The AI system AlphaTensor-Quantum can make quantum computing more efficient. By optimizing quantum circuits, it makes calculations more efficient to save resources and accelerate discoveries.

In a recently published paper Paul Groth (UvA) and Christine Borgman (UCLA) introduce a framework that explains why reusing research data is often more difficult than expected and how different stakeholders can respond.

Henkjan Honing, Professor of Music Cognition at the ILLC, has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea’s The Human Mind and its Complexity section.

Curious about the work of our Data Science Centre Affiliate Members? This month, we introduce Stefanie Boss, PhD Candidate at the Institute for Information Law and the Informatics Institute.

The UvA Data Science Centre looks back on the achievements of 2024.

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded 2.3 million to a new research initiative on artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The ELSA Lab, led by the UvA, investigates how AI can be ...

NAE calls on entrepreneurs, healthcare institutions, government and health insurers: make digitalization in healthcare a priority now! Now is the time to organize the collaboration that leads to real breakthroughs. ...

Congratulations to Andy D. Pimentel (PCS) on receiving the 2025 Outstanding Service Recognition Award for exceptional commitment and service to the EDA community as DATE 2024 General Chair!

Curious about the work of our Data Science Centre Affiliate Members? This month, we introduce Annika Rausch, data scientist and project leader at the EvA Service Centre of the Amsterdam UMC.

Our society’s growing reliance on digital technologies such as AI incurs an ever-growing ecological footprint. Kristina Irion, Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law, examines the European Union law ...

Responsible Digital Transformations is pleased to announce the conference GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future, taking place on 17 and 18 December 2025. This international conference will bring ...

To help ensure that this infrastructure is fit for purpose and serves researchers needs, Research IT together with the UvA Data Science Centre (DSC) are once again looking for users to provide feedback.

Now that anyone can create images with the aid of AI, we are seeing more and more AI-generated images around us. At the same time, little is known about how the underlying AI systems work and how biased they are – ...

Curious about the work of our Data Science Centre Affiliate Members? This month, we introduce Fred White, PhD student at the UvA Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly large language models like GPT-4, has shown impressive performance on reasoning tasks. But does AI truly understand abstract concepts, or is it just mimicking patterns? A ...