Case studies

How can you responsibly train AI agents to search scientific sources without providing incorrect answers? Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences is conducting research into this. Researchers are using an AI-hub to ensure that language models are deployed reliably and responsibly. This enhances safety, privacy, compliance and transparency in education and research.

Within the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE), many parties collaborate to make digital heritage visible and accessible. To achieve this, the network develops software applications using containers on a Kubernetes infrastructure. The NDE platform was migrated from an American cloud provider to SURF.

How do you find, in a complex network like the human brain, the one spot that causes a short circuit? For neurologist and professor Maeike Zijlmans (UMC Utrecht), this is part of her daily work. Together with Erasmus MC and SURF, she worked on a method that uses augmented reality (AR) to make invisible details visible during surgery.

SURF Time&Frequency gives researchers access to unprecedented measurement precision via fibre. University lecturer Jeroen Koelemeij, for instance, uses the service to measure atomic vibrations to twelve decimal places. The technology is also being investigated as a safer alternative to GPS. Read how it works in this real-life story.

Collaborative research requires safe data sharing – both inside and outside the institution. Yet this does not always happen automatically in mbo and hbo. With these 10 tips, you will discover how to use Research Drive and other storage and data management services successfully in your organisation.

"Education is music, and the institution is the orchestra. My educational dream is that we find ways to play more harmoniously as an orchestra." Speaking is Pien Walraven, information manager at Radboud University since the end of 2022. With a lexicon for education, she wants to improve ensemble playing.

Can we use technology to better motivate students who are at risk of falling behind? Can we closely monitor learning outcomes in lessons involving large groups of students? And can we make interventions to improve learning outcomes scalable and sustainable? Find the answers in this article.

A single expired TLS certificate can prevent thousands of students and researchers from accessing their data. That’s a mistake educational and research institutions cannot afford to make. The solution lies in automating IT processes. Two IT experts from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW-HuC) explain why they chose to automatically manage SSL certificates through SURF.