Welcome to BISS! We're a hub for bright minds diving into the fascinating world of data. At BISS, we're not just about teaching and researching data science; we're on a mission to make a real impact on society. By harnessing the power of AI and data science, we aim to tackle important challenges and create positive change. Join us in shaping a smarter, data-driven future at BISS!
Our work
How can we recognize sound when it is out of sight?
We combine AI and neuroscience to find out more about how the brain works when it recognizes sounds.
In progressProjectWorking towards a clear and simple welfare application
We use data and behavioral science to improve the welfare application of a municipality.
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Wat een fantastische inzet en een geweldig resultaat! Vrijdag 12 juni heeft het team van BISS (@Brightlands Institute for Smart Society van Maastricht University) keihard gewerkt en maar liefst vier projecten succesvol afgerond en hiermee vier hulpontvangers hartstikke blij gemaakt! Van schilderen en laminaat leggen tot tuinonderhoud en ritten naar het stort: met de juiste energie kun je samen een grote impact maken, dat hebben de medewerkers van de UM wel laten zien. Stichting Present Parkstad dankt jullie voor de mooie samenwerking en deze waardevolle maatschappelijke dag! SamenSterk Vrijwilligerswerk ImpactMaken Limburg Trots MaastrichtUniversity Brightlands
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BISS NEWS | New colleagues To go together with the beautiful summer weather, we'd like to share some good news from BISS! Recently, our team has grown, and we're excited to welcome not one, not two, but three new colleagues: David Henry Francis Wicker, student assistant, joins us as a full-stack developer and researcher, applying computational methods, network analysis and AI to advance legal technology and legal research. Hannes Westermann joins BISS on a two-year secondment from Maastricht University Faculty of Law. He will contribute his expertise in AI governance, digital regulation and law & technology to our new project on accessible legal data. Shashank Subramanya strengthens our
NewsInspiration sessions Data science
3 inspiration sessions where participants will get insights and tools to increase the impact of data in their work.
EducationTraining Data Interpretation, Ethics & Security
In 2 days, data science will be explained in an interdisciplinary manner using a case from the organization.
EducationBETTER: Responsible data analytics in healthcare
In the BETTER project, we are working on the integration of technical (and administrative) aspects with the ethical and societal aspects during AI development.
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BISS NEWS | Another project granted We are not slowing down and are happy to announce that our new NWO (Dutch Research Council) Thematic Digital Competence Centre (TDCC) project has been granted: LegalBlocks – FAIRified Lego-Style Application Development for Legal Research Software. Legal research often depends on complex and expensive software ecosystems. With LegalBlocks, we want to make legal research tooling more accessible, modular, and reusable. The project aims to develop a no-/low-code platform that enables researchers and potentially courts, government agencies, and other public institutions to create their own legal web applications through visual workflows, while automatical
NewsDigiMach: Smart, Sustainable, and Connected Manufacturing
Helping SMEs in our Euro-region accelerate their digital transformation
In progressProjectGraph-Augmented Dense Retrieval for Statutory Article Retrieval
Finding the Law: Enhancing Statutory Article Retrieval via Graph Neural Networks.
PublicationScientific publicationEnhancing customer support with AI
Improving the efficiency of customer support by using AI to answer the most common questions.
In progressProjectCan automated systems give good financial advice?
We investigate what good automated financial advice is, the ethical aspects, and communication.
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Current partners
Working together on accessibility
Collaboration with BISS helped us take a fresh look at a complex process like the social assistance application. By bringing together behavioral scientists, data scientists, and policymakers under the guidance of a design thinking facilitator, we developed an approach that is both human-centered and data-driven. Thanks to this interdisciplinary collaboration, we were able to truly take steps toward a simpler, clearer, and more accessible application process for our residents.
Working together on accessibility
Collaboration with BISS helped us take a fresh look at a complex process like the social assistance application. By bringing together behavioral scientists, data scientists, and policymakers under the guidance of a design thinking facilitator, we developed an approach that is both human-centered and data-driven. Thanks to this interdisciplinary collaboration, we were able to truly take steps toward a simpler, clearer, and more accessible application process for our residents.
