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The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants this year to nine researchers at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

"AI is an indispensable tool to achieve the material transition needed for a sustainable society", says Bernd Ensing, associate professor of Computational Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

"AI is an indispensable tool to achieve the material transition needed for a sustainable society", says Bernd Ensing, associate professor of Computational Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Starting Grants to eight researchers from the UvA and Amsterdam UMC.

UvA professors Rens Bod, Jeroen de Kloet, Julia Noordegraaf and Frank Lobbezoo have been selected as new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

UvA is coordinating a new seven million euro European project which is going to develop privacy preservation techniques for health-related data.

Thousands of parents were falsely accused of fraud by the Dutch tax authorities due to discriminative algorithms.

Prof. Wybren Jan Buma of Molecular Photonics at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences will take part in research using the new Dutch quantum supercomputer.

Professor of Military Law Marten Zwanenburg is examining the law related to military and defense in his chair.

The EU's Horizon Europe programme granted a budget of €4 million for three years for the ENEXA (Efficient Explainable Learning on Knowledge Graphs) project on explainable artificial intelligence.

Comparing ourselves favorably to others is something we all do. And we also stimulate it in our children; for example, as we praise them when they outperform others.

When current machine learning systems are trained on a dataset of images, they struggle to learn from examples that don't occur often.

'It makes a huge difference if it is possible to have conversations about social safety and the responsibilities that come with it.

The barnacle goose appears to be able to adapt faster than expected. The animals that decide to breed in the Netherlands due to changes in land use are about as successful as their peers who still venture to the High North.

Interview with Geert Lovink on his new book We need to reclaim the internet from big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon, says Geert Lovink, professor of Art and Network Cultures (UvA and AUAS).

Anniek de Ruijter appointed professor of Health Law and Policy She used to want to work in theater, but her career took a different direction: Anniek de Ruijter was appointed professor of Health Law and Policy at the UvA last September.

Part of being smart is knowing where your limitations lie. Learning AI systems have long been bad at this.

Many fans of online video games make their own content, inspired by their favourite game: from self-invented storylines to new characters.

A digital twin of society that policymakers can use to solve complex social problems: that sounds futuristic.