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Academy Project Spotlight: Protein Transformers

Posted on September 8th, 2023 by Max Miller

Supervisors Maurits Dijkstra and Peter Bloem with assistants Henriette Capel and Robin Weiler worked on an NI Academy Project (see here) which resulted in a 2022 paper published in Nature Scientific Reports. See: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19608-4 Proteins are the building blocks of … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam Science and Innovation Award

Posted on September 8th, 2023 by Max Miller

IXA (aka: the VU office for valorizing our research) and AmSIA (Amsterdam Science and Innovation Awards) are organizing an event/competition where you can network and pitch your own project with the chance to win one of three 10,000 euro cash … Continue reading →

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Terminator 2 introduced by prof. Guszti Eiben

Posted on September 7th, 2023 by Max Miller

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 →

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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