Alan Turing Institute Almere

The Alan Turing Institute Almere (ATIA), founded in 2009, develops decision support systems; the mission of ATIA, located in the Netherlands, is to achieve improved diagnosis and individualized treatment. This is realized by integrating knowledge from different health domains and research disciplines (e.g. biomedical, neuropsychological and computational sciences) by using and developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. The goal is to support healthcare professionals with these systems.
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The research and development of the institute are based on the scientific work of Professor John-Jules Meyer with his team on artificial intelligence and agent technology, and the expertise of the ATIA researchers within the domain of healthcare. ATIA has a particular (non-exclusive) focus on cognitive capacity, obesity and female sexual dysfunction (FSD).

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is a discipline in between cognitive science and computer science aiming at making computer models of human intelligence or just making software more intelligent. Although AI has many subdisciplines, the one dealing with knowledge representation and reasoning with these representations is of vital importance. A knowledge-based system is an AI system in which knowledge domains are represented and reasoned with.

Obesity

Obesity is a chronic complex disease of multifactorial origin resulting from a long-term positive energy balance. Obesityinvolves both genetic and environmental factors and is primarily characterized by excess of body fat or white adipose tissue (WAT).
People do not only become obese for a variety of reasons, but once overweight or obese, they also respond differently to weight loss interventions. That makes obese people unique and therefore they require individually tailored therapies and weight loss interventions.

Female Sexual Dysfunction

Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) is a substantial problem, with research suggesting, for instance, that as many as 43% of American women experience sexual problems of some sort. For male erectile dysfunction, sildenafil (Viagra) has proven to be helpful. However, research with women suffering from FSD has been inconclusive; Until now, no satisfactory solution has been found for these disorders. The cause of sexual problems in women is much more complicated than insufficient genital blood flow. A multitude of factors, environmental, psychological, neurological and physiological, is likely to be involved in the development of any form of FSD.

Cognitive Reserve

Brain reserve may be defined as the brain's resilience, its ability to cope with increasing damage while still functioning adequately. But the emphasis in Cognitive Reserve is in the way the brain uses its damaged resources. It could be defined as the ability to optimize or maximize performance through differential recruitment of brain networks and/or alternative cognitive strategies. At the Alan Turing Institute Almere we will estimate both brain and cognitive reserve from individual differences in neural structures and activity.

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Board of Governers

dr. B. Olivier, chairman
dr. B. van Aken, MD, secretary

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Dr. J.J.A. Tuiten, Founder & Advisor

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