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Kübler, Johanne (author), Sekwenz, M.T. (author), Rachinger, Felicitas (author), König, Anna (author), Gsenger, Rita (author), Pirkova, Eliska (author), Kettemann, Matthias C. (author), Wagner, Ben (author), Krennerich, Michael (author), Ferro, Carolina (author)Safeguarding democratic elections is hard. Social media plays a vital role in the discourse around elections and during electoral campaigns. The following article provides an analysis of the ‘systemic electoral risks’ created by Twitter and Facebook and the mitigation strategies employed by the platforms. It is based on the 2020 proposal by the...conference paper 2023
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Kübler, Johanne (author), Sekwenz, M.T. (author), Rachinger, Felicitas (author), König, Anna (author), Gsenger, Rita (author), Pírková, Eliška (author), Wagner, Ben (author), Kettemann, Matthias C. (author), Krennerich, Michael (author), Ferro, Carolina (author)Safeguarding democratic elections is hard. Social media plays a vital role in the discourse around elections and during electoral campaigns. The following article provides an analysis of the 'systemic electoral risks' created by Twitter and Facebook and the mitigation strategies employed by the platforms. It is based on the 2020 proposal by...conference paper 2023
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Wang, N. (author)The pledge for a carbon-free energy system in 2050 requires significant investments into renewable energy sources (RES). The relevant questions are: what technologies to select, where to build them, how much the capacities are, and at what cost. In order to answer these techno-economic questions, optimization models are commonly used to sketch a...doctoral thesis 2022
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Noori, S. (author)Emerging economies produce 70-90% of the world’s steel, cement, and chemicals, which are essential for development. However, performance indicators such as carbon intensity and energy use per GDP reveal that industrial development trends in emerging economies are not sustainable. The ideal of industrial development that sustains and improves...doctoral thesis 2022
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Bot, Martijn (author)Nowadays a growing concern among the scientific community, and the wider public are pushing politicians and countries to design policies for reversing the course of warming the plant. These efforts are backed up by, for example, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. As resources are limited, studies have<br/>tried to identify sectors and...master thesis 2022
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Luteijn-Nava Guerrero, G.D.C. (author)In the Netherlands, a complex heat transition is taking place. Currently, the country's built environment largely relies on natural gas for heating. By 2050, the housing sector should, in principle, be free of this fuel. Changes in laws, policies, regulations, and technical solutions to achieve this goal will be challenging. Their implementation...doctoral thesis 2022
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Cavalcante Siebert, L. (author), Lupetti, M.L. (author), Aizenberg, E. (author), Beckers, N.W.M. (author), Zgonnikov, A. (author), Veluwenkamp, H.M. (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Giaccardi, Elisa (author), Houben, G.J.P.M. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author), van den Hoven, M.J. (author), Forster, D. (author), Lagendijk, R.L. (author)How can humans remain in control of artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems designed to perform tasks autonomously? Such systems are increasingly ubiquitous, creating benefits - but also undesirable situations where moral responsibility for their actions cannot be properly attributed to any particular person or group. The concept of...journal article 2022
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Luteijn-Nava Guerrero, G.D.C. (author), Hansen, H.H. (author), Korevaar, G. (author), Lukszo, Z. (author)Natural gas for heating is widespread in the built environment of The Netherlands, where the government aims at limiting heat demand and reducing natural gas consumption over the coming decades. In the owner-occupied residential sector, this transition is complex and requires cooperation and coordination of individuals and groups that make...journal article 2022
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Muetzel, Hannah (author)When discussing media, parasocial phenomena is mentioned. Audience members naturally partake in parasocial phenomena when consuming media and empathizing with media figures. Viewers who form relationships with a media figure despite never meeting them are said to be in a parasocial relationship. On YouTube, examples of parasocial interactions...master thesis 2021
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van der Ploeg, Derek (author)Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated every part of our world. It discovers new molecules, recommends what to watch and informs many business decisions everyday. There it has also become part of hiring, where recruiters are in need of more efficiency. The digital age has caused the amount of applications per position to skyrocket, while...master thesis 2021
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Andringa, Sytze (author)Enterprise Modelling (EM) is the process of producing models, which in turn can be used to support understanding, analysis, (re)design, reasoning, control and learning about various aspects of an enterprise. Various EM techniques and languages exist, and are often supported by computational tools, in particular simulation. The goal of this...master thesis 2021
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Kedem, Liam (author)Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely used in hiring practices to identify the most suitable candidate for a vacancy. This is due to the promise of higher overall efficiency and lower costs. However, these AI-powered tools may create an inaccurate conception of the applicant's suitability to the vacancy by numerically quantifying context...bachelor thesis 2021
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Lesichkov, Lassie (author)Companies have been looking for automation in their hiring practices and Artificial Intelligence offers a solution. A popular opinion on the topic is that AI-enabled hiring will enhance talent acquisition overall, eliminating bias and bettering results. However, deployed AI hiring tools often do not offer a solution but worsen the problem by...bachelor thesis 2021
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Niri, Omri (author)Machine learning algorithms were used in in the past decade to assist humans with recruitment and grades assessments in the academic field. For the most part, the algorithms either exacerbated existing biases or output unfair results. This could often be traced back to an ill-implementation of the systems in the social context. The academic...bachelor thesis 2021
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de Witte, Sven (author)Clinical decision support systems is a collection name for a lot of Artificial Intelligence systems used in healthcare. These systems are designed to help health workers make decisions faster and make the healthcare environment as a whole more efficient. Decisions made by these systems often weigh heavy on the ethical side giving advice on what...bachelor thesis 2021
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Koch, Dave (author)This paper proposes a socio-technical agent-based model developed to increase the understanding of decision-making in an airline operational control center (AOCC). In this model human decision-makers, a Decision Support Tool, and technical systems are included. The selected case study encompasses the<br/>unexpected diversion of a flight from...master thesis 2021
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Verboog, Victor (author)For the past decades, aviation has had a fair amount of incremental innovations, such as improved traffic management, optimization in conventional aviation technology and process developments. With the global sustainability ambitions, new technologies and innovations have been in development by a vast amount of parties. Electric aviation is one...master thesis 2021
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Lomas, J.D. (author), van der Maden, W.L.A. (author)“My Wellness Check” is a well-being assessment system designed to support wellbeing feedback loops within large organizations, like universities. In this paper, we present a narrative describing the human-centred design process used to develop a context-sensitive well-being feedback system within a large technical university during the COVID-19...conference paper 2021
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Lo, J.C. (author), Bouarfa, Soufiane (author)Airline and train operations are feasible thanks to the Command and Control systems which involve interactions between human operators, technology, and procedures. In view of the expected growing demand, significant changes in these C2 systems are in development in many countries. Such changes can lead to both positive and negative emergent...conference paper 2021
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Hoicka, Christina E. (author), Das, Runa R. (author), Zhao, Yuxu (author), McMaster, Maria Louise (author), Della Santina, C. (author), Wyse, Susan (author)The rapid diffusion of demand-side low-carbon innovations has been identified as a key strategy for maintaining average global temperature rise at or below 1.5 °C. Diffusion research tends to focus on a single sector, or single technology case study, and on a small scope of factors that influence innovation diffusion. This paper describes a...journal article 2021