On the occasion of prof. Henri Bal's retirement, and recognition of the important role Henri played in the history of research on computing in the Netherlands, the VU Computer Science Department is organizing a (free-of-charge) symposium on the 1st and 2nd of May, 2025.
Day 1 discusses the role of HPC in the roaring 20s, a time where computing research plays a crucial role in AI, sustainability, and many other topics of vital importance.
Day 2 commemorates Prof. Bal's time at VU. Speakers will discuss the early days of computing research in the Netherlands, Henri's years as a PhD student, young faculty and finally research leader of world renown.
We are pleased to announce that Henkjan Honing has been elected as a member of the Academia Europaea's The Human Mind and its Complexity section.
A 2-year postdoc position is available at the Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Groningen. The position is embedded within a large EU project that I coordinate (PERYCLES) and is focused on algorithms for supporting large-scale democratic deliberation. It involves close collaboration with several other academic partners, including in the COMSOC area, and with digital democracy software developers (LiquidFeedback). The ambition is to provide novel research-driven algorithms that can be implemented in leading open-source software.
Are you excited about theoretical research with societal impact? The Algorithms cluster at TU Eindhoven is looking for a PhD student in Computational Social Choice, to be advised by Ulrike Schmidt-Kraepelin. Candidates should have a strong background in discrete mathematics and algorithms, and ideally some familiarity with game theory or social choice theory.