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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

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

September 27, 2021

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

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

June 28, 2021

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

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

June 16, 2021

Surf and the Art of Career Navigation

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

November 30, 2020

Research into Mobility in the Netherlands

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

April 6, 2020

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

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

March 6, 2020

Big Data Weekend at Breda Photo

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

September 17, 2018

Essential Tools for Young Faculty

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

July 17, 2018

Graduation Eelco Wiechert

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

July 13, 2018