Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance

With our research, we enable companies and entrepreneurs to reduce their footprint on space, materials, employees and human beings with the help of digital technology.

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About

We combine perspectives from tech and business and we mainly focus on the high-tech manufacturing industry (including agro and health), smart mobility and fintech. We develop digital technology, but also investigate its role in business operations and the value chain.

We combine perspectives from tech and business and we mainly focus on the high-tech manufacturing industry (including agro and health), smart mobility and fintech. We develop digital technology, but also investigate its role in business operations and the value chain.

In addition, we develop education for students and employees in which the focus points are: solving issues related to sustainable development, (in)equality and digital technology. Students learn how to shape a sustainable economy through smart technology and data. Not only through education, but also by letting students participate in scientific research.

Currently, seven research groups are part of Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance: Change Management, Data Driven Marketing, Fotonica, New Finance, Platform Economy, Smart Sensor Systems & Smart Sustainable Manufacturing.

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Projects

ScaleUpCycle

How can local initiatives contribute to realizing the materials transition?

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The Detectable Vegetable

The project aims to minimize diseases and spoilage of horticultural vegetables in greenhouse cultivation.

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Securing infrastructure with photonics (SUNSPOT)

Large infrastructure objects such as a bridge or viaduct need to be monitored to guarantee safety and to optimise maintenance.

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News

12 December 2024

Research

From Cash to Code: The future of digital money and its impact on the financial system

The event From Cash to Code on 6 December 2024 explored the impact of crypto assets and digital central bank currencies on the future of the financial system.

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13 March 2024

Research

Testing innovative ideas with AI

René Bohnsack gave a presentation about how entrepreneurs and teachers can use AI to develop sustainable business models.

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8 February 2024

Research

Launch of Research Project 'Mbo-students in Action for Plant-Based Food'

At the heart of the project are Mbo students: their perceptions of plant-based food, their consumption of plant-based food, and the solutions they themselves propose to increase the consumption of plant-based food.

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Team Digital Operations and Finance

Publications

Electromagnetic fields: present and future challenges for occupational safety and health

In this discussion paper, John Bolte and Sam Aerts from the Smart Sensor Systems research group examine the current and future risks of electromagnetic fields in the workplace. They highlight the limited understanding of safe exposure levels and the need for regular updates to legislation and guidelines. Continuous monitoring and research are essential to ensure proper protection for workers.

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General Feasibility Report: Implications for setting up Savings Groups in Europe

This feasibility report aims to create a solid background for Savings Groups programming in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands where partner organisations of the LETS SAVEE project are based. This Erasmus+ funded project aims at exploring the potential of saving groups in the European countries’ context, by improving entrepreneurial skills and access to financial services and social networks of diverse target groups.

By: Julie-Marthe Lehmann
This feasibility report aims to create a solid background for Savings Groups programming in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands where partner organisations of the LETS SAVEE project are based. This Erasmus+ funded project aims at exploring the potential of saving groups in the European countries’ context, by improving entrepreneurial skills and access to financial services and social networks of diverse target groups.

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Balancing the social and financial sides of the coin

Two things are important in order to participate properly in society: being financially healthy and having a solid social network. They are two sides of the same coin. How do you keep it balanced? Researcher Julie-Marthe Lehmann set up five financial self-help groups and followed them for two years. In her research she shows that participating the group increases the social network and financial insight of the members.

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Sensor fusion of odometer, compass and beacon distance for mobile robots

The estimation of the pose of a differential drive mobile robot from noisy odometer, compass, and beacon distance measurements is studied. The estimation problem, which is a state estimation problem with unknown input, is reformulated into a state estimation problem with known input and a process noise term. A heuristic sensor fusion algorithm solving this state-estimation problem is proposed and compared with the extended Kalman filter solution and the Particle Filter solution in a simulation experiment.

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Report

The effects of the CSRD on SMEs

The CSRD is a European directive that requires large and listed companies to also report on sustainability in their annual reports. The Hague University of Applied Sciences researched how the CSRD impacts SMEs.

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Article

Electromagnetic fields: present and future challenges for occupational safety and health

In this discussion paper, John Bolte and Sam Aerts from the Smart Sensor Systems research group examine the current and future risks of electromagnetic fields in the workplace.

Report

General Feasibility Report: Implications for setting up Savings Groups in Europe

This feasibility report aims to create a solid background for Savings Groups programming in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands where partner organisations of the LETS SAVEE project are based.

Thesis

Balancing the social and financial sides of the coin

Two things are important in order to participate properly in society: being financially healthy and having a solid social network. They are two sides of the same coin. How do you keep it balanced?

Article

Sensor fusion of odometer, compass and beacon distance for mobile robots

The estimation of the pose of a differential drive mobile robot from noisy odometer, compass, and beacon distance measurements is studied. The estimation problem, which is a state estimation problem with...