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AFAS takes action following SURF’s DPIA

SURF has carried out a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on AFAS’s Profit, an all-round HRM and payroll system. The assessment identified 14 high-risk issues. AFAS has indicated that it will…

News 02 July 2026

Public organisations join forces for Dutch speech recognition

Through the HOSAN project, SURF is collaborating with the government, research institutions, the media and civil society partners to develop high-quality, sovereign speech recognition for the Dutch…

News 25 June 2026
Anita Polderdijk-Rijntjes receives SURF Security & Privacy Award 2026

This year’s award goes to Anita Polderdijk-Rijntjes in recognition of her exceptional contribution to SCIPR, the security and privacy community in education and research. It honours her lasting…

News 25 June 2026
Working together on AI development

Highlights of the SURF Members’ Council meeting on 17 June 2026

The SURF Members’ Council meeting discussed, amongst other things, the annual report, the core service package, the AI hub, the reappointment of the WTR and the multi-year strategy. The past year at…

News 23 June 2026
SURFs Experimental Technologies Platform

Try out the latest processor technology for HPC and AI workload experiments

SURF’s open experimental platform is expanding to include the latest processor technology via installation of a Monaka test server. The first implementation of this technology in Europe is to improve…

News 18 June 2026
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Get a discount! Tickets for the SURF Onderwijsdagen 2026

From today, you can buy your ticket at an early-bird discount for the SURF Onderwijsdagen on 10 and 11 November in The Hague. Secure your place at an inspiring daytime programme and an exclusive…

News 16 June 2026
Swift national 'Future of Compute' vision needed to better exploit opportunities

Despite the Netherlands' strong starting position in the compute domain, opportunities currently often remain unexploited. This is due to the fragmentation of programmes that often operate…

News 28 May 2026
Update to Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Privacy risks Microsoft 365 Copilot remain ‘orange’ despite improvements

SURF continues to advise educational and research institutions to exercise caution when deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot. Although Microsoft has made improvements to the AI assistant since SURF first…

News 27 May 2026
Mariia Steeghs-Turchina (LUMC) receives SURF Research Support Award 2026

Good research cannot be achieved without good support. The SURF Research Support Award 2026 goes to Mariia Steeghs-Turchina, research (software) engineer at Leiden University Medical Centre. She…

News 19 May 2026

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