Willem-Paul Brinkman
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Willem-Paul Brinkman
@wpbrinkman.bsky.social
professor TUDelft, EEMCS, INSY | Human-AI for Behavior change | Digital behavior change
🧪 Preparing to quit, smokers need motivation and build the right competencies. For this, we consider both the worldviews of health experts and smokers. We present a reinforcement learning model that combines these views and can be embedded in a virtual coach.

tinyurl.com/2wta4u83

#AI #ehealth
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Who should get human support in AI health apps? 🧪

A new study shows Reinforcement Learning-based human feedback allocation for quitting smoking boosts engagement—but raises ethical questions on fairness and autonomy.
📄 npj Digital Medicine: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#AI #DigitalHealth
Psychological, economic, and ethical factors in human feedback for a chatbot-based smoking cessation intervention - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Psychological, economic, and ethical factors in human feedback for a chatbot-based smoking cessation intervention
www.nature.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Willem-Paul Brinkman
New study from the Women in Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) revealing the unique challenges resulting from being First Gen (first generation of a family to access Higher Education) in science and showing how these persist at every stage of a career in academia:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Being a first generation university graduate, the impact on a career in science
Being in the first generation to access Higher Education (First Gen) is a barrier to academic success. First Gens face difficulties transitioning into, completing, and attaining competitive grades in ...
pubs.rsc.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Looking for a validated questionnaire to measure people's experience with a social robot, chatbot, or any artificial social agent? You are in for a treat as the Artificial Social Agent Questionnaire (ASAQ) is out now. 🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij....
asaq.ewi.tudelft.nl

#AI #robots #HCI #HCAI
March 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Counsellors at Children's helplines practice their skills by role-playing with each other, which might not always be easy to organise. We, therefore, proposed a computer agent who acts as a child for role-playing. 🧪

doi.org/10.1007/s109...

#AI #training #helplines #digitalhealth
Lilobot: A Cognitive Conversational Agent to Train Counsellors at Children’s Helplines - Journal of Medical Systems
To equip new counsellors at a Dutch child helpline with the needed counselling skills, the helpline uses role-playing, a form of learning through simulation in which one counsellor-in-training portray...
doi.org
January 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reposted by Willem-Paul Brinkman
📢#PhDPosition Announcement📢
Do you love #Education #Research? Are you looking for an opportunity with a direct impact on student learning? Then come join our IDEE research group about "Progression and Retention of Knowledge and Skills" as #PhD student: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
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December 5, 2024 at 8:11 AM