Academic staff

Get to know members of the academic staff of Human Computer Interaction.

Eelco Herder

I work as an associate professor in the Interaction Group at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. My research focuses on the fine balance between the benefits of personalization and perceived and actual risks associated with privacy matters. My main research interests include user modeling, personalization, Web usage mining, data analysis and visualization, usability and user evaluation.

Before joining Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, Eelco Herder worked as an assistant professor at the Digital Security Group at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands (2017 鈥 2022), and a senior researcher at the L3S Research Center in Hannover, Germany (2006 鈥 2017).

Hanna Hauptmann

I am an assistant professor at the Human-Centered Computing Group of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. My research focuses on machine learning, recommender systems, visual analytics, persuasive design, and gameful design for health.

Before joining Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, she has worked as a Researcher at the Data Analysis and Visualization group of the 木瓜福利影视 of Konstanz (2019鈥2021), and as a PhD Researcher at the Technical 木瓜福利影视 of Munich (2015 鈥 2019).

Isabella Saccardi

I am a PhD student at the Human-Centered Computing Group of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. I am Investigating automated emotional support for individual and collaborative groups through qualitative methods (interviews, focus groups), quantitative methods (empirical research), design, AI (user modeling and personalization), prototyping methods.

Before joining Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, she was a Research Assistant at Leiden 木瓜福利影视 (2019 鈥 2021), and she has both a Bachelor鈥檚 (2017) and Master鈥檚 (2019) degree in Cognitive Psychology from the 木瓜福利影视 of Padova, Italy.

Examples of thesis topics

  • Ephemerality: cognitive effects of the 鈥渂urn after read鈥 paradigm in non-persistent media (e.g. Snapchat).
  • Augmented Reality in safety training: Issues with usability and user experience.
  • Human-Robot Interaction: Designing explanations of robot behaviour.
  • Collaborative crowd sourcing: Designing tools for large-scale creativity.
  • Adherent Persuasive Technology: Personalized well-being and cyber-security interventions.
  • Empathic System Design: The development of sensitive agents.