the Netherlands’s
enterprise infrastructure industry,
in focus.

Scalable Cloud and Distributed Systems

30.3% of this theme group

Researchers highlight challenges in scaling cloud platforms and distributed operating systems for large workloads.

Cloud computing (1,194) · Scalability (126) · Operating system (113) · Distributed computing (68)

Cloud Computing: Issues and Challenges

Cloud Computing Resource Scheduling and a Survey of Its Evolutionary Approaches

Virtualization and Big Data Deployment

19.9% of this theme group

Papers discuss difficulties in deploying virtualized environments and managing big data pipelines in the cloud.

Virtualization (56) · Big data (90) · Software deployment (66) · Cloud computing (214)

Comprehensive Survey on AI-Enhanced Software Systems: From Misinformation Detection to Distributed Infrastructure Optimization

Explainable AI and Multi-Agent Systems for Energy Management in IoT-Edge Environments: A State of the Art Review

Cloud Security and Data Protection

19.9% of this theme group

Works focus on threats to cloud infrastructures and strategies for safeguarding data.

Cloud computing security (274) · Computer security (261) · Cloud computing (689) · Data security (59)

An analysis of security issues for cloud computing

Cloud computing security threats and responses

Digital Transformation Business Impacts

11.2% of this theme group

Studies examine how cloud adoption reshapes business models and economic development.

Digital transformation (209) · Digital economy (73) · Cloud computing (257) · Business model (29)

Digital Transformation and Economic Development: Opportunities and Emerging Challenges

Digital Transformation in Business: Opportunities and Challenges

IoT‑Cloud Integration Challenges

6.8% of this theme group

Research points to technical and security hurdles when linking IoT devices with cloud services.

Internet of Things (177) · Cloud computing (184) · Big data (46) · Smart city (21)

IoT and Cloud Computing Issues, Challenges and Opportunities: A Review

IoT–Cloud Integration Security: A Survey of Challenges, Solutions, and Directions

Aerosol‑Cloud Interaction Modeling

6.5% of this theme group

Scientists address complexities in simulating aerosol effects on cloud formation and climate.

Aerosol (49) · Atmospheric sciences (31) · Meteorology (24) · Radiative transfer (22)

Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

Edge Computing Performance Limits

5.4% of this theme group

Analyses reveal bottlenecks in edge device processing and latency for cloud‑connected services.

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (132) · Edge computing (143) · Edge device (63) · Cloud computing (165)

Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges

Edge-Computing Architectures for Internet of Things Applications: A Survey

Cloud Service Performance Risks

21.9% of this theme group

Authors caution about unpredictable performance when using cloud for scientific workflows.

Cloud computing (216) · Operating system (48) · Distributed computing (20) · Virtual machine (15)

Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Services for Many-Tasks Scientific Computing

On the Use of Cloud Computing for Scientific Workflows

Satellite Data Processing Concerns

16.2% of this theme group

Works warn of limitations in cloud‑based remote sensing and radiative transfer analyses.

Satellite (43) · Radiative transfer (29) · Cloud computing (114) · Remote sensing (18)

Classifying clouds around the globe with the CloudSat radar: 1‐year of results

Reduced aerosol pollution diminished cloud reflectivity over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific

Encryption and Cloud Vulnerabilities

15.1% of this theme group

Papers stress the need for robust encryption to mitigate cloud security gaps.

Cloud computing security (42) · Encryption (32) · Cloud computing (121) · Computer security (33)

Secure cloud computing: Benefits, risks and controls

A survey of risks, threats and vulnerabilities in cloud computing

Climate Model Cloud Representation

12.9% of this theme group

Research highlights difficulties in accurately modeling cloud responses to aerosols.

Climate model (31) · Aerosol (52) · Atmospheric sciences (43) · Climatology (25)

Aerosol Effects on Climate via Mixed-Phase and Ice Clouds

Challenges in global climate models to represent cloud response to aerosols: insights from volcanic eruptions

Digital Economy Audit Issues

12.4% of this theme group

Studies point to challenges in auditing cloud‑enabled digital transformation initiatives.

Digital transformation (45) · Cloud computing (84) · Digital economy (14) · Audit (12)

The impact of cloud computing technology on cloud accounting adoption and financial management of businesses

The Impact of Digital Technology on Enterprise Operational Performance

IoT Analytics Sustainability Risks

11.8% of this theme group

Authors note sustainability and security concerns in large‑scale IoT data analytics.

