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PhD Graduates
Anna
Aljanaki
On 19 September 2016 Anna Aljanaki defended her thesis Emotion in music: Representation and computational modeling at the Utrecht University.
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:University of Geneva
Fares
Alnajar
On 21 January 2016 Fares Alnajar defended his thesis Automatic Age and Gaze Estimation under Uncontrolled Conditions at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Gergely
Alpár
On 15 January 2015 Gergely Alpár defended his thesis Attribute-Based Identity Management: Bridging the Cryptographic Design of ABCs with the Real World at the Radboud University.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. B.P.F. Jacobs
Dr. J.H. HoepmanPart of project:Current employer:Radboud University Nijmegen
TNO DefenceFreek van den
Berg
On 14 June 2017 Freek van den Berg defended his thesis Automated performance evaluation of service-oriented systems at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof.dr.ir. B.R. Haverkort
Prof.dr. J.J.M. HoomanPart of project:Current employer:Roel
Bertens
On 17 May 2017 Roel Bertens defended his thesis Insight in Information: from Abstracts to Anomaly at Utrecht University.
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Kernproef of aardbeving? Hoe patronen in data dat onthullen(Co)Promoters:Prof.dr. A.P.J.M. Siebes
Dr. J. VreekenCurrent employer:Peter
Bloem
On 31 May 2016 Peter Bloem defended his thesis Single sample statistics exercises in learning from just one example at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. P.W. Adriaans
Dr. S. de RooijCurrent employer:Niels
Bloom
On 10 June 2015 Niels Bloom defended his thesis Grouping by association: using associative networks for document categorization at the University of Twente.
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Een goed gesprek voeren met je computer – dat is de toekomst(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Steven
Bosems
On 1 February 2018 Steven Bosems defended his thesis Causal Models for Well-Being: Knowledge Modeling, Model-Driven Development of Context-Aware Applications, and Behavior Prediction at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. R.J. Wieringa
Dr. ir. M.J. van SinderenPart of project:Current employer:KPN Consulting
Merijn
Bruijnes
On 7 October 2016 Merijn Bruijnes defended his thesis Believable suspect agents: response and interpersonal style selection for an artificial suspect at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Marco
Cattani
On 28 September 2016 Marco Cattani defended his thesis Opportunistic communication in extreme wireless sensor networks at Delft University of Technology.
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Roddels, griep en de techniek achter het volgen van mensenmassa's(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Elisa
Costante
On 31 March 2015 Elisa Costante defended her PhD thesis Privacy throughout the Data Cycle at Eindhoven University of Technology.
(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. M. Petkovic
Prof. dr. S. Etalle
Dr. J.I. den HartogPart of project:Current employer:SecurityMatters BV
Eindhoven University of TechnologyReginald
Cushing
On 4 November 2015 Reginald Cushing defended his thesis Data-centric Computing on Distributed Resources at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Victor
De Graaff
On 10 December 2015 Victor de Graaff defended his thesis Geosocial Recommender Systems at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Current employer:De Graaff Software Conmsultancy, BrixCRM and Wiel-rent.nl
Robby van
Delden
On 24 March 2017 Robby van Delden defended his thesis (Steering) Interactive Play Behavior at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Nicolas
Dintzner
On 7 July 2017 Nicolas Dintzner defended his PhD thesis Feature-Oriented Evolution of Variant-rich Software Systems at the Delft University of Technology
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Mrunal
Gawade
On 15 February 2017 Mrunal Gawade defended his PhD thesis Multi-Core parallelism in a column-store at the University of Amsterdam.
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Twee keer sneller zoeken(Co)Promoters:Current employer:Founder & CEO at Artosci - Holofil
Bogdan
Ghit
On 8 May 2017 Bogdan Ghit defended his PhD thesis Optimizing the performance of data analytics frameworks at the Delft University of Technology.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Leon
Gommans
On 2 December 2014 Leon Gommans defended his thesis Multi-domain authorization for e-Infrastructures at the University of Amsterdam.
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I/O Magazine: Het netwerk als zwaarddanser (Article about the cooperation between Gommans en Cees de Laat (UvA) in the striking off of cyber attacks)(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. ir. C.T.A.M de Laat
Prof. dr. R.J. MeijerPart of project:Current employer:Amirhossein
Habibian
On 20 September 2016 Amirhossein Habibian defended his thesis Storytelling Machines for Video Research at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Qualcomm
Steven
Haveman
On 3 December 2015 Steven Haveman defended his thesis COMBOS: communicating behavior of systems: incorporating simulations in conceptual system design at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. ir. F.J.A.M. van Houten
Dr. ir. G.M. BonnemaPart of project:Current employer:Alexander
Hogenboom
On 13 November 2015 Alexander Hogenboom defended his thesis Sentiment Analysis of Text Guided by Semantics and Structure at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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Short film
Language Technology(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. ir. U. Kaymak
Prof. dr. F.M.G. de Jong
Dr. ir. F. FrasincarPart of project:Current employer:WCC Smart Search & Match
Frederik
Hogenboom
On 11 December 2014 Frederik Hogenboom defended his thesis Automated Detection of Financial Events in News Text at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. ir. U. Kaymak
Prof. dr. F.M.G. de Jong
Dr. ir. F. Frasincar
Part of project:Current employer:WCC Smart Search & Match
Gijs
Huisman
On 24 February 2017 Gijs Huisman defended his thesis Social Touch Technology - Extending the reach of social touch through haptic technology at the University of Twente.
