We have very good grant news. Chaired by main applicant Prof Gabriele Jacobs, Dean of Erasmus University College, a consortium of over 26 organisations - including Dutch scientific institutes, government agencies, and the private sector - is receiving a grant of over EUR 2 million from the Netherlands Research Council (NWO).
Our EUC colleagues dr. Friso van Houdt and dr. Robin van den Akker are co-applicants and will also participate in this multi-stakeholder transdisciplinary research project the coming years.
Congratulations!
Within the consortium, under the name AI-MAPS (Artificial Intelligence for Multi-Agency Public Safety Issues), the 26 organisations combine expertise from the Dutch National Police in the field of public safety, expertise in AI development from Delft University of Technology and expertise in social and human sciences from other research institutes, working closely together with private companies. In this way, technological developments can be studied in conjunction with ethical, legal, social and economic aspects based on concrete situations in various public safety domains. In this way, the consortium tries to realise AI applications that respect and - where possible - promote public values and human rights.
Read the full press release here.
The consortium:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, TU Delft, TNO, Universiteit Leiden, De Haagse Hogeschool, Willem de Kooning Academie, Nederlandse Nationale Politie, Rotterdam Arts & Science Lab (RASL), Civic AI Lab, Deloitte, Google, SynthO, Oditty.ai, SIDN, Nokia, Nationale Politie Lab AI, UbiOps, Rathenau Instituut, PublicSonar, Woonstad Rotterdam, Nederlandse Politie Academie, CENTRIC, HSD, Impact Coalition Safety and Security, Axis Communication, Lanner.