The Noise Gap – interactive art on the Gender Gap in science
Causes of the gender gap and manifestations of gender bias in science have been extensively researched and demonstrated. Yet this sound is often not heard. To draw attention to this issue, an interactive sound artwork is coming to the Science Park campus.
For example, at the Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science (UvA), only 31% of all academic staff are women. And the higher the position, the fewer women: only 16% of all professors are women (FNWI, 2020). Women are perceived as less talented (Leslie et al., 2015), female students and academics are less likely to receive research funding (Vanderlee & Ellemens, 2015), and equal curricula vitae for academic positions are valued more highly for men than for women ( Moss-Racusin et al., 2015).
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Amsterdam AI and Smart Health Amsterdam: joining together for an innovative future
Big news! Amsterdam AI and Smart Health Amsterdam are joining together for an innovative future in what Geert ten Dam, chair of the Amsterdam AI governing board, calls “the next logical step” in Amsterdam’s development as an international hotspot for responsible AI.
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ADS TECH020 Career Fair Recap
The annual ADS TECH020 Career Fair took place on April 13th at Lab42, Amsterdam Science Park. We hosted 16 companies and 200 students who made it a lively and interactive event. Few of the companies that attended where: KPN, Cloudflight, UWV, Creative Clicks B.V., Aurai, Xebia Data, Savills and Equals.Amsterdam. *Photo credit by Teus Hagen
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ADS Partner Dinner | Invitation Only
ADS will host its second ADS Partner Dinner on June 1st at Mediamatic in Amsterdam.