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Climate-neutral Brainport 2040: Circular water hubs

We proudly announce a landmark collaboration between Eindhoven Engine, Rijkswaterstaat, and a coalition of visionary partners. This agreement, officially kicked off during the Festival of Disruption 2025, marks a decisive step toward achieving a climate-neutral Brainport by 2040 through circular water hubs.

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Build a Privacy‑ Preserving Local LLM for Mijke

More than 40,000 individuals aged 18-40 in the Eindhoven region have limited basic skills. This means they struggle with reading, writing, numeracy and/or digital skills, hindering their full participation in society. This includes tasks like grocery shopping and understanding letters from the municipality. 

 

 

One of our key innovations is ‘Mijke the Matchbot’, an AI-powered assistant. Mijke offers both voice and text interactions to ensure users with lack of basic skills receive the support they need efficiently

Currently we are seeking a motivated graduation student with a passion for technology, innovation, and making an impact in society! Your skills and enthusiasm can make a real difference in improving basic skills and digital literacy.

Assignment

Develop and evaluate a privacy-preserving local LLM for Mijke’s matching engine.

Tasks may include:

  • Explore and benchmark local LLMs vs. commercial/API models (cost, performance, privacy)
  • Support development of an automated feedback loop to improve matching logic
  • Optimize model performance and maintain the system for testing and demo’s

Skills and competencies

  • Python experience
  • Basic ML/NLP knowledge
  • You enjoy working with others
  • Familiarity with LLMS
  • Creativity and a proactive mindset
  • Interest in ethical AI and social impact

You will work fulltime (40h) a week for 4-6 months on this project! Ready to harness the power of technology for positive social change?

Is your interest piqued?

Ready to harness the power of technology for positive social change? Your skills and enthusiasm can make a real difference in improving basic skills and digital literacy.

We are looking for:

HBO students: Last year of Bachelor program
WO students: Last year of Bachelor program or in his/her Master program
with a background in Computer Science, Data Science, ICT or related fields

 

Starting date/ duration of project

Duration:  4 – 6 months
Hours: Full time (40h/week)

Contact

Merel Notten | Project leader Inclusive Society