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Prof. Gerhard Weiss wrote an essay for the Sueddeutsche Zeitung: ‘KI als Schulfach’. What can policy makers and businesses do to ensure Europe stays competitive in the field of Artificial Intelligence? (Essay in German)

The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science has appointed Professor Alain Dupont as a member of the Maastricht University Supervisory Board for a four-year period starting 1 September 2019. Professor Alain Dupont succeeds Professor Marc Groenhuijsen.

Massoud and Mahmud Hassani grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan – literally in a minefield. Many years later, in the Netherlands, the brothers have developed Mine Kafon: a drone system for detecting landmines. Having overcome the initial teething troubles and secured the necessary patents, they are now...

Julia Jansing, PostDoc in the group Molecular and Applied Biotechnology in AMIBM, was recently awarded the renowned German Dissertation Prize by the Körber Foundation (“Deutscher Studienpreis”, 2nd place in the section Science and Technology).

After an initial inventory conducted by ITEM, the Dutch and Flemish governments have decided to follow up by investigating possible solutions for border barriers that are faced by the cross-border North Sea Port, which is a merged Belgian-Dutch company.

Maastricht University and MUMC+ students and staff can access the articles of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journals again. The current subscription runs until 2021.

For the first time, epilepsy patients will be studied using the world's most powerful MRI scanner.

Danai Petropoulou Ionescu (23) just finished her bachelor’s programme in Arts and Culture.

On 21 and 22 October 2019, METRO research fellows Marjan Peeters and Caroline Cauffman will co-organize (with Marc Davidson and Liesbeth Lijnzaad) an expert workshop titled 'Minimising the impact of aviation emissions: what way forward?'.