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Public values

Within education and research, we work together to create a secure digital environment. How do we safeguard autonomy, justice and humanity in a world of increasing digitalisation and vendor dependence? Public values guide us and help us make the right decisions. In what way are these values intertwined with SURF's activities?
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Towards transparent, fair and verifiable use of AI

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TNO, NFI and SURF are working as non-profit organisations on GPT-NL, a national open language model. At the end of February, the progress report was published, summarising the latest results. R&D…

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What you need to know about... Nextcloud

The dependence on one dominant tech supplier for communication and data storage is raising more and more questions in education and research. How do you keep control of your data? What alternatives are there? And what does that require from institutions?
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Alexandra van Huffelen: driver of big moves

"AI can be applied in education and research in a values-driven way"

Digital transition has been a central theme throughout Alexandra van Huffelen’s career. Now, as president of the Executive Board of Radboud University Nijmegen, she is committed to digital autonomy and the development of the region.
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Open source alternative for collaboration and document management

Education and research move forward with Nextcloud

SURF will roll out the collaboration platform Nextcloud on a wide scale. After successful experiences during an internal pilot and a pilot with the AlgoSoc consortium, SURF members will soon be able…
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Nati Sack: responsible tech

AI could make people more creative

For philosopher and AI researcher Nati Sack, responsible AI is not just a concept to reflect upon. It is a way of doing things, of taking responsibility and of making conscious decisions. "Developers make what people want."
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"I love the solidarity within the SURF cooperative"

Paul Hillman: man on a mission

Paul Hillman is CIO of the MUMC+. Until a year ago, he regularly walked around in the uniform of the US Air Force. Two completely different worlds with one important similarity, according to Paul: a mission focused mindset. "IT is not important, what matters to me is the people," he says.
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Book publication (only in Dutch)

Publieke waarden zijn fundamentele aspecten bij een robuuste sociaal-technische onderwijsomgeving. Lees wat SURF hierover publiceerde in het boek "Multidisciplinaire aspecten van digital security" (februari 2022).

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Publieke Waarden

Onderwijs- en onderzoeksinstellingen werken hard om studenten en medewerkers een goede en veilige digitale omgeving te bieden. Daarbij worden we geconfronteerd met dilemma’s: hoe borgen we waarden als rechtvaardigheid, autonomie en menselijkheid, terwijl aan de andere kant de afhankelijkheid van dominante commerciële partijen groeit? De community publieke waarden gaat over het samen verkennen van deze dilemma’s, het vormen van visie en het delen van praktische tools en hulpmiddelen.
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