List of dissertations 2025

2025-01
Max van Haastrecht (Leiden University)
Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Validity: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Implementation for Technology-Enhanced Learning Systems
Promotor: Prof. dr. M.R. Spruit (LUMC/UL)
Co-promotor: Dr. M.J.S. Brinkhuis (UU)
Promotie: 24 January 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. M.R. Spruit (LUMC/UL)
Co-promotor: Dr. M.J.S. Brinkhuis (UU)
Promotie: 24 January 2025

2025-02
Jurgen van den Hoogen (JADS)
Time Series Analysis Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Promotores: Prof. dr. M. Atzmüller (Osnabrück University), Prof. dr. E.O. Postma (TiU)
Promotie: 14 january 2025, tijdstip 15:00
Promotores: Prof. dr. M. Atzmüller (Osnabrück University), Prof. dr. E.O. Postma (TiU)
Promotie: 14 january 2025, tijdstip 15:00

2025-03
Andra-Denis Ionescu (TU Delft)
Feature Discovery for Data-Centric AI
Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. G.J.P.M Houben (TU Delft)
Co-promotor: Dr. A. Katsifodimos (TU Delft), Dr. R. Hai (TU Delft)
Promotie: 13 January 2025
Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. G.J.P.M Houben (TU Delft)
Co-promotor: Dr. A. Katsifodimos (TU Delft), Dr. R. Hai (TU Delft)
Promotie: 13 January 2025

2025-04
Rianne Schouten (TU/e)
Exceptional Model Mining for Hierarchical Data
Promotor: Prof. dr. M. Pechenizkiy (TU/e)
Co-promotor: Dr. W. Duivesteijn (TU/e)
Promotie: 16 January 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. M. Pechenizkiy (TU/e)
Co-promotor: Dr. W. Duivesteijn (TU/e)
Promotie: 16 January 2025

2025-05
Nele Albers (TU Delft)
Psychology-Informed Reinforcement Learning for Situated Virtual Coaching in Smoking Cessation
Promotores: Dr. ir. W.P. Brinkman (TU Delft), Prof. dr. M.A. Neerincx (TU Delft, TNO)
Promotie: 27 February 2025
Promotores: Dr. ir. W.P. Brinkman (TU Delft), Prof. dr. M.A. Neerincx (TU Delft, TNO)
Promotie: 27 February 2025

2025-06
Daniël Vos (TU Delft)
Decision Tree Learning: Algorithms for Robust Prediction and Policy Optimization
Promotores: Dr.ir. S.E. Verwer (TU Delft), Prof.dr.ir. R.L. Lagendijk (TU Delft)
Promotie: 6 January 2025
Promotores: Dr.ir. S.E. Verwer (TU Delft), Prof.dr.ir. R.L. Lagendijk (TU Delft)
Promotie: 6 January 2025

2025-07
Ricky Maulana Fajri (TU/e)
Towards Safer Active Learning: Dealing with Unwanted Biases, Graph-Structured Data, Adversary, and Data Imbalance
Promotor: Prof. dr. M. Pechenizkiy (TU/e)
Co-promotor: Dr. Y. Pei (TU/e)
Promotie: 4 February 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. M. Pechenizkiy (TU/e)
Co-promotor: Dr. Y. Pei (TU/e)
Promotie: 4 February 2025

2025-08
Stefan Bloemheuvel (Tilburg University)
Spatio-Temporal Analysis Through Graphs: Predictive Modeling and Graph Construction
Promotores: Prof. dr. M. Atzmueller (Osnabrück University), Prof. dr. E. Postma (TiU)
Promotie: 28 January 2025
Promotores: Prof. dr. M. Atzmueller (Osnabrück University), Prof. dr. E. Postma (TiU)
Promotie: 28 January 2025

2025-09
Fadime Kaya (VUA)
Decentralized Governance Design - A Model-Based Approach
Promotor: Dr. J. Gordijn (VUA)
Co-promotor: Prof. dr. J. Heringa (VUA)
Promotie: 15 January 2025
Promotor: Dr. J. Gordijn (VUA)
Co-promotor: Prof. dr. J. Heringa (VUA)
Promotie: 15 January 2025

2025-10
Zhao Yang (Leiden University)
Enhancing Autonomy and Efficiency in Goal-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning
Promotor: Prof. dr. A. Plaat (UL)
Co-promotores: Dr. T.M. Moerland (UL), Dr. M. Preuss (UL)
Promotie: 26 February 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. A. Plaat (UL)
Co-promotores: Dr. T.M. Moerland (UL), Dr. M. Preuss (UL)
Promotie: 26 February 2025

