Symposium Software Engineering and AI
Researchers present empirical studies and new AI-driven methods addressing challenges in energy, industry and science. Topics include energy flexibility trading, large-scale data processing for the Einstein Telescope, automated invoice processing and computer vision.
Following the symposium, Stefano Bromuri presents his inaugural lecture, How to get a pen to write about itself. He explores coding practices, ethical implications and the role of AI co-pilots in modern software development.
Programme
| 13.00 - 13.25 pm | Dr. Bea Waelbers (Open Universiteit) - Smart Agents for Flexibility Trading in MAS4TE |
| 13.30 - 13.55 pm | Dr. Alessandro Revelli (DHL) - AI Models in Industry: OCRing the US Invoices |
| 13.55 - 14.15 pm | Coffee break |
| 14.15 - 14.40 pm | Dr. Tom Dooney (Nikhef) - The Einstein-telescoop and AI |
| 14.40 - 15.05 pm | Dr. Daniel Tan (Open Universiteit) - Engineering Neural Networks for Computer Vision Tasks |
| 15.05 - 15.55 pm | Reception with cakes, coffee and wine |
| 16.00 - 17.00 pm | Prof. dr. Stefano Bromuri - inaugural lecture: How to get a pen to write about itself |
Date and location
Date: Friday 6 November 2026
Time: from 13.00 uur till 17.00 pm
Location: Open Universiteit, Pretoria, Valkenburgerweg 177, Heerlen, the Netherlands
Registration
To attend the symposium and inaugural lecture, please register before 30 october 2026: ou.nl/uitnodiging. The inaugural lecture will also be streamed live: ou.nl/live.