Maastricht University Department of Advanced Computing Sciences
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The Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) is Maastricht University’s largest and oldest department. Our research broadly covers the field of artificial intelligence, data science, computer science, mathematics, and robotics.
Join the Assistant Professor Hub🍷Cross-Faculty Aperitivo🍸on Wednesday, 27 May! 📍Wienkontor Bk7, Maastricht 🕖19:00 🔗 bit.ly/4eF6YaI LinkedIn: lnkd.in/e6x8yHr9 @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social @umsbe.bsky.social @caphri-um.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social #APHub
🚀 Call for Sessions – BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2026 👇 maastrichtuniversity.nl/bnaic2026/call_sessions This year, the BNAIC/BeNeLearn conference - the flagship AI conference of the Benelux - will be organised by & held at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) at Maastricht University 🌞
🌞Maastricht Summer School presents: Introduction to Data Science🤖 maastricht.dreamapply.com/courses/course/327-introduction-data-science Start: 22 June 2026 Duration: 2 weeks, full-time (3ECTS) @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @umsbe.bsky.social @caphri-um.bsky.social
📢 DEADLINE ALERT: Please apply by 22 March‼️ Postdoctoral Researcher in Symbolic Approaches to Artificial Intelligence vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Symbolic-Approaches-to-Artificial-Intelligence/1352701657/ @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AI
✨Call for Papers for the LPAI4IA 2026✨ sites.google.com/view/lpai4ia/home 📅 June 24th, 2026 📍 Maastricht, The Netherlands Submission start: March 15th Submission Deadline: May 9th @kouzinopoulos.bsky.social @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social #AcademicSky #workshop #EdgeAI #papers
‼️DEADLINE ALERT: March 15th‼️ Associate Professor in System and Network Security at Maastricht University vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Associate-Professor-in-System-and-Network-Security/1329480557/ #AcademicSky #networksecurity #maastrichtuniversity @maastrichtu.bsky.social
📢CALL FOR PAPERS: 2026 IEEE CSR Workshop on Human Factors in Cyber Security (HFaCS) www.ieee-csr.org/csr-hfacs/ Deadline: April 13th #AcademicSky #callforpapers #cybersecurity #cyberresilience @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @nikhef.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social
!! VACANCY ALERT !! The Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) at Maastricht University currently has 2 open positions: ✨ Postdoctoral Researcher in Symbolic Approaches to Artificial Intelligence: lnkd.in/eh_pHJkw ✨Associate Professor in System and Network Security: lnkd.in/eJPtgtbB
We're proud to present the article "Rule-augmented constraint learning for semantic error detection in MIMIC-III knowledge graph", by Özge Noben, Omer Durukan Kilic, Tjitze Rienstra, Michel Dumontier, and Remzi Celebi sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386505626000377 @rcelebi.bsky.social
We're proud to present the article "CMEO: a metadata-centric ontology for clinical studies exploration and harmonization assessment." link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-025-03272-5 #AcademicSky @ihieurope.bsky.social @caphri-um.bsky.social @carimmaastricht.bsky.social @rwth.bsky.social
✨☃️We want to wish you all happy winter holidays & a splendid new year!✨🥳
✨Learning by Experience: SCRUM with LEGO✨ On 26 & 27 November, 2nd-year bachelor's students from the Computer Science (CS) and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) programs participated in an experiential skills-learning session led by SCRUM instructors from Medtronic and CALADE GmbH.
We want to congratulate & celebrate all our brand new BSc's and MSc's who officially received their Degrees last Friday! 🙌🎓🥳 🚀137 DACS students received their Bachelor's Degree: 📽️ youtube.com/live/bJn05XLkKVI 🎓116 DACS students received their Master's Degree: 📽️ youtube.com/live/4P8exjSg4pY
Dear UM and MUMC+ researchers, Are you doing data science-related research and eager to share and discuss your work with others in the field? Then contact us! bit.ly/4pbgqVP @maastrichtu.bsky.social @unumerit.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @umsbe.bsky.social @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social
VACANCY: Assistant Professor in Computational Statistics vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht-Assistant-Professor-in-Computational-Statistics/1332893757/ Please apply by January 4th, 2026.
VACANCY: Assistant Professor in Health Artificial Intelligence vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... Are you passionate about developing AI solutions that transform healthcare and improve human well-being? Then join our team! Please apply by January 4th, 2026 @maastrichtu.bsky.social
On behalf of Adrian Fiutowski from ParticiPay, we're proud to share the following: This month, ParticiPay had the opportunity to donate €650 to Ronald McDonald Huis Maastricht, made possible through the generosity of the Alumni DACS community following their charity dinner👏👏👏 www.partici-pay.com
VACANCY: Lecturer (0,1 fte) in Computer Science Faculty of Advanced Computing Sciences Maastricht University lnkd.in/eHnYUr6F @maastrichtu.bsky.social @xai-at-dacs.bsky.social @taimlab.bsky.social #AcademicSky #computerscience #assistantprofessor #lecturer *PLEASE APPLY BY OCTOBER 5TH*
VACANCY: Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability. lnkd.in/gFKhd32z Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity. @cawbrewster.bsky.social
Join us for the UM Data Science Research Seminar in collaboration with Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) on Thursday, 16th October 2025 maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/um-data-science-research-seminar-caphri N.B.: In-person event only! @caphri-um.bsky.social @umdacs.bsky.social
Dr. Tom Pepels, Lecturer at DACS, was interviewed by L1 News about his view on the new version of ChatGPT. Following concerns about the chatbot's influence on minors, OpenAI is developing a new version that can detect a user's age by language analysis and block harmful content. lnkd.in/eavijQqi
VACANCY: Assistant Professor in AI in Digital Agriculture and Sustainability. lnkd.in/gFKhd32z Professor Christopher Brewster and his team are looking for a highly qualified computer scientist with a broad passion for food and agriculture, environment, and biodiversity. @cawbrewster.bsky.social
This week, our team returned to the Institut de Technologies Numériques (ITN) at the University of Burundi, to finalize preparations for the new BSc Programme starting in October: maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/um-supports-university-burundi-development-bachelors-degree-programs-it lnkd.in/ezT_Fzav
Many thanks to the colleagues who supplied feedback on early drafts and others with who I simply discussed these ideas with less formally! Pre-print here: navatintarev.com/fai_tintarev....
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🚀 To summarize, University of Maastricht and our Explainable Artificial Intelligence theme is heading to ACM RecSys 2025 with a line-up of contributions 🎉 ✨ Here’s where you can find us:
Our joint PhD student Adarsa Sivaprasad is presenting her work at an AI and Healthcare conference: Patient-Centred Explainability in IVF Outcome Prediction. She has been studying what kind of explanations users need from OPIS, which is a tool that predicts the likelihood of success in IVF.
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I am happy to introduce you to our TAIMLab, in the context of the ROBUST programe 'Trustworthy AI-based Systems for Sustainable Growth'. Please check all the details at our website: dacs.maastrichtuniversity.nl/taimlab/
(TAIMLab) Trustworthy AI in Media Lab
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