| |  | Dear readers, | As first editions go, this edition of the Amsterdam AI newsletter may well be a future collector’s item. In any case, it is definitely one to share! We aim to bring you relevant news and exciting events from the ever-expanding network of Amsterdam AI. On a monthly basis. Did you miss anything? Have something to share that should be in this newsletter? Do let us know. We are all part of the network after all!
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Getting to know the Amsterdam AI Community | | For this first edition of our newsletter, we'd like to get to know you, our early adopters, a bit better. We have compiled a few short questions, your answers will help us improve our content. |
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News from the AI Ecosystem
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 | Queen Maxima Visits the Applied Artificial Intelligence Centre | | What exciting news! The Queen visited our partner the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences on October 5th. It seemed that besides the spectacle of having the queen quite literally on your doorstep, she was well-informed about the latest AI developments and asked pointed questions on different AI-related topics. She was shown around by Executive Board members Geleyn Meijer, Jopie Nooren and Responsible IT lecturer Nanda Piersma. Hopefully, there will be more conversations like this to create change. | |
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|  | Vote Job Calis, Mark Hoogendoorn and IMPALA to the Finals | | Job Calis (on behalf of the ICK of the Emma Children's Hospital of the Amsterdam UMC) and Mark Hoogendoorn (on behalf of the QDA group at the VU) have been nominated for the Amsterdam Science & Innovation award with the IMPALA project. Congratulations! The IMPALA team focuses mainly on developing smart algorithms (driven by machine learning) with which the monitor can recognize seriously ill children in time and can indicate this much earlier than is currently possible. Read more about it here, but most importantly, are you going to vote? | |
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 | UMC on Building Models to Enable Greater Use of AI in the Health Care System | | Amsterdam UMC has received funding from NWO to lead a project that will allow AI to profit from the wealth of data available in the health sector. It’s hard to imagine but 80% of all patient data is unstructured. Therefore Iacer Calixto (Assistant Professor of AI in the Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam) wants to give it the helping hand it needs and tackle the important challenges that hinder its use in clinical practice. Read more about their plan of action and what they want to retrieve from this project. | |
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|  | The Netherlands ranks 7th worldwide in the 2023 Global Innovation Index | | Wow! The Netherlands remains a global innovation frontrunner! This month the new ranking of the most innovation ecosystem was published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Netherlands earned its 7th spot worldwide. The annual report assesses the innovation capabilities of various countries and highlights the Netherlands' particularly strong university research collaborations and business ecosystem including a high level of logistics performance, startup financing, knowledge and creative output. | |
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 | Amsterdam AI Highlights Event | | On November 23rd we will host the Amsterdam AI Highlights Event, this will be an invitation-only event for Amsterdam AI Partners in Pakhuis de Zwijger! We are creating a dynamic program and we are looking forward to bringing the Amsterdam AI network together in one room for the first time! The programme will start at 16:30 with a keynote by Prof. Dr. Piek Vossen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab (CLTL), Global WordNet Association (GWA), he will discuss Generative AI. Hope to see you there! | |
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|  | TODAY! Data Science Day 2023: Morning Programe | | Quick question, are you a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or ACTA? Then you are welcome to join the data science day workshop on October 13th, for an introduction to image processing, feature detection, and deep learning for image understanding. Instructors Niklas Müller and Max van Spengler will host the workshop that offers you a hands-on introduction to implementing networks with the commonly used Python library for Deep Learning and GPU computing: PyTorch. | |
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| | Data Science Day | | Beeld & Geluid Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum, 09:00 - 13:00 | | The programme of this year's Data Science Day will focus on ‘interdisciplinary data science’ and consists of hands-on and interactive data science workshops, pitch presentations, keynote presentations and the latest updates from the UvA Data Science Centre. There will be opportunities throughout the day to connect with old colleagues and meet new ones too. |
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| | Alice & Eve 2023 | | LAB42 Sciene Park, 09:30 - 18:00 | | Alice & Eve celebrates women studying and working in computing! They aims to bring together talents in the field of computing. The fourth edition of this workshop will be hosted on 27 October 2023 by the University of Amsterdam |
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| | ICAI DAY: Healthcare and AI | | Radboud University and Online, 12:00 – 17:00 | | ICAI Day Autumn Edition, exploring AI’s impact on healthcare. This event at Radboud University, Nijmegen, offers a deep dive into AI’s technical aspects in medicine |
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| | Masterclass: Modern Data Governance | | LAB42 Science Park , 09:15 - 17:00 | | Paul Groth (Prof. Data Science UvA) will lead the Modern Data Governance workshop,. This 1-day masterclass provides a guide to modern approaches for data governance that help manage large amounts of data, and assists organizations with compliance as well as faster and more timely outcomes. |
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| | ChemAI | | LAB42 Science Park , 12:15 - 18:00 | | Amsterdam Chemistry Network is thrilled to announce the upcoming event “ChemAI: Entering the fifth paradigm for chemistry”. This conference will take place on November 16th in Amsterdam Science Park. The organizing committee includes AI4Science (University of Amsterdam), TI-COAST, and ICAI. |
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