User-Centric Data Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The User Centric Data Science group researches how various users interact with systems and consume and produce data. We are interested in the many socio-technical challenges related to a sustainable, inclusive and fair Digital Society. 

We are an international and diverse team of researchers active in Human Computer Interaction, Knowledge Representation, Human-centric AI and ethical computing. Our application contexts include Culturally and Socially-aware AI, Research infrastructures, Digital Humanities and computational social science, FAIR and fair data, brain-computer interfaces, Knowledge Graphs, smart environments, ICT for Development and AI for neuro-rehabilitation.

Our group has played an active role in the development of Semantic Web technologies and models including OWL, RDF 1.1, PROV and SKOS. We are involved in various nationally and internationally funded research projects. Our group has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research and research collaborations with cultural and academic institutions such as Rijksmuseum, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Wereldmuseum, the National Library of the Netherlands, KNAW institutes (IISG, HUC, DANS, Huygens,..). We also collaborate with governmental and industry partners. UCDS is part of the Department of Computer Science at the Science Faculty of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.