The latest news about Radboud University.
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Prestigious Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Joan Daemen
Joan Daemen, Professor of Symmetric Cryptography at Radboud University, has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies together with Vincent Rijmen.
Robbert Krebbers wins Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2026
The Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2026 has been awarded to Robbert Krebbers, associate professor of Software Science at Radboud University.
NWO Vidi grants for research into inequality, ammoniac and the reading life of teens
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded thirteen Nijmegen researchers Vidi funding of up to 850,000 euros. This will allow them to develop their own line of research and set up a research group over the next five years.
Nils Jansen appointed Professor of Safe and Dependable Artificial Intelligence
As of September 1, 2025, Nils Jansen has been appointed Professor of Safe and Dependable Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Science.
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Veni grants for eleven Radboud researchers
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to eleven young researchers of the Radboud University. With this grant of up to 320.000 euro they can further elaborate their own ideas during a period of three years.
What do scientists say about sustainable ICT?
Onze digitale voetafdruk groeit en groeit. Daarom reflecteren in deze editie van ‘Wat zeggen wetenschappers over…’ drie wetenschappers op duurzaam ICT-gebruik.
New research highlights privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex
An international research collaboration discovered a potential privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex bridging persistent identifiers to browsing histories. Native Android apps, such as Facebook or Instagram, silently listen on fixed local ports.
This AI-model is more certain about uncertainty
Thom Badings developed a new method to include this uncertainty in predictive algorithms, so that a safer AI-solution can be achieved. His PhD defence takes place on 27 March at Radboud University.
New method for assessing power grid reliability
Researchers at Radboud University have developed a new method to calculate the reliability of the power grid. This new method, based on Graph Neural Networks, is not only a thousand times faster but also more accurate than current methods.
In Memoriam Hans Zantema
It is with great sadness that we share the news that our colleague Hans Zantema passed away on January 28 2025 after a short illness.
Open Competitie ENW-XL supports research into higgsboson, topology and other fundamental topics
With the Open Competition ENW-XL, fundamental research projects receive 64 million euros for the chance of a breakthrough. In four of the 21 projects, researchers from Radboud University or Radboudumc are the main applicants.
Holland High Tech subsidy for optimising the engineering of control software
In this project, a collaboration with ASML, Frits Vaandrager and Dennis Hendriks will work on a state-of-the-art approach for designing supervisory controllers, called synthesis-based engineering (SBE).
ERC Consolidator Grants for research on synthetic cells, programming and air showers
Three Radboud University researchers are set to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
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KHMW Young Talent Prizes for ten Radboud Students
Ten students from Radboud University received a Young Talent Prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) on 25 November 2024.
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Vidi grants for research into polarisation, privacy, Parkinson and more
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded thirteen Nijmegen researchers Vidi funding of up to 850,000 euros. This will allow them to develop their own line of research and set up a research group over the next five years.
Yuliya solves societal issues with AI and machine learning
Yuliya Shapovalova is a researcher and assistant professor in Data Science and uses machine learning and AI assist to find solutions for societal issues.
Computer output always lags behind; law is forward-looking
Automatisering van het recht is risicovol, en daarom is het belangrijk dat de juridische informatica van de toekomst door juristen en informatici samen ontwikkeld wordt en in lijn is met rechtsstatelijke waarborgen, aldus Mireille Hildebrandt.
Frits Vaandrager receives NWO-ENW M grant for automatic software testing
Professor of Software Science Frits Vaandrager has been awarded an open competition NWO-ENW M grant to support a 5-year research project which aims to develop innovative machine learning algorithms for testing complex software systems.
Roel Vertegaal was interviewed by Ben van der Burg en Herbert Blankesteijn for BNR’s De Technoloog.
Roel Vertegaal was interviewed by Ben van der Burg en Herbert Blankesteijn for BNR’s De Technoloog.
Roel Vertegaal appointed Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
Roel Vertegaal has been appointed Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Radboud University’s Faculty of Science effective May 1, 2024.