Nieuws /en en Sun, 04 May 2025 19:52:58 +0200 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:44:00 +0100 Two new PhD candidates start at AI Labs /en/news/two-new-phd-candidates-start-at-ai-labs In 2025, two new researchers began their doctoral research within the Utrecht AI Labs. 146252 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:44:00 +0100 Nieuws “Music is not an extra, it's a basic necessity” /en/news/music-is-not-an-extra-its-a-basic-necessity Music and computer science are the two passions of Anja Volk. By connecting these two fields, the professor of Music Information Computing hopes to unlock the fundamental role of music in our lives. 139923 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:19:00 +0200 Nieuws Grants for Open Science and FAIR Research IT projects /en/news/grants-for-open-science-and-fair-research-it-projects To help ̨ researchers make their work more open, two funds will start accepting applications from 15 November 2022 onwards. 125114 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Reducing energy bills with a serious game /en/news/reducing-energy-bills-with-a-serious-game Households that played the Powersaver Game saved up to 30 percent more energy than households that used a static energy-savings app without game elements. 122897 Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:14:00 +0200 Nieuws First talk in Embodied AI series /en/news/first-talk-in-embodied-ai-series The Embodied AI initiative has started organizing an online Talk Series. The first is on November 25 by Prof. Ana Paiva. Co-organized by Dr. Zerrin Yumak, Dr. Ruud Hortensius and Dr. Maartje de Graaf. 111478 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 19:26:00 +0100 Nieuws Kristi Bergman wins Human Factors NL thesis award 2021 /en/news/kristi-bergman-wins-human-factors-nl-thesis-award-2021 MSc Human-Computer Interaction graduate Kristi Bergman has won the 2021 Human Factors NL thesis award for her thesis on Dark patterns. 111077 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:18:00 +0100 Nieuws Two new PhD students started /en/news/two-new-phd-students-started Marloes Vredenborg and Kazi Haque started their PhD in the Human-Centered Computing group. 111080 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:31:00 +0100 Nieuws Interview about VR and metaverse /en/news/interview-about-vr-and-metaverse Zerrin Yumak was interviewed about VR and metaverse by the NOS, resulting in a news article. 111106 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:15:00 +0200 Nieuws Talking with robots /en/news/talking-with-robots Dr. Maartje de Graaf (Human Centered Computing) speaks about human interaction with robots 110669 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:17:00 +0200 Nieuws 2021 Student Award nominees announced /en/news/2021-student-award-nominees-announced The nominees aren Aline Hernández, Lukas Arts, Robin Verstraten, Daan Roovers and ‘De CO2-assistenten’, a group of Medicine students. 108373 Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:32:00 +0200 Nieuws ‘Music recommendation algorithms are unfair to female artists, but we can change that’ /en/news/music-recommendation-algorithms-are-unfair-to-female-artists-but-we-can-change-that Christine Bauer (Computer science) discovered a ‘feedback loop’ that causes the algorithms of music streaming services to recommend male artists more often. 105564 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:23:00 +0200 Nieuws Decision-making requires data /en/news/decision-making-requires-data Mobile phone data form a valuable data source that should be used on a much broader scale to support public health actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 95361 Fri, 01 May 2020 10:03:00 +0200 Nieuws