BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Alumni event on Entrepreneurship in Business Analytics and AI METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250604T150000 DTEND:20250604T171500 DTSTAMP:20250604T150000 UID:2025/alumni-event-on-entrepren@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20250502T012348 LOCATION:Theatre 9 NU Building SUMMARY:Alumni event on Entrepreneurship in Business Analytics and AI X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Alumni of the studies B usiness Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Artificial Intellig ence, and Business & Innovation are welcome to join a special event w ith engaging knowledge sessions and interactive activities. We greatl y appreciate your presence!
Margrethe Jonkman, President of th e Executive Board of VU Amsterdam, will kick off the event. After thi s, in five short talks, each lasting 15 minutes, we will showcase VU- startups that have grown from deep scientific expertise to successful enterprises.
CCmath is the go-to partner for scientific workforc e management for the past twenty years. Founded by VU researchers Ger Koole and Auke Pot, the company excels in bringing scientific expert ise, advanced machine learning, and AI algorithms to the call center industry. Hear from co-founder Prof. Ger Koole and senior scientist S iqiao Li about their journey and innovations.
Per sonalAIze is a pioneering company at the forefront of person alized services, with a strong focus on healthcare. They leverage sta te-of-the-art machine learning techniques developed in academic resea rch and bring them to practical applications. CEO & co-founder Pr of. Sandjai Bhulai discusses how new developments in research can cre ate new personalized services in industry
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ONOS Care offers innovative and intelligent solutions to opt
imize staff scheduling and capacity planning in long-term care settin
gs. They address workforce challenges, enhance operational efficiency
, and ultimately improve patient care. Founding partner, René Bekker
, also an associate professor at VU, will share his insights on their
impactful work.
Pon-Lensor is pa
rt of Pon, a startup specializing in automated vehicle damage inspect
ions using artificial intelligence. They aim to enhance efficiency an
d transparency in fleet management and car rental operations. Alumnus
Robin Ruitenbeek, CTO & co-founder, will share his entrepreneuri
al journey, the challenges and successes of scaling a tech startup re
shaping the automotive industry.
Python Lib raries: Leon Lan, a fourth-year PhD candidate in Operat ions Research at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, is the developer of Py VRP and PyJobShop, two open-source Python libraries that are transfor ming how we approach routing and scheduling challenges. Leon will sha re his journey in building these tools to solve complex logistics and manufacturing problems.
We are also celebrating the 35th anniversary of one o
f our programmes, Business Analytics. Therefore, the event will have
a festive touch, including a pub quiz with questions about the histor
y of all the programmes present this afternoon. Alessandro Zocca will
give a sneak peek of our new Lifetime Development programm
e at the Beta Faculty. We will close the meeting by raising a glass w
ith peers and old acquaintances, in celebration of many more years of
our programmes.