Join us for the UM Data Science Research Seminar in collaboration with Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) on Thursday, 16th October 2025 maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/um-data-science-research-seminar-caphri N.B.: In-person event only! @caphri-um.bsky.social @umdacs.bsky.social

Dr. Tom Pepels, Lecturer at DACS, was interviewed by L1 News about his view on the new version of ChatGPT. Following concerns about the chatbot's influence on minors, OpenAI is developing a new version that can detect a user's age by language analysis and block harmful content. lnkd.in/eavijQqi

VACANCY: Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability. lnkd.in/gFKhd32z Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity. @cawbrewster.bsky.social

This week, our team returned to the Institut de Technologies Numériques (ITN) at the University of Burundi, to finalize preparations for the new BSc Programme starting in October: maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/um-supports-university-burundi-development-bachelors-degree-programs-it lnkd.in/ezT_Fzav

WANTED: Lecturer in Computer Science vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Lecturer-%281%2C0-fte%29-in-Computer-Science/820307502/ @maastrichtu.bsky.social @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social @taimlab.bsky.social @umids.bsky.social #AcademicSky #computerscience #assistantprofessor #lecturer

Congrats to the teams in Leeds and Maastricht, especially Joshi Hogenboom, Varsha Gouthamchand, Leonard Wee (@tngri.bsky.social) and Nicola Hughes for your great work.

Event update: We are proud to introduce the second panel speaker on the key issues, challenges and opportunities in researching Central and Eastern Europe today: Prof Adriana Iamnitchi, Professor and Chair of Computational Social Sciences at Maastricht University. @umids.bsky.social

VACANCY ALERT: PhD in Adaptive AI Defense: Reinforcement Learning for Cybersecurity vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-PhD-in-Adaptive-AI-Defense-Reinforcement-Learning-for-Cybersecurity/818657402/ @dennissoemers.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social @ecpcmaastricht.bsky.social

We have a new open position for a PhD student to work on Reinforcement Learning for Cyber Security! Check out vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... for details, and feel free to contact me for any info as well. Application deadline: May 11 Reposts much appreciated.

Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/ee...

WANTED: System Network Engineer at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS), Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) at Maastricht University vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-System-Network-Engineer/816337202/

Rejoice! The UM Data Science Research Seminar Series 2025 starts next month!💃 maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/um-data-science-research-seminar-series Save the dates, lest you forget! 📅✔️ More information (speakers & subjects) will follow soon! @maastrichtu.bsky.social @tue.nl @umsbe.bsky.social

AI’s Black Box Problem: Why We Need Smarter, Transparent Explanations Now 🤖💡⚖️ www.azoai.com/news/2025021... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Ethics #MachineLearning #ExplainableAI #Trust #Algorithm #Transparency #FraudDetection #AIRegulation

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

The EU Commission's draft guidelines under the AI Act ban manipulative AI, exploitation of vulnerable groups, and social scoring in healthcare. A step towards ethical AI use! #HealthAI #EULaw #AIRegulation #AI #Healthcare

Today Distinguished Professor Michel Dumontier will speak at the EGC2025 Conference in Strasbourg. egc2025.cnrs.fr/speakers/ The lecture is entitled "Towards Biomedical Neurosymbolic AI: From Semantic Knowledge Infrastructure to Explainable Predictions". #datascience #AI #conference #AcademicSky

Prof. Dr. Frank Thuijsman, full professor of Strategic Optimization and Data Science at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS), will speak at the UM Star Lectures on March 13th, 2025! maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/um-star-lectures @maastrichtu.bsky.social @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social

We are proud to announce that the team led by Dr. Remzi Celebi, Assistant Professor at the Maastricht University Institute of Data Science, will contribute to the SWAT4HCLS2025 Conference in Barcelona, Spain from 24 to 27 February 2025. www.swat4ls.org @swat4hcls.bsky.social @rcelebi.bsky.social

Really enjoyed hosting Maastricht’s President and Rector, Profs. Letschert and Habibović in York last week. It was great to discuss our collaboration and explore new opportunities in lots of areas – including bioeconomy, robotics, immersive tech, and others. Looking forward to seeing these develop!

The Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) at Maastricht University leads project supporting IT education at the Université de Burundi: maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/um-supports-university-burundi-development-bachelors-degree-programs-it @maastrichtu.bsky.social @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social

The Faculty of Science and Engineering at Maastricht University will host the ICAB 2025 Conference (13-14 March), focusing on student engagement in STEM education. maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/icab-2025 @maastrichtu.bsky.social @universiteitennl.bsky.social #AcademicSky #STEM #conference #ICAB

Het is even schrikken, woensdagochtend, als medewerkers en studenten van de Universiteit Maastricht merken dat hun internetverbinding traag is of helemaal niet werkt. Is de UM net als de TU Eindhoven gehackt? Nee, zo blijkt, maar onhandig is de storing wel: www.observantonline.nl/Home/Artikel...

Follow Maastricht University (UM) (the youngest and most international university in the Netherlands!) on BlueSky! bsky.app/profile/maastrichtu.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social #AcademicSky #maastrichtuniversity #UM #Maastricht #Limburg #DutchUniversity #Universities #highereducation

go.bsky.app/2Mo2WBD We're sure Maastricht University will join BlueSky soon as well ;)

University of Maastricht and DACS are hosting the next Dutch research meet-up on explainable artificial intelligence. Come join us in beautiful Maastricht to discuss research ideas and projects! sites.google.com/view/xai-nl/...

Limburgish lacks digital resources for research & AI applications like speech recognition. A new project by Andreas Simons, led by Leonie Cornips, aims to build a Limburgish Corpus: an accessible database to preserve & develop the language. A big step for its future!⭐ 👉more: tinyurl.com/yc6th3v7

I am happy to share that our long-standing work on responsible data science has now been published at the Journal of Responsible Innovation. Link to the paper : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We're proud to introduce Onto-CGAN, a novel approach that combines human-curated ontology knowledge with generative models, facilitating the creation of synthetic health data for rare diseases. nature.com/articles/s41746-024-01421-0 #datascience #GANs #syntheticdata #synthetichealthdata #healthdata

The Institute of Data Science (IDS) at Maastricht University is now also on BlueSky! #AcademicSky