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Recap Opportunities for AI Research and Applications
13th July 2021During the event the participants were informed about the current state of affairs on artificial intelligence at Tilburg University. Including the potential options for national and international collaboration. The program consisted of three main components and was hosted by dr. Marie Postma and dr.mr. Mirjam Siesling.
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Labor market transition: towards more value and more work
01st July 2021The Netherlands has an inclusion deficit - or rather a surplus of untapped talent. Some 1 to 2 million people want to and can work in some way, but do not manage to get sustainable and paid work. Therefore, a labor market transition must be initiated, which requires four systemic steps. One of these is that the broad value of work and participation in work must become the starting point.
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Data challenges, deep neural models, AI in games
10th June 2021On Thursday, May 20, 2021, the fourth edition of the TAISIG Talks took place. TAISIG is the Tilburg University Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group: a research community committed to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Katrijn Van Deun, Afra Alishahi and Pieter Spronck shared their insights.
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Brain and behavior, curiosity in language learning and regulation AI
04th May 2021On Thursday, April 22, 2021, the third edition of the TAISIG Talks took place. TAISIG is the Tilburg University Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group: a research community committed to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Wouter De Baene, Lieke Gelderloos and Ronald Leenes shared their insights.
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PhD Valorisation Program supports 12 students to make impact with their research
03rd May 2021The Tilburg University PhD Valorisation Program stimulated 12 participants to create societal impact with their research. The program was launched half a year ago by the the Tilburg University Impact Program in cooperation with THRIVE Institute (think tank for impact). On 29th of April Vice Rector Magnificus Jantine Schuit awarded certificates to the 12 participating PhD students.
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Zero Hunger Lab and World Food Programme win prestigious Franz Edelman Award
14th April 2021Tilburg University’s Zero Hunger Lab in co-creation with World Food Programme (WFP) has won the Franz Edelman Award, the world’s most prestigious award for achievement in the practice of analytics and operations research.
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AI in Machine Translations, the Labour Market and Education
29th March 2021On Thursday, March 18, 2021, the second edition of the TAISIG Talks took place. TAISIG is the Tilburg University Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group: a research community committed to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Eva Vanmassenhove, Patricia Prüfer and Max Louwerse shared their insights.
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Successful kick-off of the TAISIG Talks
22nd February 2021On Thursday, February 11, 2021, more than 100 researchers, experts and students participated in the first edition of the TAISIG Talks. TAISIG is the Tilburg University Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group: a research community committed to Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Promising entries for City Deal Tilburg Challenge
17th January 2021With the online challenge "Every child a good start", City Deal Tilburg challenges students of Fontys Hogescholen, Tilburg University and professionals to come up with innovative solutions to social issues.
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Modular care focuses on patients
03rd December 2020Vincent Peters shows in his doctoral research how cooperation can be at its best when care is provided by a modular care organization. This he illustrates using the provision of health care to children with Down syndrome.