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Researching Online Data Platforms

Posted on September 29th, 2020 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Apps, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

VR symposium: Let’s get virtual!

Posted on November 27th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Event, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute, VRblog

Virtual Reality research at the Fieldlab Rotterdam

Posted on November 27th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute, VRblog

VR Symposium @ VU

Posted on October 4th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Event, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute, Uncategorised, VRblog

Inter-Ethnic online dating

Posted on September 4th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Preventing burglary in Virtual Reality

Posted on September 3rd, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute, VRblog

NWO Veni awards

Posted on September 3rd, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, The Network Institute

Gravitation Grants 2019 – Hybrid Intelligence

Posted on September 3rd, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, The Network Institute

Network Institute End-of-the-year Event – July 2 @ 15:00

Posted on June 24th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Academy Assistants, Event, News, The Network Institute

Network Institute Promotional Video

Posted on April 9th, 2019 by Marco Otte
Posted in News, The Network Institute

Upcoming VR meetings

Posted on March 26th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Event, News, The Network Institute, VRblog

VR for rehabilitation following stroke or brain injury

Posted on March 6th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute, VRblog

MediaLab open again

Posted on March 4th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Weston Brain Institute grant project starts in collaboration with the Tech Labs

Posted on February 14th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Apps, Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Proceedings of the NIAA program 2017-2018 published under Open Access

Posted on January 23rd, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Academy Assistants, News, The Network Institute

Tech Labs at the AI Field Trip 2018

Posted on January 9th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

Tech Labs at ‘VR for Justice’ conference

Posted on January 9th, 2019 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute, Uncategorised

Tech Labs Mobile App scores Best Demo at BNAIC 2018

Posted on November 13th, 2018 by Marco Otte

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!

Posted in Game Cella, News, Tech Labs, The Network Institute

The Network Institute hosts WebSci’18 at VU from 27-30 May 2018

Posted on May 25th, 2018 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in Event, News, The Network Institute

NWO Grant for Marleen Huysman et al

Posted on April 28th, 2014 by Marco Otte

Marleen Huysman, Marlous Agterberg, Bart van den Hooff, Hans Berends, Philipp Tuertscher (all FEWEB) and Maarten de Laat (Open University-Welten Institute) receive a grant from NWO for their research project ‘New Ways of Working and Human Capital Development’. The grant … Continue reading →

Posted in The Network Institute

Promo video for ICT4D course

Posted on March 5th, 2014 by Marco Otte

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 →

Posted in News, The Network Institute

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