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

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Infrastructure
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Algorithms
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...using three basic principles

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Autonomy
Each party is in control of their own data.
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Heterogeneity
Parties are allowed to have differences in hardware and operating systems.
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Flexibility
Support for horizontally- and vertically-partitioned data.

Latest News

News of interest to the community

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The very first vantage6 workshop

July 3, 2024

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

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New: algorithm store and researcher user interface

Introducing two new major components of the infrastructure: a brand new user interface (UI) that is aimed at easily running analyses, and an algorithm store, used to find and manage your algorithms.

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Integration of OMOP and OHDSI tools in vantage6

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare analytics, our commitment to innovation has led us to the groundbreaking integration of OMOP and vantage6, read about our efforts here!

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Vantage6 Workshop 2024 Survey

We are conducting a survey to understand what people would like to learn during a workshop for vantage6. This survey will take about 3 minutes to complete. Your answers are anonymous and will be used to plan our workshop design and content.

Our Team

Meet the core people behind vantage6

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Frank Martin
Research Software Engineer
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Bart van Beusekom
Research Software Engineer
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Arturo Moncada-Torres
Clinical Data Scientist
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Gijs Geleijnse
Sr. Clinical Data Scientist
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Anja van Gestel
Clinical Data Scientist
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Johan Van Soest
Clinical Data Scientist
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Walter Baccinelli
Research Software Engineer
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Cunliang Geng
Research Software Engineer
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Hector Cadavid
Research Software Engineer
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Djura Smits
Research Software Engineer
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Melle Sieswerda
Clinical Data Scientist
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Luis Sanchez
Engineer
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Hasan Alradhi
Scientific Programmer

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