by Jeroen Jansz | Jul 20, 2021 | creative, media
Fake Me Hard, an inspiring exhibition and experience in Rotterdam-West about data, algorithms and AI. The artists have a slight dystopian inclination, but they succeed in making you think. Halfway, AI generates a deepfake of you. If you allow the AI to do so…....
by Jeroen Jansz | Jul 10, 2021 | CLI, creative, teaching
Early July, we celebrated summer at CLI. Our festival kicked off with a live talk-show. Innovators Dr. Mijke Slot from Media & Communication and Dr. Sam Riedijk from the Medical School discussed their projects under the guidance of Matt Hrusc who turned out to be...
by Jeroen Jansz | Nov 1, 2020 | citizenship, creative, media, research
My PhD student Roel defended his excellent thesis in the ‘hybrid format’ Erasmus University developed in response to the pandemic. It meant an empty room, with many others present online. Roel gave Prof Martine Bouman and me reason to be very proud as his...
by Jeroen Jansz | Mar 30, 2020 | creative, media, teaching, university life
The Erasmus Medical Center is very much present in the national news, because IC planning is coordinated by the EMC. In addition, all nurses, doctors and caretakers are in focus because of the amazing work they do. Meanwhile, medical education continues. After one...
by Jeroen Jansz | Jun 15, 2019 | creative, media, teaching
Early June, I immersed myself in an intensive workshop about Design Thinking. The focus was on its potential usefulness for academic education, but we also touched upon managerial issues. For example, when we discussed that future academic education will benefit from...
by Jeroen Jansz | May 20, 2019 | creative, media, teaching, university life
This weekend we had the very first hackathon on campus at Erasmus University. It was devoted to developing ideas for future education. Teams of students were coached by lecturers and also received technical support during this 24 hour event. Many teams came up with...
