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Data Science @ UM
Vast amounts of data are being generated across all segments of society. If taken advantage of, these data offer an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate scientific discovery, to improve healthcare and wellbeing, and to strengthen our communities. Data Science is an interdisciplinary field concerning the scientific methods, systems and workflows used to obtain insights from data.
Value proposition
We are a pioneering, university-wide network of data-driven researchers at an institution with more than 25 years’ experience in Data Science education and research. Our community consists of multidisciplinary teams that address significant scientific problems and major societal issues through and related to data science including social, legal and ethical concerns in a wide range of academic disciplines.
- University wide network
- 25 years experience
- Multi-disciplinary teams
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Hiring for diverse positions
Research
We have identified three key research themes to focus our efforts on:
- Accelerating scientific discovery
- Improving clinical care and well-being
- Empowering communities
Education
We have identified two primary objectives in education:
- Promote/strengthen existing data science programmes and courses at Maastricht University
- Develop new interfaculty data science programs and courses
Community
Experts in Data Science from different application fields will meet in multi-disciplinary teams to share and combine their knowledge in order to create data driven innovations
How can we use data science to create knowledge that strengthens and empowers society?
The data science community, that's being established at Maastricht University, will help provide the answers.
News
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Solid as a cloud
Thursday, January 10, 2019Read moreWith his new project Solid, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, tries to give users back ownership of their data. The internet hasn’t developed in the way he intended it. Data science progresses at a dizzying pace – are the people in the driver’s seat aware of their responsibility? We asked Gerhard Weiss, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and Frank Thuijsman, Professor Strategic Optimization and Data Science.
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Kateřina Staňková and team win $50.000 to outsmart thyroid cancer
Thursday, December 13, 2018Read moreKateřina Staňková, assistant professor at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE), co-led her team through a great challenge, resulting in a seed grant to advance their strategy to combat thyroid cancer.
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Two silver Reimagine Education Awards for KE@Work
Tuesday, December 4, 2018Read moreKE@Work won a silver award in the category Best Employer-University Partnership during the gala ceremony in San Francisco.
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UM and Dutch Embassy host Berlin Science Week event
Monday, November 5, 2018Maastricht University (UM) is the only Dutch university to have organised an event together with the Dutch Embassy during the famous Berlin Science Week.
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BISS Institute: customized data-science education
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Postdoc part of ESOF Panel on AI
Wednesday, July 18, 2018Amrapali Zaveri, postdoc at IDS, was part of a panel on “Increasing Scientific Productivity through Artificial Intelligence” of the EuroScience Open Forum conference.
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Data scientists have the future (and control it)
Monday, June 18, 2018Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE).
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Data protection in the 21st century
Tuesday, May 22, 2018At the 25th of May the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect. Applicable to the entire EU, its aim is to protect the individual rights of citizens while guaranteeing free and secure movement of personal data within the EU. Cosimo Monda, head of the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity at the UM Faculty of Law, explains the consequences. “Companies and public bodies alike can benefit – if they come prepared.”
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Can we use Artificial Intelligence to improve our educational system?
Tuesday, April 10, 2018Do we want, and is it possible, to improve our educational system via Artificial Intelligence? This was the central question during a special Ideation Session recently hosted by the Brightlands BISS Campus in Heerlen.
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Radically new approach of self-care for Alzheimer's patients
Tuesday, March 27, 2018ICT4Life is an EU-funded project. Its objective consists in implementing an innovative platform that connects patients, families, health professionals and care-givers through user friendly tools.
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Data Science for Decision Making best Master's programme in it's category
Wednesday, March 7, 2018The ‘Keuzegids Masters 2018’, released today, ranks DKE's Master programme in Data Science for Decision Making 1st place in the country for the category for Theoretical Master for Computer Science. Due to its high score, it has also received the "topopleiding" seal, which means that it belongs to the best Masters programmes in the Netherlands.
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The hybrid researcher
Thursday, February 15, 2018Research that transcends individual disciplines is highly regarded in academia, yet known to be incredibly challenging. Matthijs Cluitmans demonstrates that it is not only possible, but also of great added value. He obtained a joint PhD in 2016 from the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) and the School for Cardiovascular Diseases (CARIM). Before that, he studied both disciplines in Maastricht, and he now works for both institutes as well as at Philips Research.
