Academia and Industry Compared

December 1, 2021
Mark

In the beginning of this year I switched careers. I quit my job as assistant professor and became lead data…

Aligning Values in AI Applications

September 27, 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. When you use the internet or computers in general you interact (sometimes unknowingly) with dozens…

Why I (think I) Didn’t Succeed in Academia

June 28, 2021

I’m not too embarrassed to admit that I just finished a 16-session therapy with a psychologist, after making the difficult…

Human-Centric AI Manifesto: Or How To Try and Do No Harm

June 16, 2021

Introduction Recently I’ve said farewell to my academic career and switched back to industry. While I haven’t regretted that move…

Surf and the Art of Career Navigation

November 30, 2020

Disclaimer: I am as good as a surfer as I am experienced a professional. I like to think I'm intermediate…

Research into Mobility in the Netherlands

April 6, 2020

Q-Park is probably the biggest owner of parking garages in the Netherlands. Based in Maastricht, they own dozens of parking…

Book Chapter Published: “Theory-grounded user modeling for personalized HCI”

March 6, 2020

I wrote a book chapter for "Personalized Human-Computer Interaction", together with Bruce Ferwerda. In the chapter we present an overview…

Big Data Weekend at Breda Photo

September 17, 2018

Saturday 15th of September was the big data weekend at the BredaPhoto Festival organized by Wave of Tomorrow. Marloeke van…

Essential Tools for Young Faculty

July 17, 2018

I have been an assistant professor for about 6 weeks now, and it has been quite hectic. I have spent…

Graduation Eelco Wiechert

July 13, 2018

Today Eelco Wiechert presented and defended his master thesis on the occurrence of the peak-end effect in music playlist experience,…