UU Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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Automatic Rodent Detection from Motion-triggered Wildlife Cameras
(2025)Active monitoring is indispensable in containing the spread of contagious diseases among animal stocks, particularly in detecting any intruders that may introduce harmful pathogens into livestock farms. Given the time-consuming ... -
Exploring the Influence of Synthetic Training Data Diversity on the Behavior of Fine-Tuned Large Language Models
(2025)In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have become an extremely popular and active subdiscipline of artificial intelligence (AI). As LLMs become more capable, they are increasingly being used to generate data for ... -
ANTI: a framework for agonistic news recommendation
(2025)Algorithmic news recommendation on news aggregator platforms increasingly shapes what news perspectives people encounter. However, in an effort to increase diversity and reduce the personalized ‘filter bubble’ effect, many ... -
Machine-Learning-Based Dimensionality Assessment for Cognitive Diagnosis Models
(2025)This research aimed to select, tune, and interpret a supervised Machine Learning (ML) model in search of a model that could correctly predict the number of attributes, i.e., dimensionality assessment, in Cognitive Diagnosis ... -
The Effects of Non-verbal Turn-Taking Cues in an Open-Domain Human-Robot Conversation
(2025)Older conversational systems like ELIZA and modern digital assistants like Alexa rely on a simple turn-taking system based upon gaps of silence between turns. However, these question-answering and command-and-action systems ... -
Using Vision and Language models for Uncertainty-Aware Image Captioning
(2025)This thesis investigates how uncertainty can be integrated into image captioning models, focusing on generating captions that express appropriate levels of confidence. Using the HL Dataset, a human-annotated image-text ... -
Bridging policy and technology: AI transparency in healthcare
(2025)The healthcare sector faces growing pressure due to personnel shortages. Artificial intelligence (AI) could help to maintain healthcare accessible, affordable and of high quality. This thesis explores how AI-assisted ... -
Uncovering Railway Infrastructure: AI-Driven Segmentation of Dense Point Clouds
(2025)This thesis explores the potential of using advanced Artificial Intelli- gence techniques to automate the segmentation of railway point clouds to facilitate creating accurate object inventories. The motivation for this ... -
Enhancing Human Contact Signatures Estimation Through Multi-View Integration in Complex Parent-Infant Free Play Interactions
(2025)Understanding early parent–infant interactions, particularly those involving physical touch, is vital for assessing developmental progress and emotional bonding. Recent AI-based systems have shown promising results in ... -
Development and evaluation of the Python educational ontology
(2025)This thesis explores the development of an educational ontology for Python, designed to serve as a domain model for adaptive learning systems and support the annotation of programming exercises using large language models ... -
Automatically Analysing the Wrong Triage Decisions of 'Moet ik naar de dokter' recommender system
(2025)There is an increasing demand for medical care in the Netherlands, and overcrowding at the GP is a serious issue. In an attempt to alleviate some pressure from the GP, an automatic triage tool was developed to gauge how ... -
Cue Classification in Preterm Infants Using Vision-Language Models
(2025)Premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) require continuous monitoring to ensure responsive and personalized care. Behavioral cues such as facial expressions and hand movements offer non-invasive insights ... -
Towards Automated Infant Hand Gesture Recognition for Predicting Language Development
(2025)Infant hand gestures such as pointing, showing, and giving are known predictors of early language development. However, automated recognition of infant gestures remains an underexplored task, particularly due to the scarcity ... -
Exploring Key Elements and Pedagogical Approaches used in Eco-Schools Through a Qualitative Research
(2025)With growing environmental challenges, schools play a vital role in equipping future generations with the knowledge and tools for a sustainable future. This thesis explores how primary eco-schools in the Netherlands implement ... -
Automated detection of positive/negative shyness in children from videos
(2025)Shyness in infancy has often been approached as a unidimensional, negative construct linked to social withdrawal. However, recent research introduces a nuanced perspective: shyness can also be positive and socially adaptive. ... -
Examining Whether Commonly Used Acoustic-Based Hit Prediction Methods Can Be Applied to the Dutch Top 40
(2025)Hit prediction for global top charts is frequently studied within the research area referred to as Hit Song Science. Hit Song Science is concerned with predicting the hit potential of a song. As of now, research to hit ... -
Feature Reduction for Scenario-Based Safety Assessment of Automated Vehicles
(2025)Automated Vehicles (AVs) have the potential to significantly reduce road crashes. To enable widespread adoption of AVs, rigorous safety assessment is essential. Valuable insights for AV safety validation can be gained by ... -
White-box passive attacks and robust model learning defenses on image classification models
(2025)Federated learning allows multiple parties to collaboratively train a model without sharing sensitive data, making it suitable for applications such as border control, criminal investigation, and device security. However, ...