From WouterBeek.com

I am a PhD student at the Human Computer Studies department of the University of Amsterdam. My research focuses on the diagnostic evaluation of qualitative models. It is conducted within the international DynaLearn project.

Contents 1 2010 2 2009 3 2008 4 2007 5 2006 6 2005

2010

Teaching:

• Inleiding KI (starts in September)
• Bachelor project KI

Articles:

• Irak als een casestudy voor burgerschap (Dutch)
• API for data and knowledge exchange. With Jochem Liem, Floris Linnebank, and Bert Bredeweg. DynaLearn, EC FP7 STREP project 231526, Deliverable D3.2.
• DynaLearn: Architecture and Approach for Investigating Conceptual System Knowledge Acquisition. With Bert Bredeweg, Jochem Liem, Floris Linnebank, René Bühling, Michael Wißner, Jorge Gracia del Río, Paulo Salles, and Asunción Gómez Pérez. In: V. Aleven, J. Kay and J. Mostow (Eds.) Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2010, Part II, pp. 272-274, LNCS 6095, Springer-Verlag.
• Multi Use Level Workbench. With Jochem Liem and Bert Bredeweg. DynaLearn, EC FP7 STREP project 231526, Deliverable D3.1.
• Acquiring Conceptual Knowledge about How Systems Behave. With Jochem Liem, Bert Bredeweg, Floris Linnebank, René Bühling, Michael Wißner, Jorge Gracia del Río, and Asunción Gómez Pérez. In: V. Aleven, J. Kay and J. Mostow (Eds.) Intelligent Tutoring Systems 2010, Part II, pp. 448, LNCS 6095, Springer-Verlag.

Presentations:

• I gave a demo session and a poster presentation about the DynaLearn project at the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS2010).
• A lecture on the DynaLearn project, held at the Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning (JTEL2010).
• A short presentation for high-school students who are intereste in studying AI (Dutch).

Other:

• I am part of the development team for a new software environment for creating conceptual knowledge about dynamic systems behavior, called DynaLearn. It is a Integrated Learning Environment that is used in science curricula all around the world. The final version of the software will be made available (open source!) to the general public later this year.
• I attended the Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning (JTEL2010) in Ohrid, Macedonia.
• I attended the Tenth International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS2010) in Pittsburgh, USA.

2009

Teaching:

• Inleiding KI
• Bachelor project KI
• Tweedejaarsproject KI

Articles:

• Het Augustiniaanse taalbeeld Article on Augustin's philosophy of language (Dutch).
• Het ontstaan van de feminiene filosofie: De correspondentie tussen Prinses Elisabeth en Descartes Article about an important eposode in the history of philosophy, concerning the correspondence between Princes Elisabeth and René Descartes (Dutch).
• Truth-Theoretic Contextualism: Resolving the Contextualism/Minimalism Debate Master of Logic thesis on the contextualism / minimalism debate. MoL-2009-08.
• Semantisch Solipsisme Article on my master thesis about the contextualism / minimalism debate.
• Wetenschapsfilosofie ter verheffing van het volk Article that is concerned with a specifc type of philosophy of science (Dutch).
• Over het geven van voorbeelden in de filosofie Article on the role of examples in philosophy (Dutch).
• The Logical Structure of Religious Belief Article on the supposed unstructured nature of religious belief.
• Compositional Semantics Syllabus Syllabus for the course on Natural Language Interfaces.
• Satisfaction Algorithm for Compositional Semantics Syllabus for the course on Natural Language Interfaces.
• Semantics for Belief Sentences Syllabus for the course on Natural Language Interfaces.

Presentations:

• Bayes Theorem & Natural Language Processing

Other:

• I'm doing a project on ICT in Education (ICTO) for the Bachelor AI at the University of Amsterdam, introducing competency-based learning into the curriculum. Some results of this project are kept online.
• I was interviewed for the UvA website about the research master in philosophy.
• I was an editor for the philosophy magazine Cimedart.

