26 August 2024 @ 15:00 – 16:30 – Utrecht University’s Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT) hosts an online session on responsible use of Generative AI on Monday 26 August from 15:00 to 16:30 hrs. This session …

21 November 2024 @ 15:15 – 16:45 – During this hands-on lecture, Iris Muis, Lead Operations at Data School, will talk about data ethics and the Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA). The lecture will be followed …

The Centre for Digital Humanities’ Data School often appears in the media with their innovative and news-worthy data research. PhD candidate Joris Veerbeek from Data School regularly shares interesting findigs from his data research in the independent and progressive Dutch weekly news magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. Recently, two more articles based on his research were…

An interview with Dr. Pim Huijnen and Dr. Evelyn Wan has been published on Intranet, the internal website for Utrecht University staff. Together with Dr. Tejaswini Deoskar and Dr. Dominik Klein, Pim and Evelyn make up the core team Human Artificial Intelligence. The interview is part of the series: ‘educational innovation through the eyes of the four…

24 June 2024 @ 12:00 – 13:00 – Leiden University’s SAILS (Society, Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences) is organizing an online lunch time seminar about the impact of ChatGPT on human data collection. This seminar will take place …

25 June 2024 @ 15:30 – 17:00 – On Tuesday, June 25th, Utrecht University and Kennisnet are organising the free webinar ‘Digital autonomy in education: the impact of AI’. All professionals interested or involved in artificial intelligence, educational …

Utrecht University’s Data School will host its first international DEDA seminar on September 25th, 2024. The deadline for submission is May 31st. The Data Ethics Decision Aid (DEDA), a toolkit developed by the Data School, maps ethical issues in data projects. It documents the deliberation process and stimulates accountability towards the various stakeholders and the public.  This…

25 September 2024 @ 09:00 – 16:00 – Utrecht University’s Data School will host its first international DEDA seminar on 25 September 2024 from 9:00 to 16:00 hrs, with the option to stay for drinks after the seminar. The seminar will …

Over the next four years, Data School will be participating in the Katapult consortium Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living. The hub is an independent and open public-private platform initiated by Utrecht University, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the Economic Board Utrecht. Together with several other partners, as well as…

The Fundamental Rights and Algorithm Impact Assessment (FRAIA) helps to map the risks to human rights in the use of algorithms and to take measures to address these risks.

On March 17, 2023, the Analytics Advisory Committee (Adviescommissie Analytics) has officially started. This committee, consisting of academics and experts, will provide solicited and unsolicited advice to the Ministry of Finance, the Tax Administration, Customs and Service Surcharges on how to deal with risk models and algorithms. Risk models and algorithms can increase efficiency and…

On January 25, Data School attended a panel in the 11th edition of Privacy Camp in Brussels. Privacy Camp is an annual conference that brings together digital rights advocates, activists, academics and policy-makers from all around Europe and beyond to discuss the most pressing issues facing human rights online. The panel to which the Data…