NEPTARGOS project is an interdisciplinary action and joint effort of universities, civil society organizations, research institutions, social scientists, and large companies that seeks to enhance cyber knowledge and understanding of the North Sea maritime infrastructure, fostering security-by-design and resilience-by-design on the modern cyber-physical systems of this maritime environment. In that context, the project will research, develop, validate, and promote an adaptive and holistic Cyber-Physical Security (CPS) governance framework that will foster the design, implementation and enforcement of effective, evidence-based, scenario-centric measures and policies against adversarial cyber-physical attacks.

This project aims to advance mental health care by using brain signals to help diagnose and predict outcomes of mental disorders. By analyzing large amounts of brain recordings with advanced AI, researchers will create a detailed map of how these measurements vary among people during language comprehension. This approach supports precision medicine, recognizing that each patient is different and requires personalized care. The goal is to find the right treatment at the right time for the right patient, improving outcomes and making mental health care more effective, accessible, and tailored to individual needs while reducing strain on healthcare systems.

Low iron levels are detrimental for your health, and possibly even for cognitive and mental well-being. As these tests are invasive and expensive, large and high quality data on how iron may impact your well-being is lacking. Furthermore, small studies show that the colour of your nails may also be used to analyse iron levels. In this project, we will assess hemoglobin values, nail images, cognitive functioning, and depressive symptoms data from a large, heterogeneous and healthy sample and 2) develop a prototype of an artificial intelligence driven app able to assess iron levels through photographs taken with your smartphone.

The NWO Open Competition XS project "Iron-clad blood, iron-clad mind?" focuses on developing 1) an algorithm for the non-invasive measurement of iron levels through nail photos, and 2) an online test to measure cognitive functions, in healthy adults, over time. These tools have the potentially beneficial for various stakeholders in healthcare. However, the sustainable development of such AI-driven apps on a large scale depends on complex legal issues. This project aims to explore the extent to which it is economically and regulatorily feasible to further develop these apps into working products for users across the world.

De jaarlijkse MathPsych/ICCM conferentie, georganiseerd door de Society for Mathematical Psychology en de Cognitive Modeling group, is een toonaangevend evenement voor onderzoekers die wiskundige en computationele methoden gebruiken om menselijke cognitie te bestuderen. Experts uit verschillende vakgebieden zoals informatica, neurowetenschappen, psychologie en statistiek komen hier bijeen. De conferentie toont baanbrekend onderzoek naar cognitieve theorieën en moedigt interdisciplinaire samenwerking aan, waarbij onderwerpen aan bod komen variërend van perceptie tot complex redeneren, in de context van neurowetenschappelijke toepassingen.