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Call for companies: research projects for VU Business track 2026
For the upcoming 2026 edition of the VU’s Computer Science Bachelor Research projects, ICT Institute is again organising the Computer Science Business Track where we supervise a new cohort of student teams working on real-world, data-driven challenges. We are looking for innovative companies in the Netherlands (from scale-ups to public organisations) with substantial data, AI,…
Pavlo Burda
Fairness definitions explained and illustrated with examples
Burda, P. and Van Otterloo, S 2025. Fairness definitions explained and illustrated with examples. Computers and Society Research Journal (2025), 2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.54822/PASR6281 Abstract Algorithms are increasingly used to make or support decisions, such as recruitment and selection, loan approval, fraud detection, classification and prediction. This has raised important questions on how to assure the…
Sieuwert van Otterloo
Computer Science research results
In 2025 more than 20 computer science students completed their thesis project with support from ICT institute. In this article you can find the titles and topics of the completed research projects as well as some main results. The projects ranged from data science e-health AI applications to software prototypes for cybersecurity analytics. Research approach…
Pavlo Burda
A new radical AI Policy for research and education
Radical changes require radical solutions. This is a new policy for the use of AI in research that will solve all current problems caused by the opposition against the use of AI in education and research. It is applicable as of today at Dutch universities.
Sieuwert van Otterloo
The Utrecht Housing dataset: A housing appraisal dataset
Van Otterloo, S and Burda, P. 2025. The Utrecht Housing dataset: A housing appraisal dataset. Computers and Society Research Journal (2025), 1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.54822/QVHM1662 Abstract This paper introduces a real-world dataset for analysing and predicting house prices. The dataset consists of actual data on the Dutch housing market collected in 2024 for a total of 153…
Sieuwert van Otterloo