Connected World and the Network Institute cordially invite all VU researchers to submit their socially, culturally and/or scientifically oriented resilient communities projects for the calendar year of 2025. Submission proposal deadline: 18th November, 2024 Communication of winning proposals: 19th December, … Continue reading
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Research cocktail on “Sustainability of Digital Technologies”
The Network Institute and DISC (Digital Sustainability Center) are excited to invite all of you to the next research cocktail with four talks that will reflect on the societal, technical, and environmental sustainability of technology. Save the date: 15th November … Continue reading
Call for Session Proposals: Connected World Winter Conference 2025
Shared Pathways to a Sustainable and Just Future: Navigating the Anthropocene The Network Institute and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam invite all scholars and societal stakeholders to contribute to the Connected World Winter Conference 2025. This conference aims to address the profound … Continue reading
Research Lunch: Meet the Academy Assistants
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 of March, 12-13:30pm Where: NU-2B05 Register here This time, the Academy Assistants will … Continue reading
Emotion Contagion from virtual humans
Emotion contagion in groups via virtual representatives Emotions are known to be infectious when people meet in person. By interacting with each other, a group tends to become more similar in the emotions they express, resulting in the display of … Continue reading
Vacancy: Action-Based Research on History
The Network Institute is looking for staff members (postdoctoral level included) interested in undertaking the tasks below 32 hours per week, over 15 months. The NWO prefers hiring someone for the project who is already employed at the VU. So … 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
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
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
Connected World conference on December 15
Connected World is one of four central profile themes of the VU. To promote research and education in this theme, we have now launched a series of events, workshops and opportunities for funding, projects and collaborations. Do you wish to … 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
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
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
Helping householders to better understand burglary risks using VR
Several years ago our Tech Labs collaborated with researchers (lead by Claire Nee) at the University of Portsmouth in building one of the first ever Burglary simulations in Virtual Reality. This year we decided to reuse that virtual environment and … 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
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