Current
News
06 January 2021
Start-up Geronimo.AI uses artificial intelligence to create order in data
Royal HaskoningDHV and Delft University of Technology have agreed to further strengthen the existing collaboration in research, field labs, innovation, start-ups, education and talent. To this effect, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed last Thursday by Royal HaskoningDHV CEO Erik Oostwegel and Delft University of Technology President and Rector Magnificus Tim van der Hagen.
17 December 2020
TU Delft in Nature Index 2020 Artificial Intelligence Top 100
Nature has placed TU Delft at position 65 in the worldwide Nature Top 100 ranking of research organisations in artificial intelligence (AI), making it the highest-ranking Dutch university on this list. Furthermore, the Netherlands is positioned at 15 in the top 25 countries/territories. Although all rankings come with limitations, the Nature AI rankings do provide some insight into this highly competitive field.
08 December 2020
Miguel Bessa and Richard Norte have been awarded the Interstellar Initiatives Grant
Miguel Bessa and Richard Norte have been awarded an Interstellar Initiatives Grant from the Limitless Space Institute. The award is for their research ‘Origami Photonic Crystal Sails with Machine Learning’. Their research focus is about the development and demonstration of nanoscale origami photonic crystal membranes using data-driven machine learning.
03 December 2020
TU Delft appoints ‘Pro Vice-Rector’ of AI, Data and Digitalisation
The Executive Board of TU Delft has appointed Professor Geert-Jan Houben as Pro Vice-Rector Magnificus of Artificial Intelligence, Data and Digitalisation (PVR AI) with effect from 1 December 2020. In this role Houben will be leading the TU Delft AI Initiative and promoting regional, national and international co-operation on this theme.
05 November 2020
Ten TU Delft scientists in AI, data and digitalisation receive Veni and Vidi grants
This week, talent development in AI, data and digitalisation received a major boost from the NWO Talent Programme. Ten talented Delft researchers active in these research areas received a Veni grant or a Vidi grant from this programme.
04 November 2020
Podcast AI & energy with Mathijs de Weerdt
In the sixth Dutch spoken science podcast Snoek op Zolder (‘pike in the attic’) of the Dutch AI Coalition (NL AIC) and the National Innovation Centre for AI (ICAI), hosts Hennie Huijgens and Sietse van Gorkum talk to Mathijs de Weerdt, section leader of the Algorithmics Group at TU Delft. This episode’s focus is on the energy and industrial sector in the Netherlands. The importance of this topic is stressed by the increasing urgency the sector is experiencing for the transition towards a more sustainable energy system.
26 October 2020
Three million enrolments for online courses at TU Delft
The MOOCs give people around the world access to TU Delft’s teaching.
08 October 2020
Designing (with) Artificial Intelligence
Congratulations to IDE researchers Niya Stoimenova and Rebecca Price, whose publication on AI and design is included in the latest volume of Design Issues! Niya and Rebecca’s work is titled Exploring the Nuances of Designing (with/for) Artificial Intelligence. In their work, the authors promote a holistic perspective on what it means to design with and for AI, discussing the nuances of design methodologies and how they might respond to AI as it evolves over time.
01 October 2020
‘AI hub Zuid-Holland’ takes off
The region Zuid-Holland will be setting up the ‘AI hub Zuid-Holland’. This network organisation will be realising a single point of contact for business and knowledge institutes in South Holland who want to work with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
08 September 2020
TU Delft starts programme for robot engineer of the future
How can robots function within various processes in a factory? What is a good robot engineer according to the industry? These two questions were central in setting up the new Master's degree programme in Robotics at TU Delft.
Events
October
November
SIKS Symposium on Decision Diagrams for Optimization
People/Portrait on the Fly live generative video exhibition
People/Portrait on the Fly artist talk & opening reception
ELLIS Machine Learning Insights Seminar – Giovanni Catalani (Airbus) and Cristian Meo (TU Delft)
AI Prompt Battle
December
AI futures lab talk
Modern Prometheus: AGI as the Next Grand Human Project
ELLIS Delft Talk by Julian Kooij: Vehicle localization without SLAM: Learning to find your camera’s pose in an aerial image
Machine learning using PyTorch on DelftBlue 4 December 2024
TU Delft AI Lunch – Inclusive AI: Caring with and for AI
Artificial Physical Intelligence
Machine Learning Teachers Get Together October
AI series @ TU Delft
Meet AI-related colleagues at one of the many AI-related event series across campus. Do you organise, contribute to, or know of another AI-related series @ TU Delft? Get in touch
ELLIS Delft Talk
Monthly talk hosted hybrid by ELLIS Delft Unit members, which brings together much of our ‘IN’ machine learning research.
Contact: ELLIS Delft Unit
Machine Learning Teachers Get Together
6-weekly lunch events organised across campus.
Contact: Machine Learning Teachers community
Climate / AI
Workshop event co-organised by AI Initiative & Climate Action Programme on 3 October 2024. More events on this intersection are expected January 2025 onwards.
Contact: Charlotte Boelens
Inclusive AI
See panel March 2024. More on this topic is expected to be organised quarterly with AI DeMoS Lab from December 2024 onwards.
Contact: Taylor Stone
AI for Energy and Sustainability (E&S) Think Tank
Recurring think tank series at intersection of AI/Energy hosted by the Delft AI Energy Lab and the PowerWeb Institute. Fourth serie expected in 2024/2025.
Contact: Jochen Cremer
AI Futures Lab Talk Series
Regular talk series organised by AI Futures Lab on campus & online.
Contact: AI Futures Lab
Academic Fringe Festival
D@S Lab regularly hosts (bi)weekly online talk series with their The Academic Fringe Festival. Fourth series starting in 2024/2025.
Contact: Ujwal Gadiraju
Meaningful Human-AI Interactions for a Digital Society
Seminar series supported by the National Digital Society Programme, Mondai | House of AI, the TU Delft AI Initiative, Web Information Systems (WIS), and the Digital Ethics Centre.
Contact:
AI Insights
Quarterly interdisciplinary educational platform organised at Faculty of Architecture and Built and Environment.
Contact: Design, Data and Society Group