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Self-driving cars begin to understand road users’ behaviour
Drive around a busy Dutch city centre one day and observe everything that happens around you. As a driver, you have to constantly make choices. Does the pedestrian, who is suddenly crossing the road, see you? Will that van give you right of way? What is the mother with a child on the back of her bike planning to do? And then there’s the weather. You can be blinded by the sun. You see less in the shade and in the dark. The road could be slippery, or it could start to rain really hard. We’re usually unaware of how many intelligent decisions we make while driving, and the difficult conditions that we make them in.
So much more than 3D visualisation
Elmar Eisemann and Ruben Wiersma tell about how mathematics and computer graphics will enhance our perception of art.
Harnessing the power of AI to reshape urban landscapes
What do urban planners dream about? It might look a lot like a city-building game: to fly above a city, adding solar panels or installing double-paned glass everywhere, and instantly see the effects on energy use. Then maybe implement localised renewable energy, plant some trees, and replace all the sidewalks. Now, how resilient is your neighbourhood to a changing climate? This dream is becoming reality in the dizzying world of Digital Twins. And these already powerful tools are becoming even better and more accessible thanks to current developments in AI.
Better material models thanks to artificial intelligence
From buildings to aircraft or wind turbines - computer models are indispensable in calculating how much a large structure can withstand. Before they are actually built, they are simulated in detail. “Well, not really in microscopic detail, that would take too much calculation time and therefore be too expensive, but on the basis of averages,” says Ir. Joep Storm, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at TU Delft. The fact that there’s little wrong with wind turbines suggests that the models are working fine. Still, Storm wants to improve them, with the help of artificial intelligence. That’s how he became 'top user' of supercomputer DelftBlue.
Inverse modelling – for improved medical imaging and much more
Hanne Kekkonen specialises in the mathematics used to solve inverse problems. Applications include medical imaging, climate change, the evolution of competing languages, materials science and many more.
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We\Visit: combatting loneliness with video-calling
Visiting a loved one who’s critically ill: normally that’s possible, but due to the coronavirus, visiting ICUs is no longer permitted. The result is a lonely fight behind closed doors. In an attempt to combat the loneliness, researchers at Delft University of Technology have come up with We\Visit: a tool that facilitates video-calling by appointment. And it was developed at lightning speed after the Reinier de Graaf hospital sounded the alarm.
We\Visit: combatting loneliness with video-calling
Visiting a loved one who’s critically ill: normally that’s possible, but due to the coronavirus, visiting ICUs is no longer permitted. The result is a lonely fight behind closed doors. In an attempt to combat the loneliness, researchers at Delft University of Technology have come up with We\Visit: a tool that facilitates video-calling by appointment. And it was developed at lightning speed after the Reinier de Graaf hospital sounded the alarm.
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