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The government is increasingly using algorithms in the application of laws and regulations. It is the responsibility of Parliament to ensure that this is done in a responsible manner.

AI systems must be accountable, transparent, fair, explainable, and ethical, it is often demanded. But according to professor Pinar Yolum, that is not realistic.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded thirteen young TU Delft researchers from the Science (ENW) and Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW) domains, a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euro.

A team of researchers at TU Delft are the first in the world to apply quantum computing to solve an old riddle in the design of fibre-reinforced composite materials: how to determine the optimal sequence of angles at which the material's layers are composed and stacked. This layering determines the mechanical properties of the material, essential for the application of composites for lightweight aircraft, wind turbine blades, cars or even batteries, etc.

In his doctoral research, Daan de Geus worked on advanced image processing methods that allow robots and cars to better recognize what they see around them.

Researchers Jeroen van der Laak, Geert Litjens, and Francesco Ciompi from Radboud university medical center receive the Ammodo Science Award 2024.

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) opens up a new part of the gravitational wave spectrum as the first space-based detector.

Pavlo Burda defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science on January 24th.

On Friday, 19 January, Hajo Reijers held his inaugural lecture in the Academiegebouw of Utrecht University.

Emergence Delft is a new TU Delft student team that aims to use interactive art installations to provide more interpretation and explanation of the impact of new, modern, emerging technology.

How AI improves service network for Dutch chip machines. For his thesis, Operations Management & Logistics and Data Science in Engineering master's student Joost van der Haar did an internship at chip machine manufacturer ASML in Veldhoven.

Online payments have been growing steadily for years. As a result, the risk of fraud is increasing, but proving it is challenging.

Utrecht University welcomes Daniel Dadush as the newly appointed Professor of Geometry of Optimisation.

Recognising the urgent need to respond to rapid societal and environmental change, resilience is one of the University of Twente's spearheads.

TU Delft Cybersecurity group was pleased to host Professor Gene Tsudik from University of California, Irvine as a TU Delft Computer Science Distinguished Speaker on September 29 at ECHO-ARENA.

Delft University of Technology and its Kavli Institute of Nanoscience received a five-million-dollar grant from The Kavli Foundation to fund a collaborative effort to develop the quantum equivalent of telecommunication.

Imagine yourself as a real sailor on board with your favourite sailing team, being able to witness the strategic manoeuvres of World Championship sailors from up close.

3D printing of buildings, quantum communication security, AI in education, and models to study aneurysms among the topics to receive NWO funding.

This is the second blog in the series Simple steps towards FAIR code and software . In this blog, Stefano Rapisarda tells you why version control is so important and how you benefit from it.

On June 30, the managements of the Universities of Münster and Twente again awarded so-called Collaboration Grants, with a total of four teams convincing the jury with their concepts.

The origins of self-assembly, data visualization, increasing access to affordable medicines, and ultrasound imaging are the topics to receive the NWO funding.