Nieuws /en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:36:42 +0200 Tue, 15 Jul 25 16:38:00 +0200 ‘Thanks to the AI Labs, good ideas progress beyond one-off pilots’ /en/news/thanks-to-the-ai-labs-good-ideas-progress-beyond-one-off-pilots Stories from the Lab: an interview with Nico van den Berg from the AI Lab for Imaging and Image-guided Interventions. 150967 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:38:00 +0200 Nieuws Smart assistant to be developed to help people with dementia /en/news/smart-assistant-to-be-developed-to-help-people-with-dementia Shihan Wang aims to develop an AI system to help people with early-stage dementia remember when it's time to eat or take their medication. 150829 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:53:00 +0200 Nieuws “Wearing two hats made it easier for me to connect within government” /en/news/wearing-two-hats-made-it-easier-for-me-to-connect-within-government Alexander Melchior investigated why civil servants make little use of an excellent tool for developing sound policy on complex issues. 150666 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:26:00 +0200 Nieuws Young Talents Programme: the call for applications for 2025 is open /en/news/young-talents-programme-the-call-for-applications-for-2025-is-open Apply now for the 2025 Young Talents Programme — a unique opportunity to co-develop forward-looking and innovative solutions to societal and climate challenges. 150550 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:06:00 +0200 Nieuws WICS & WISE+ organise panel on diversity and stereotyping in academia /en/background/wics-wise-organise-panel-on-diversity-and-stereotyping-in-academia The event focused on real-life experiences with diversity, discrimination, and subtle (and not-so-subtle) biases in education and research. 149969 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Software helps shape society – and that brings responsibilities /en/news/software-helps-shape-society-and-that-brings-responsibilities Fabiano Dalpiaz hield op 20 mei zijn inaugurele rede als hoogleraar Software Production. 149954 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:17:00 +0200 Nieuws ‘European plans offer too little resistance to Big Tech’ /en/opinion/european-plans-offer-too-little-resistance-to-big-tech While Europe is investing billions in digital infrastructure, we must not forget that technology also requires people who can work with it. 149122 Tue, 20 May 2025 14:52:00 +0200 Nieuws How the Dutch police aim to use algorithms responsibly /en/news/how-the-dutch-police-aim-to-use-algorithms-responsibly Isabelle Donatz-Fest spent 350 hours with the police to see how algorithms are given a role in daily operations. 149590 Mon, 19 May 2025 09:46:00 +0200 Nieuws AI professor Sanne Abeln: “Predictions are improving, but genuine understanding is only growing slowly” /en/news/ai-professor-sanne-abeln-predictions-are-improving-but-genuine-understanding-is-only-growing-slowly Abeln offers insights into the latest developments in her field, the use of AI in the life sciences, and expresses concern over reliance on big tech companies. 149134 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for participants: Public Engagement Academy 2025 /en/news/call-for-participants-public-engagement-academy-2025 Apply now for the Public Engagement Academy: a training programme specifically targeted at postdocs and other early-career researchers at the Faculty of Science. 148686 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:16:00 +0200 Nieuws Quantum middleware: the glue between bits and qubits /en/news/quantum-middleware-the-glue-between-bits-and-qubits The future of quantum computing largely depends on its integration with classical computing. Computer scientist Nishant Saurabh is developing quantum middleware to bridge these two worlds, enabling efficient interaction between quantum and classical computing. 148527 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:22:00 +0200 Nieuws Apply for the PtS Continuing Education Fund before 30 June /en/news/apply-for-the-pts-continuing-education-fund-before-30-june For all teachers with ambitions and ideas to teach sustainability professionals, we fund initiatives up to €10,000 to develop courses for professionals or related initiatives. 148514 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:48:00 +0200 Nieuws ‘We were seen as programmers rather than proper researchers’ /en/background/we-were-seen-as-programmers-rather-than-proper-researchers Twenty years of AI research at the Faculty of Science, seen through Professor Mehdi Dastani's eyes. 148421 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:32:00 +0200 Nieuws A robot as a buddy in healthcare? “Children really see it as a friend” /en/background/a-robot-as-a-buddy-in-healthcare-children-really-see-it-as-a-friend In her PhD research, Anouk Neerincx investigated how robots can help reduce stress, how they can get children to talk about their health and how they can teach children emotional skills. 148045 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:31:00 +0100 Nieuws 'Police and the judiciary should themselves take responsibility on the subject of AI' /en/news/police-and-the-judiciary-should-themselves-take-responsibility-on-the-subject-of-ai Floris Bex has been appointed professor of Innovation in AI & Law at Utrecht ľϸӰ on March 1. 147490 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws ľϸӰflash Faculty of Science: the significance of AI for work and research, vulnerable grasslands, and more… /en/news/newsflash-faculty-of-science-the-significance-of-ai-for-work-and-research-vulnerable-grasslands-and In this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed. 147233 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:45:00 +0100 Nieuws Analysing eighteen thousand chicken videos /en/news/analysing-eighteen-thousand-chicken-videos Stories from the Lab: an interview with Bas Rodenburg and Armanda den Exter from the AI & Animal Welfare Lab. 146590 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws NWO Diversity and Inclusion Initiative award goes to WICS and ICS Diversity Committee /en/news/nwo-diversity-and-inclusion-initiative-award-goes-to-wics-and-ics-diversity-committee WICS and the ICS Diversity Committee are working to make the Department of Information and Computing Sciences a more inclusive and welcoming place for everyone. 146350 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:59:00 +0100 Nieuws Two new PhD candidates start at AI Labs /en/news/two-new-phd-candidates-start-at-ai-labs In 2025, two new researchers began their doctoral research within the Utrecht AI Labs. 146252 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:44:00 +0100 Nieuws ľϸӰflash Faculty of Science: Depressed primates, popsicle made from salty glacier water, and more /en/news/newsflash-faculty-of-science-depressed-primates-popsicle-made-from-salty-glacier-water-and-more In this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed. 146183 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:51:00 +0100 Nieuws