Working on Human-Centric AI
Today I gave a presentation on the first Machine Learning Netherlands meetup. I presented my take on adopting a more user-centered perspective in recommender systems, through user feedback. If you’re interested, find my slides on…
After having moved recently I started to think about having a proper camera setup for my attic studio. I’ve been using a action cam that doubles as webcam, but image quality cannot be altered at…
What is Innovation In a way, patents can be used for a fitting definition of innovation. Namely, the ideas that patents aim to protect are the innovations. In order for a patent to be granted it is necessary that…
Some time ago I wrote a short article published on the Dutch platform dutchcowboys.nl. It is a Dutch essay highlighting the implications on user experience of the implementation of the European Union guidelines concerning privacy…
I still need to test it properly, but I think it is very much possible to use ffmpeg to stream to tunemelt (a video CDN) directly. We can stream ffmpegs DirectShow input to the Tunemelt…
Together with some guys from /r/realdubstep we started a new radio station. It’s a very community driven radio station, but with DJs pushing the sound nonetheless. Anyways, I did my best to face all the…
We spent a long weekend cycling in Sardinia. Going all around the north coast. In total we cycled 360km. The route started in Alghero and went over 4 days as follows: From Alghero via Porto…
Tomorrow I leave for Dublin to attend RecSys2012. Together with Dirk Bollen and Martijn Willemsen I performed a study on how memory effects influence the ratings people will give. The main finding is that as…
One of the presents I got for myself after graduation is a set of turntables and a proper mixer. I’ve been playing around a little with it and finally recorded my first mix. It’s rough,…
The first milestone in my PhD project is nearly reached. For the continuation of my research it is necessary to have a recommender system that I can easily manipulate for research, which has now been delivered in the form of a combination of ServiceStack and MyMediaLite. …