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… Less bureaucracy, more medical research Zoekresultaten Cut red tape in healthcare and facilitate research: this is what three UM graduates are hoping to achieve with their newly established company, Consense Data Exchange. They recently completed the two-month Brightlands Blockchain Innovation Programme, fleshing out their innovative concept … The holy grail of data exchange is still our vision, but we’ve decided to zoom in on a specific part of this process, and automate it with the use of blockchain technology.” That specific part is informed consent, which is key to any medical research or trial. It’s about giving individuals control over their data and raising their awareness of the aims, risks and benefits of a study so they can make an informed, voluntary and rational decision to participate. The initiative could not be …
… Mathematics at Maastricht University Zoekresultaten The School of Business and Economics (SBE) provides its students with high-quality education and conducts top-level research in the broad variety of scientific domains going far beyond just economics and international business. … The School of Business and Economics (SBE) provides its students with high-quality education and conducts top-level research in the broad variety of scientific domains going far beyond just economics and international business. … The School of Business and Economics (SBE) provides its students with high-quality education and conducts top-level research in the broad variety of scientific domains going far beyond just economics and international business. … Math at the School of Business and Engineering …
Missionaris van de open access-boodschap
12-04-2024
… 27 oktober uitgeroepen tot Internationale Open Access week. Visible Economics is lagging behind the medical sciences when it comes to open access, Brüggen says. “Many more medical journals than economics journals have open-access options, and medical researchers make use of those options much more often. I definitely intend to make my next publication open access, for two important reasons. It makes academia better and more transparent: everyone can read open-access publications, including people … a great deal of attention. That’s why a flyer with practical information would be very useful. And you should think carefully about how to get it to the researchers at each faculty – don’t just put it down somewhere. At SBE we have seven new research themes and most researchers are linked to one of these themes. You could invite the leaders of the research themes to an information session and ask them to distribute the flyers among their researchers. You really have to roll your sleeves up and get to work if you want to get the message out. By just …
De risico's van kiezen voor het gemak
12-04-2024
… of sensitive personal data – but it is important to remember that there’s no such thing as a perfectly secure system. Apostolis Zarras is an assistant professor at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University. His research focuses on systems, networks and web security. CPU & you – software everywhere The threat of malware, a contraction of malicious software, is by no means limited to laptops; anything with a CPU, which includes all smart devices (phones, cars, vacuum cleaners, etc.), can be affected. … mine for bitcoins, or they might be sending spam emails, generating fake traffic to increase advertising revenue, spreading fake news on social media – everything a computer can be used for. If your smart TV has been compromised, it might be hosting a website with adult content.” Our daily lives will be increasingly dominated by the Internet of Things, a network of smart devices with CPUs communicating with each other, which knows all our habits and thus makes our lives more convenient. But all that …
Missionary of the open-access message
28-03-2023
… 23 October has been declared International Open Access Week. Visible Economics is lagging behind the medical sciences when it comes to open access, Brüggen says. “Many more medical journals than economics journals have open-access options, and medical researchers make use of those options much more often. I definitely intend to make my next publication open access, for two important reasons. It makes academia better and more transparent: everyone can read open-access publications, including people … a great deal of attention. That’s why a flyer with practical information would be very useful. And you should think carefully about how to get it to the researchers at each faculty – don’t just put it down somewhere. At SBE we have seven new research themes and most researchers are linked to one of these themes. You could invite the leaders of the research themes to an information session and ask them to distribute the flyers among their researchers. You really have to roll your sleeves up and get to work if you want to get the message out. By just …
… aldus Julia Backhaus, de coördinator van het ICIS ENERGISE team. Omdat het de Europese Week van Duurzame Energie is, wordt de database deze week in Brussel gepresenteerd . Julia Backhaus (1982) is a graduate of University College Maastricht and the FASoS research master’s in Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology. She has been working on sustainable energy for 10 years, including at the energy research institute ECN in Amsterdam. She has been a project officer at ICIS since 2012 and is also working on her doctoral research. Living Labs om te kijken hoe de energieconsumptie naar beneden kan De database is uiteindelijk een opstap naar de opzet …
… Theo Bovens. A partnership arose, with a shared vision to make a special project of Europe: Maastricht, Working on Europe . The idea is to develop and draw attention to Maastricht as an international centre of excellence, with a leading European research agenda and a visible bridge to its inhabitants. The final touches are now being put on the interdisciplinary research agenda, which combines the strengths of the participating institutes and faculties from all over UM. “The European research agenda is part of my portfolio,” Letschert says, “and that’s great, because it gives me the chance to bring all the faculties together.” Four overarching themes have been chosen, in line with the recommendations of Professor André Knottnerus, who interviewed dozens of researchers and made a university-wide inventory of Europe-related research. These themes encompass democracy and security, wellbeing and …
The risks of convenience
28-03-2023
… of sensitive personal data – but it is important to remember that there’s no such thing as a perfectly secure system. Apostolis Zarras is an assistant professor at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University. His research focuses on systems, networks and web security. CPU & you – software everywhere The threat of malware, a contraction of malicious software, is by no means limited to laptops; anything with a CPU, which includes all smart devices (phones, cars, vacuum cleaners, etc.), can be affected. … mine for bitcoins, or they might be sending spam emails, generating fake traffic to increase advertising revenue, spreading fake news on social media – everything a computer can be used for. If your smart TV has been compromised, it might be hosting a website with adult content.” Our daily lives will be increasingly dominated by the Internet of Things, a network of smart devices with CPUs communicating with each other, which knows all our habits and thus makes our lives more convenient. But all that …
… episode, we invited Dr. Luana Russo, an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Methods from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Luana Russo is a political methodologist with a large experience in working with ecological and geographical data. Her research interests are in affective polarisation, comparative politics, elections, electoral geography and quantitative methods. She is currently an associate director of Bachelor European Study , a co-editor in chief of the Journal Politics of the Low Countries , a Chair of the steering committee of the ECPR for Political Research Standing Group on Political Methodology , and a board member of FEM ( Female Empowerment Maastricht ). Areas of research focus Political and electoral behavior and quantitative methods. Dr. Russo is motivated by her perspective that elections … end of her PhD, she successfully conquered these challenges and found her way to teach mathematics to young students who are struggling with the same challenges as she did before. Closing Dr. Russo described her coursework and teaching experiences at FASoS, including her courses on Introduction to Quantitative Methods and Linear Regression to Bachelor students and Research Methodology to Master students in European Study. Her top tips for students: Be curious Don’t walk into class with prejudice …
Een paspoort is geen wondermiddel*
12-04-2024
… bewijs.” Maarten Vink (1975) studeerde Politicologie in Leiden, waar hij in 2003 promoveerde. Op dit moment is hij hoogleraar Politieke Wetenschap (met een specialisatie in Politieke Sociologie) aan de Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) van de Universiteit Maastricht. Hij is één van de directeuren van het Maastricht Center for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) en van het Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT). Ga naar www.milifestatus.com om meer te lezen …