IPN was founded in 2000, below a timeline per IPN board period with the main achievements.
2025 –
Board
- Marieke Huisman (UT) Chair started 1-4-2025
- Geert Jan Houben (TUD) started 1-4-2025
- Dimka Karastoyanova (RUG) started 1-4-2025
- Balder ten Cate (UvA) started 1-1-2026
- Nava Tintarev (UM) started 1-1-2026
- Judith Masthoff (UU) started 1-1-2026
Achievements
- Tips-for-Writing-Personal-Grant-Proposals-in-ICT-version-2026 (Pdf)
- Article 25 years of IPN
- Part of IPN became:
- Working Group Prizes & Awards
2020 – 2025
Board
- Catholijn Jonker (TUD) Chair
- Gerard Barkema (UU)
- Andy Pimentel (UvA)
- Marieke Huisman (UT)
- Han de la Poutré (CWI/TUD)
Achievements
- Update Sector Analysis 2025 (Pdf)
- Sector plan II 2022 (Pdf)
- IPN Vision document 2021 (Pdf)
- Article 25 years of IPN
- Part of IPN became:
- Special Interest Group Human-Computer Interaction (SIG HCI)
- Special Interest Group Algorithms and Complexity (SIG Algo)
- Special Interest Group Artificial Intelligence (SIGAI)
- Working Group Mental Wellbeing
- Working Group External Relations
- Special I/O Magazine 20 Years IPN
2014 – 2020
Board
- Maarten van Steen (UT) Chair
- John-Jules Meyer (UU)
- Patricia Lago (VU)
Achievements
- Changing organisational structure of IPN
- Sector plan I
- Part of IPN became:
- Special Interest Group Future Computer Systems and Networking (FCSN)
- Special Interest Group Cyber Security (SIG SEC)
- Special Interest Group Dutch National Association for Software Engineering (VERSEN)
- Special Interest Group Data Science Platform Nederland (DSPN)
- Working Group Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- Working Group Ethics
2007 – 2014
Board
- Arnold Smeulders (UvA) Chair
Achievements
- Top Sector ICT
- First ICT.Open
- COMMIT
2003 – 2007
Board
- Paul Klint (CWI) Chair
Achievements
- Transition to ICT Research Platform Nederland
- All CS departments member of IPN
- Launch of I/O magazine
2000 – 2003
Board
- Mark Overmars Chairs
Achievements
- Minutes of the founding meeting (Pdf Dutch)
- Working paper that outlined the initials plans for IPN (Pdf Dutch)
- Initial members: ASCI, IPA, Logica, SIKS, TGS, CWI, ACI
- Working paper
- Nationale Onderzoeksagenda Informatica (NOAG-i), published in 2001