Supervised projects

I love supervising BSc and MSc students firsthand and stimulate them to publish excellent work. Through co-supervision, I also collaborate with experts worldwide. Filter on your favourite topics with the buttons below.

PhD projects

Marie-Sophie Simon (Ongoing)
Human-centered AI in education

MSc projects

Giel Heldens (Ongoing)
Learner control and LLM-assisted learning in programming courses
Matthijs Kamps (Finished)
UpGrade: A Dashboard for Master's Thesis Assessment to Support Fair and Transparent Grading Read thesis
Matthijs Meijerinck (Ongoing)
Using VR Space for Implicit Explanations in a Book Recommender System: A Spatial Approach to Recommender System Explanations
Simon van Utrecht (Finished)
A push for verification: The impact of nudges on automation bias and user autonomy in educational content generation Read thesis

Alexis Ganciu (Finished)
Learn your way: How User Autonomy Shapes Intrinsic Motivation in Gamified Learning Read thesis
Hairuo Liu (Finished)
Sentiment Bias in Large Language Models: How Visualization Tools Help Users Recognize and Mitigate Bias During Interactions
Rens Hassfeld (Finished)
Virtual memory palaces for data visualizations Read thesis
Willemijn Barens (Finished)
The More You See The More You Know: Designing a Visual Analytics Tool for Patient Clustering in Homecare Technology Research Read thesis

Merel van den Bos (Finished)
Transparency for AI-supported decision-making in banking: human-centered explanations for predicting Customer Lifetime Value

Anissa Faik (Finished)
Bringing learning analytics to the classroom: Detecting and explaining student outliers Read thesis
Joran De Braekeleer (Finished)
Personalising rewards to increase competence Read thesis

Barbara Ameloot (Finished)
Using exploration and avatar personalisation to increase the intrinsic motivation for solving maths exercises Read thesis
Jeffrey Quicken (Finished)
Opening the black box: The effect of SHAP and counterfactuals on AI novices' trust in and understanding of black box models Read thesis
Leen Dereu (Finished)
Recommending the right maths in digital learning environments: The effect of control over recommended exercises Read thesis

Kenan Ekici (Finished)
Illuminating the black box: Explaining machine learning algorithms that detect fake news on Twitter Read thesis
Mario Verstraeten (Finished)
Winning over math haters: Applying tailored gamification to foster intrinsic motivation Read thesis
Shotallo Kato (Finished)
Practicing the Right Math: Enhancing Trust in an E-Learning Platform Using an Explainable Recommender System Read thesis

BSc projects

Norah Schulenklopper (Finished)
BlendEd: Designing Useful Visualisations for a Blended Learning Planner

Fleur Leenders (Finished)
To compare or not to compare oneself? Studying the effect of motivation, affect, and comparison direction
Julian Tilgenkamp (Finished)
From 'Me' to 'We': Designing GenAI That Fosters Human Teamwork A Qualitative Investigation of Team-Focused Generative AI Systems
Kevin Rijnders (Finished)
Visualisatie bij een kunstalvleesklier: Toepassing van visualisatie bij artsen om advies over patiƫnt specifieke parameters te helpen accepteren
Tom Bouwhuijzen (Finished)
Quantitative Detection of Flow & Desired Changes in Game-Music