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Reducing bias in medical AI solutions

AI can analyse medical data quickly and accurately, potentially improving diagnoses and treatment plans. But bias is a persistent problem, making medical AI solutions not yet work well for every population. UvA ...
Harrie Oosterhuis received Andreas Bonn medal

Former IvI PhD student Harrie Oosterhuis received the Andreas Bonn Medal for his PhD Thesis.
Meet the RDT Community: Institute for Logic, Language and Computation

RDT features UvA research groups to highlight the diversity and significance of work within the field of Responsible Digital Transformations. By showcasing these groups we aim to illustrate the varied contributions ...
DSC member spotlight: Paula Helm

The Spotlight introduces a different Data Science Centre Affiliate Member every month. This month: Paula Helm, Assistant Professor in Data & Ethics at the Faculty of Humanities.
20 years of pushing boundaries with the Msc Brain and Cognitive Sciences

The Brain and Cognitive Sciences master's degree exists for 20 years. On 9th of april lecturers, students, alumni and partners gathered at Pakhuis de Zwijger to celebrate this milestone.
ERC Advanced Grants for four UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded prestigious Advanced Grants to UvA academics Prof. Tobias Blanke, Prof. Stefania Milan and Dr Don Weenink. The grants, which amount to 2.5 million euros per project, ...
De Goede Gesprekken #26: Responsible Digital Transformations

Digital systems, algorithms and platforms have unlocked endless new possibilities, but they also have severe social consequences. The UvA-wide research theme Responsible Digital Transformations focuses on the ...
Martin Oswald receives Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

The award was granted by the 11th International Conference on 3D Vision which took place in Davos, Switzerland between March 18-21, 2024.
Fernando P. Santos involved in a granted NWO-M project

How does knowledge on human reputation systems help us design cooperative groups of artificial agents? The NWO Domain Board Science has approved nineteen grant applications in the Open Competition Domain Science-M ...
Maarten de Rijke received Keith van Rijsbergen Award

On 26 March at the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval, Maarten de Rijke received this award.
24 researchers receive support from UvA FGw Aspasia Fund

AIHR is happy to announce that no less than 24 researchers received a grant from the UvA FGw Aspasia Fund. The majority of the laureates receive a temporary increase of research time to focus on research output such ...
Gravitation grant for AI-help in designing blindness therapy

UvA-scientist Clarisa Sanchez of the Informatics Institute (IvI) is also involved in the project.
Gravitation grants for a 'brain atlas', challenges in Cyber Security, electro-energy and AI-help in designing blindness therapy

Along side a gravity grant of 23.23 million for research into a 'brain atlas' for psychiatric symptoms, under UvA's penmanship, UvA scientists participate in three other consortia that have received a Gravity Grant ...
DSC member spotlight: Shubha Guha

The Spotlight introduces a different Data Science Centre Affiliate Member every month. This month: Shubha Guha, Data Engineer and Data Steward at the Faculty of Science.
SCRIPT project

SCRIPT: Scripting criminal processes: Review and implementation of practical tools” led by Avans University of Applied Sciences in which the MultiX group is partner, has been accepted by NWO in the mission-driven ...

Call for Proposals Seed Grants 2024

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) wishes to encourage collaboration between disciplines on complex societally relevant themes. To stimulate this type of research, the UvA theme-based collaboration programme offers Seed Grants for interdisciplinary research projects falling within four specific themes that are important for the university: Responsible Digital Transformations, Healthy Future, Fair and Resilient Societies, and Sustainable Prosperity.