Futuring

New technologies like AI, XR, edge and quantum are enabling impactful applications. What does this mean for education and research institutions? With futuring, we look ahead and respond faster and more efficient to new developments. In this way, we jointly make better strategic choices for the future.

Kick-off Tech Trends report 2025-2026

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The Tech Trends report 2025-2026 was kicked off in early October 2024. Over 60 experts from SURF cooperative institutions will work in teams in the coming months on the various chapters of the…

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The impact of brain-computer interfaces for education and research

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Can we communicate with computers through our brains in the future? The technology that makes this possible, brain-computer interface, could change people's lives enormously. In the white paper below…

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SURF collaborates with students on quantum and neuromorphic computing challenges

News 14 November 2024

What is more sustainable: quantum computing or neuromorphic computing? And how can we create a new data center, including an AI factory, in a sustainable manner? These two challenges were tackled in…

Winners of the SURF Education Days 2024 bring innovation and connection to education

News 11 November 2024

During the SURF Education Days, three inspiring education professionals received the Education Award 2024. Anouschka van Leeuwen (Utrecht University), Marian Soepenberg-Zwanepol (Landstede MBO), and…

Five insights from Future Campus Webinar Week

News 09 October 2024

In September, SURF organised the Future Campus Webinar Week: a series of webinars in which education professionals, real estate staff and project leaders were inspired by the latest insights on…

What you need to know about brain-computing interfaces

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What is it? And what opportunities does this new technology offer for education? Listen to the podcast now.

Opname van podcast met Jan Michielsen (l) en Gül Akcaova (r)

What you need to know about... hype navigation

SURF Short 15 minutes

Hype always seems to come out of nowhere. Blockchain, AI: suddenly it's there, and seems to be everywhere. But is this actually the case?

Opname van podcast met Jan Michielse (l) en Niels Top (r)

Share your vision! SURF Tech Trends Report 2025-2026

News 02 May 2024

After a successful Tech Trends Report in 2023, SURF is about to start creating the trend report for 2025-2026 and you can become part of it!

Whitepaper: Is the 'Supercloud' the next stage of the cloud?

News 05 March 2024

The cloud is becoming increasingly larger and more important due to the increasing use of data storage and retrieval, also for education and research. As the need for cloud computing increases, the…

SURF Tech Trends

This trend report helps to understand the technological developments around us, put our observations in perspective and inspire. From a technology perspective, we give an overview of signals and trends, and also show some examples of how technology is evolving.

Rapport Tech Trends 2023Dutch, File extension: pdf (File size: 5 MB)

Futuring

Kick-off Tech Trends report 2025-2026

The impact of brain-computer interfaces for education and research

SURF collaborates with students on quantum and neuromorphic computing challenges

Winners of the SURF Education Days 2024 bring innovation and connection to education

Five insights from Future Campus Webinar Week

What you need to know about brain-computing interfaces

What you need to know about... hype navigation

Share your vision! SURF Tech Trends Report 2025-2026

Whitepaper: Is the 'Supercloud' the next stage of the cloud?

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