Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

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No.1 in Computer Science & Information Systems in the Netherlands

In the QS ‘Computer Science & Information Systems Rankings 2011’, the University of Amsterdam was the highest-ranked Dutch university on the list.

Focus on research: AI-scientist Bert Bredeweg

The scudding of the clouds across the sky, the pouring of a cup of coffee; one may be more complicated to describe than the other, but they are both examples of systems that change according to set rules. Bert Bredeweg, a scientist specialising in artificial intelligence developed an interactive computer program for describing these types of systems conceptually.

Focus on Research: computer scientist Cees Snoek

Trying to find a specific video clip on the internet can be a time-consuming affair. In many cases, images will not have been tagged with an adequate description. Computer scientist Cees Snoek is working to make video retrieval a lot easier.

Participating research institutes within the UvA

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Information about the academic staff of the Master's programme in Artificial Intelligence.

Informatics Institute (II)

The mission of the Informatics Institute is to perform curiosity driven and use-inspired fundamental research in Computer Science. The research in the institute focuses on complex information systems at large and seems to self organize into two large themes: Computational Systems and Intelligent Systems, both with a strong interactive component.

Institute for Logic, Language & Computation (ILLC)

ILLC's central research area is the study of fundamental principles of encoding, transmission and comprehension of information. The research is interdisciplinary, and aims at bringing together insights from various disciplines concerned with information and information processing, such as logic, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence and philosophy.

Participating research institutes outside UvA

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) performs fundamental scientific research in mathematics and computer science. CWI transfers the acquired knowledge to society and industry. The institute's strategy for the period up to 2012 is inspired by four broad, societal relevant themes: (i) earth and life sciences, (ii) the data explosion, (iii) societal logistics and (iv) software as service.