Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence
Members of the Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence (CSAI) department conduct research in the interdisciplinary domain of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science and are involved in teaching the Bachelor and Master’s educational programs on Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence and Data Science & Society. The department is located on the Tilburg University campus (Dante Building) and in the Spoorzone/MindLabs. The department maintains a close collaboration with the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and with other departments and research institutes at Tilburg University. We are member of the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI), participate in the Special Interest Group for AI (SIG AI) and the Tilburg University Special Interest Group for AI (TAISIG), contributed to the Dutch AI Manifesto, and take active part in the Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE).
Head of Department: prof. dr. Marie Postma
Research
- Human – Technology Interaction
Research leader: prof. dr. Pieter Spronck - Deep Learning for Perception
Research leader: prof. dr. Eric Postma - Computational Linguistics
Research leader: dr. Afra Alishahi - Computational Brain and Behaviour
Research leader: prof. dr. Marie Postma
Research Coordinator: dr. Maryam Alimardani
Education
- BSc Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence
Academic Director: dr. Emmanuel Keuleers
Thesis Coordinator: dr. Çiçek Güven
Program Committee Chair: dr. Afra Alishahi
Academic Coordinator: Simone Willekens - MSc Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence
Academic Director: dr. Henry Brighton
Thesis Coordinator: dr. Çiçek Güven
Program Committee Chair: dr. Afra Alishahi
Academic Coordinator: Susanne Warmerdam, MSc. - Pre-Master and MSc Data Science & Society
Academic Director: dr. Drew Hendrickson
Thesis Coordinator: dr. Marijn van Wingerden
Program Committee Chair: dr. Marijn van Wingerden
Academic Coordinator: Shinta The, MA
News
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Working towards more inclusive artificial intelligence
19th September 2023Gender bias in Machine Translation is not just a technical challenge, but a social, ethical, and legal one that stems from everyday communication. Through an interdisciplinary analysis Eva Vanmassenhove and her team want to contribute to more inclusive artificial intelligence.
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Dr. Marie Postma appointed Professor of Computational Cognitive Science
18th July 2023The Executive Board of Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Marie Postma as Professor of Computational Cognitive Science effective August 1, 2023. Postma’s research focuses on improving our understanding of human cognition in support of collaboration between humans and AI systems.
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Improving cultural heritage accessibility with AI gets major funding
13th July 2023The HAICu project of a national consortium of universities, libraries, citizens and partners from the cultural sector receives funding from the NWO as part of the National Science Agenda. The project focuses on using artificial intelligence to improve the accessibility of cultural heritage to citizens.
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Dr. ir. Roy Lindelauf appointed Professor as endowed chair of Data Science, Safety & Security
27th June 2023The Board of Governors has appointed Dr. ir. Roy Lindelauf as endowed Professor of the Chair of Data Science, Safety & Security. The appointment in the Department of Cognitive Science and AI at Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, is for a period of five years, effective June 1, 2023. The chair is subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Defense. Lindelauf, who works at this Ministry, will strengthen the faculty's fast-growing data science discipline.
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Tilburg University invests in Digital Sciences for Society: first € 240,000 awarded to 14 Growth Projects
09th June 2023Tilburg University has awarded funding to 14 research projects for their potential to help society move forward by applying, reflecting on, or further developing digital sciences. By awarding this funding, the Digital Sciences for Society program encourages research with impact.
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New TAISIG Talks online
22nd June 2023TAISIG Talks #20 now online on YouTube and Spotify. Pieter Spronck, Marleen Balvert and Wouter De Baene discuss how AI can help combat hunger and the effects of poverty
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First four MA CSAI students graduated
24th May 2023On March 24, 2023, the first four students graduated from our MSc. in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence: Sander van Donkelaar, Alexis Lombard, Alberto Garcia Arroba Parrilla, and Harold Pijpelink.
