Expert finding systems (EFS) is a method of finding experts by typing in a search query that results in multiple expert profiles. An expert profile is a profile of a user that has certain knowledge and expertise. After a matching process between the search query and the available profiles in the system, …

ALTEN is een technisch consultancy- en engineeringsbureau dat gevestigd is in 25 landen. Het bedrijf is in Frankrijk in 1988 opgericht door de CEO Simen Azoulay. Huidig heeft ALTEN wereldwijd 30.000 werknemers in dienst en heeft een jaarlijkse omzet van 1,975 miljard euro. Binnen ALTEN Technology …

Binnen een periode van vier maanden heb ik bij Almende B.V. software gerealiseerd als onderdeel van het DIGICOR project. DIGICOR is een platform waarin partijen binnen supply chains kunnen samenwerken om zo de efficiëntie te verbeteren, kosten te besparen, risico’s te verminderen en innovatie te stimuleren. …

Does our knowledge about city and urban planning have solid ground? Can historical research promote creative thinking? How can we theorise about urban design and architecture in our age of the media? These questions have guided the creation of this multi-layered, richly documented and illustrated triptych, …

Over the past few years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the huge volume of data available in the cloud, and machines’ and software’s increasing capacity for learning have prompted an ever more widespread debate on the social consequences of these developments. Autonomous cars or the …

In the high-tech mechatronics world, aluminum and steel are well known materials, while carbon fiber is often neglected. In the RAAK project 'Composites in Mechatronics', the use of carbon fiber composites in mechatronics is investigated.

A damage estimation exercise has been carried out using the building stock inventory and population database of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and selected European earthquake loss estimation packages: KOERILOSS, SELENA, ESCENARIS, SIGE, and DBELA. The input ground-motions, common to all models, …

Penicillin acylase (PA) from Escherichia coli can catalyze the coupling of an acyl group to penicillin- and cephalosporin-derived beta-lactam nuclei, a conversion that can be used for the industrial synthesis of beta-lactam antibiotics. The modest synthetic properties of the wild-type enzyme make it …