Within the Young Talent Prizes, there are two categories:
KHMW Afstudeerprijzen
These prizes recognise exceptional academic achievements (master’s thesis or research report) by students graduating in the current academic year (2023/2024) from a Dutch institution for scientific education.
- Physics: Annique Krieg (1st prize, €3000), for her thesis ‘Towards a correlated quantum simulator’, supervisor Alex Khajetoorians
- Computer Science: Wietze Koops (1st prize, €3000), for his thesis ‘A* Algorithms for DEC-POMDPs’, supervisor Sebastian Junges
- Data Science: Coen Schoof ( 1st prize, €3000), for his thesis ‘EmoBack: Backdoor Attacks Against Speaker Identification Using Emotional Prosody’, supervisor Stjepan Picek
- Responsible Internet: Kimberley Frings (2nd prize, €1000), for her thesis ‘An Analysis of Third- Party Tracking on Online EU Pharmacies’, supervisor Gunes Acar
KNMW Aanmoedigingsprijzen
These prizes, worth €500 each, are awarded for the best academic results in the first year of study (academic year 2023/2024) at a Dutch institution for scientific education.
- Physics: Mathijs Rietbergen
- Chemistry: Joanna Piotrowska
- Biology: Sarah Kervel
- Mathematics: Wouter Zandsteeg
- Computer Science: Tianchen Xu
- Artificial Intelligence: Ella Kemperman