News on the topic Digital society
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Digital government is blind to millions of 'non-average' citizens
22nd April 2024Administrative law is designed for the 'normal citizen' with an average income, education, intellectual and digital skills, a stable family, and good health. Individuals who deviate from this ideal are often overlooked in the regulatory process or treated with reluctance. With the digitalization and automation of government, this situation has worsened.
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Regulation of technology calls for a different view of humans
16th April 2024When it comes to regulating digital technology, such as generative AI and algorithms, the focus is often on the technology itself rather than the human who interacts with it in practice. We must acknowledge that humans are never entirely predictable; otherwise, regulation will never be effective.
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Even 66-year-olds engage in online aggression
05th April 2024Online aggression, or intentionally hurting others online, is primarily studied among young people and young adults. However, new research shows that even 66-year take part in online aggression. "Perpetrators and victims of online aggression can be found in all age groups," say Dr. Sara Pabian and Professor Heidi Vandebosch, researchers of the project from Tilburg University and the University of Antwerp.
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Who will control the truth in the synthetic reality we create with AI?
11th March 2024Who will control the truth in the synthetic reality we create with AI? This is one of the questions addressed in TAISIG Talk #22 in which Pieter Spronck and Aimen Taimur interview Bart van der Sloot (TILT) and author of the recently published book "Regulating the Synthetic Society".
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Disruptive AI calls for a disruptive legal response
04th March 2024Generative Artificial Intelligence is advancing at unprecedented speed. Its possibilities seem endless, but so do the dangers. How should we regulate this technology so that the risks are mitigated and the opportunities facilitated? That question is answered by Bart van der Sloot, Tilburg University, in his latest book: Regulating the Synthetic Society.
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Katrijn Van Deun awarded prestigious NWO Vici grant to develop new data science methods
29th February 2024Professor Dr. Katrijn Van Deun, professor of ‘Data Science for the Social and Behavioral Sciences’ at Tilburg University, has been awarded a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this subsidy, she aims to develop research methods that can contribute to complex developments in the field of data within our society. Katrijn Van Deun joins the ranks of 35 scientists across the Netherlands who will be receiving a Vici grant today.
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Fair licensing in value chains of Internet of Things: a groundbreaking solution
13th February 2024Within the connected car industry, debates are escalating about who should procure the licensing rights of the technologies that connect cars to the Internet of Things and at what cost. PhD candidate Maryam Pourrahim of the Tilburg Institute of law, Technology and society (TILT) has proposed a new solution that could settle the debate once and for all.
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Large NWO grant for research into swarms of small drones that collect information in crisis situations
06th February 2024In the STEADFAST project, Tilburg University is going to conduct research into swarms of small drones that can operate (semi-)autonomously under human supervision. These so-called Human-Swarm Teams can be applied in military as well as civilian missions. Especially in complex crisis situations, Human-Swarm Teams offer the possibility of quickly getting an accurate picture of the situation by collecting information in a coordinated manner from various vantage points and at low altitudes. The total grant for the project amounts to € 2.7 million.
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NWO grant for research into use of virtual reality in visual rehabilitation at home
22nd January 2024NWO has awarded a grant of €2.7 million to a partnership between lead researcher UMCG, Koninklijke Visio and various other healthcare providers and academic institutions including Tilburg University. The aim is to develop care for people with visual complaints after a stroke. The research therein from the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences (TSHD) uses artificial intelligence and brain scans to predict success of Virtual Reality (VR)-based home rehabilitation of such patients.
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Development of facial expressions in virtual human agents can help healthcare and education
10th January 2024Technology, such as computer graphics and machine learning, has helped to develop virtual agents that closely resemble humans in appearance and show increasingly human-like communicative behaviors. In her dissertation, Julija Vaitonyte did research on people’s perceptions of the appearance and behavior of virtual agents.
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Turn it for the better: How can VR help solve the global problem of unhealthy diets?
11th December 2023How can Virtual Reality technology help solve the global problem of unhealthy diets? Rachelle de Vries and her team are developing and evaluating an immersive multisensory VR food environment with 'Smell-e Technology' to research food choice behavior. Watch her presentation at TEDxBreda on this technology and the power of smell.
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Freedom of expression issues on social media platforms may benefit from interdisciplinary research
08th December 2023Freedom of expression issues on social media platforms could be tackled by combining the lenses of freedom of expression researchers and competition researchers. That’s what Maria Luisa Stasi argues in the PhD dissertation she defends on December 19th, 2023 at Tilburg University.
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KHMW awards student Franceso Fumagalli Young Talent Prize
27th November 2023The Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) awarded first year student Artifical Intelligence Francesco Fumagalli, an encouragement prize on 27 November in Haarlem. The prize for young talents, is based on study results and worth 500 euro's
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Symposium: Empowering accounting with AI
26th November 2023Artificial intelligence offers unprecedented opportunities for accountants. But what about data security and ethics, for example? At the Accounting Winter Symposium and Research Camp on December 7 and 8, researchers in accounting and professionals will gather at Tilburg University to explore the risks and opportunities of AI within their fields. We posed six questions to coordinators Eddy Cardinaels and Judith Künneke.
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Digital Sciences for Society event brings together a variety of disciplines
16th November 2023How can we use technology to contribute to global security and prevent it from compromising our global order? Will ChatGPT lead to more in-class teaching and examination? What are the opportunities and obstacles to using data for accelerating the transition to a sustainable and future-proof energy supply? These questions and more were discussed at the Digital Sciences for Society event.
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New analytical framework identifies inconsistencies in technology legislation
23rd October 2023Since new technologies often develop very quickly, it is difficult for legislation to keep up. PhD researcher Mara Păun of Tilburg Law School has developed an analytical framework to identify and address these mismatches in legislation. She has been awarded a cum laude PhD based on her research.
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Reshaping transparency in administrative decision-making
17th October 2023The potential for strengthening transparency in government decision-making by making the resulting decisions publicly available for everyone in a machine-readable way is still largely untapped due to a combination of legal, technical, and behavioral constraints. The CITaDOG project aims to address these various constraints, focusing on "single-case" decisions.
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Professor Corien Prins uses Stevin Prize to stimulate science-informed policymaking
05th October 2023On October 4, 2023, Professor of Law and Information Technology Corien Prins officially received the NWO Stevin Prize in The Hague. Prins wants to use the prize money to help improve the experience with and insight into science-informed government policymaking.
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New MindLabs building officially opened
28th September 2023On Wednesday, September 27, the Grand Opening of the new MindLabs building in Spoorzone took place. We celebrated this moment together with the other founders and members of MindLabs, partners, colleagues and invited guests.
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PhD research on the digital transformation of military organizations: ‘Ordinary soldiers are a driving force’
27th September 2023PhD candidate Mylène Struijk spent the last four years at a multinational military base, documenting and analyzing the organization’s digital transformation. Her research reveals that digital innovation is not so much driven by decision-makers at the highest levels, but rather by ordinary soldiers who increasingly tend to experiment with the possibilities of the internet, apps and other digital technologies.