Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Sat, 27 Apr 2024 09:09:09 +0200 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:34:00 +0200 Exploring the potential of data donations https://www.uu.nl/en/news/exploring-the-potential-of-data-donations Data donation presents a new and unique approach to collecting digital trace data. The team of Karin van Es and Dennis Nguyen are conducting two pilot studies involving Netflix and ChatGPT. 140040 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:34:00 +0200 Nieuws AI Act as the bottom, ethics as the ceiling https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ai-act-as-the-bottom-ethics-as-the-ceiling On April 2, the Data and Society Knowledge Network, in collaboration with the Municipality of Utrecht and Utrecht University, organized the Meetup 'AI act: maximum or minimum? 139998 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:23:00 +0200 Nieuws Multimodal context in multilingual referential communication: Integrating deep learning and human perception https://www.uu.nl/en/news/multimodal-context-in-multilingual-referential-communication-integrating-deep-learning-and-human The goal of this project is to model the interaction between perception and language to develop human-centred, cognitively plausible AI models of referential communication. 139852 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:56:00 +0200 Nieuws AI-Powered App Enhances Treatment Decision-Making for Severe Depression https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ai-powered-app-enhances-treatment-decision-making-for-severe-depression Psychiatric patients facing severe depression have the option of choosing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However, determining which patients will benefit from this intensive treatment can be challenging. 139812 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:18:00 +0200 Nieuws Join the 2024 Methods and Statistics Summer School Courses! https://www.uu.nl/en/news/join-the-2024-methods-and-statistics-summer-school-courses The Department of Methodology and Statistics (M&S) offers over 20 courses, regarding topics such as: SEM models, longitudinal data methods, R, Python, text mining, survey research, hypothesis evaluation/model selection, Bayes, multilevel modeling, networks, qualitative research methods, and many more data science topics. 139810 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:07:00 +0200 Nieuws New grants for research projects in the SIGs of Applied Data Science https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-grants-for-research-projects-in-the-sigs-of-applied-data-science The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science. 139355 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:38:00 +0200 Nieuws focusgebied Applied Data Science The Dutch Clinical NLP Workshop (DCNLP 2024) https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-dutch-clinical-nlp-workshop-dcnlp-2024 This workshop is a good opportunity for synergy among professionals from healthcare institutions, academia, and the tech industry. Engage in the pioneering dialogue at the intersection of Dutch language processing and healthcare innovation! 138703 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:31:00 +0100 Nieuws Methods and Statistics Summer School Courses https://www.uu.nl/en/news/methods-and-statistics-summer-school-courses The Department of Methodology and Statistics (M&S) offers over 20 courses regarding different data science topics. 127440 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:49:00 +0100 Nieuws NextGen consortium launched https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nextgen-consortium-launched NextGen is a collaboration between 21 academic, clinical, technical, and commercial partners across Europe and the United States. NextGen aims to build novel and synergistic tools to enable portable multimodal, multiomic and clinically oriented research in high-impact areas of cardiovascular medicine. 137803 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:38:00 +0100 Nieuws Promoting Open Science and Software at Utrecht University and the UMC Utrecht https://www.uu.nl/en/news/promoting-open-science-and-software-at-utrecht-university-and-the-umc-utrecht As of January 2024, and after several years of successful interdisciplinary collaboration, the Special Interest Group (SIG) Open Statistical Software JASP and R has ceased to exist. 137420 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:40:00 +0100 Nieuws Responsible Use of AI in Education: A Guide https://www.uu.nl/en/news/responsible-use-of-ai-in-education-a-guide Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, is an integral part of today's educational landscape. How do you, as a teacher, navigate this? A project group within the Faculty of Humanities has developed materials this summer to assist educators. 137130 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:37:00 +0100 Nieuws AI in Science: new European Commission's Policy Brief https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ai-in-science-new-european-commissions-policy-brief The European Commission’s Directorate-General Research & Innovation (RTD) has issued an important policy brief on the role and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in science and innovation: “AI in Science - Harnessing the power of AI to accelerate discovery and foster innovation” 137066 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:18:00 +0100 Nieuws UU researcher Ruud Hortensius Wins Open Science Fund 2023 Grant https://www.uu.nl/en/news/uu-researcher-ruud-hortensius-wins-open-science-fund-2023-grant UU researcher Ruud Hortensius has been awarded the Open Science Fund 2023 grant for his project "fNIRS4all: Functional near infrared spectroscopy for everyone. 137064 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:07:00 +0100 Nieuws Centre for Digital Humanities launches staff and student education program of Spring 2024 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/centre-for-digital-humanities-launches-staff-and-student-education-program-of-spring-2024 Course registration for the CDH workshops and lectures of the spring are open. 136959 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Xarray-regrid: regridding with ease https://www.uu.nl/en/news/xarray-regrid-regridding-with-ease Xarray-regrid can regrid (geospatial) data to a new coordinate system. 136923 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:56:00 +0100 Nieuws UU-researchers Albert Meijer and Erna Ruijer in Project on Moral Smart City https://www.uu.nl/en/news/uu-researchers-albert-meijer-and-erna-ruijer-in-project-on-moral-smart-city The objective of the research is to develop methods for cities to engage citizens in ethical debates on smart city developments. 136838 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:56:00 +0100 Nieuws 5 ADS research grants awarded in November 2023 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/5-ads-research-grants-awarded-in-november-2023 The focus area Applied Data Science has funding to financially support small research projects within the Special Interest Groups. 136705 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:37:00 +0100 Nieuws focusgebied Applied Data Science Summer school in causal inference and causal data science https://www.uu.nl/en/news/summer-school-in-causal-inference-and-causal-data-science A new summer school on causal inference and causal data science methods has been developed by members of the Causal Data Science Special Interest group (now open for registration!) 136459 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:33:00 +0100 Nieuws Outpacing fraudsters with AI https://www.uu.nl/en/news/outpacing-fraudsters-with-ai Stories from the Lab: an interview Ioana Karnstedt-Hulpus from the AI Lab for Sustainable Finance 136304 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:09:00 +0100 Nieuws Four UU/UMCU ELSA Labs recognized by NLAIC https://www.uu.nl/en/news/four-uuumcu-elsa-labs-recognized-by-nlaic The aim of the ELSA Labs is to ensure that companies, governmental authorities, centres of expertise, civil society organisations and the general public develop responsible applications of AI jointly. 136141 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:50:00 +0100 Nieuws