The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Research
New NI-relevant journal by the ACM

Thanks to Patricia Lago for flagging a new journal by the Association for Computing Machinery. This new publication covers topics especially relevant to the NI’s mission and likely to overlap with our members’ interests: the ACM Journal on Computing and … Continue reading
Research lunch on Human-Robot Interaction

Hi all, hereby we would like to invite you to the next NI research lunch on human-robot interaction! Event Timing: 12:00-13:30, Thursday, April 13th Event Location: NU-4A06 Contact us at: t.karacic@vu.nl During this research lunch, we would like to connect … Continue reading
Call for NI Research Visits 2023
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
Call for Network Institute Academy Assistant Projects 2023

The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its 14th year. Initially funded through a KNAW grant and aimed at combining social sciences and computer science research, it has since been adopted by the Network Institute and … Continue reading
XR ON TOUR!

SURF and the Network Institute will co-host XR ON TOUR event. The Network Institute will have VR-demos ready at the venue location and in its Game Cella’ Lab where you can take a look at the XR-facilities the Network Institute … Continue reading
Call for Network Institute Academy Assistant Projects 2022

The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its 13th year. Initially funded through a KNAW grant and aimed at combining social sciences and computer science research, it has since been adopted by the Network Institute and … Continue reading
Connecting Worlds Conference: 1st Announcement
Please join us at the Connecting Worlds Conference on 30th June and 1st July 2022. The Connecting Worlds Conference brings together VU researchers in the broad theme of the Connected World with guests from abroad from VU’s many international cooperation … Continue reading
Two new calls for funding on the Connected World profile theme

As you probably already know, the Network Institute operates in the context of the Connected World profile theme of the VU. To encourage Connected World research, VU Amsterdam makes additional resources available to its staff each year by organising internal … Continue reading
Poster Presentation Session: Academy Projects 2021
Yesterday (23/03/2022), we had a ‘Poster Presentation’ session by the Academy Assistants for their projects. We had 7 enthusiastic teams, each with two Academy Assistants and two Supervisors who presented the progress in their interdisciplinary work using amazing posters. Many … Continue reading
VU Amsterdam and UTwente jointly launched an internal call for proposals

VU Amsterdam and UTwente jointly launched an internal call for proposals. The aim is to stimulate the link between education and research and to give a boost to our collaboration. Applications can be submitted up until March 15. Read more … Continue reading