Digital Society
Digital information technology is changing almost all aspects of our society. Big Data and Artificial Intelligence affect our daily life ever more thoroughly. How do we turn the digital society into a better one than the analogue society? Tilburg University conducts research into the opportunities and threats.
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How well can we predict life trajectories?
30th March 2020With enough data, computer power and skilled data scientists, one would think that predicting life trajectories in a well-defined context, for example predicting the GPA of children, should not be too difficult. A recent study, authored by a large, international team of researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes to a sobering conclusion.
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Paper by Jan Klein accepted in Journal of Service Management
13th March 2020A paper by Jan Klein (co-authored with Y. Zhang from Santa Clara University, T. Falk from Aalto University, J. Aspara from Hanken School of Economics, and X. Luo from Temple University) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Service Management.
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Research project "Optimization for and with Machine Learning" receives ENW-Groot grant
12th March 2020A major research project applied for by Prof. Dr. Dick den Hertog, Prof. Dr. Etienne de Klerk, and Prof. Dr. Monique Laurent, has been awarded an ENW-Groot grant from the NWO Domain Science (Exacte en Natuurwetenschappen, ENW). These grants, totaling over EUR 47 million, are intended for consortia in which research groups collaborate in curiosity-driven, independent fundamental research.
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Data Science Center Tilburg
Data Science Center Tilburg (DSC/t) brings together Tilburg University’s scientific expertise in economics, management, law, social sciences, behavioral sciences and the humanities to develop and apply data science.
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Tilburg center for Cognition and Communication
We study how people communicate with each other and how computer systems can be taught to communicate with us.
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Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
TILT studies emerging technologies and their impact on the individual and society, recognizing the interplay between technology, regulation and fundamental values and human rights.
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