UU Student Theses Repository: Recent submissions
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DutchCrows: A Benchmark for Measuring Dutch Stereotypes in Large Language Models
(2025)With Large Language Models (LLMs) increasingly used worldwide, including in the Netherlands, there is a growing need to evaluate them on harmful biases such as stereotyping. While many benchmarks exist for English, non-English ... -
Integrating Spectral and Visual Data for Material Identification and Segmentation
(2025)Accurate sorting and identification of materials is crucial in real-world applications such as recycling, manufacturing, and quality control, yet traditional classification based solely on visual information often fails ... -
Identifying patterns in GvHD patients
(2025)Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGvHD) is a common and serious complication following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in pediatric patients. Although corticosteroids are the standard treatment, ... -
Software Quality Assessment of Developer Community Reviews Using Sentiment Analysis Techniques
(2025)Software developers actively contribute their reviews of software components within various software communities, including platforms such as Stack Overflow. Analyzing these user reviews can provide valuable insight into ... -
Emotion detection in children's speech using linguistic, paralinguistic and breathing features with AI methods
(2025)The field of Human-Computer Interaction is increasingly emphasizing the need for computers to react in a more human-like manner. To achieve this, computers must be able to comprehend the emotional context of conversations. ... -
Monthly delays? How menstrual pain relates to procrastination at work.
(2025)Menstruating individuals face unique challenges in the workplace as menstruation is widely stigmatized and its accompanying symptoms (e.g., menstrual pain) often downplayed. Thus, based on the strength model of self-control ... -
Bright Patterns: Strategies Towards A More Conscious Use Of Our Phones
(2025)This thesis examines compulsive smartphone use and specifically the influence of dark patterns on user engagement. Given the widespread use of persuasive design and the lack of research on how these mechanisms affect ... -
An Adaptive Sampling Method to Improve Physics-Informed Neural Networks
(2025)Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) offer a mesh-free approach to solving partial differential equations (PDEs), yet often struggle with localised features due to the random or uniform nature of their training data ... -
Machine-Learning-Based Dimensionality Assessment for Cognitive Diagnosis Models
(2025)This thesis examines how supervised machine learning algorithms can be utilised to predict the number of hidden attributes in simulated data derived from cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) structures. It is essential for ... -
Responsiveness, restraint and range: Conflict over the epistemic personae of naval officers in Dutch 19th-century Arctic science
(2025)In the second half of the 19th century, naval officers were relegated to marginal roles in environmental science. This boundary work helped shape the scientific community today, where academic credentials are a prerequisite. ... -
Generative AI for AI-driven data management: Name similarity with transformers for entity matching
(2025)Organization name matching is essential for data integration but presents unique challenges due to inconsistent formatting, abbreviations, typographical and phonetic variations, and the lack of grammatical structure or ... -
Memento Diplomacy in 19th Century Austro-Russian Relations: The Rift Between Realism & Mysticism in Metternich and Alexander I’s Alliance
(2025)This thesis, titled Memento Diplomacy in 19th Century Austro-Russian Relations: The Rift Between Realism & Mysticism in Metternich and Alexander I’s Alliance, 1814-1825, introduces a novel analytical framework which explores ...