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The past decade has seen great strides taken in the field of image recognition in video content. Artificial intelligence and machine learning have given us systems that can 'watch' video clips and identify activities taking place in them.

Social media are at the heart of feminism's recent and youthful resurgence. But how do you deal with aesthetic standards and social norms that prevail on Instagram while embracing an intersectional politics of emancipation?

For millions of people, small fish such as mackerel, sardines and anchovies are a crucial source of food.

Shifting public perceptions of Donald Trump's personality traits A handful of weeks out of one of the most important presidential elections of our lifetime, Joe Biden is consolidating his lead in polls.

To highlight the importance of AI to a broader public, the Amsterdam coalition 'AI technology for people' has published a special AI edition in the October issue of the popular science magazine New Scientist.

Are algorithmic news recommenders - and the possible filter bubbles they create - a threat to the democratic role of the media?

This semester, students from six different courses at the UvA will start working with the online Design Thinking Pressure Cooker.

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) plan to jointly develop new AI algorithms to treat cancer more effectively.

'That's strange. The training rooms used to be here.' Physicist Marcel Vreeswijk is standing in the empty theatre hall at CREA: the former diamond-cutting factory where the physics department was located until 2003.

UvA researcher Olav Velthuis on the nature of webcam sex platforms, their risks and opportunities and the need for balanced understanding.

Great news: the UvA recently became certified drone operator. This means that UvA researchers are now allowed to fly drones in areas where they are normally prohibited and that they can use heavier equipment than before.

On Tuesday, 1 September, part of the canal wall along the Grimburgwal collapsed. The wall in question is outside building BG2 (Binnengasthuis premises), which houses the Education Desk of the Faculty of Humanities and the Art History Department.

The use of economic sanctions continues to rise around the globe.

The European Research Council (ERC) has this year awarded Starting Grants to eight UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Janna Cousijn, Efstratios Gavves, Imke Harbers, Kristine Krause, Sanne Kruikemeier, Boris Noordenbos and Damian Trilling.

Digital systems are becoming ever smarter and able to self-learn. This can be great for end users, who will receive much better services.

Florian Schreck's research on quantum clocks and ultracold atoms has been selected as one of 13 projects to be featured in the Studiotopia initiative for collaborations between art and science.

Women suffered gender-specific violence during the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship, says archaeologist and forensic anthropologist Laura Muñoz-Encinar in a recent publication.

The Civic AI Lab (CAIL) is a collaboration between the City of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

What made The Hague into a place that could produce such worldwide hits as Venus and Radar Love? According to social geographers Robert Kloosterman and Amanda Brandellero, it was a combination of inf

Joint Faculty of Science initiative kicks off with virtual workshop on Wednesday 8 July The organization has been set up, the research programme established and PhD students appointed: the new AI4Science Laboratory is ready for take-off.

Since 2015, Dutch municipalities are responsible for all youth care. Most Dutch municipalities have made limited progress in achieving the main goals of the reform while also struggling with endemic budget deficits.

The killing of George Floyd has prompted renewed focus on institutional racism around the world, including in the Netherlands.

The attention devoted to the inappropriate behaviour of a lecturer from our Faculty has stirred up lots of reactions in the past week.

Protest is an important means of making yourself heard as a citizen, and sometimes even the last resort.

The European Commission has recently approved the start of the third and final phase of the Human Brain Project.

The UvA's Human(e) AI Research Priority Area (RPA) has announced a second round of seed funding, to be awarded to four teams looking at topics related to the pursuit of responsible, trustworthy and value-driven AI.