ICS 25th anniversary

This year marks a special milestone for our department, and all our staff (current and past), students and partners are warmly invited to celebrate it with us! We are pleased to announce that on Thursday, October 16th 2025, we will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

When: Thursday, October 16th  15:30 - 19:30
Where: main hall of the Victor J. Koningsberger Building at the Utrecht Science Park (Budapestlaan 4a-b, 3584 CD Utrecht)

Program

Opening and Welcome

15:30 - 16:00

Parallel sessions

16:00 - 17:00

  1. Founding of ICS: the historical growth of the department (Jeroen Fokker, Michel Maasdijk)
  2. Future: What will ICS research / ICS education look like in 2030? And in 2050? (Research: Egon van den Broek, Judith Masthoff, Remco Veltkamp - Education: Matthieu Brinkhuis)
  3. Gen AI in education (Hieke Keuning)
  4. ICS, the connecting factor – Interdisciplinary collaborations (Sanne Abeln)
  5. Play Research at ICS (Sander Bakkes)
  6. Our Labs: Eye-tracking lab (Imke de Jong)
  7. Our Labs: Lili’s proto lab (Lennart Herlaar)
  8. Making an impact - AI labs: Animal Welfare, Police, Mobility and Finance
  9. Anecdotes from yesteryear: Arno Siebes, Marc van Kreveld and Johan Jeuring
Pitch competition Utrecht Holdings

16.30-18.00 - Location: Minnaert 2.01

Parallel sessions

17:00 - 18:00

  1. Founding of ICS: the historical growth of the department (Jeroen Fokker, Michel Maasdijk)
  2. From Classroom to Boardroom: Impact through Education for Professionals (Mirko Schäfer, Georg Krempl)
  3. Our education programmes: Curriculum development (Wouter Swierstra, Erik Jan van Leeuwen)
  4. Impact of ICS Start-ups I (Michael Behrisch, Sjaak Brinkkemper)
  5. Impact of ICS Start-ups II (Roland Geraerts)
  6. Our labs: Motion Capture Lab (Kazi Haque)
  7. Our Labs: Lili’s proto lab (Lennart Herlaar)
  8. Making an impact - AI labs: Animal Welfare, Police, Mobility and Finance
  9. Sticky: Retrospect (Sticky board)
  10. PhD council
Plenary and closing

18:00 - 18:15

Pubquiz & borrel

18:15 – 19.30

(please note that the program is still under development and thus, subject to change)

Please share your pictures from the past 25 years relating to the department (outings, retreats, festivities, meetings, borrels, etc.) to the Science Secretariat.

Practical information

Parking on the Science Park: /en/organisation/campus/maps/map-campus-utrecht-science-park