Institute of Data Science

Research Institute

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Founded in 2017, the Institute of Data Science (IDS) is committed to research in data science and artificial intelligence, collaborating across disciplines, institutions, and sectors. The goal of our research is to accelerate scientific discovery, improve clinical care and well-being, and to strengthen communities. We specialise in machine learning, decentralised applications related to biomedical data, as well as promoting the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) principles. With FAIR as a foundation, we have an emerging focus on responsible data science by design.

IDS is part of the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences.

Fast facts

focused on responsible data science by design
interfaculty institute
fosters a collaborative environment for cross-disciplinary data science research and training
develops standards to facilitate navigating the knowledge landscape
led by prof. Michel Dumontier
hiring for diverse data science positions

News

Maastricht will host the 2026 World Conference on Computational Intelligence

In 2026, three major conferences on computational intelligence will convene in Maastricht simultaneously. The IEEE World Conference on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI) will be the world's largest technical event in computer science, focusing on applications such as artificial intelligence.

organisers of the 2026 IEEE WCCI world conference - photo by Jonathan Vos

Maastricht University partners in ICAI collaboration

As of September 1st, the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence has officially become a collaboration between 18 Dutch knowledge institutions, including Maastricht University.

Maastricht University supports agriculture through software

UM news

Two recently announced European projects seek to empower farmers with innovative software components and easy access to practical knowledge.

Tractor on the field overlayed with code

GENIUS-lab: Using Artificial Intelligence to Help Humans

How can artificial intelligence help experts with their work? This is the topic that the newly established Genius Lab seeks to solve by investigating better techniques for artificial intelligence systems to extract information from data. The lab is a collaboration between Delft University of Technology...

Adriana Iamnitchi likes to be challenged

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Researchers

Adriana Iamnitchi’s career appeared like a bed of roses. She served as a full professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida. Nonetheless, she sought out new challenges and moved to Maastricht, where she focused her research on social media.

Prof. Michel Dumontier

Professor Data Science

"Data science offers a solid foundation to examine and understand the world we live in. Importantly, it has never been so easy for young researchers to tackle important issues facing communities using cheap computing power and somebody else's data."

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