Research field Social Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
Professor of Computer Science, University of Twente's Human Media Interaction group; Director General of the Dutch National Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science; visiting professor Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Member supervisory board, Radboud University, the Netherlands.

BSC computer science, MSc in Information Systems, University of Amsterdam; PhD, Open University, UK. Formerly: Institute of Management Information Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney; with Boston Consulting Group, London; Assistant Professor, Institute of Informatics, University of Amsterdam; Visiting Professor, Stanford University.