{"id":3189,"date":"2018-09-04T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T07:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2022-09-26T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:16:10","slug":"starting-a-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leapfrog.nl\/blog\/archives\/2018\/09\/04\/starting-a-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the first official work day of my new doctoral researcher position at Delft University of Technology<\/a>. After more than two years of laying the ground work, I\u2019m starting out on a new challenge. <\/p>\n

I remember sitting outside a Jewel coffee bar in Singapore<\/a>1<\/a><\/sup> and going over the various options for whatever would be next after shutting down Hubbub<\/a>. I knew I wanted to delve into the impact of machine learning and data science on interaction design. And largely through process of elimination I felt the best place for me to do so would be inside of academia.<\/p>\n

Back in the Netherlands, with help from Ianus Keller<\/a>, I started making inroads at TU Delft, my first choice for this kind of work. I had visited it on and off over the years, coaching students and doing guest lectures. I\u2019d felt at home right away.<\/p>\n

There were quite a few twists and turns along the way but now here we are. Starting this month I am a doctoral candidate at Delft University of Technology\u2019s faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. <\/p>\n

My research is provisionally titled \u2018Intelligibility and Transparency of Smart Public Infrastructures: A Design Oriented Approach\u2019. Its main object of study is the MX3D smart bridge<\/a>. My supervisors are Gerd Kortuem<\/a> and Neelke Doorn<\/a>. And it\u2019s all part of the NWO-funded project \u2018BRIdging Data in the built Environment (BRIDE)\u2019<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Below is a first rough abstract of the research. But in the months to come this is likely to change substantially as I start hammering out a proper research plan. I plan to post the occasional update on my work here, so if you\u2019re interested your best bet is probably to do the old RSS thing. There\u2019s social media too, of course. And I might set up a newsletter at some point. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

If any of this resonates, do get in touch. I\u2019d love to start a conversation with as many people as possible about this stuff.<\/p>\n

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Intelligibility and Transparency of Smart Public Infrastructures: A Design Oriented Approach<\/p>\n\n

This phd will explore how designers, technologists, and citizens can utilize rapid urban manufacturing and IoT technologies for designing urban space that expresses its intelligence from the intersection of people, places, activities and technology, not merely from the presence of cutting-edge technology. The key question is how smart public infrastructure, i.e. data-driven and algorithm-rich public infrastructures, can be understood by lay-people.<\/p>\n\n

The design-oriented research will utilize a \u2018research through design\u2019 approach to develop a digital experience around the bridge and the surrounding urban space. During this extended design and making process the phd student will conduct empirical research to investigate design choices and their implications on (1) new forms of participatory data-informed design processes, (2) the technology-mediated experience of urban space, (3) the emerging relationship between residents and \u201ctheir\u201d bridge, and (4) new forms of data-informed, citizen led governance of public space.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

  1. My Foursquare history<\/a> and 750 Words archive tell me this was on Saturday, January 16, 2016. [↩<\/a>]<\/span><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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