Notable Faculty
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, professor of Computer Science who wrote the MINIX operating system, the inspiration and precursor to Linux. Tanenbaum is the author of five textbooks, which have been translated into over 20 languages and are used at universities all over the world. He is also the founder and webmaster of electoral-vote.com.
- Henri Bal, professor of Computer Science and author of several books, who together with his student John Romein wrote a program that broke the ancient game of Oware (Awari) and gives the best move in any situation, usually leading to a forced win.
- Frank van Harmelen, professor of Artificial Intelligence who co-designed Web Ontology Language (OWL) and authored many books on semantic web.
- Dorret Boomsma, professor of biological psychology and winner of the Spinozapremie
- Brad Bushman, since 2005 a visiting professor from the The Ohio State University in United States who is a foremost expert on the causes and consequences of human aggression.
- Jet Bussemaker, assistant professor of political science 1991-2001, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport (2007–2010)
- Jaap Doek, professor of law and chairman of the U.N. Committee of the Rights of the Child (2001–2007)
- Peter Koslowski the ethicist and philosopher, author of nearly 20 books
- Peter Nijkamp, professor of spatial economics, president of the governing board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO), and winner of the Spinozapremie
- Bob Pinedo, professor of medicine, director of the VUmc Cancer Center, and winner of the Spinazopremie
- Piet Rietveld, professor of economics, and leading researcher in transport economics
- Jan Smit, professor of earth science, was one of the people who contributed to the theory that an impact of a meteor near Mexico caused the ending of the Dinosaur age about 65 million years ago.
- Richard Tol, professor of economics, and leading researcher in the economics of climate change.
- Pier Vellinga, director of the Climate Centre
- Frank den Butter, former chairman of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association and former director of the Tinbergen institute.
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