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:University of Twente
House of HapticsNorman
Jaklin
On 18 April 2016 Norman Jaklin defended his PhD thesis On Weighted Regions and Social Crowds: Autonomous-agent Navigation in Virtual Worlds at Utrecht University.
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Virtuele groep voetgangers zo natuurlijk mogelijk laten lopen(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. M.J. van Kreveld
Dr. R.J. GeraertsPart of project:Current employer:Tree C. Technology
Juan
Jimenez Garcia
On 17 December 2014 Juan Jimenez Garcia defended his PhD thesis Beyond the numbers. A user-centered design approach for personal reflective healthcare technology at the Delft University of Technology.
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Stemmingsapp houdt humeur van heup- en kniepatient bij(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. D.V. Keyson
Prof. dr. ing. P.J.M. Havinga
Dr. ir. N.A. RomeroPart of project:Current employer:Merel
Jung
On 28 June 2017 Merel Jung defended her thesis socially intelligent robots that understand and respond to human touch at the University of Twente.
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Knuffelen met je robot(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Sezer
Karaoğlu
On 2 December 2016 Sezer Karaoğlu defended his thesis Recognition and Detection of Objects Using Visual and Textual Cues at the University of Amsterdam.
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Computers leren kijken(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Alex
Kayal
On 27 September 2017 Alex Kayal defended his thesis Normative Social Applications: User-centered Models for Sharing Location in the Family Life Domain at Delft University.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Sarmen
Keshishzadeh
On 24 March 2016 Sarmen Keshishzadeh defended his thesis Formal Analysis and Verification of Embedded Systems for Healthcare at Eindhoven University of Technology
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Uitgekiende software voorkomt dat X-ray-scanner botst met patiënt(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Mohammadreza
Khelghati
On 2 June 2016 Mohammadreza Khelghati defended his thesis Deep Web Content Monitoring at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Deloitte
Christoph
Kofler
On 12 November 2015 Christopher Kofler defended his thesis User Intent in Online Video Search at Delft University of Technology.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Bloomberg L.P.
Saskia
Koldijk
On 10 October 2016 Saskia Koldijk defended her thesis Context-aware support for stress self-management : from theory to practice at the Radboud University
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Sense Health BV
Svetlana
Kordumova
On 2 November 2016 Svetlana Kordumova defended her thesis Learning to Search for Images without Annotations at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Florian
Kunneman
On 21 March 2017 Florian Kunneman defended his thesis Modelling patterns of time and emotion in Twitter #anticipointment at the Radboud University.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof.dr. A.P.J. van den Bosch
Prof.dr. M.J.P. van MulkenCurrent employer:Jeroen
Linssen
On 4 May 2017 Jeroen Linssen defended his thesis Meta Matters in Interactive Storytelling and Serious Games at the University of Twente.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Zhiping
Luo
On 11 January 2016 Zhiping Luo defended his thesis Interactive Character Deformation Using Simplified Elastic Models at Utrecht University.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Kapok Engine Lab
Sara
Magliacane
On 12 June 2017 Sara Magliacane defended her thesis Logics for causal inference under uncertainty at VU University.
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(Co)Promoters:Current employer:Claudio
Martella
On 24 February 2017 Claudio Martella defended his thesis Crowd textures - from sensing proximity to understanding crowd behaviour at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Google
Masoud
Mazloom
On 20 September 2016 Masoud Mazloom defended his thesis In Search of Video Event Semantics at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Steffen
Michels
On 4 May 2016 Steffen Michels defended his thesis Hybrid Probabilistic Logics - Theoretical Aspects, Algorithms and Experiments at Radboud University Nijmegen.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. P.J.F. Lucas
Dr. M. Velikova
Dr. A.J. HommersomPart of project:Current employer:Alejandro
Moreno Celleri
On 21 April 2016 Alejandro Moreno defended his thesis From Traditional to Interactive Playspaces: Automatic Analysis of Player Behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground at the University of Twente.
