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The Amsterdam research landscape sees a continuous emergence of new opportunities, new companies and new products and services. These benefit society in areas as diverse as education, healthcare, clean energy and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). New companies started by staff and students offer opportunities for cooperation and investment.
Finnish company impressed by AI technology of AVS start-up Findest
Amsterdam Venture Studio’s startup Findest scouts technologies by using IGOR^AI. A Finnish electricity grid operator Fingrid Oyj used IGOR^AI to find out how they could increase the transmission capacity or eliminate bottlenecks. In Fingrid magazine the company shared their experience, arguing that “[IGOR^AI] is one of the first applications to really demonstrate how artificial intelligence […]
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Johan Hoorn en Elly Konijn ontvangen Huibregtsenprijs 2020
Johan Hoorn en Elly Konijn hebben voor hun onderzoeksproject ‘Alice’ de Huibregtsenprijs ontvangen. ‘Alice’ is een elektromechanisch kleinkind dat eenzaamheid verdrijft. In een vegrijzende samenleving is sociale eenzaamheid een groot problem. Om die reden ontwikkelden de onderzoekers ‘Alice’. Het robotmeisje vereist een vorm van interactie waarbij het AI-systeem gevoel voor de gebruiker ten toon kan spreiden en de […]
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AVS start-up Triply working together with Dutch Ministry of Finance
The Dutch government’s yearly national budget, the Miljoenennota, initiates a budget implementation cycle. This consists of various phases; spending, adjusting, auditing and reporting. During this cycle, the Dutch Ministry of Finance collects a multitude of reports and other information resources, originating from various government sources. The Ministry used to manually copy the data and use […]
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