Hi, I'm Daphne. I am an assistant professor in the INDElab at the University of Amsterdam, on the topic of Human-Data Interaction.
During both my Bachelor and Master degree I have continuously been trying to complement my education in the field of Computer Science and Engineering with aspects from the social sciences. I took courses in Psychology, Sociology, Brain Physiology, Consumer Behaviour, Human Factors and many others. For my graduation, I worked on bringing humans and databases closer together through some small studies.
The work was very interesting to me and so in December of 2019, I started my PhD at the Database Research Group of Eindhoven University of Technology. I made my research goal a bit more specific, and focused on SQL education for students. In my dissertation I laid foundations for understanding misconceptions for SQL, and developed several interventions that help students perform better.
I'm now moving back to the more generalized area of Human-Data Interaction. Although I'll be continuing my work on SQL, I'm also excited to study a broader database context.