Advances in sensing and machine learning technologies give rise to personal health coaches that monitor human activities and support healthy behaviour. In this context, wheelchair users can benefit...
I am Assistant Professor of Data-Centric Design with the Department of Sustainable Design Engineering (SDE) of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) of the Delft University of Technology π§.
My research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science and Participatory Design. I hypothesise that the central use of behavioural data in Human-Centred Design can turn challenges and limitations of both fields into flourishing ethical and collaborative opportunities.
For more information, have a look at my activites, open-source tools and material I contribute and CV. As student, you might also be interested in the open π©vacancies or the completed π graduation projects.
Latest Activities
π A Day in a Wheelchair

π Exhibition - Prototyping Connected Product
On April 8 from 10:00 to 12:00, students of the Master Elective βPrototyping for and with the Internet of Thingsβ (ID5412) will exhibit and demonstrate their work: 9 internet-connected wheelchairs ...
π IJTES Students as future workers: Cross-border multidisciplinary learning labs in higher education
One promising way to cope with changing requirements from the labor market in the domain of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), but also to keep the field up to date, t...
π Challenging Absolute Privacy by Design
Today I introduced the idea of Data Donation for research and design, as part of my talk at the Delft Design for Values Institute. Donβt [merely] operationalize privacy, but balance the values ...
π Flowy: Designing an assistive wearable technology for children with AD(H)D that increases attention in class
Behavioral treatment shows long-term success among children with AD(H)D, but is often expensive and hard to bring into practice. Flowy is a wristband that supports behavioral interventions by givin...
π IoT'18 Trusted and GDPR-Compliant Research with the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things has become a key enabling technology for data-intensive research across universities and private organisations alike. However, the recent introduction of the General Data Pro...
π UbiComp'18 Towards a Domain-Specific Design Platform for Wheelchair User Well-being
This workshop paper contributed to WellComp, the First International Workshop on Computing for Well-Being in Conjunction with UbiComp 2018. Improving peopleβs well-being through relevant products ...

π§ DDfV Grant on 'Responsible Internet of Things (IoT) Data Research'
The Delft Design fo Value institute granted our proposal on βResponsible Internet of Things (IoT) Data Researchβ. Together with Gerd Kortuem, Alessandro Bozzon, Christoph Lofi and Asterios Katsifod...
π§ IoT Rapid-Proto Labs Kickoff
In the past couple of days, I enjoyed my time in Helsinky, getting started with our new Erasmus+ European project IoT Rapid-Proto Labs. I am looking forward to this new collaboration across Europe ...
π PLATE'17 On the meaningfulness of data in product design for lifetime optimization
Planned obsolescence is generally considered as a negative business strategy that induces replacement needs and affects attachment dynamics, as opposed to the goal of elongating product lifetime. A...
- π DRIVE Festival - Data-Centric Design through Donation
- π Dutch Design Week - 4TU Making Matters
- π Data-Centric Design Symposium - Data as Human-Centred Material
- π Beyond data transactions: a framework for meaningfully informed data donation
- π A toolkit for developing remote patient monitoring in social, daily activity and related emotion