Location: Blauwe Zaal

My entrepreneurial journey : unifying diverse markets

Ben Woldring

Location: Blauwe Zaal

Towards safe and productive human multitasking

Prof. dr. Niels Taatgen

One of the big challenges for science is to understand how the mind works. In order to make progress on this problem, we have to use all the tools, methods and machinery that the different disciplines have to offer. While biologists and neuroscientists study the physical substrate of the mind, psychologists and linguists try to infer theories on the basis of behaviour. Artificial Intelligence has an interesting position: on the one hand it shares psychology’s interest in intelligent behaviour, but also wants to know precisely how that behaviour can be produced by a physical system. In my talk I will use the topic of multitasking as an example of how multiple approaches can work together, giving insights into multitasking that can be helpful and sometimes quite surprising.

Location: Blauwe Zaal

History of Scent

Scent was a source of inspiration as well as a means of expression to visual artists at the fin de siècle. Especially during the interwar period Futurists, Dadaists and Surrealists organised scented poetry recitals, performances, and created aromatic toys, perfumed sculptures and odoriferous artist books. Unfortunately most of these events and objects are by now inodorate, lost, or never recorded. Therefore the (re)construction of these art historical scents, in collaboration with IFF (International Flavours & Fragrances) and several heritage institutions, such as the Rijksmuseum, will once again enable us to ‘get in touch’ with this volatile heritage. An Aroma-jockey will diffuse historical scents as an additional informative layer next to text and images.

Location: Blauwe Zaal

Celebrate the 2016 PhD Day with dinner and after party!
Dinner starts at 19:00 and party starts at 21:30.

Location: Humphrey's (dinner) and Lola050 (party)