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HMI-onderzoekers testen interactive playground
Schoolkinderen helpen UT bij onderzoek(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Archana
Nottamkandath
On 29 March 2016 Archana Nottamkandath defended her thesis Trusting Crowdsourced Information on Cultural Artefacts at VU University.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:IBM
Daan
Odijk
On 10 June 2016 Daan Odijk defended his thesis Context & Semantics in News & Web Search at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. M. de Rijke
Dr. E.J. MeijPart of project:Current employer:Blendle
Hendrike
Peetz
On 24 March 2015 Hendrike Peetz defended her thesis Time-Aware Online Reputation Analysis at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. M. de Rijke
Prof. dr. W.M. van DolenPart of project:Current employer:Google
Silvia
Pinteau
On 10 January 2017 Silvia Pinteau defended her thesis Continuous Learning in Computer Vision at the University of Amsterdam.
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Holger
Pirk
On 5 January 2015 Holger Pirk defended his PhD thesis Waste Not, Want Not! - Managing Relational Data in Asymmetric Memories at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Current employer:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Chao
Qu
On 3 September 2014 Chao Qu defended his thesis Talking with a virtual human: controlling the human experience and behavior in a virtual conversation at Delft University.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof.dr. I.E.J. Heynderickx
Dr.ir. W.P. BrinkmanPart of project:Current employer:Brightsight
Kaveh
Razavi
On 5 November 2015 Kaveh Razavi defended his thesis Fast and Scalable Virtual Machine Deployment at VU University.
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:comScore, Inc.
Laurens
Rietveld
On 9 March 2016 Laurens Rietveld defended his thesis Publishing and consuming linked data at VU University.
(Co)Promoters:Current employer:Maya
Sappelli
On 19 February 2016 Maya Sappelli defended her thesis Knowledge work in context. User centered knowledge worker support at the Radboud University in Nijmegen.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Roeland
Scheepens
On 23 November 2015 Roeland Scheepens defended his thesis Visualization for Maritime Situational Awareness at Eindhoven University of Technology.
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(Co)Promoters:prof.dr.ir. J.J. van Wijk
dr.ir. H.M.M. van de WeteringPart of project:Current employer:MagnaView B.V.
Thibault
Sellam
On 3 November 2016 Thibault Sellam defended his thesis Automatic Assistants for Database Exploration at the University of Amsterdam.
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CWI promovendus ontwikkelt nieuwe technieken voor verkenning(Co)Promoters:Current employer:Shayan
Shahand
On 29 October 2015 Shayan Shahand defended his thesis Science gateways for biomedical big data analysis at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. A. H. C. van Kampen
Dr. S. D. OlabarriagaCurrent employer:Muhammad
Shoaib
On 31 May 2017 Muhammad Shoaib defended his thesis Sitting is the new smoking – Online complex human activity recognition with smartphones and wearables at the University of Twente.
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Soep eten of roken - een smartphone die ziet wat je doet(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Milosh
Stolikj
On 19 October 2015 Milosh Stolikj defended his thesis Building blocks for the internet of things at Eindhoven University of Technology.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. J.J. Lukkien
Dr. ir. P.J.L. CuijpersPart of project:Current employer:Irdeto
Rudolf
Strijkers
On 13 November 2014 Rudolf Strijkers defended his thesis Internet Factories at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Swisscom
Sybren
Stüvel
On 20 April 2016 Sybren Stüvel defended his thesis Dense Crowds of Virtual Humans at Utrecht University.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. M.J. van Kreveld
Dr.ir. J. Egges
Dr. ir. F. van der StappenPart of project:Current employer:Ran
Tao
On 10 January 2017 Ran Tao defended his thesis Visual Instance Search from One Example at the University of Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Okan
Türkes
On 1 June 2016 Okan Türkeş defended his thesis Opportunistic Beacon Networks at the University of Twente.
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Jacopo
Urbani
On 9 January 2014 Jacopo Urbani defended his thesis On Web-scale Reasoning at VU University.
(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Current employer:Alexandru
Uta
On 16 March 2017 Alexandru Uta defended his thesis Optimizing the execution of many-task computing applications using in-memory distributed file systems at the VU University.
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(Co)Promoters:Part of project:Guido
van 't Noordende
On 3 February 2015 Guido van 't Noordende defended his PhD thesis The Design and Implementation of the Mansion Mobile Agent System at the VU University.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. A.S. Tanenbaum
Prof. dr. F.M.T. BrazierPart of project:Current employer:Ben van
Werkhoven
On 27 October 2014 Ben van Werkhoven defended his PhD thesis Scientific Supercomputing with Graphics Processing Units at the VU University Amsterdam.
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(Co)Promoters:Prof. dr. ir. H.E. Bal
Dr. F.J. Seinstra
Dr. J. MaassenPart of project:Current employer:Netherlands eScience Center
Zhemin
Zhu
On 16 October 2015 Zhemin Zhu defended his thesis Co-occurrence Rate Networks at the University of Twente.
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Een computer leren lezen(Co)Promoters:Current employer: