vantage6

An open-source infrastructure for privacy enhancing technologies

The need

Collaborative Analysis

Answering many of the questions in health care often requires incorporating data that are located at different sources. Typically, data from different parties are analyzed by centralizing them. That is, data are brought to where the algorithms are. Unfortunately, this raises heavy concerns regarding the privacy and security of sensitive patient data.

The solution

Federated Learning

Federated learning has emerged as a technological solution to address these concerns. In this novel paradigm, algorithms are brought to where the data are. This way, we can maximize the potential of multiple datasets while minimizing data leaks and privacy risks.

The tool

vantage6

This led us to create vantage6, our open-source platform for supporting the development of federated learning projects.

Philosophy

vantage6 is built on top of three pillars

Infrastructure

Algorithms

Data

...using three basic principles

Autonomy

Each party is in control of their own data.

Heterogeneity

Parties are allowed to have differences in hardware and operating systems.

Flexibility

Support for horizontally- and vertically-partitioned data.

Latest News

News of interest to the community

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Sessions in vantage6

Oct. 1, 2025

In vantage6 we've changed the task workflow for the better

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From Docker to Kubernetes

The vantage6 infrastructure has a tight coupling with Docker. So why are we replacing Docker API with Kubernetes API

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vantage6 featured on "code for thought" podcast

Last year my colleagues Luisa, Ermanno and I had the privilege of joining Peter Schmidt on the the code for thought podcast, where we discussed our work at the Netherlands eScience Center.

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The very first vantage6 workshop

We are proud to announce the first vantage6 workshop, taking place on October 16 & 17, 2024 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Our Team

Meet the core people behind vantage6

Frank Martin

Research Software Engineer

Bart van Beusekom

Research Software Engineer

Arturo Moncada-Torres

Clinical Data Scientist

Gijs Geleijnse

Sr. Clinical Data Scientist

Anja van Gestel

Clinical Data Scientist

Johan Van Soest

Clinical Data Scientist

Walter Baccinelli

Research Software Engineer

Cunliang Geng

Research Software Engineer

Hector Cadavid

Research Software Engineer

Djura Smits

Research Software Engineer

Melle Sieswerda

Clinical Data Scientist

Luis Sanchez

Engineer

Hasan Alradhi

Scientific Programmer

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