Digital Society

We are creating a responsible digital society which will increase our wellbeing and make our world a better place. 

The digital society has been with us for a long time, from satellites orbiting in space, smartphones and traffic lights to robots that rid the ocean floor of plastic. The question is how to design and manage this society responsibly.

A responsible digital society is based on human values, is healthy, just, inclusive and safe. It is also clean and sustainable and able to field the major complex challenges of today.

At TU Delft we design and engineer both the digital technology and its social use. 

TU Delft. Impact for a better society.

Stories

An All-In Approach to Electrical Engineering

Dreaming of the quantum computer

Sustainable artificial intelligence: from ChatGPT to green AI

Synthetic data for a clean digital future

Flying robots survey biodiversity and climate inside tropical rainforests

Facts & Figures

Top 100
TU Delft is the only Dutch university to be ranked in the Nature 2020 Artificial Intelligence Top 100 Index.
1.400
Over 1,400 TU Delft scientists work in AI research.
24
24 interdisciplinary TU Delft AI Labs are promoting education, research and innovation in AI, data and digitalisation.

Digital society in current affairs

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and KLM join forces with Delft University of Technology for the future of work in baggage handling halls

Studententeam Epoch in top 1,2% AI wedstrijd voor slaaponderzoek kinderen

Chessboard-like operation of world’s largest controllable quantum dot array

TU Delft researchers discover new ultra strong material for microchip sensors
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TU Delft en JetBrains lanceren nieuw ICAI lab AI for Software Engineering

How can we engineer better software by using artificial intelligence (AI)? TU Delft and JetBrains are joining their knowledge and expertise on AI and software development in the new AI for Software Engineering Lab (AI4SE). The goal of the collaboration is to develop a deep understanding of how novel AI technologies can strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of software engineering processes.

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Impact maken

AI Initiative

AI, data and digitalisation are becoming increasingly important for solving major scientific and social issues. TU Delft is pursuing many strands of AI research, both ‘into AI’ and ‘with AI’.

QuTech

At QuTech we are working on new technology which will change the world: scalable prototypes of a quantum computer and inherently safe quantum internet.

FRAIM

Robotics research centre FRAIM is contributing to a future where robots will be used to make work fun and increase wellbeing.

Scientists in the spotlight

“We are particularly interested in the engineering context, in other word, how do we apply AI in domains that Delft excels in already.”

Prof.dr.ir. Geert-Jan Houben

“I would be so bold as to say that this new approach makes us quite unique in the world of artificial intelligence.”

Prof.dr. Catholijn Jonker

“I look at the problem from a different perspective: that of designing the right interaction between man and machine. So instead of robots replacing humans they strengthen each other. ”

Prof.dr.ir. David Abbink

"A drone is a great tool for assessing situations, damages or risks in a building or area."

Dr. Anahita Jamshidnejad

"In Delft we have both the knowledge of technology and the ethical knowledge."

Prof.dr. Jeroen van den Hoven

“It’s elegant that the technology of the future uses something that in principle occurs in nature.”

Dr. Sophie Hermans

Would you like to find out more?

Press officer

Marc de Kool, a.j.m.dekool@tudelft.nl, 015-2783723

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General questions

If you have any questions about the TU Delft Digital Society, please send an email to a.j.m.dekool@tudelft.nl

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