ORTEC Participates in Dutch AI Coalition

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Zoetermeer, Netherlands ORTEC announces to have recently joined the Dutch AI Coalition (NL AIC). This coalition of Dutch commercial, non-profit and governmental organizations commits to accelerating Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives to position The Netherlands as the frontrunner in the development and application of AI for economic and social value. One of these initiatives is U-Prevent, an interactive mathematical model that indicates for each individual patient the effect of medicines on cardiovascular diseases. U-Prevent is an initiative by ORTEC, UMC Utrecht, Erasmus MC, LUMC, Amsterdam UMC, Amphia Ziekenhuis Breda, Harvard Medical School, and the association of cardiologists.

Date20 Jul 2020

Accelerating AI applications to create value for business and society at large

“Because of its generic character AI will have an impact on business and society at large. Accelerating our efforts by stimulating collaboration on a national level now, will enable us to solve the most complex economic and social challenges of the future”, says Prof. Dr. Gerrit Timmer, Chief Science Officer at ORTEC. The purposes of ORTEC and the NL AIC fit like a glove. “It goes without saying that ORTEC is eager to contribute on a national level by applying our long-standing expertise on algorithms and automated decision-making. Combining our expertise with those of other reputable organizations will help us bringing to live our purpose to improve the world using our passion for mathematics.”

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“Accelerating our efforts by stimulating collaboration on a national level now, will enable us to solve the most complex economic and social challenges of the future.”

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One of the most important objectives of the NL AIC is to realize impactful AI-innovations in at least ten economic and social industries within three years. To accelerate these initiatives, NL AIC has chosen several use cases in different industries it will stimulate. For the human capital and health care industry, one of these cases is U-Prevent. “Clinical decision support tools help to adapt medication and intervention to an individual patient”, says John Jacobs, Data Scientist at ORTEC. “U-Prevent is an example of such a support tool that combines data science with scientific research to improve our healthcare of the future.”

To learn more about the NL AIC and its application areas, click here (Dutch link).

About NL AIC

The Dutch AI Coalition is a public-private cooperation through which governments, education and research institutions, businesses and social organizations commit to joint efforts in accelerating AI-developments and connect AI-initiatives in the Netherlands.