2025-11
Shahin Sharifi Noorian (TU Delft)
From Recognition to Understanding: Enriching Visual Models Through Multi-Modal Semantic Integration
Promotores: Prof. dr. ir. G.J.P.M. Houben (TUD), Prof. dr. ir. A. Bozzon (TUD)
Co-promotor: Dr. J. Yang (TUD)
Promotie: 10 February 2025
Promotores: Prof. dr. ir. G.J.P.M. Houben (TUD), Prof. dr. ir. A. Bozzon (TUD)
Co-promotor: Dr. J. Yang (TUD)
Promotie: 10 February 2025

2025-12
Lijun Lyu (TU Delft)
Interpretability in Neural Information Retrieval
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. G.J.P.M Houben (TUD)
Co-promotor: Dr. A. Anand (TUD)
Promotie: 24 February 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. G.J.P.M Houben (TUD)
Co-promotor: Dr. A. Anand (TUD)
Promotie: 24 February 2025

2025-13
Fuda van Diggelen (VUA)
Robots Need Some Education: on the complexity of learning in evolutionary robotics
Promotor: Prof. dr. A.E. Eiben (VUA)
Copromotor: Dr. E. Ferrante (VUA)
Promotie: 21 March 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. A.E. Eiben (VUA)
Copromotor: Dr. E. Ferrante (VUA)
Promotie: 21 March 2025

2025-14
Gennaro Gala (TU/e)
Probabilistic Generative Modeling with Latent Variable Hierarchies
Promotor: Prof. dr. C. de Campos (TU/e)
Co-promotor: Dr. E. Quaeghebeur (TU/e)
Promotie: 24 March 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. C. de Campos (TU/e)
Co-promotor: Dr. E. Quaeghebeur (TU/e)
Promotie: 24 March 2025

2025-15
Michiel van der Meer (Leiden University)
Opinion Diversity through Hybrid Intelligence
Promotor: Prof.dr. C.M. Jonker
Copromotores: Prof. dr. P.Th.J.M. Vossen (VUA), Dr. P.K. Murukannaiah (TUD)
Promotie 26 March 2025
Promotor: Prof.dr. C.M. Jonker
Copromotores: Prof. dr. P.Th.J.M. Vossen (VUA), Dr. P.K. Murukannaiah (TUD)
Promotie 26 March 2025

2025-16
Monika Grewal (TU Delft)
Deep Learning for Landmark Detection, Segmentation, and Multi-Objective Deformable Registration in Medical Imaging
Promotor: Prof. dr. P.A.N. Bosman (TU Delft, CWI)
Co-promotores: Dr. T. Alderliesten (LUMC), Dr. G. H. Westerveld (Erasmus MC)
Promotie: 11 April, 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. P.A.N. Bosman (TU Delft, CWI)
Co-promotores: Dr. T. Alderliesten (LUMC), Dr. G. H. Westerveld (Erasmus MC)
Promotie: 11 April, 2025

2025-17
Matteo De Carlo (VUA)
Real Robot Reproduction: Towards Evolving Robotic Ecosystems
Promotores:: Prof.dr. A.E. Eiben (VUA), Prof.dr. J. Ellers (VUA)
Co-promotores: Prof.dr. G. Meynen (VUA), Dr.ir. E. Ferrante (VUA)
Promotie: 1 April 2025
Promotores:: Prof.dr. A.E. Eiben (VUA), Prof.dr. J. Ellers (VUA)
Co-promotores: Prof.dr. G. Meynen (VUA), Dr.ir. E. Ferrante (VUA)
Promotie: 1 April 2025

2025-18
Anouk Neerincx (UU)
Robots That Care: How Social Robots Can Boost Children's Mental Wellbeing
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. J.F.M. Masthoff (UU)
Co-promotor: Dr. M.M.A. de Graaf (UU)
Promotie: 24 March 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. J.F.M. Masthoff (UU)
Co-promotor: Dr. M.M.A. de Graaf (UU)
Promotie: 24 March 2025

2025-19
Fang Hou (UU)
Trust in Software Ecosystems
Promotor: Prof. dr. S. Brinkkemper (UU)
Co-promotor: Dr. R.L. Jansen-Roijackers (UU)
Promotie: 14 May 2025
Promotor: Prof. dr. S. Brinkkemper (UU)
Co-promotor: Dr. R.L. Jansen-Roijackers (UU)
Promotie: 14 May 2025