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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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