Researchers paint portrait of Marie Curie in semiconductor
UvA NewsApr 13, 2021
Amsterdam researchers have developed a novel technique for spatially controlled patterning of semiconductors with tuneable optoelectronic properties. As a proof of principle, Lukas Helmbrecht and Wim Noorduin 'painted' a portrait of Marie Curie in a perovskite semiconductor layer. Both researchers[…]
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Broadening and internationalisation: 20th anniversary Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the UvA
UvA NewsApr 8, 2021
This month, the UvA and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies reflect on the 20th anniversary of the study and research programme Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. What once began with three students has developed[…]
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Two new AI research projects awarded seed funding
UvA NewsApr 8, 2021
The UvA’s research priority area Human(e) AI has awarded seed funding to two research projects following its third annual call for funding. One project will investigate the conditions under which an autonomous agent should take the responsibility to act, the[…]
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Tackling multimedia data with AI techniques
UvA NewsApr 7, 2021
Marcel Worring, chair of the group: ‘Our group brings multimedia research together in a unique way in the Netherlands and beyond.'
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Images of Arctic Science
Arctic ResearchApr 7, 2021
It’s often thought that science is mostly communicated through theoretical (and boring) presentations in scientific meetings and complicated articles in scientific papers. Gladly, more and more science outreach has taken place during the past years, as the public interest towards[…]