Participatory placemaking in public spaces: A conceptual framework of the different perspectives of participatory placemaking according to a semi-systematic literature review

Placemaking is currently a popular concept to implement for the revitalisation of urban areas, often connected to achieving various social goals in neighbourhoods. However, while the concept of placemaking has been in use for some decades, still a lot of confusion exists concerning the specifications of placemaking. This thesis analyses how...

A Machine Learning Approach to Reduce Uncertainty in Ex-ante LCA

Purpose: This paper explores the potential of machine learning (ML) algorithms to mitigate uncertainty in early environmental assessments (ex-ante LCA), which are hindered by prospective nature and limited quantitative data availability. Methods: A systematic literature review with keyword searches on Scopus identified three ML categorization...

Towards the utilisation of green roofs with the pursuit of sustainable urban development: A full life cycle cost benefit analysis

Green roofs can play an important role in reducing problems in urban areas by being flexible, multifunctional and adaptable. These features of nature have proven effective in combating climate change and contribute to human well-being. Previous research has shown that green roofs can sometimes be cost-effective, but the benefits included in cost...

Operational Resilience: Backup Strategies for Crisis Management in the Age of Ransomware

Increasing digitalization of systems bring about the grand challenge of keeping these systems secure from malicious prying eyes, and thus highlighting the need for increased Cybersecurity practices. Ransomware is among the most prevalent cybersecurity threats in our current digital era. The attacks are mainly done by advanced persistent threats ...

The violin: A review of timbre and a finite difference model for bending plate waves

Each violin generates a unique sound with a distinct set of acoustic properties. In particular, the Stradivarius violins are said to have a very unique sound. The ultimate goal of this thesis is to aid in recreating the unique sound of the Stradivarius. Though, the field of research surrounding the violin and its acoustic properties is very...

Survey of Affect Representation Schemes used in Vision-Based Automatic Affect Prediction: A Systematic Literature Review

In human-human interactions, the majority of information is conveyed through body language, specifically facial expressions. Consequently, researchers have been interested in improving human-computer interactions through developing systems with automatic understanding of body language and facial expressions.  This technology is especially useful...

Annotation Practices in Machine Learning Research On Depression

Depression diagnosis and treatment remain difficult tasks that could be improved with machine learning models. But those automatic systems should be reliable to apply in clinical psychology settings. Performing predictions in this field is most commonly done using supervised learning models, which rely on well-established annotations. Therefore...

Improving Document Exploration for Students as Novice Researchers During their Literature Review

Capabilities and limitation of topic modeling were explored through a literature review. A design opportunity was recognized in literature review for students as novice researchers. Interviews were held with master students to gain insight in their literature review process. Students reported issues with the process of related document...

Knowledge in Building with Nature pilot projects: A Case Study of the Sand Engine

In this research, the creation, use and spread of knowledge acquired in Building with Nature pilot projects is researched, with the goal of providing recommendations to improve this use and spread in future Building with Nature pilot projects. To achieve this, a case study with the Sand Engine as the subject is performed. In addition to this, a...

The State of Data Streaming Practices at ING

The development of data stream processing has become one of the key themes in the database and distributed system community throughout the world as data has grown on a large scale and in a range of industries over the last several years. Because data stream processing is a relatively new breakthrough in data-driven approaches, several teams at...

Social media and higher education apps in higher education a literature review

Mobile learning is growing in popularity due to its nature and the access to mobile devices: students of different ages can use their mobile phones to access any information almost anywhere. The popularity of mobile devices and the current growth of social media allow to apply mobile social media learning in higher education. This systematic...

Functionalities of Mobile Learning Apps and Potential for Data Integration in the Context of Higher Education: A Systematic Review

The mobile device market has been steadily growing throughout the last two decades. Nowadays, most people own smartphones that support various applications. Many of these applications fall under the category of mobile learning. These apps have many exciting features which could potentially enhance the learning experience in higher education. If...

A review of Absolute Life Cycle Assessment methods and applications: And their potential for benchmarking absolute product-level contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

As of 2016, governments globally adopted the task to achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability by committing to the targets from the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs incorporate a set of 17 goals and 169 targets accompanied with more than 200 indicators that can guide towards achieving sustainable development by...

Creating a Taxonomy of Business Models for Data Marketplaces

With the amount of available data growing and data posing as a strategic asset to firms, the data economy has started to evolve. Data marketplaces can fulfil a key role in realizing the data economy. The way a data marketplace operates and conducts business can be mapped and managed using a business model. As data marketplaces are a new area of...

Systematic literature reviews: A Case Study in FinTech and Automated Tool Support

Systematic literature reviews in software engineering as well as other disciplines, serve as the foundation for sound scientific research. The aim for these literature reviews is to aggregate all existing knowledge on a research problem and produce informed guidelines for practitioners. This enables practitioners to apply appropriate software...

Exploring Causalities between Vehicle Automation and Vehicle Sharing

A combination of two developments in personal mobility–vehicle automation and vehicle sharing–might become reality, but qualitative research into the potential impact of vehicle automation on vehicle sharing (and vice versa) is currently scarce. This thesis aims to fill this gap by exploring the potential impact through literature research and a...