Mariënburg Campus improvements

Vibrant new campus with international staff and small-scale education

The Mariënburg Campus in ‘s-Hertogenbosch is the main location of JADS and is located in the old Mariënburg Convent. The campus is set to become the country’s data science hotspot where old meets new. The campus has a rich history but also offers modern education facilities, as well as space for startups and partners. Above all the campus has been designed as a place where interaction, networking, training, master classes and the exchange of skills and know-how take place and feed the data science community.

JADS Marienburg will become a smart(er) building!

JADS Marienburg should be an environment where data is central and that of course includes the building in which we work. Therefore we aim to turn Marienburg into smart building that generates data about how it is used. For this purpose, JADS has established a partnership with BeSense, part of Heijmans using their sensor platform. As of January 31, most of the lecture rooms (MDB 0.33, 0.09, 0.10, 1.09, 1.10, 2.09 and 3.02) and some student project rooms (MDB 1.08 and 1.15) will be equipped with comfort sensors (CO2, humidity, temperature, noise) and presence sensors (counting the number of people entering and leaving the room). These sensors will capture the environmental conditions of these rooms, as well as how they are occupied during the day but will not be able to identify individual persons, so your privacy is guaranteed. Moreover, the data will be securely stored and access will be limited to researchers and students working on projects related to the sensor data. For example, this semester data will be used as part of a design project in the course JM0110 Creative Thinking and Innovative Design. In this course we will collect data about subjective perceptions of vitality and comfort in the room and link that to the data from the sensors to develop data-driven services for different stakeholders.
If you are interested to work with the data, please contact Martijn Willemsen, the project leader (M.C.Willemsen@jads.nl). If you have other questions, please email the housing committee at housing@jads.nl .

New digital locks for office

In previous newsletters we've referenced the upcoming installation of digital locks for our offices. The installation dates have now officially been planned so to make sure you won't get spooked by unidentified people screwing around with your office door here's a heads-up of the dates planned.

The locks work by using your TU/e card which will be automatically updated with your office and room authorization. If you feel something is not working as intended or you have any questions please let us know at housing@jads.nl

Please note: the locks function just like any other lock would. you will have to turn the cylinder yourself to lock your office / room.

Upcoming activities

During the past period we've hard at work adjusting the automatic dimming and auto shutdown of the lighting, if this is still an issue please mail to housing@jads.nl

December 2018

Offices on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor of the south wing (park side) and lecture rooms on the 3rd floor will have inside blinds installed in the week of 3-7 December. DONE
In the week of 3-7 December all coffee corners will receive a messageboard. These are usable for the entire organization including students to exchange information and invitations. DONE
Rails for hanging paintings and images will be installed during the week of 3-7 December. DONE
Installation of Emergency signs will be done during December as soon as the items are delivered. DONE

January 2019

Screens in the HotSpot areas in the basement. DONE. To use these you need to borrow a remote control from the reception
All offices will be getting electronic locks which can be opened by using your employee pass. Additional information about the implementation and start date will follow.

February 2019

The realization of a Togaroom (done)

March 2019

On 14 March 11 hubs will be installed on ceilings all throughout the campus. All these hubs will be installed in the hallways except for one being placed in 0.07
Friday 15 March and Monday 18 March the locks will be swapped out one by one;
Tuesday 19 March will be reserved for possible additional activities.

Improvements under preparation

Building of a bar and café, estimated completion: beginning of February 2019
Tables will be added to the first floor of the Chapel to create additional student workplaces, estimated completion: beginning of February 2019

For requests regarding housing you can mail to housing@jads.nl

A kind reminder

To keep things nice and tidy we would to ask you to put all furniture back in its original position, make sure to clean up your stuff and leave the flipovers where they are, if the urgent need for a flipover should arise (and we all know it will at some point) the reception has tablesized flipovers you can borrow.

Data Science hotspot

The Mariënburg Campus is a data science hotspot. The campus offers modern education facilities, as well as space for startups. But, above all it is designed as a place where interaction, networking, training, education and the exchange of skills and know-how feed the data science community.