Dutch Data Science Awards 2020 – Open for Submissions
The Foundation for the Dutch Data Science Awards, The Royal Dutch Society for Sciences and the sponsors Elsevier, Google, ING, Lubbers De Jong Tech PR, ORTEC and the University of Amsterdam are looking for individuals and organizations that have delivered an excellent achievement in Data Science and AI.
The award is divided into three categories, where social relevance and applicability are important criteria. All application areas and disciplines are eligible for the prizes:
- The Gerrit van Dijk Award for the best PhD thesis (defence between January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2019), including a prize of €3,000
- The Anthony Fokker Award for the most innovative startup (founded in or after 2015) –
- The Hendrik Lorentz Award for the best corporate or governmental project
Entries should be submitted before April 15th, 2020.
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