News and activities

A strong, vibrant and rewarding academic environment is essential for excellent Data Science research. Through a wide variety of community activities UM aims to foster an interfaculty environment for collaborative innovation in the development and application of data science technologies. The community activities will take place both online and offline. The online community platform will be a place to ask questions and to share events, news and success stories. Offline activities will entail seminars, workshops and symposiums.

Data Science Expert Series

The aim of the bi-monthly Data Science Expert Series is to bring together data science experts from across the world to discuss breakthroughs and research topics that are related to data science, to extend the network and to start collaborations.

UM Data Science Research Seminar Series 2022-2023

The UM Data Science Research Seminar Series brings together data scientists from across Maastricht University to discuss breakthroughs and research topics that are related to Data Science.

TeenzCollege

TeenzCollege puts major current themes in historical perspective, drawing parallels between primarily the Second World War and today’s day and age. Five faculties of Maastricht University provide lectures and assignments on various topics including populism, refugees, racism, alliances, money, power and evil.

KidzCollege

Maastricht University is offering lectures to children in their final year of primary school. In these lectures children get acquainted with science in a fun and understandable way.

Events

21 Sep

25 Sep

Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification

News

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Researchers

Synthetic data: a dangerous sense of certainty

Dani Shanley and Joshi Hogenboom on synthetic data, the pains and gains of interdisciplinarity, and why AI likely won’t release us from having to study the world we live in.

Students going the extra mile

KE@Work: studying and working at the same time

How an honours programme is staving off brain drain In the KE@Work programme, students solve a complex, real-world problem while working at a local company. An honours track of the bachelor’s in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, KE@Work provides ambitious students with valuable work experience...

Knowledge (Engineering) at Work

At FSE’s bachelor’s programme Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, KE@Work offers real-world challenges for high-performing students, bright minds for companies, synergies between UM and industry as well as ways to keep international top talent in the region.

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Researchers

Should you trust a machine - and why?

Artificial Intelligence (AI): is it an amazing technology that we need to implement absolutely everywhere, or a boogeyman that could spell the end of humanity?

Researchers
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I wrote all of this myself!!

Special Chair of Text-Mining Jan Scholtes on how ChatGPT actually works, why it’s an amazing achievement and where we should probably exercise a bit of caution.