News Overview
Finding new medication for diseases like cancer and HIV takes time, a lot of time. That is why Muhamed Amin, Assistant Professor at University College Groningen, takes a different approach. In this edition of JTS Scholars, he explains how he develops AI algorithms to identify suitable drugs in large databases.
It is final: the AI Factory will be established in Groningen. The European Union will provide funding for this project. Previously, both the Economic Agenda of Nij Begun and the government had already allocated funding to the project. The factory will be equipped with a centre of expertise and a supercomputer.
'People keep promoting the belief that generative AI provides universal tools that are capable of much more,’ says Michael Biehl, Professor of Machine Learning. ‘Sooner or later, the genAI bubble will burst,’ he is certain. But that doesn’t mean all of AI should be thrown out with the bathwater.
Digital communication is not just about text. Non-verbal expressions also play a major role. Janina Wildfeuer, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts, researches this ‘multimodality’ of digital communication. In the third episode of our series on the JTS Scholars, she explains how knowledge of this field can, among other things, help in detecting online fake news.
Recently, ASML acquired an 11 percent share in Mistral AI, a French company. Ming Cao, Professor of Networks and Robotics at the University of Groningen, explains why a chip-machine factory requires AI.
Artificial intelligence is now present everywhere. But how can we design AI in a way that creates value for everyone? Recently, the project DECIDE, which focuses on fair, transparent, and democratic AI, received a grant of €6.8 million from the NWA ORC program of the Dutch Research Agenda. University of Groningen (Campus Fryslân) researcher Oskar Gstrein – also theme coordinator of the Jantina Tammes School – leads the working package on AI Governance and Regulation of the project, and shares his insights about DECIDE.
What does it mean for Europe to be digitally sovereign in a world dominated by tech giants and geopolitical power struggles? In this episode of the Age of AI podcast , Oskar Gstrein joins Chris to unpack that question.
The ELSA Lab for Technical Industry recently received €2.4 million from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Three researchers from the University of Groningen involved in the project share their plans for the ELSA Lab.
De provincie Groningen draagt €10.000 bij aan het 'Jouw Technologie van Morgen' onderwijsprogramma, een van de twee lesprogramma’s die wordt aangeboden in een de wetenschapstruck van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
On Saturday 3 May, we will celebrate World Press Freedom Day—a day on which we are reminded of the importance of press freedom and our duty to respect and uphold freedom of expression.