Big data (28) · Internet of Things (24) · Analytics (15) · Sustainability (13)

Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-Based Accounting Information Systems: Enhancing Financial Reporting Reliability and Cybersecurity in the D

OPTIMIZING AI-DRIVEN IOT ECOSYSTEMS: ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND SECURITY

Edge Latency and Reliability

9.6% of this theme group

Works caution about latency and reliability problems in edge computing deployments.

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (31) · Edge computing (16) · Edge device (14) · Latency (12)

Characterizing Container Performance in Edge Computing

The Rise of Edge Computing: Driving Efficiency and Experience in Distributed Networks

Intelligent Cloud Scheduling

28.8% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on AI methods to improve resource allocation and task scheduling in cloud environments.

Cloud computing (1,648) · Scheduling (189) · Distributed computing (144) · Scalability (278)

AI-DRIVEN CLOUD COMPUTING: MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION, TASK SCHEDULING, AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Integrating Artificial Intelligence with Cloud Platforms to Optimize Performance, Scalability, and Reliability in Distributed Computing Syst

Scalable Virtualized Deployment

19.2% of this theme group

Research explores novel approaches for scaling software deployment across virtualized and big‑data infrastructures.

Scalability (175) · Software deployment (94) · Virtualization (54) · Big data (70)

MAIS: Multi-Model Adaptive Inference Scheduling for Web-Based Intelligent Service Platforms

PLANAR: A Machine Learning Based Approach for Robust Network Resource Placement and Routing

Advanced Cloud Cryptography

16.2% of this theme group

Papers propose new encryption and authentication schemes to strengthen cloud security.

Encryption (242) · Cloud computing (744) · Computer security (155) · Cryptography (91)

A Secure and Intelligent Data Transfer System for Cloud Environments using Hybrid Cryptography and Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detection

MULTI-LAYERED AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION FOR CLOUD SAFETY

IoT‑Cloud Precision Agriculture

10.3% of this theme group

Studies demonstrate how cloud‑connected IoT devices can enhance precision farming and supply chain management.

Internet of Things (236) · Cloud computing (385) · Microcontroller (46) · Precision agriculture (34)

Application of Internet of Things (IoT) in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Intelligent IoT: Leveraging Data Analysis, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning for Smart Systems

Aerosol‑Cloud Interaction Analytics

9.8% of this theme group

Research leverages cloud computing to model and predict aerosol impacts on cloud formation.

Satellite (81) · Radiative transfer (44) · Aerosol (42) · Cloud computing (341)

Capturing Aerosol‐Cloud‐Precipitation Interactions: A Physics‐Informed Sparse Regression Approach for a Coupled Multiscale System With Time

Estimating cloud condensation nuclei from aerosol optical properties across diverse environments: observations, models, and prediction appro

Edge‑Cloud Collaborative Platforms

7.9% of this theme group

Works highlight emerging frameworks that blend edge processing with cloud resources for mobile applications.

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (259) · Edge computing (221) · Edge device (100) · Mobile edge computing (53)

EdgeCloudSim: An environment for performance evaluation of edge computing systems

Secure Data Sharing and Searching at the Edge of Cloud-Assisted Internet of Things

Cloud‑Based 3D Point Cloud Processing

7.7% of this theme group

Papers present methods for scaling point‑cloud segmentation and classification using cloud infrastructure.

Point cloud (425) · Segmentation (72) · Lidar (66) · Cloud computing (218)

PointAugment: An Auto-Augmentation Framework for Point Cloud Classification

Transforming Point Clouds: A Hybrid Approach for 3D Object Recognition

Amsterdam

51.2% across the displayed hubs

8 companies hiring · $5.9B disclosed funding

Utrecht

11.9% across the displayed hubs

3 companies hiring · $138.8M disclosed funding

The Hague

9.2% across the displayed hubs

2 companies hiring · $25.6M disclosed funding

Rotterdam

8.5% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $13.1M disclosed funding

Eindhoven

8.3% across the displayed hubs

3 companies hiring · $41.7M disclosed funding

Enschede

3.8% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $16.6M disclosed funding

Groningen

3.8% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding

Amersfoort

3.3% across the displayed hubs

0 companies hiring · $2.0M disclosed funding