Intimate Computing By Dr M Birna Van Riemsdijk

Welcome to Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk’s website! Intimate Computing is about digital technologies that in some sense “come close” to us in our daily lives. Examples are quantified self, mobile location sharing apps, social media, wearables and high-tech clothing, as well as behaviour support technology such as smart homes. I posit that the intimate nature of these technologies makes us vulnerable in specific ways.

In line with this idea, I put forward a vision of intimate computing as computing with vulnerability. This means that intimate technologies should take into account human vulnerabilities, allowing people to reflect on and actively shape their vulnerable existence in interaction with these technologies. In this way, we create a caring and inspiring digital society that embraces softness and vulnerability, allowing us to feel wonder and tenderness in our intimate technological experiences. Do you want to know more? Then check out the presentation above, take a look at the research page or read more about me! I wish you an inspiring site visit,Birna van RiemsdijkAssociate professor Intimate Computing, University of Twente

Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk is associate professor Intimate Computing in the Human-Media Interaction group at University of Twente since 2019. She obtained her PhD in 2006 from Utrecht University on the topic of Cognitive Agent Programming, after which she was a postdoc at LMU Munich for two years. She was appointed assistant professor at TU Delft in 2008. Her research mission is to develop theory and software for creating intimate technologies that take into account our human vulnerability in supporting us in our daily lives: intimate computing is computing with vulnerability.

For her research on supportive technology that takes into account norms and values of people she was awarded a Vidi personal grant and the Dutch Prize for Research in ICT 2014. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (JAAMAS) and was elected member (2012-2018) of the board of the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems... She is member of the board of 4TU.NIRICT, which comprises all ICT research of the four universities of technology of the Netherlands. More information can be found on her personal webpage: https://intimate-computing.net . A complete list of her publications can be found on her website. I am associate professor Intimate Computing in the Human-Media Interaction group at University of Twente, The Netherlands.

My research mission is to develop design methods and computational representation and reasoning techniques for creating intimate technologies that take into account our human vulnerability in supporting us in our daily lives: intimate computing... I have a background in computer science & AI, in particular formal methods for multiagent systems. Over the past fifteen years we have been working at the intersection of AI and human-computer interaction, inspired by research in philosophy and ethics. Roles in Hybrid Intelligence: supervision of PhD candidates, co-chair HI-ESDiT committee, coordinator Special Interest Group on Ethicsformer coordinator Responsible HI research line. Hybrid Intelligence Research Objectives: Responsible HI Research interests: human-machine alignment, interactive human-machine meaning making, semantic user models, norm and value-aware agents, responsible AI, responsible design, human vulnerability in relation to intimate technologies, wearables, behaviour support agents, AI & disability, inclusion...

I am Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk, Associate Professor Intimate Computing in the Human-Media Interaction group at University of Twente. My motto is Lead with the heart. As I wrote in my acceptance speech for the Dutch Prize for Research in ICT 2014: “for me, this means that it always has to start with a sparkle, and the rest will follow”. On these pages you can read about those sparkles and where following them has brought me.

You can read about my career, my values, and my inspiration. More information on my current and previous positions can be found on my LinkedIn profile. Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk is associate professor Intimate Computing in the Human-Media Interaction department at University of Twente, The Netherlands. Her research mission is to develop design methods and computational models for creating Intimate Technologies that align with personal values and take into account personal vulnerabilities in supporting people in their daily lives, so...

For her research on software that takes into account personal norms and values she was awarded a Vidi personal grant and the Dutch Prize for Research in ICT 2014. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (JAAMAS) and was elected member (2012-2018) of the board of the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems... She has served in numerous leadership roles related to Ethics and Responsible AI, for example in the 10-year Hybrid Intelligence NWO gravitation programme. 50-word version: Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk is associate professor Intimate Computing at University of Twente.

Her research develops design methods and computational models for taking into account personal values and vulnerabilities in creating Intimate Technologies. She was awarded a Vidi personal grant and the Dutch Prize for Research in ICT 2014. Dr. M. Birna van Riemsdijk is associate professor Intimate Computing (https://intimate-computing.net/) at University of Twente. Her research mission is to develop design and computational methods for creating Intimate Technologies that foster a caring and inspiring digital society.

Her research focuses specifically on creating Intimate Technologies that take into account our human vulnerability in supporting us in our daily lives: Intimate Computing is computing with vulnerability. For her research on software that takes into account personal norms and values she was awarded a NWO VIDI personal grant and the Dutch Prize for Research in ICT 2014. She was elected member (2012-2018) of the board of the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems and she coordinated collaboration between the Hybrid Intelligence and Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies NWO gravitation... Associate Professor, University of Twente We are a global community of education professionals who refuse the call for generative AI (GenAI) adoption in schools and colleges, and reject the narrative of its inevitability. At its heart, education is a project of guiding learners to exercise their own agency in the world.

Through education, learners should be empowered to participate meaningfully in society, industry, and the planet. But in its current form, GenAI is corrosive to the agency of students, educators and professionals. Current GenAI technologies represent unacceptable legal, ethical and environmental harms, including exploitative labour, piracy of countless creators' and artists' work, harmful biases, mass production of misinformation, and reversal of the global emissions reduction trajectory. GenAI is a threat to student learning and wellbeing. There is insufficient evidence for student use of GenAI to support genuine learning gains, though there is a massive marketing push to position these products as essential to students’ future livelihoods. Young people using anthropomorphised chatbots are vulnerable to psychological and emotional addiction.

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