2008

Teaching:

• Inleiding filosofie: historische en metafysische verkenningen 2
• Taaltheorie en en Taalverwerking
• Natuurlijke Taal Interfaces
• Encyclopedie van de AI

Articles:

• Pantheism and Sin in a Tractarian World Paper on the ethical aspect of Wittgenstein's Tractatus.
• The Weakness of Strong AI Article assessing the traditional distinction between weak and strong AI.
• Primitiviteit en religie Article on the supposed primitive nature of religion (Dutch).
• The linguistic embedding of scientific experimentation
• Drie gedachten over transhumanisme Article on transhumanism for De Connectie (Dutch).
• Interview met Ad Verbrugge Interview with Ad Verbrugge for Babel (Dutch).
• Mens 2.0 Article on transhumanism for Babel (Dutch).
• Hoe voelt het internet zich met de feestdagen? Artivle about flock emotion assessment based on popular internet terms, for Babel (Ducth).

Presentations:

• Een Turing-test voor transhumanisme A presentation on the Turing test and transhumanism, held before the HCC AI-group (Dutch).
• The Weakness of Strong AI: Reconsidering the Weak/Strong Distinction A presentation about the traditional distinction between strong and weak AI, held on the Second NSVKI Student Conference at Utrecht University.

Other:

• I'm doing a project on ICT in Education (ICTO) for the Bachelor AI at the University of Amsterdam, introducing competency-based learning into the curriculum. Some results of this project are kept online.
• I was an editor for the student magazine Babel.
• I was an editor for the AI magazine De Connectie.

2007

Teaching:

• Leren
• Inleiding filosofie: historische en metafysische verkenningen 1
• Taaltheorie en en Taalverwerking
• Natuurlijke Taal Interfaces
• Taalmodellen

Articles:

• Extreem-rechts op bezoek in Amsterdam Article about a right extremist protest in Amsterdam (Dutch).
• P...P...Paranoia: Waarom technologie de katalysator van onvrijheid is
• Een PR-laag tussen hemel en aarde: in gesprek met Antoine Bodar Interview with Antoine Bodar for Babel (Dutch).
• De gevolgen van pragmatische inferentie: in gesprek met Maria Aloni Interview with Maria Aloni about het research into pragmatic inference, for Babel and De Connectie (Dutch).
• Nieuwe studenten Article about new first-year students (Dutch).
• A Very Short Sketch of a Blended Theory of Theories of Meaning Note on an integrated theory of meaning.
• Rule-Following and the Cognitive Contiguity Bachelor's thesis on rule-following and the normativity of language.
• De Onmogelijkheid van het Linguïstisch Relativisme Article about linguistic relativism (Dutch).
• Het Ware Gezicht van Jezus Christus Review of Pope Ratzinger's book (Dutch).
• Verbetert de Wereld met AI? Artcle about whether and how AI is able to make the world a better place (Dutch).
• Openingswoord bij het symposium 'Verbetert de Wereld met AI?' Introduction to the symposium (Dutch).
• Verslag symposium 'Verbeter de wereld met AI' (pdf) Impressions of the symposium (Dutch).
• De verandering van de notie van het experiment in de wetenschappelijke traditie Paper on philosophy of science (Dutch).
• On the Very Idea of a Complete Translation Paper about Davidson, Kuhn and linguïstic relativism.

Other:

• I was interviewed for the UvA website about the Bachlor AI (Dutch).
• I was an editor for the student magazine Babel.
• I was an editor for the AI magazine De Connectie.

2006

Teaching:

• Statistiek
• Basiswiskunde en Logica
• Taaltheorie en Taalverwerking
• Taalverwerking en Informatieontsluiting Blok A
• Taalverwerking en Informatieontsluiting Blok B

Articles:

• Linguistic Relativism: Variants and Misconceptions Bachelor thesis about linguistic relativism.
• Wetenschapsfilosofie volgens Kuhn Short overview of Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science (Dutch).
• Evolutie, Intelligent Design en de Kerk van het Vliegende Spaghettimonster Article on the tension between intelligent design and evolution (Dutch).
• De Wildersbot Article on the Turing Test, using a Dutch politician as an example (Dutch).
• Verslag Symposium 'Lanuguage & The Mind' Report on the symposium on language and mind (Dutch).
• Fluidiom: Lopende computermodelled, dankzij evolutie Article on a software simulation of evolution (Dutch).

Other:

• I was an editor for the AI magazine De Connectie.

2005

Teaching:

• Basiswiskunde en Logica (Bachelor Informatica, UvA)

Articles:

• Wet en handeling in de filosofie van Kant (paper Ethiek)
• Digital Cities and Their Possible Renewal of Democratic Participation (paper Computer Mediated Communication)