Category: outreach

Happy I was invited to contribute to this podcast (🇳🇱) about inclusivity in algorithms. Together with Tekla de Veer from DEPT®, I talk with Jimmy de Vreede (Springbok Agency and the DDMA committee Data, Decisions & Engagement) about everything from bias in generative AI, composition of data science teams, to technological possibilities in reducing bias…

CPDP Conferences published the recording of the “Beyond Ethics Washing” panel on YouTube, moderated by Mirko Tobias Schäfer (Utrecht University) with Iris Muis (Utrecht Data School), Paul Nemitz (European Commission), Maria Koomen (Open Governance Network for Europe) and myself. Watch it below (and watch all the other panels on CPDP’s YouTube channel):

I’ll be part of a panel during a Digital Talk by the DDMA, to talk about the AI Act, and its potential implications for data-driven marketeers, alongside Peter van der Putten (PEGA / Leiden Universiteit) and Romar van der Leij (DDMA). See all the details (in Dutch) at the DDMA event page.

Update: see a writeup of our panel here Excited to be participating in a panel at the “Computers, Privacy & Data Protection” (CPDP) conference in Brussels. The panel is organized by Mirko Schäfer (Utrecht University), and I’ll be engaging in a conversation with Iris Muis (Utrecht Data School), Paul Nemitz (European Commission) and Maria Koomen…

I look forward to giving a guest lecture on “Job Recommendation” alongside Mesut Kaya at the RecSys Summer School 2023 in Copenhagen 🇩🇰! It was only 4 years ago when I stood side-by-side with Daan Odijk for a lecture and hands-on workshop on “Recommender Systems in the Media Industry,” at the last RecSys Summer School in 2019, which was…

It is now official, right? I am now a recommender system expert (by virtue of appearing on Marcel Kurovski‘s Recsperts podcast series). It was great fun to geek out with a knowledgeable host on anything recsys in HR, we touch on fairness, difficulties with delayed feedback signals, our RecSys in HR Workshop, and how I…

Yesterday evening I was a guest next to Dasha Simons (IBM) and Oumaima Hajri (Hogeschool Rotterdam) in Felix Meritis at the invitation of Laurens Vreekamp to talk about — among other things — fair AI, ethics, and algorithmic bias. It was nice and important to be able to discuss these topics from an optimistic and…

I’m excited to be joining a panel on “AI and Ethics” at the Reshaping Work 2022 Conference on October 14 at de Rode Hoed in Amsterdam, alongside Robert Seamans (New York University) and Anastasia Sergeeva (Vrije University Amsterdam). The panel will be chaired by Ting Li (Erasmus University Rotterdam).

On Friday, September 23 I am representing Randstad and giving a talk on “The future of work” at the DeLaMar theater, part of the UvA in DeLaMar seminar series.

At a conference in Utrecht I participated in a panel discussion alongside Hans de Zwart (HvA’s Centre of Expertise Applied AI), Rina Joosten-Rabou (Seedlink), Mildo van Staden (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties) and Siri Beerends (SETUP). I summarized my takeaways on LinkedIn, which I share below (in Dutch)