Network Institute End-of-the-Year Event 2023

On 5th July 2023, NU building Room 3B05, we will have the Network Institute End-of-the-Year Event 2023. The event will be chaired by Pia Sommerauer and Andreu Casas. The event will start off by introducing various initiatives, and vision of the Network Institute. All the events and activities of NI during the last year will be summarised. This is followed by the presentations of the NI Academy Assistant (NIAA) Projects for last year (2022-23). After this, we will also announce the NIAA Projects for 2023-24. Finally, awards will be given to the Best NIAA project for 2022-23, Best NIAA Presentation & Best “Use-Me! Art & Science” projects.

This year we have the pleasure of hosting 4 special guests:

  • Marjoleine van der Meij (Athena) and Marco Schürmann (MarcoschMedia), creators of the (re)think art installation;
  • Anton Donle (Computer Science), David Fennema (Philosophy), Glenn de Wildt (Artificial Intelligence), creators of the The-Fast-Art-Machine art installation;
  • Idil Safi (Biomedical Sciences), Erik Stricker Schall (Biomedical Sciences), Anton Donle (Computer Science), creators of the Phasescope art installation;
  • Daan Wijnhorst, creator of the Append Us Apart. art installation.

NIAA Projects Selected for 2022-2023:

      • A new Cloud for a Sustainable Digital Society – Patricia Lago and Oscar Widerberg
      • Towards non-binary faces recognition: a critical study on gender and identity to build a more equitable AI – Elena Beretta and Ayse Seda Yalcin-Muftugil
      • Deep generative models for spatial reconstruction of single cell transcriptomics data – Evert Bosdriesz and Jakub M. Tomczak
      • EMOTT: Emotion-aware Software Testing Teaching – Natalia Silvis-Cividjian and Martin Gevonden
      • Designed to deceive: how manipulative design in privacy policies affects transparency and user rights – Dayana Spagnuelo and Silvia De Conca
      • Between Art, Data, and Meaning – How can Virtual Reality expand visitors’ perspectives on cultural objects with colonial background? – Claudia Libbi and Tilo Hartmann
      • A large music model using MIDI representations – Peter Bloem and Emily Clark