Why the Netherlands needs a single health data infrastructure – now
Data to improve patient care With a national integrated health data infrastructure, ...
Municipality of Almere enters into collaboration with TekkieWorden Foundation
In order to cope with the increasing shortage of IT staff, public and private partners from Almere are entering into a partnership with TekkieWorden. With a package of measures, the ambition is to activate people of all ages for tech studies and retrain them for IT jobs. Despite COVID-19, companies in Almere are struggling with an increasing shortage of IT talent. With this program, the Municipality of Almere wants to provide an answer to the many people who want to train or retrain in IT because their current job offers little prospect for the future. Of the more than 40,000 people who work in an administrative position, this program offers more employment prospects in the fast-growing ICT sector in Almere.
With COVID-19, data science is having a very large moment
It’s a somewhat awkward truth: the current global coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a boon for data scientists. Large amounts of data is streaming in from all over: not only hospital intensive care units (ICUs) but the private sector, too. As a result, data scientists have a lot of rich information to pump into their models – improving their ability to predict possible future scenarios that could help us better manage a possible second wave.
Fighting the coronavirus with data science
How do we trust all the data being generated by COVID-19? How can we apply this data to help formulate the best exit strategies from the current crisis? These were some of the questions posed at the first ADS & AMDS Webinar in a series that explores ‘The Power and Weakness of Data and Modelling in COVID-19’.
Dreams and pragmaticism: improving access to medication
The first virtual version of the Amsterdam Life Sciences Café focused on a timely subject: how to improve access to medication – such as a potential coronavirus vaccine – in a sustainable way. Conclusion: while a global pandemic is a horrible situation, it can help us chart out a fairer, brighter and, yes, global future.
Board Talk: ‘Being critical of energy consumption must be first nature’
Sufficient employees with the right skills is one of the most important ...
Board Talk: ‘MBO graduates are the heroes of the energy transition’
What does the corona crisis mean for the energy transition in the ...
Making innovation happen in Life Sciences & Health
The corona crisis puts a spotlight on a number of challenges that we need to work on. The one standing out is the need to share data in a safe, secure and transparent way and apply it to improve health and care. This crisis shows us the way forward: in collaboration with governments, academia, companies and care providers. And not just in the healthcare sector. Data scientists, ethicists, economists, the army and many others are working together towards that same goal: to mitigate this crisis in the best possible way. To achieve that goal and to make health and healthcare future-poof, we need to sustain this collaboration and build on the unique strength of every partner involved.
‘The eco-mode saves another seven percent extra energy’
The corona crisis has accelerated the transition to the digital economy: we work from home, order our groceries online and watch more Netflix. This ensures that more data is generated, sent and stored and this requires more energy. The first LEAP pilots show that parties can save extra energy by making better use of the existing eco-mode on their server.
Crisis offers opportunities for sustainable and healthy buildings
Interview with Jan Hein Tiedema, Executive Managing Director of EDGE and member of the Network Council