From next year, researchers from universities will be able to share their research data under their own conditions. For this they use the AMdEX application Research Data Exchange (RDX), which SURF and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are currently developing.
Digital infrastructures have to deal with massive amounts of data. High bandwidth data transfers, affordable data plans, cloud migrations and the increasing popularity of streaming services mean data consumption is growing at unprecedented rates. While over the past few decades the energy efficiency of computing hardware has drastically improved and software performance and usability have become far more effective, they still cannot keep up with demand. The growing energy needs of ICT are especially important in the Netherlands - a prominent European 'data hub' distributed over a relatively small geographic area.
From next year, researchers from universities will be able to share their research data under their own conditions. For this they use the AMdEX application Research Data Exchange (RDX), which SURF and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are currently developing.
Circular workwear can make an important contribution to the great ambitions of the Green Deal Circular Textiles. During the first Meetup Circular workwear, it appears that many players in the chain are already working on the subject and that there is a lot to learn from each other.
How are health inequalities related to socioeconomic status? And how can we change this? The three speakers at Zorg2025 agree that customization is the key to success. “Now is the time to do even more prevention.”
Pointer's NPO1 broadcast on 17 May on the road to circular textile clarifies where the major gaps are. Several interviewees provide an open and transparent view. It also shows a distorted picture in parts. Indeed, textiles are the most polluting industry. Converting the enormous mountain of waste from textile to circular solutions has been a process with sky-high ambitions for many years. This market is therefore far from mature and that is precisely why many parties in the Amsterdam region are also working on this complex challenge. Because they believe that things must and can be done differently. But no one can do this alone. Not even the government.
In what’s truly a match made in healthcare innovation heaven, one of the largest medical diagnostics laboratories in the Netherlands, Atalmedial, is currently collaborating with AI Startup Lab (an initiative by ACE) to streamline anaemia treatments. As the company explores the potential of AI to bring more value to their clients, the young student team confronts a real-world problem using a comprehensive anonymised data set. “This access to so much data is rare,” explains one of the AI team. “So, if there’s a signal there, we’ll find it.”
How do we gain healthy years of life in vulnerable neighborhoods through better nutrition, more exercise, information and system change? The members of Young on Board recently addressed this question from a member of the Amsterdam Economic Board.
“The problems of our time, such as climate change, cannot be tackled by the government alone. More than ever before, we have to make use of networks of citizens and companies, ”says Board member Jacqueline Cramer in an opinion article in Het Parool.
At a time when we are pushing our way out of this social, Covid-related crisis, we are focusing on health inequalities. How do these - like their analysis and approach - relate to socio-economic status? And how can we make a positive change in this?
