R&D highlights edition 2019

58 New technologies have the potential to be game changers in the delta technology sector given their potential to make ground-breaking innovations. Their use in other sectors illustrates the disruptive power of artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, and of advanced materials and new monitoring techniques. The focus on technologies is therefore part of the Deltares research strategy. The objective is to explore emerging technologies and to make them applicable to the social issues targeted by Deltares. Enabling technologies