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Digital Life receives award during international conference
21 March 2023 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCIThe paper ‘Design Specifications for a Social Robot Math Tutor’ was awarded second prize for the Best Studies Paper Award at the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction of the Association for ...
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AUAS involved in prominent R&I conference in Brussels
10 February 2023 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) was well represented at the annual Science Business conference in Brussels from 6-7 February, ensuring that the perspective of applied sciences was heard among key ...
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How can we shift from climate anxiety to climate action?
7 February 2023 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is working closely with international partners to translate the European Commission’s ‘New European Bauhaus’ initiative into concrete ...
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Eight students join CrAFt in an interdisciplinary working group
30 January 2023 | Urban GovernanceEight students from universities in Amsterdam, Bologna, Prague, and Trondheim are selected to join an interdisciplinary working group which is part of the European research programme CrAFt. Their goal is to support ...
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Presented for the first time: The Open Science Awards
30 January 2023 | CommunicationThursday 26 January was the award ceremony of the Open Science Awards (OSCAwards). Open Science is an international movement that makes scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for everyone. The ...
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AUAS develops teaching package for international SHUTTLE project
30 January 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe international SHUTTLE project has now been completed after two years of research. In this project, partners from the Netherlands, France, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Israel developed a smart, automated ...
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What does ChatGPT mean for higher professional education?
17 January 2023 | CommunicationA super-smart chatbot that generates complete texts to order: ChatGPT is the latest sensation in the field of artificial intelligence and is now also causing a stir in the world of education. This poses the question ...
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‘We’re inspired by their original ideas and enthusiasm’
21 December 2022 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyOne glance out of the window and they can immediately see what they’re doing it for: from the Robot lab, students at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) look directly out onto Stadhouderskade. In ...
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José Teunissen appointed new Director of AMFI
13 December 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesJosé Teunissen will take up her post as the new Director of AMFI, the Amsterdam Fashion Institute of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, on 1 March 2023. She is currently Dean of the School of Design ...
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AUAS AI research showcased in European innovation paper
5 December 2022 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and its peers across Europe have a key role to play in helping the European Commission (EC) achieve its innovation goals. This is the message of a high profile ...
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System error, please restart: responsible IT in the making
29 November 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesThe use of digital systems has boomed over the past forty years. This huge growth in the use and up-scaling of digital systems has also gone hand in hand with a need to produce rapid solutions to IT problems. ...
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New mission, new name: Centre of Expertise City Net Zero
26 October 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyThe Centre of Expertise (CoE) Urban Technology, housed in the Faculty of Technology at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), today changes its name to City Net Zero. This name reflects the renewed ...
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A touch of AUAS at Dutch Design Week
20 October 2022 | CommunicationEindhoven will next week once again be the setting for the Dutch Design Week, where AUAS researchers, lecturers and students will show what the future might look like. Here is a small selection of what the AUAS has ...
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U!REKA shows solidarity with Ukraine via Odessa partnership
14 October 2022 | CommunicationThe Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Odessa National Economic University (ONEU). The agreement outlines the network’s commitment to offer ...
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Social media should be like drinking water: a regulated service
10 October 2022 | CommunicationProfessor Geert Lovink, keynote speaker at the Society 5.0 Festival in Amsterdam (12 and 13 October, 2022), has a message: we need to reclaim the internet from big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon. In ...
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Zeno AI wins the Dutch Applied AI Award 2022
6 October 2022 | HvA Expertisecentrum Applied Artificial IntelligenceZeno AI was awarded a Dutch Applied AI Award on Wednesday evening, 5 October. WSK Medical's technology helps ENT doctors detect throat cancer in patients at an early stage. This is done during an endoscopy, with ...
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Think, do and experience at the festival of the future
3 October 2022 | CommunicationAt the Society 5.0 Festival, designers, scientists and artists can discover what the sustainable, inclusive society of the future looks like. In Amsterdam on 12 and 13 October, festival visitors can also work ...
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5 years Robot Lab: 5 highlights
3 October 2022In September the Robot Lab of the AUAS celebrates its fifth anniversary. Time to look back! What were the highlights of the past years? Marta Malé-Alemany, Lead of the Robot Lab and Head Lecturer in Digital ...
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Knit-a-verse presents future of textile and knitting technology
27 September 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesOn the two-day Knit-a-verse event on September 29th and 30th, Dutch innovative companies, researchers together with international experts will present the future of textiles and knitting technologies. The conference ...
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Safeguarding democracy with artificial intelligence
16 September 2022 | CommunicationDemocracies around the world are currently under immense pressure. At the same time, western media landscapes are becoming ever more polarised. The rise of artificial intelligence is impacting both areas in ...