Currently, in a fast-growing electronic age, digital presence is becoming a necessity in order to maintain pace with the current technological evolution. In addition, increasing labor costs due to governmental regulations is challenging McDonalds’ scheme of providing low priced meals. Resorting to technology …

Effective and quality online education requires an instructional design approach that can lead to educational transformation. This approach can be characterized by advanced flexibility, learner autonomy and extensive use of digital technologies to enhance learning outcomes. One of the main challenges …

Dynamic stall phenomena bring risk for negative damping and instability in wind turbine blades. It is crucial to model these phenomena accurately to reduce inaccuracies in predicting design driving (fatigue) loads. Inaccuracies in current dynamic stall models may be due to the facts that they are not …

Het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven is in hoge mate gedigitaliseerd. In 2016 had 91 procent van de Nederlandse bedrijven toegang tot internet, een percentage dat sindsdien a Ileen maar is toegeno-men. Minstens de helft van de bedrijven doet betalingen online en beheert digitaal vertrouwelijke gegeven. Door …

The use of TriAx geogrids to stabilise the granular base layer of asphalt paved roads, is ever increasing. However, the effect a stabilising geogrid has on the entire pavement structure is still derived from a foundation reduction factor, instead of being calculated directly. Practical experience showed …

Expert finding systems (EFS) is a method of finding experts by typing in a search query that results in multiple expert profiles. An expert profile is a profile of a user that has certain knowledge and expertise. After a matching process between the search query and the available profiles in the system, …

In 2011, a loose group of “grumpy futurists” wrote up an extensive list of “Alternatives to the Singularity” in a collaborative Google Document. “The Singularity”, in popular culture and para-religious belief, refers to the point where machine intelligence leaves humans behind. Against the techno-utopian …

This report systematically analyzes the requirements for building the Demo Facility. Based on these requirements a hardware platform for the demo facility is created and research regarding suitable excisting software is done.

Background: A large part of the communication cues exchanged between persons is nonverbal. Persons with a visual impairment are often unable to perceive these cues, such as gestures or facial expression of emotions. In a previous study, we have determined that visually impaired persons can increase their …

Mijn stageopdracht omvat het onderzoeken en ontwikkelen van een Nederlandse prototype conversatie chatbot. Vooraf is nog niet vastgesteld welke functionaliteiten de chatbot zou moeten hebben. Ook is nog niet besloten welke onderwerpen er besproken kunnen worden met de bezoeker. Als het prototype aan …