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Bridging Tabular, Graph and Relational Foundation models

Mechanistic Interpretability for Tabular Transformers

ELSA lab AI for Health Equity

Advancing Machine Learning Methods for High-Frequency Financial Time-Series Data

Mechanistic Interpretability for Time-Series Transformers

Identifying Causal Drivers of User Behaviour in Transaction Processes through Data Reuse and Targeted A/B Testing

Reinforcement Learning for Integrated Transaction Authentication and Authorization

Data-Driven Mathematical Modelling and Computational Methods for Pricing and Hedging Renewable Energy Contracts

AI Data Quality Systems in the Financial Sector

Robust Fraud Detection with Causal Machine Learning

Knowledge-Driven Learning for XAI in Fraud Detection

HyperMining: Explainable Anti-Money Laundering

ESG Regulation Impact on Financial Stability

The AI Society

Artificial Intelligence for Due-Diligence Analysis

ASSIST

Make Robots Talk

Atlas Lab

Language Sciences for Social Good

Energy efficient AI

Case studies collaborations

HvA researcher Rick van Kersbergen: new Microsoft data centre confronts Amsterdam with a difficult dilemma

A new hyperscale data centre in Amsterdam’s Westelijk Havengebied will be used almost entirely by Microsoft. HvA researcher Rick van Kersbergen asks what that means for the environment, for public space, and for who controls the city’s digital infrastructure.

6 November 2026

Society

VU researcher Stefan Schouten: language models show signs of reasoning, but there is always a “but”

Do AI chatbots really reason, or does it only look that way? VU linguist Stefan Schouten investigated, and concludes that much more research is needed.

4 November 2026

HvA research: what customers value in a chatbot doesn’t make them satisfied

Customers say a smooth handover and careful data handling matter most in a chatbot, but HvA research shows that speed and a genuinely warm conversation are what actually make them satisfied.

3 November 2026

Society

“We often get stuck in the idea that technology must be organized either through companies or through the state”

Marleen Stikker makes the case for public AI, in which society has a say in how the technology is developed

30 October 2026

New AI Challenge at NEMO Teaches Children to Spot Deepfakes

The University of Amsterdam, NEMO Science Museum and the Netherlands Forensic Institute have developed an interactive AI challenge that teaches children how to recognise deepfakes and critically assess online content.

30 October 2026

Health & Care

ACTA receives €1.18 million for research into an AI assistant that detects disease early using oral health data

Within the European project MYDIAG.AI, ACTA is investigating how dental care data can help detect health problems earlier.

27 October 2026

Two UvA and VU students make business data in ornamental horticulture usable with AI platform FloraSpark

Ties Mol and Sam Andringa are building an AI assistant that answers ornamental horticulture companies’ questions about their own figures in plain language.

23 October 2026

Ten researchers from UvA and Amsterdam UMC receive Vidi grants, including four projects involving AI

From AI language models that reason in a structured way to transparent algorithms and kidney care: four funded projects revolve around artificial intelligence.

22 October 2026

Third round of AiNed ELSA Labs opens, with up to €2.3 million per lab for AI compliance

The AI Coalition for the Netherlands invites public-private consortia to develop tools that make complying with the EU AI Act easier.

20 October 2026

UvA researchers combine generative AI and simulations to design new molecules for treating Parkinson’s

A UvA team is using AI to search for molecules that boost dopamine production in brain cells, as a possible alternative to levodopa.

11 October 2026

Claes de Vreese receives Stevin Prize to study how AI is changing our information environment and democracy

As the first UvA scientist to receive the highest Dutch award for knowledge utilization, De Vreese gets 1.5 million euros for research and societal impact.

10 October 2026

Two AI systems help residents of vulnerable Amsterdam neighborhoods go from heart check to healthier living

HvA and partners are developing AI that supports volunteers and neighborhood professionals in turning health measurements into concrete steps.

8 October 2026

Digital healthcare and AI: logged in or locked out?

Looking back at Zorg2040: who benefits from AI in healthcare, and who risks being left behind?

8 October 2026

Robots learn to see where people are looking with ordinary cameras, in hospitals, schools and on the work floor

AI scientist Linlin Cheng of VU Amsterdam shows that social robots can estimate where someone’s attention lies without expensive eye trackers.

7 October 2026

NWO grant for EQUITY: AI-supported heart care that also reaches people with a lower socioeconomic status

A consortium led by the UvA is developing inclusive AI tools with residents and employees to prevent and detect cardiovascular disease.

4 October 2026

With better data, AI can predict which T cells recognize cancer cells

Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute show that flawed training data, not the AI models themselves, held back the prediction of T-cell responses.

3 October 2026

UvA researchers develop AI that challenges scientists’ reasoning instead of just giving answers

A UvA project tests whether structured pushback from AI improves the quality of scientific knowledge.

3 October 2026

D66 Amsterdam Aims for 100,000 AI-Literate Residents by 2030

D66 Amsterdam is calling for a city where at least 100,000 residents can use AI safely and competently by 2030.

2 October 2026

‘Technology used to bring the world together. Now it’s driving the world apart.’

In The Techtonic Shift, Paul Verhagen examines how Big Tech is reshaping global power relations.

2 October 2026

AI models disagree on who deserves help

UvA research on 21 language models shows AI systems largely agree on rewarding good behaviour, but diverge sharply in how they judge someone with a bad reputation, with consequences for cooperation.

Explore the network

All about AI in the Amsterdam region

Quadruple helix model

Case studies collaborations

Case studies collaborations

HvA researcher Rick van Kersbergen: new Microsoft data centre confronts Amsterdam with a difficult dilemma

Society

VU researcher Stefan Schouten: language models show signs of reasoning, but there is always a “but”

HvA research: what customers value in a chatbot doesn’t make them satisfied

Society

“We often get stuck in the idea that technology must be organized either through companies or through the state”

New AI Challenge at NEMO Teaches Children to Spot Deepfakes

Health & Care

ACTA receives €1.18 million for research into an AI assistant that detects disease early using oral health data

Two UvA and VU students make business data in ornamental horticulture usable with AI platform FloraSpark

Ten researchers from UvA and Amsterdam UMC receive Vidi grants, including four projects involving AI

Third round of AiNed ELSA Labs opens, with up to €2.3 million per lab for AI compliance

UvA researchers combine generative AI and simulations to design new molecules for treating Parkinson’s

Claes de Vreese receives Stevin Prize to study how AI is changing our information environment and democracy

Two AI systems help residents of vulnerable Amsterdam neighborhoods go from heart check to healthier living

Digital healthcare and AI: logged in or locked out?

Robots learn to see where people are looking with ordinary cameras, in hospitals, schools and on the work floor

NWO grant for EQUITY: AI-supported heart care that also reaches people with a lower socioeconomic status

With better data, AI can predict which T cells recognize cancer cells

UvA researchers develop AI that challenges scientists’ reasoning instead of just giving answers

D66 Amsterdam Aims for 100,000 AI-Literate Residents by 2030

‘Technology used to bring the world together. Now it’s driving the world apart.’

AI models disagree on who deserves help

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