Projecten per jaar
Persoonlijk profiel
Expertise
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.
Vingerafdruk
Verdiep u in de onderzoeksgebieden waarop Annelien Smets actief is. Deze onderwerplabels komen uit het werk van deze persoon. Samen vormen ze een unieke vingerafdruk.
- 1 Soortgelijke profielen
Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
Recente externe samenwerking op landen-/regioniveau. Duik in de details door op de stippen te klikken of
Projecten
- 3 Actief
-
IOF3028: SHALGO - Een valorisatie programma voor sociaal-maatschappelijk onderzoek mbt algoritmische systemen
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: Toegepast
-
FWOSBO50: SBO project Serendipity Engine: naar een verrassende en interessante stadsbeleving
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Toegepast
-
Handbook of Platform Urbanism
Smets, A. (redactie) & Ballon, P. (redactie), 2025, (Accepted/In press) Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Onderzoeksoutput: Book › Research
-
Introduction to the Handbook of Platform Urbanism
Ballon, P. & Smets, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Handbook of Platform Urbanism. Smets, A. & Ballon, P. (redactie). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.Onderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research
-
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 ProceedingsOnderzoeksoutput: Conference paper › Research
Open Access -
What is Serendipity? An Interview Study to Conceptualize Experienced Serendipity in Recommender Systems
Binst, B., Michiels, L. & Smets, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the 33rd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization.Onderzoeksoutput: Conference paper › Research
-
A Bourdieusian theory on communicating an opinion about AI governance
Binst, B., Bircan, T. & Smets, A., 2 okt 2024, In: AI & Society. 43 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
Prijzen
-
Outstanding Reviewer Award
Smets, Annelien (Recipient), 2023
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Outstanding Reviewer Award
Smets, Annelien (Recipient), 2024
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Women in RecSys: Journal Paper of the Year Award
Smets, Annelien (Recipient), 2023
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activiteiten
-
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 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
-
Dagstuhl Seminar 24211: Evaluation Perspectives of Recommender Systems:
Annelien Smets (Participant) & Lien Michiels (Participant)
20 mei 2024 → 24 mei 2024Activiteit: Participation in workshop, seminar
-
Recommenders and Digital Economics
Annelien Smets (Lecturer)
11 okt 2024Activiteit: Research and Teaching at External Organisation
-
Dag van de Wetenschap
Brett Binst (Participant) & Annelien Smets (Chair)
26 nov 2023Activiteit: Participating in or organizing a festival/exhibition
-
Recommender Systems Summer School
Annelien Smets (Participant)
12 jun 2023 → 16 jun 2023Activiteit: Participation in workshop, seminar
Knipsels
-
Wissenschaft – Zufällig genial (Science - Accidentally brilliant)
12/09/24
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
-
Is Instagram net zo slecht voor uw gezondheid als een sigaret?
24/01/24
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
-
Tinder lanceert peperduur abonnement.
25/09/23
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
-
Moederbedrijf Facebook komt met Twitter-kloon: “Dit zou hét alternatief kunnen zijn”
4/07/23
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: !!Expert Comment
-