, identity, #facialrecognition algorithms, #privacy, #music, #VirtualReality , #art, #Bioinformatics, this year’s Academy Assistant projects are exciting and impactful at the same time. We had the kick-off event yesterday, here is how it went: First of all, … Continue reading
Network Institute Research Lunch
Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you for the first monthly VU’s Network Institute Research Lunch on Thursday October 20th from 12h-13.30 in room 5A47 of the NU Building. The research team of the Network Institute would like to foster more professional and colloquial interactions … Continue reading
The Network Institute funds 8 research visits at the VU
The Network Institute initiated a new “NI Research visits” program. With this program, the Network Institute offers scholars an opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society … Continue reading
Connected World Senior Fellowship 2022 -2023
Connected World is one of four central profile themes of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. To promote research and education in this theme, we have now set up the CONNECTED WORLD SENIOR FELLOWSHIP, starting in the academic year of 2022/23. We are … Continue reading
Network Institute End-of-the-Year Event 2021-2022
On 6th July 2022, we had the Network Institute End-of-the-Year Event 2022. The event was chaired by Victor de Boer. The event started off by introducing various initiatives, and vision of the Network Institute. All the events and activities of NI … Continue reading
Aurora workshop on “Digital nomads: living in a society of digital enterprises”
The workshop on Digital Nomads – Living in a Society of Digital Employees will discuss how society, employers and employees may deal with the new way of working in the digital society, and how to contribute from a scientific perspective. … Continue reading
XR ON TOUR!
SURF and the Network Institute will co-host XR ON TOUR event. The Network Institute will have VR-demos ready at the venue location and in its Game Cella’ Lab where you can take a look at the XR-facilities the Network Institute … Continue reading
Call for Network Institute Academy Assistant Projects 2022
The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its 13th year. Initially funded through a KNAW grant and aimed at combining social sciences and computer science research, it has since been adopted by the Network Institute and … Continue reading
Connecting Worlds Conference: 1st Announcement
Please join us at the Connecting Worlds Conference on 30th June and 1st July 2022. The Connecting Worlds Conference brings together VU researchers in the broad theme of the Connected World with guests from abroad from VU’s many international cooperation … Continue reading
Two new calls for funding on the Connected World profile theme
As you probably already know, the Network Institute operates in the context of the Connected World profile theme of the VU. To encourage Connected World research, VU Amsterdam makes additional resources available to its staff each year by organising internal … Continue reading
Launch event of the Use-Me Art and Science projects!
Last week was the launch event of the Use-Me Art and Science project. The project challenges the VU community to think critically about the recursive relationship between technology and society. For example, what are the opportunities and threats that technology … Continue reading
TED talks training sessions at the Network Institute
The Network Institute is organizing TED Talk training sessions in May in which participants will learn how to make their message more accessible and convincing when speaking in public. The presentation skills you will gain are immediately useful for several … Continue reading
Use-me launch event on April 13th at NU!
We are very happy to announce the Use-me project launch event On April 13. This event is a must-attend for everyone interested in digital society, artificial intelligence, creative coding, and interactive art. We have a stellar lineup at the event … Continue reading
Poster Presentation Session: Academy Projects 2021
Yesterday (23/03/2022), we had a ‘Poster Presentation’ session by the Academy Assistants for their projects. We had 7 enthusiastic teams, each with two Academy Assistants and two Supervisors who presented the progress in their interdisciplinary work using amazing posters. Many … Continue reading
VU Amsterdam and UTwente jointly launched an internal call for proposals
VU Amsterdam and UTwente jointly launched an internal call for proposals. The aim is to stimulate the link between education and research and to give a boost to our collaboration. Applications can be submitted up until March 15. Read more … Continue reading
The Use-me project update: Interactive screen placed
Last week we placed a Interactive screen with sensors in the main hall of the NU building at Vrije Universiteit (VU). What could be displayed on the large interactive screen you are seeing in the main hall of the NU … Continue reading
Virtual Reality helps Crime Research
Last Monday on 07/02/2022, Iris van Sintemaartensdijk defended her PhD thesis about preventing burglaries in urban neighborhoods. One part of her study is to use a virtual environment (VE) to study the effects on criminal behavior when using special signs. … Continue reading
Seminar “Cyber Security in and for the Global South”
Cyber Security research and education in the Global South, for example in Indonesia, has many (research) challenges. The legal, political and technological landscape in Indonesia is different from the European. Design of Cyber Security education in Indonesia, raises many questions, … Continue reading
Tech Labs opening at the NU-building
In the beginning of October the Network Institute Tech Labs will finally open its doors at its new location in the NU-building. At our new location we are proud to present two brand new lab spaces and a workspace for … Continue reading
Advanced tracking at the Tech Labs
Recently the Tech Labs have installed a professional high-level tracking system for multiple use. The system is an OptiTrack system using multiple (18) highly accurate cameras that can track multiple persons and objects in our large lab space. Due to … Continue reading
Relaxing in Virtual Reality
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
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