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Researcher

Annelien Smets

  • Research Expertise  (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):

    Dr. Annelien Smets is Research Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School. She teaches in the Bsc. Communicatiewetenschappen and Msc. Digital Media in Europe. Her course topics deal with media and digital economics, digital business models.

    Dr. Smets is senior researcher at imec-SMIT (Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and member of the research unit on Media Economics & Policy, where she acts as the principle investigator on recommender systems. Her main research interests are:

    • Recommender Systems & Personalization
    • Media Markets
    • Digital Economics & Innovation 
    • Discovery & Serendipity
    • Smart Cities

    Currently, she is project lead of the strategic research project (SBO) Serendipity Engine, funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). She is also Track 1 lead of the Strategic Research Programme (SRP) on media economics.

  • Disciplines  (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre):Display technology, Antennas and propagation, Automation and control systems, Analogue, RF and mixed signal integrated circuits, Neuromorphic computing, Audio and speech processing, Environmental safety and health of nanotechnology, Battery technology, Biomaterials, Ceramic matrix composites, Hybrid composites, Computational materials science, Metals and alloy materials, Polymer processing, Nanomaterials, Functional materials, Biomedical image processing, Biochemical engineering, Biofluid mechanics, Cell, tissue and organ engineering, Arithmetic and logic structures, Automation, feedback control and robotics, Bio-informatics, Analogue and digital signal processing, Engineering instrumentation, Environmental health and safety, Biostatistics, Care for disabled, Bioethics
  • Disciplines  (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):Engineering and technology, Natural sciences, Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, Medical and health sciences
  • Users of research expertise  (Vrije Universiteit Brussel):

    Dr. Annelien Smets is Research Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School. She teaches in the Bsc. Communicatiewetenschappen and Msc. Digital Media in Europe. Her course topics deal with media and digital economics, digital business models.

    Dr. Smets is senior researcher at imec-SMIT (Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and member of the research unit on Media Economics & Policy, where she acts as the principle investigator on recommender systems. Her main research interests are:

    • Recommender Systems & Personalization
    • Media Markets
    • Digital Economics & Innovation 
    • Discovery & Serendipity
    • Smart Cities

    Currently, she is project lead of the strategic research project (SBO) Serendipity Engine, funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO). She is also Track 1 lead of the Strategic Research Programme (SRP) on media economics.