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
Category Archives: News
“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
Tech Labs en VR Criminal Research
In the Correspondent an interview was posted about criminological research using Virtual Reality. Jean-Lious van Gelder (NSCR) collaborated with Marco Otte of the Network Institute Tech Labs who created the Virtual Environment to research burglary behaviour (see Tech Labs Newsletter). To … Continue reading
Marie Curie funded COGVIM project started
The Marie Curie funded COGVIM project has just kicked off, led by dr. Marianna Bolognesi (UvA), and supervised by prof. Gerard Steen (UvA). The aim of the project is to compare structure and functioning of the visual and the verbal … Continue reading
First post from Ghana
25th February 2015 It has already been a week since we first set foot on Ghanaian ground. After a long journey on both train and plane, we found the driver who would have brought us to our hostel in Accra. … Continue reading
MetaphorLab affiliated partner of the Network Institute
The Metaphor Lab Amsterdam, headed by Prof. Gerard van Steen is now established as a formal affiliation of the Network Institute. All Metaphor Lab members will be members of the Network Institute, with the same rights and duties and access … Continue reading
George Lakoff speaking at the VU, March 13
“The severe limitations of big data analysis of linguistic corpora” George Lakoff, famous for his work on metaphors in language and psychology will be speaking at the VU on Friday, March 13 from 14:00-15:00 in HG12A-00 on the 12th floor … Continue reading
Frank van Harmelen member of KHMW
The Network Institute is proud to announce that its director, prof. Frank van Harmelen, has been appointed as member of the oldest “learned society” of The Netherlands, the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). The KHMW has 450 … Continue reading
Eep Talstra Centre nominated for the DH Awards 2014
One of the research groups of the Network Institute, the Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer, has been nominated for the prestigious DH Awards 2014 in the category “Best DH Tool or Suite of Tools” for its project SHEBANQ. … Continue reading
Zorgrobot Alice in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Alice is een zorgrobot, bedoeld voor de begeleiding van eenzame en dementerende ouderen. Maar kan een robot voor oprechte intimiteit zorgen? En leidt het gebruik van robots niet tot een vermindering van menselijk contact, en dus verdere eenzaamheid bij ouderen? … Continue reading
Kan zorgrobot band opbouwen met ouderen?
Kan een robot een menselijke band met iemand opbouwen? Die vraag staat centraal in Ik ben Alice, de documentaire over de ‘sociobot’ Alice. Onderzoeksgroep SELEMCA, waar o.a. de VU deel van uitmaakt, probeert met behulp van wijkzorg en familie uit te vinden … Continue reading
In the spring of 2015 the Network Institute will organize a networking session between researchers and the Tech Labs of the university and companies and CSOs from outside the academic world. The aim is to facilitate and … Continue reading
NWO grant for KIN Research group
Prof. dr. Marleen Huysman and Hans Berends (ILI) together with a consortium of researchers from KIN research (Fleur Deken, Maura Soekijad, Frans Feldberg) and Industrial Design, TU Delft (Dirk Snelders, Gerda Gemser and Maaike Kleinsmann), received an NWO grant as … Continue reading
Tech Labs Fall 2014 Newsletter
Get the latest information about a selection of projects that are supported by the Tech Labs in the Fall 2014 Newsletter. Download the Newsletter. Enjoy!
Mini workshop with Prof. Ken Forbus
Network Institute mini-workshop with Prof. Ken Forbus on Reasoning by Analogy this Friday (12th December), 15h-17h, C6.16, FEW building, VU Campus. Prof Ken Forbus has been one of the leading figures in Artificial Intelligence research for over 30 years, dating … Continue reading
Valedictory lecture Gerard Steen
On Tuesday 9 December, 15.45 hrs, in the Aula of the VU University, Gerard Steen will hold his valedictory lecture on the occasion of his departure from the VU and move to the UvA. Professor Steen is the founding director … Continue reading
UvA and VU Tech Labs now virtually together
In an attempt to further collaboration of the UvA and VU Informatics departments, the two UvA Tech Labs (the RoboLab and the UX/Gaming Lab) have been added to the Network Institute web site. This way users of both universities can … Continue reading
Seminar: Prisoners of the Past? Time, Networks, and the Production of New Knowledge
The Department of Organization Sciences and the Network Institute cordially invite you to a research seminar with guest speaker Ajay Mehra (University of Kentucky). PRISONERS OF THE PAST? TIME, NETWORKS, AND THE PRODUCTION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE We examine how the … Continue reading
U-Meet: healthcare dilemma’s solvable with robots?
