Every year via celebrates its birthday on August 6, this event is called the dies. This year the dies is even more festive because via celebrates its 20th birthday! Even though we are on a summer break, we will still celebrate with drinks (borrel). Members are invited to join us on August 6 at Proeflokaal 't Blauwe Theehuis in the Vondelpark. via will cover (most of) the cost for beer, wine and soda. We hope to see you soon!

During the event we will follow the corona guidelines.

Are you new to your studies and would you like to get to know your fellow students? That's possible! Every year, via organises the glorious freshmen weekend, where you and more than 150 other students will experience the weekend of your life.

We'll depart on October 1st from Science Park by bus, heading to a beautiful location in the province of North Brabant where we'll spend the weekend. The freshmen weekend is the perfect time to get to know the students you'll spend the rest of your years at the UvA with!

Do you want more information? You can always send an e-mail to weekend@svia.nl

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After a data science model has been developed and validated, getting business value depends on being able to reliably and securely run the model. Especially in an industry with highly sensitive data, such as the banking industry, it is crucial that the model runs in a secure environment and that the data that runs through it is safe and shielded at all times.

So, how should you go about putting a machine learning model in such a production environment? Iman Hitli and Mara Leest, who work as Analytics consultants at Avanade, will show a real-life example from a project they do at a large Dutch bank. ...