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Dr. Annelien Smets is Research Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School. She teaches in the Bsc. Communicatiewetenschappen and Msc. Digital Media in Europe. Her course topics deal with media and digital economics, digital business models.
Dr. Smets is senior researcher at imec-SMIT (Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and member of the research unit on Media Economics & Policy, where she acts as the principle investigator on recommender systems. Her main research interests are:
- Recommender Systems & Personalization
- Media Markets
- Digital Economics & Innovation
- Discovery & Serendipity
- Smart Cities
Currently, she is project lead of the strategic research project (SBO) Serendipity Engine, funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). She is also Track 1 lead of the Strategic Research Programme (SRP) on media economics.
Annelien holds a PhD in Media and Communication Studies and a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, specializing in speech and language technologies.
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Projects
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FWOTM1251: Nudging towards viewpoint diversity? Evaluating the impact of LLM-enabled explanations on diversity consumption in news recommender
Maes, U., Smets, A. & Raats, T.
1/11/24 → 31/10/28
Project: Fundamental
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IOF3028: SHALGO - A valorisation programme for social science and humanities research on algorithmic systems
Ballon, P., Van Audenhove, L., Raats, T., Picone, I., Willems, K., Brengman, M., Van den Broeck, W., Morganti, L., Marien, I., Jacobs, A., Heyman, R., Ranaivoson, H., Smets, A., Kalogeropoulos, A., Delaere, S. & Lievens, B.
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Applied
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FWOSBO50: SBO Project with primary societal finality: Serendipity Engine: towards surprising and interesting urban experiences
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Applied
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Handbook of Platform Urbanism
Smets, A. (ed.) & Ballon, P. (ed.), 2025, (Accepted/In press) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
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Introduction to the Handbook of Platform Urbanism
Ballon, P. & Smets, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Handbook of Platform Urbanism. Smets, A. & Ballon, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
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Mitigating Misleadingness in LLM-Generated Natural Language Explanations for Recommender Systems: Ensuring Broad Truthfulness Through Factuality and Faithfulness
Maes, U., Michiels, L. & Smets, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Joint Proceedings of the ACM IUI 2025 Workshops co-located with the 30th Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2025). CEUR Workshop ProceedingsResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › Research
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A Bourdieusian theory on communicating an opinion about AI governance
Binst, B., Bircan, T. & Smets, A., 2 Oct 2024, In: AI & Society. 43 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenges and opportunities for recommender systems in media markets
Ranaivoson, H. R., Smets, A. & Ballon, P., 20 May 2024, De Gruyter Handbook of Media Economics. Rohn, U., von Rimscha, B. & Raats, T. (eds.). Boston, Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 215-228 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Outstanding Reviewer Award
Smets, Annelien (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Outstanding Reviewer Award
Smets, Annelien (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Women in RecSys: Journal Paper of the Year Award
Smets, Annelien (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Dagstuhl Seminar 24211: Evaluation Perspectives of Recommender Systems:
Annelien Smets (Participant) & Lien Michiels (Participant)
20 May 2024 → 24 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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Integrating Recommenders and Platformization in Small Media Markets’ Legacy Players
Annelien Smets (Speaker), Tim Raats (Speaker), Noëmie Forest (Speaker), Hanne Vandenbroucke (Speaker) & Pieter Van der Elst (Speaker)
10 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Recommenders and Digital Economics
Annelien Smets (Lecturer)
11 Oct 2024Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Dag van de Wetenschap
Brett Binst (Participant) & Annelien Smets (Chair)
26 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing a festival/exhibition
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Recommender Systems Summer School
Annelien Smets (Participant)
12 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
Press/Media
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Wissenschaft – Zufällig genial (Science - Accidentally brilliant)
12/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Is Instagram net zo slecht voor uw gezondheid als een sigaret?
24/01/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Moederbedrijf Facebook komt met Twitter-kloon: “Dit zou hét alternatief kunnen zijn”
4/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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