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The value of data
Wednesday, January 31, 2018In May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect. Applicable to the entire EU, its aim is to protect the individual rights of citizens while guaranteeing free and secure movement of personal data within the EU. According to André Dekker, professor of Clinical Data Science we are so concerned about privacy protection that we’ve lost sight of the value of the data. “We need to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.”
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Claudia Egher wins IDS Vision Essay Competition
Wednesday, January 31, 2018Claudia Egher, PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, wins IDS Vision Essay Competition
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Innovative Data Science research project wins award
Thursday, January 25, 2018A research project titled 'Intelligent games for assessing cognitive, social and physical capacities of elderly and children' was awarded a prize at the Pre-Dies Natalis symposium 'The Future of a Data-Driven Society'.
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The future of data in academia
Wednesday, January 24, 2018From Apple's personal assistant Siri helping you out to Netflix recommending content for you, artificial intelligence and big-data technologies are increasingly affecting our daily lives. Is society prepared for the data revolution we are experiencing? And what will the data-filled world of the future look like? These questions are being explored on 26 January during Maastricht University’s 42nd Dies Natalis. Keynote speakers Sally Wyatt and Michel Dumontier share their thoughts on data in academia.
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The risks of convenience
Thursday, January 18, 2018The EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will oblige companies to have a data protection officer, to inform authorities and affected individuals of security breaches, and to invest in data encryption and intrusion prevention and detection systems. This should improve the security of sensitive personal data – but it is important to remember that there’s no such thing as a perfectly secure system, according to Apostolis Zarras, cybersecurity expert.
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Computer game researches compositions and harmony in the arts
Monday, January 8, 2018Maastricht researchers are bridging the gap between art, data and computer science
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Ancient games and Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, December 12, 2017Dr Cameron Browne comes from a game-playing family: ‘My mother valued the developmental potential of games, and my grandmother was the meanest Scrabble player I’ve ever encountered’. It is therefore not a coincidence that Browne has spent a large portion of his academic life researching games and has been awarded an ERC consolidator grant of €2 million to start up a five-year research project called the ‘Digital Ludeme Project’.
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UM research nominated for Klokhuis Science Award
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Read more
Events
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Our rector, Rianne Letschert, visited DKE this morning!
Needless to say there were plenty of interesting things to look at, including some of the projects students are currently working on... These robots, for example: one catapults a ball into a box (but only if you show it the proper launch gesture) and the other can draw pictures.
Six researchers also gave a taste of the research going on at DKE. From emotion recognition for better learning, to algorithms with performance guarantees, to wearable robotics or optimizing cancer treatment with game theory... The research itself is as versatile as its applications, and we collaborate with countless other groups in the process.
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Exactly two years ago, our first team member Amrapali Zaveri decided to move to Maastricht to join and help to set up the Institute of Data Science. Now, she looks back on her experiences until today. Check https://www.facebook.com/amrapali.zaveri/posts/10155763141272133 to read her inspiring story!
#UMDataScience #DataScience2 days 2 hours ago
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Would you like to learn more about the fundamentals of clinical data science?This open access book comprehensively covers the fundamentals, focusing on data collection, modelling and clinical applications. Check https://bit.ly/2Fz0FVB
Fundamentals of Clinical Data Science | SpringerLink
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Today and tomorrow, Michel Dumontier attends the first annual international meeting of the GO FAIR Implementation Networks, where representatives meet, assess the existing FAIR resources and plan / coordinate FAIR implementation strategies. Full info: https://bit.ly/2RKseBQ
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Institute of Data Science at University of Maastricht shared a link.
Solid as a cloud5 days 2 hours ago
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Now on the front page of UM's website: Prof. Gerhard Weiss and Prof. Frank Thuijsman reflect on the "dizzying" progress in data science. What does this mean for society and the internet in particular, and how does DKE handle this responsibility?
Read on: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/solid-cloud
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This week at Lumière Cinema: KE@Work's New Year's reception, ready for 2019! This year marks the honours path's fifth anniversary.
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DKE is now a member of the CLAIRE network: the Confederation of Laboratories for AI Research in Europe, a pan-European network of excellent AI research centers. The CLAIRE network is committed to the development of human-centered and responsible AI.
You can find all members at https://claire-ai.org/network/ and read more about the CLAIRE intitiative here: https://claire-ai.org/faq/
CLAIRE2 weeks 2 days ago
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Happy holidays from all of us at DKE!
We look forward to seeing you again in 2019. May your code compile, may your agents become intelligent and may your equations be solved. But first: enjoy the break!
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