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received his PhD degree at the university of Twente in November 2021. Currently, next to his affiliation with the university of Twente, Mark is associated to the Utrecht university of applied sciences. Mark works on the implementation of AI and ICT within the educational system and as an offering to Small and Medium Enterprises. He is involved in several European Projects aiming for dissemination of AI knowledge within the Utrecht region. In addition, Mark is involved as a teacher in a Life Long Learning program on organizational transitions at the university of Amsterdam. Mark’s research specialty is in Human-Computer Interaction, with a special focus on Chatbots, Avatars, Virtual Humans, Agent Based Modeling and Dynamical Systems.

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Articles published on IXD&A:

• ‘Similarity in action with an Embodied Conversational Agent; can synchronous speech yield higher levels of rapport? An exploratory eHealth study’, N. 56, 2023, pp. 130 – 155, abstract, download, (https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-056-007), Google Scholar
"Self-guided eHealth has the benefit of providing autonomy to patients. However, the autonomy comes with a cost; elevated attrition rates. Embodied Conversational Agents (‘robots on screen’), have tech..."

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