News & In the media

On 19 April dr. Caroline Nevejan, principal investigator, and dr. Scott Cunningham, data director of research programme City Rhythm presented the book “City Rhythm, logbook of an exploration” to alderman Pieter Litjens of the city of Amsterdam and district secretary Bas van Sprew of the Amsterdam Southeast district.

Maandag kwamen de Verenigde Staten en Groot-Brittannië met een gezamenlijke waarschuwing. Volgens beide landen infiltreren Russische hackers op grote schaal apparaten, met als doel het Westen dwars te zitten. Zorgen over spionage door de Chinese overheid zijn er al langer. Michel van Eeten, hoogleraar cybersecurity aan de Technische Universiteit Delft, noemde de beschuldigingen in november nog "onzuiver". "Er is minstens zoveel reden, zo niet meer, om de Amerikaanse apparatuur te wantrouwen", zei hij destijds tegen NU.nl.

Martin de Jong gave a presentation at the 1st Annual Holland Science Network in China Congress. He presented on the topic city branding and urban transformation. Stientje van Veldhoven, State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management participated in the event in which some 50 Dutch scientists currently working in China exchanged knowledge with Chinese academics.

The newly established 4TU Centre on Resilience Engineering received funding for a research programme to design Systems for Informed Resilience Engineering (DeSIRE). A changing climate and growing population in a world that is more and more interconnected, make societies vulnerable to incidents, disasters and prolonged stress. We need resilient systems in society to deal with challenges such as climate change, migration, the energy transition and disruptive shocks such as hurricanes and floods.

Our faculty is proud to host the Technology, Management & Policy (TMP) Graduate Consortium 2018 annual meeting. This year the meeting will be held on June 18 and 19 at the TU Delft campus in The Hague. There will also be social activities on Sunday, June 17.