Use machine learning to estimate chance of moving
‘A breakthrough in how we think about bias’ – that is how professor Jaap van den Herik at Leiden University described Statistics Netherlands (CBS) researcher Quinten Meertens’ PhD thesis ‘Misclassification...
On 18 January 2022, Eduardo Villamor Martinez obtained his PhD cum laude from Maastricht University.
How to improve the estimate of the total amount of solar energy generated in the Netherlands. One of these projects is Deep Solaris. In this project, we evaluated several Deep Learning methods to automatically...
Pipelines are becoming a key form of transport.
The continuation of the previous school types for children with learning and behavioural difficulties (LOM) and children with learning difficulties (MLK), and for toddlers whose development requires special...
One target group for special education, both primary and secondary.
The COVID-19 crisis has brought with it a great need for reliable data, and national statistical offices (NSOs) are playing an important role in this regard.
Bert Kroese (54), Deputy Director General of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), will be appointed Chief Statistician and Data Officer and Director of the Statistics Department of the International Monetary...
Import, export value and trade balance of goods; SITC (3 digits) and countries.
Almost half of teenage girls in the Netherlands regularly or frequently feel pressure to perform because of internal expectations. The proportion is lower among boys: 3 in 10.
A form of special education for children with moderate learning difficulties. Used to be called vso-mlk.
Until 1998 secondary education for children who require a special approach due to behavioural or learning difficulties or a physical disability.
Analysis of big data is becoming ever more important for governments to facilitate effective, sustainable policy choices
In the first few months of 2021, 47 percent of young people in the Netherlands between the ages of 12 and 25 indicated that their lives were negatively affected by the coronavirus crisis in general.
Walkie-talkies, (mobile) phones, fax machines, Internet, e-mail, messenger services, etc.
The end of last year saw the second edition of the Big Data Meets Survey Science conference online: the BigSurv20.
The use of non-probability data as a primary data source in official statistics is currently an active field of research.
This paper describes the search for a sensor system that is accurately and validly capable to recognise physical activity and its intensity. Different methods to estimate the intensity of physical activity...
Schools providing primary and secondary education to children with learning difficulties and behavioural problems or children with physical or sensory disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Until 1998 primary education for children requiring a special approach due to behavioural problems, learning disabilities or physical problems (from the age of four).
In the period 1998-2002 the continuation of secondary education to children with learning difficulties and behavioural problems (VSO-LOM and VSO-MLK).
Solar power is an important renewable energy source. This article explains the research conducted by Statistics Netherlands to map the numbers and locations of solar panels more accurately using deep learning...
This research explored the possibilities of ‘machine learning’ in predicting the inflow into or outflow from the social domain in the municipality of Eindhoven.
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has worked step-by-step towards a new application landscape in recent years.