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Amsterdam hospitals will share data

19 March 2024

Amsterdam hospitals will share data >

'Health Data Space Amsterdam' enables (re)use of medical data to improve care and keep it accessible

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AiNed MIT AI call for SMEs launched to boost AI innovation power in the Netherlands

15 March 2024

AiNed MIT AI call for SMEs launched to boost AI innovation power in the Netherlands >

Are you working with other SME entrepreneurs to develop or innovate products, production processes or services in the field of AI? Then the MIT scheme may be for you.

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Mapping stress with AI: The DESTRESS initiative

March 9 2024

Mapping stress with AI: The DESTRESS initiative >

Amsterdam UMC, in collaboration with a consortium of partners, is taking a significant leap forward with the innovative DESTRESS project. Spearheaded by Professor Christiaan Vinkers, a renowned expert in Stress and Resilience, DESTRESS focuses on employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionize the way organizations manage stress and bolster resilience. At a time when stress-related absenteeism results in 2.9 million days lost and over one billion euros in costs annually, such an initiative couldn't be more timely.  

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Nominate your AI application for the Dutch Applied AI Award

March 8 2024

Nominate your AI application for the Dutch Applied AI Award >

Is your AI application a beacon of innovation? Nominations are now open for the Dutch Applied AI Award! This year marks the fifth anniversary of the award, presented at the annual Computable Awards. The Centre of Expertise Applied AI at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, alongside ICT platform Computable and the podcast De Dataloog, is calling for entries that showcase practical and innovative uses of artificial intelligence.  

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Bird cuts  jobs due to AI efficiency

March 5 2024

Bird cuts jobs due to AI efficiency >

In a striking development that underscores the relentless march of technological advancement, Bird, formerly known as Messagebird, an Amsterdam-based tech powerhouse, has recently made headlines by laying off 20 percent of its workforce. This bold move, affecting 90 of its 450 employees, was announced by the company's CEO, Robert Vis, citing automation and artificial intelligence (AI) as the driving forces enabling the company to achieve more with fewer people.

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Deloitte embraces AI: a revolution in accounting

March 5 2024

Deloitte embraces AI: a revolution in accounting >

Deloitte is taking a groundbreaking step by conducting all audits in the Netherlands with artificial intelligence (AI) next year. This innovative move highlights the rapid pace at which AI is transforming the accounting sector. According to Gera Hamer, head of the accounting division at Deloitte Netherlands, the integration of AI, such as their generative AI model Headstart, offers significant benefits. This model, based in part on ChatGPT, is designed to assist accountants in auditing against accounting rules and identifying missing elements. Deloitte emphasizes that this AI usage is carefully embedded within the frameworks of responsibility, privacy, information security, and quality.

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Open PhD Position on Machine Learning for Automated Reasoning

21 February 2024

Open PhD Position on Machine Learning for Automated Reasoning >

Are you interested in working, in an interdisciplinary research setting, on topics at the intersection of logic, machine learning and automated reasoning? The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) is looking for a talented PhD candidate.

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Lowlands Science: Open Call for Researchers

21 February 2024

Lowlands Science: Open Call for Researchers >

Lowlands Science, the science program of Lowlands, one of the Netherlands' largest and most renowned festivals, invites scientists to submit research proposals for execution during the festival on August 16, 17, and 18, 2024.

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 Project introduces ChatGPT as a learning tool in FNWI education

21 February 2024

Project introduces ChatGPT as a learning tool in FNWI education >

An innovative project within the FNWI focuses on a few selected courses and strives for close collaboration between teaching teams, AI experts from the faculty and educational expertise from TLC Science. The target?

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AI020 Recap

30 April 2024

AI020 Recap >

We are fresh off AI020, our team is still buzzing!

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ERC advanced grants awarded to multiple Amsterdam knowledge institutes

30 April 2024

ERC advanced grants awarded to multiple Amsterdam knowledge institutes >

€652 million was allocated to leading researchers across Europe through the EU's Horizon Europe program, aiming to facilitate scientific breakthroughs. Notably, the Netherlands secured a total of 23 grants, with Amsterdam universities and research centres claiming around half.

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Amsterdam's Kepler Vision Technologies receives €1.5M to increase support in healthcare

29 April 2024

Amsterdam's Kepler Vision Technologies receives €1.5M to increase support in healthcare >

ROM InWest's €1.5M investment in Amsterdam's Kepler Vision Technologies will facilitate the launch of 'Kepler Night Nurse,' which uses AI-driven technology to improve care quality, particularly for the elderly.

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Can artificial intelligence assist us in staining cancer tissue samples?

29 April 2024

Can artificial intelligence assist us in staining cancer tissue samples? >

Last week, researcher Sara Pires de Oliveira received funding from the Dutch Research Council NWO (Dutch Research Council) to explore this concept. 

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Hyperscenarios of artificial intelligence usage: an essay by Nanda Piersma

April 23 2024

Hyperscenarios of artificial intelligence usage: an essay by Nanda Piersma >

In her essay, Nanda Piersma from CREATE-IT APPLIED RESEARCH at HvA discusses the complexity of artificial intelligence and how its deployment by people is key to responsible usage.

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