NWO Vici grants of €1.5 million awarded to two UvA researchers

Two prominent UvA researchers have been awarded Vici grants worth €1.5 million by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grants will enable Daniel Mügge and Ivan Titov to develop innovative lines of research and set up their own research groups over the next five years. The recipients. Prof. Daniel Mügge (Political Arithmetic): Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in the Shadow of Global Interdependence The effectiveness of EU rules for artificial intelligence (AI) heavily depends on developments in the AI superpowers USA and China, and in global standard-setting forums. Mügge's project investigates such regulatory interdependence and assesses how alternative approaches to EU 'AI diplomacy' can bolster the effectiveness of EU AI regulation. By developing and analysing alternative future scenarios, it bolsters Europe's attempts to protect its 'digital sovereignty'. Dr Ivan Titov (Language and Logic): Making neural networks think through language Deep learning is behind many of the advances in AI that we hear about and encounter every day, including voice assistants, machine translation, and computer programs beating humans in board games.