C.P. (Kars) Alfrink

C.P. (Kars) Alfrink

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Kars Alfrink is a designer, researcher, and educator working at the intersection of emerging technologies, social progress, and the built environment. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology, focusing on contestable AI. He co-founded Tech Solidarity NL and Hubbub and was a co-curator for This Happened’s Dutch events. With over 15 years of experience in design, he has previously worked as a consultant, entrepreneur, and educator and has held various roles in web agencies. He holds a master of arts in interaction design from Utrecht School of the Arts and a doctorate in contestable artificial intelligence from Delft University of Technology. He resides in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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BRIdging Data in the built Environment (BRIDE)

The aim of the BRIDE project is to explore the role of smart public infrastructure in making and re-making of public space.

Building Rhythms

The Building Rhythms project investigates how privacy-preserving sensing and public data visualisations can become a platform for understanding COVID-19's impact on campus life, and for supporting health and wellbeing.

Contestable AI

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