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| Centre for BOLD Cities takes lead in ELSA Labs of the Netherlands AI Coalition |
Prof. Liesbet van Zoonen (Erasmus University), academic director at the LDE Centre for BOLD Cities, initiated and co-authored the position paper ‘ELSA LABS for Human Centric Innovation in AI’ for The Netherlands AI Coalition (NL AIC). The position paper was co-authored with Anne-Fleur Veenstra of TNO and Nathalie Helberger of the University of Amsterdam. It was presented at the national meet-up of the ELSA Labs on July 9.
Moreover, the BOLD Cities ELSA Lab Urban Digital Twins was awarded with the official ELSA Label of the NLAIC. The Lab houses a number of research groups and funding applications, among others to the NWA funding rounds for ‘Maatschappelijk Verdienvermogen’. |
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| New BOLDcast #2 'Wat doen digitale druktemeters met de stad?' |
In this episode of our podcast we discuss how data/crowd measurements can help with social distancing and spreading crowd density over a city: What do we think, for example, about the SpotRotterdam app? Journalist Inge Janse has a conversation about this with Jiska Engelbert (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam), Frank Vieveen and Adriaan van der Giessen (both Gemeente Rotterdam - Stadsontwikkeling) and Achilleas Psyllidis (TU Delft).
Click the button below to find the article with the sound fragment of BOLDcast #2. |
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| In the Spotlight: Dr. ir. Monique Arkesteijn
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| In our monthly news item 'In the Spotlight', we interview one of our own Centre for BOLD Cities' researchers. This time we talk to Monique Arkesteijn, assistant professor in Real Estate Management at Delft University of Technology. Her main research topic is Corporate Real Estate alignment with a specialisation in developing design and decision systems based on stakeholders’ preferences. |
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| The digital future of The Netherlands; “Government lacks grip on digital transitions” |
| A survey of Technologie Kieswijzer (Technology Election Guide), a voting aid for the last national elections in The Netherlands to inform about the positions of political parties towards the digital society, showed citizens believe the government does not have enough knowledge and grip on our changing digital society; the impact of technology needs to be a stronger priority in politics. |
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| The Centre for BOLD Cities conveys the socially responsible use of data and digital technologies for,
by and with citizens and civil servants in the urban environment. The SHARED mission is carried out
through multidisciplinary research, education and valorisation.
If you have an interesting publication or upcoming event related to the themes of our centre, please
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