Data Management & Biometrics (DMB)

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20 August, 2026, How does your phone know it’s you? 20 August, 2026, How does your phone know it’s you? Recently, I wore glasses for the first time in ages instead of my usual contact lenses. Yet Face ID unlocked my iPhone without any trouble. Apparently, my phone still knew it was me. But how? How does facial recognition actually know that you really are you?
18 August, 2026, How digital technology places less burden on healthcare 18 August, 2026, How digital technology places less burden on healthcare Imagine a digital flower that blooms when you hit your daily excercise goal or wilts when you miss a medication dose. Creative technology like this, designed by students and researchers at the University of Twente, is part of the network of the expertise Centre for Remote Monitoring & Coaching (eCMC), an initiative of TechMed Centre of University of Twente.
16 June, 2025, Džemila Šero uncovering a hidden layer of history 16 June, 2025, Džemila Šero uncovering a hidden layer of history On the occasion of Amsterdam 750, the Royal Palace Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum join forces in the first major exhibition dedicated to Artus Quellinus, the most important Baroque sculptor of the Dutch Golden Age. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, a special UT scientific project by Dzemila Sero is taking place: for the first time, human impressions and fingerprints on Quellinus' terracotta models are being systematically examined with groundbreaking results.
March 17, 2025, Samsung photo mode glitch: monkey heads turn into human faces March 17, 2025, Samsung photo mode glitch: monkey heads turn into human faces On the latest Samsung phones, you can have a cartoon version made of a photo of yourself. Samsung uses artificial intelligence for this. It doesn't always work well, because the function also sees human faces that aren't there. A gorilla changes into a human. It is a typical example of something that often goes wrong with these kinds of AI models, says associate professor Luuk Spreeuwers. He conducts research into biometrics - recognizing people based on facial features, for example.
September 23, 2024, Doina Bucur podcast interview on network scientists September 23, 2024, Doina Bucur podcast interview on network scientists Doina Bucur talks about how network science defies disciplinary boundaries. Network science methods are inspired by physics as much as by computer science, and applications can lead a researcher to learn about social sciences, biological systems, or even people's artistic expression, as they are all modeled as network artifacts.
February 23, 2024, Waarom de forensisch deskundige niet gewoon de dader kan aanwijzen in de rechtszaal. 'Zekerheid krijg je niet'. February 23, 2024, Waarom de forensisch deskundige niet gewoon de dader kan aanwijzen in de rechtszaal. 'Zekerheid krijg je niet'. De forensische wetenschap vermag veel, maar absolute zekerheid kan zelden worden geboden. Ook niet in de rechtbank. Hoe kun je dan toch objectieve en bruikbare uitspraken doen? Daar is nu een internationale richtlijn voor.
Dec 09, 2023, Swikar Bhandari on Dutch Television Dec 09, 2023, Swikar Bhandari on Dutch Television In the Dutch television documentary ‘Stand van Nederland,’ NPO interviewed a Ph.D. candidate of the DMB group Swikar Bhandari from the University of Twente about ‘AI for criminal investigations’.
May 31, 2023, Meike Nauta on NPO Radio 1 May 31, 2023, Meike Nauta on NPO Radio 1 On the programme 'De Nacht van ...', NTR will interview Meike Nauta from 02:00-03:00 about her PhD research on Explainable AI. Meanwhile, listeners can submit questions which she will then answer from 03:00-03:30, live from the studio in Hilversum! Stressful but mostly exciting!
November 29, 2022, UT team will participate in Self Driving Challenge 2023 November 29, 2022, UT team will participate in Self Driving Challenge 2023 A new student team from the University of Twente will participate in the Self Driving Challenge 2023. This is the first time that the UT will be represented in this race of autonomous vehicles.
Maart 31, 2022, Innovatiekracht, Waardecreatie uit ongestructureerde data met Universiteit Twente en Taskforce F35. Maart 31, 2022, Innovatiekracht, Waardecreatie uit ongestructureerde data met Universiteit Twente en Taskforce F35. Bij deze editie van Innovatiekracht praten we met Paul Havinga, Maurice van Keulen (Universiteit Twente) en Peter Ort (Taskforce F35) over waardecreatie uit ongestructureerde data.
Januari 11, 2022, BNN-VARA, Reference man in de technologie. Januari 11, 2022, BNN-VARA, Reference man in de technologie. Reference man in de technologie. Er bestaan seksistische en racistische algoritmes. Uitleg fairness/bias in gezichtsherkenning door Luuk Spreeuwers.
August 24, 2021, Zorgen over gezichtsherkenning bij uitvinder Raymond Veldhuis zelf: vooringenomenheid ligt op de loer August 24, 2021, Zorgen over gezichtsherkenning bij uitvinder Raymond Veldhuis zelf: vooringenomenheid ligt op de loer ENSCHEDE - Net nu hij zich echt zorgen begint te maken over het gebruik van uitvindingen uit zijn vakgebied moet hij met pensioen. Raymond Veldhuis is hoogleraar biometrie en gezichtsherkenning. „Het is een handig middel voor toegangscontrole, maar misbruik ligt op de loer.”
July 2, 2021, Denkstappen kunstmatige intelligentie niet langer in nevelen gehuld July 2, 2021, Denkstappen kunstmatige intelligentie niet langer in nevelen gehuld
June 16, 2021, Prototree addressing the black box nature of deep learning models June 16, 2021, Prototree addressing the black box nature of deep learning models
October 28, 2020, Penalty kicks, psychology and participative journalism October 28, 2020, Penalty kicks, psychology and participative journalism Field research in optima forma, that is what you can call the graduation project of master's student Interaction Technology, Max Slutter. Over the past few months, he has been studying what happens in the minds of football players when they take penalties. Location of the experiment: the campus sports fields.
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