Still cannot believe how awesome this looks. Today, I am very proud to announce that I will spend (at least) the next 5 years being an assistant professor at the Software Engineering Research Group in Delft. What will you be working on? I will continue to research spreadsheets. As you might know, my group just got a […]
Trip to Silicon Valley
Two years ago I participated in a trip to Silicon Valley. This trip consisted of pitch training and visits to both start-ups and established companies in the valley. The most useful thing I got out of this trip is that I learned to present myself as an American. I can explain what I do in 20 seconds and […]
Defense
Yesterday I defended my PhD thesis, and the wonderful @grammarware made public notes of all questions that I was asked. Also, I made a Storify with all tweets (also many by @grammarware) [<a href=”//storify.com/Felienne/dr-felienne” target=”_blank”>View the story “Dr. Felienne” on Storify</a>]
Proposition #10
There is no such thing as ‘positive’ discrimination. My final proposition is one I feel very strongly about. Being a girl in CS, this is a topic I often discuss. There are many aspects to this problem and I am listing the three mains reasons I am against. It is not ‘positive’ My foremost problem with […]
Proposition #9
“A valorisation center is useless by definition: valorisation is a state of mind that should be spread throughout an entire organization.” You might wonder what I mean with valorisation, as this is not a very well known concept outside of universities (and even within). The term originally comes from Karl Marx and basically means it […]