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30 May 2022
Energy-producing Echo building opened at TU Delft Campus
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From Monday 30 May, TU Delft teachers and students can start using sustainable education building Echo. After the summer break, the building will be in full use and the catering facilities will be fully operational. This energy-producing building on TU Delft Campus is set to contribute to TU Delft’s ambition of operating in a completely sustainable manner and becoming a carbon-neutral and circular campus by 2030.
30 May 2022
Dutch researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum network
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Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum Internet. The researchers, working at QuTech—a collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)—are publishing their findings today in the scientific journal Nature.
30 May 2022
Self-flying drones that monitor greenhouse diseases and pests
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TU Delft, Royal Brinkman and start-up Mapture have developed the next step in drone technology for agriculture. Their new AI-enabled drone takes off completely independently, flies over rows of plants and people in a greenhouse, takes high-resolution photos, and lands safely back on its charging station.
20 May 2022
More efficient aircraft maintenance through AI
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Maintaining aircraft fleets smarter and more efficiently using AI? With a major study of several European universities and industries (ReMAP) with TU Delft as project leader, a step has been taken in the modernization of aircraft maintenance using Artificial Intelligence.
18 May 2022
Queen Máxima and European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel visit Delft researchers and innovations
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18 May 2022
Temporary emergency accommodation for asylum seekers
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Delft will temporarily accommodate 200 asylum seekers. The emergency shelter is for the duration of 5 months. TU Delft will make space available on its premises on the southern part of the TU Delft Campus.
16 May 2022
TU Delft's Control Room of the Future makes power grid digitally resilient
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The increased digitalisation of the power grid comes with its own set of cyber threats and risks. In TU Delft’s Control Room of the Future (CRoF) the power grid gets put through its paces. This remarkable research facility offers both industry and academics unique opportunities to research, develop and test the integration of new energy management technologies into the smart grid.
16 May 2022
TU Delft has launched the Digital Ethics Centre for fair and safe AI
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Our society is digitising itself more and more. That offers opportunities, such as more efficient working, but it also raises many ethical questions – the sort of questions now being addressed by TU Delft’s new Digital Ethics Centre. Together with government agencies and companies, the centre’s researchers are looking at the ethical side of AI and digitalisation, such as fairness, safety and transparency, and seeking to develop the best solutions and applications.
12 May 2022
Royal Academy selects 22 new members
The KNAW has selected 22 new members, two of whom are from TU Delft. The KNAW members, leading scientists from all disciplines, are chosen based on their scientific achievements.
11 May 2022
Caspar Chorus appointed Dean of Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE)
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