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TED talk training series leads to Maud van Merriënboer’s winning talk

Posted on December 6th, 2023 by Max Miller

This past June, Maud van Merriënboer and more than a dozen others had the opportunity to participate in a TED Talk training organized by the VU Network Institute. The goal of the training was to help researchers develop the skills … Continue reading →

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Research Lunch: Meet the Research Support Department

Posted on November 27th, 2023 by Max Miller

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 December, 12-13:30 Where: NU-3B05 The University Library will illustrate the many opportunities the … Continue reading →

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New book released by NI member: Cognitive Plausibility in NLP

Posted on November 23rd, 2023 by Max Miller

NI-member and VU academic Lisa Beinborn and Nora Hollenstein published an introductory book to “Cognitive Plausibility in Natural Language Processing”. It is based on the idea that we can learn more about the cognitive plausibility of computational language models by … Continue reading →

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  • Academy Assistants: End of the Year Event
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  • The institute is giving a full summer school in Leiden on the use of GenAI in Academia

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For over ten years, the Network Institute has been studying the digital society, in an interdisciplinary approach. The institute brings together a unique combination of scientists from informatics, social sciences and humanities.
Network Institute: The hub for interdisciplinary research on the digital society