On Monday 6 October 2014, 15h30-17h00, Cultuurcentrum Griffioen, Uilenstede 106, 1183 AM Amstelveen VU scientist and prominent Network Institute member Johan Hoorn will speak on his reseach at the VU, including the SELEMCA project. Participants will discuss the involvement of … Continue reading
Peter Kerkhof benoemd als hoogleraar Sociale media
Prominent Netwerk Instituut lid Peter Kerkhof is benoemd tot hoogleraar Sociale media. Zijn onderzoek gaat over het gebruik van sociale media door organisaties. In zijn onderzoek wil hij de voor- en nadelen van het gebruik van sociale media voor organisaties … Continue reading
Network Institute researcher Patricia Lago starts a new Sustainability Urban Lab
Patricia Lago has started a new Sustainability Urban Lab with OMALA and Green IT Amsterdam. OMALA, VU University Amsterdam and Green IT Amsterdam are developing a sustainability urban lab to strengthen the innovative and sustainability vision and plans of the … Continue reading
2 PhD-positions Social Science
NWO Smart Disaster Governance project The proposal is called “Enhancing smart disaster governance: Assessing the potential of the net-centric approach.” The main applicant and coordinator of the project is dr.ir. Kees Boersma (he is a member of the NI, faculty … Continue reading
Frank van Harmelen new member of the Academia Europaea
He will be part of a select group of researchers who have all been chosen based on their research achievements. Prof. Frank van Harmelen has been admitted as member of the prestigious association of leading European scientists Academia Europaea (the Academy … Continue reading
The 2014-2015 Academy Assistant Projects are here!
Please visit https://www.networkinstitute.org/academy-assistants/academy-projects-14/ to view a list of the accepted projects.
Critical Discourse Analysis at 20
The CDA 20+ symposium, an initiative of the Amsterdam Critical Discourse Community (ACDC, currently hosted at VU-University) in collaboration with the research group Institutional Discourse at the University of Amsterdam (ACLC), will take place on 8-9 September in Amsterdam. After … Continue reading
Two Network Institute members receive distinctions
Professor Rob van der Mei (mathematics) is nominated for the Huibregtsen Prize 2014. The Huibregtsen Prize is granted for scientific research in the Netherlands that is remarkably innovative and has a high societal impact. The winner will be announced on … Continue reading
Prof. Jane Hunter visiting VU
Prof. Jane Hunter (Director of the eResearch Lab at the University of Queensland, Australia) is visiting VU for 6 months till early Dec 2014. Contact: j.hunter@uq.edu.au Room: U356 Background: http://staff.itee.uq.edu.au/jane/ Current/recent projects include the following: e-Social … Continue reading
Assistant Professor Business Analytics & Digital Innovation
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS & DIGITAL INNOVATION VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Digital Innovation (tenure track), in the Department of Information Systems, Logistics and Innovation at the Faculty of Economics … Continue reading
Web Science Summerschool
The Network Institute is sponsoring a number of PhD students to participate in this years Web Science Summerschool, to be held 20-26 July in Southampton, UK. The Network Institute will pay your participation fee, which covers all your local expenses: … Continue reading
2 Vacancies for Academy Assistants open
Advance vacancies for 2 Academy Assistants The Eep Talstra Centre for Bible and Computer (ETCBC) and the Computational Lexicology and Terminology Lab (CLTL) of the Faculty of Arts have a vacancy for a 2 Academy Assistants (5 months, 0.2 rte) for … Continue reading
ICT4D in perspective
On 16 May 2014, the symposium “Perspectives on ICT for Development” (ICT4D) was held at VU University Amsterdam. The event featured international speakers from different backgrounds, who were asked to present their perspective on the principles, practice and scientific background … Continue reading
Play, Games and Power – Lecture by Eric Gordon
Crowd Sourcing Challenge: Our Oceans Challenge
Our Oceans Challenge is a global acceleration platform for new ocean ventures launching on June 3rd. With a coalition of corporate- and knowledge partners we want to make ocean opportunities happen by connecting people with brilliant ideas for clean and … Continue reading
“From Text to Political Positions” published
The book “From Text to Political Positions – Text analysis across disciplines” edited by Bertie Kaal, Isa Maks and Annemarie van Elfrinkhof, was recently published. From Text to Political Positionsaddresses cross-disciplinary innovation in political text analysis for party positioning. Drawing … Continue reading
Speech technology for African languages
Speech technology for African languages: opportunities, challenges and recent progress Guest researcher talk: Prof. Dr. Etienne Barnard (North-West University, South Africa) Fri 09 May 2014, 14.30-15.30h, Intertain Lab Network Institute (WN-S111) Prof. Etienne Barnard is a partner in a research … Continue reading
ICT4D Symposium May 16, 2014
The Network Institute, Computer Science Department and International Office of VU organize a symposium on ICT4D, the quickly growing field of practice and study how Information and Communication Technologies influence and may contribute to social and economic development in the … Continue reading
AmCAT workshops@VU – April 9 & April 16
AmCAT workshops@VU: 9 April (beginner), 16 April (advanced) I will be giving two workshops for AmCAT users in April at the VU Amsterdam. The workshops are open to anyone interested, but please mail me if you want to attend either … Continue reading
Promo video for ICT4D course
Do you think Web Science can be useful for Regreening in Africa? If you want to know, visit W4RA.org, if you have good ideas, you can join the W4RA community, worldwide. A new course on ICT4D, “ICT for Development” for … Continue reading
12th Feb – PyLadies AMS at the VU
We are happy to invite you to the fifth PyLadies Amsterdam meetup (http://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesAMS/events/156263982/). Our male colleagues are also very welcome… provided they program in Python 😉 This time the event will be hosted at the VU in the IntertainLab (http://www.cs.vu.nl/en/about-the-department/intertain-lab). … Continue reading
The VisMet project
First online corpus of visual metaphors A collaboration between the Metaphor Lab (VU Faculty of Arts) and the Network Institute, the VisMet corpus will host different genres and types of visual metaphors, mainly collected from advertisements, political cartoons and artworks … Continue reading
CLUE and Network Insitute Day Feb 14
We are pleased to invite you to the CLUE-Network Institute Day on the 14th of February from 14:00 till 17:00 at 06A-10. Please register for this meeting at http://tinyurl.com/CLUE-NI-day before the 3rd of February 2014.
