I am a Principal Researcher & Strategist and a
member of the
Human-Centered Data Analytics research group at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
I am a Principal Researcher & Strategist and a
member of the
Human-Centered Data Analytics research group at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
My research interests include creating linked-data driven, user-centric applications for exploring information. Most recently I investigated the use of augmented reality for exploring brain regions and related brain diseases through the Linked Brain Data repository representing neuroscience literature. Results from the resesarch are available from the DatAR project pages. At at higher level, I am interested in user-centric information interaction design in the context of developing technologies. Previous research interests include document models for hypermedia and synchronized multimedia on the Web (SMIL).
I am part-time professor of Multimedia Discourse Interaction at the University of Utrecht, at the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences in the Visualization and Graphics group.
My current roles.
I was the president of Informatics Europe, the association of computer science departments and research laboratories in Europe and neighbouring areas, from 2016-2017 and past-president 2018-2019. Previous to this I was a board member from 2012-2015. As founding chair of the Women in Informatics Research and Education working group I edited the first edition of the booklet More Women in Informatics Research & Education. I edited the research and society section on Women in ICT Research and Education in ERCIM News 104. In 2013 I was general chair of ECSS 2013, the annual event for deans, department chairs and senior faculty of Informatics Europe members.