Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands with over 22,000 students and more than 4,500 employees. The university distinguishes itself with its innovative education model, international character and multidisciplinary approach to research and education. Today, it is considered one of the best young universities in the world. UM participates in BioFIN with the Institute of Data Science (IDS), primarily as work package 4 leader.

IDS, a multi-disciplinary research unit in the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) and Faculty of Science and Engineering, is committed to research in data science and artificial intelligence, collaborating across disciplines, institutions, and sectors. The goal of our research is to accelerate scientific discovery, improve clinical care and well-being, and to strengthen communities. We specialise in machine learning, decentralised applications related to biomedical data, as well as promoting the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) principles. IDS currently has projects at the intersection of data science and AI with food, agriculture, bioinformatics, clinical care, law, and social networks.