Creating a Digital Repository for Visual Metaphors
VISMET: a corpus of visual metaphors It is the aim of this project to investigate the actual possibility to create a repository of visual metaphors (still images) that can be accessed by academic researchers under specific regulations, for scientific and … Continue reading
Tech Labs Newsletter Fall 2013
Read all about the latest Tech Labs news in the Fall 2013 newsletter. Visitors, research, new equipment and news about the new building. Click here to directly view the newsletter (PDF) or go to the newsletter page to also view … Continue reading
Meet your future: Green-IT
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 Web of VOICES @ Brussels
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
Green-IT networking Event
On November 14th the VU will host the Green-IT networking event in the Intertain Lab (S111) starting at 15:45. The program is as follows: 15:45 – 16:00 Cerios Green 16:00 – 16:15 StatiqCooling 16:15 – 16:30 HvA 16:30 – 16:45 … Continue reading
Network Institute’s Paul Groth speaks in De Volkskrant about new metrics for science.
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.
Join the Academy Assistants Kick-off
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
Network Institute sponsors workshop in Entrepreneurship for Faculty
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
Web infrastructure in Africa in eData Magazine
“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.
Network Institute Annual Event 2013 Posters online
We’ve starting posting all the posters that were presented at the Network Institute Annual Event this year. As more posters come in we will update the page. So check it out under Research->Posters->Annual Event 2013
DownScale2013 – Workshop on Semantic Web
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
Seminar: The cutting edge of smart power grids
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
VOICES project in the news
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
Annual Network Institute Event July 4, 2013
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
Annual Report 2012 of the Network Institute available online
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!
Seminar – Cutting Edge of Smart Power Grids
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
Piek Vossen wint Spinozapremie
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
Grant for new research project on green software
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
AmCAT version 3.2 is now live!
The AmCAT team just uploaded a brand new version of the AmCAT platform and opened up a brand new blog about the tool. AmCAT is an open source platform for text analysis aimed at scientists from the social sciences and … Continue reading
Official Mobdro Application Download
Official Mobdro Application Download and install Do you delight in Mobdro watching FREE TV programs as well as motion pictures? You require the Mobdro Download. The Mobdro application is a cost-free program that is compatible with all Android devices. This … Continue reading
Ad Valvas – Malinese boeren uit hun isolement dankzij VU
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.
New Call for Network Institute Academy Assistants Projects
The VU University Academy Assistants programme is now entering its fifth 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 opened up … Continue reading
New Scientist writes about Network Institute project
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
Network Institute members secure NWO’s Creative Sector funding
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
Eep Talstra Centre joins the Network Institute
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
Tech Labs during summer 2013
If you are planning on using the Network Institute Tech Labs during July and August of 2013 (see planning), please make your reservations in time so that we will be able to help you set up your experiment properly. If … Continue reading
Workshop “Maps and Visualization Techniques in the eHumanities”
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
Voice-based web access helps illiterate get online
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
Crowdfunding Day 2013
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
Two Social Networking Workshops coming up
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
Asia Slowinska and Peter Boncz win awards
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
The HuisKluis: let your house be your data center
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
Embedded Researcher beurzen beschikbaar
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
KIN: Colloquium: April 19, 2013: Natalia Levina
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
Workshop: Social Network Analysis using UCINET software
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
Network Institute & Industry collaboration: First results
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
Tech Labs: Experiment on moral reasoning in video games
In April of 2013 two master students of the Communication Department (Faculty Social Sciences and part of the Network Institute) will research if and to what extend moral reasoning plays a role in playing video games, in this case Call … Continue reading
Herbert Bos on Dutch TV programme Klokhuis
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 in “True Science” campaign
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