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Taco van DijkSoftware Developer

Taco van Dijk is software developer at Waag. Since 2008, he has been developing mobile apps, web applications and other software within the various labs and projects of Waag.

Taco studied social science informatics at the University of Amsterdam. He is interested in HCI, privacy & security and (computer) music.

Labs

Current projects

Visualization of an algorithm
Future Internet Lab

Algo-Lit

Within the AlgoLit project, Waag Futurelab co-creates methods with digital inclusion specialists that professionals and citizens can use to inquire into algorithmic decision-making processes.
Pin card
Future Internet Lab

Trust-based Banking

Examining how and under what conditions undocumented residents of the Netherlands can access banking services
Mensen zijn met elkaar in gesprek aan een tafel in een bibliotheek.
Smart Citizens Lab

Kenniscloud 2.0

In the project KennisCloud 2.0, Waag, Bibliotheek Midden-Brabant and VPRO are updating the platform KennisCloud by making it open source and based on public values.
boekenkast
Future Internet Lab

Balanced Choices

Waag develops a recommender application for libraries and other cultural institutions where values such as privacy and autonomy are central and the data is managed by the end-user themselves
Man op zijn telefoon in de metro
Future Internet Lab

Mobifree

Mobifree aims to bring about change in the development and use of mobile software in Europe by citizens, businesses, non-profit organisations and governments.
Microfoon
Future Internet Lab

Living Lab Open Cultuurdata

Making cultural events easier to find with open-source technology. By NPO, Sound & Vision, PublicSpaces and Waag.
DNA
Open Wetlab

BioCommons

In BioCommons, we investigate how we as a society can deal with our biological and genetic data, and how this data can be seen as a commons.
Digitale Identiteit visual
Future Internet Lab

Proof of Provenance

Tackling disinformation by guaranteeing the authenticity of messages? Waag is working on a way to do this through digital certificates.
Woman with sensor
Smart Citizens Lab

Hollandse Luchten

Hollandse Luchten is a citizens science project where we involve citizens in measuring air quality in their environment in the Province of North Holland.

Closed projects

Health and DNA
Open Wetlab

GeneConsent

GeneConsent gives genetic research participants complete control over their data by providing a dynamic informed consent service.
MicroDonor Grant for the Web
Future Internet Lab

MicroDonor

Healthy internet isn't free. Waag is researching a method for micro-donation to open, fair and inclusive online tools and services.
Sentinel Citizen. (c) Copernicus, CAMS.
Smart Citizens Lab

Sentinel Citizen

Sentinel Citizen connects air quality data generated by citizen measurements of the project Hollandse Luchten, with data from satellites of the European Space Agency.
SUSHI app
Creative Learning Lab

SUSHI

SUSHI is an interactive app for educational support of the theater programme Revolutions of Het Nationale Theater.
Hack the Brain
Creative Learning Lab

BrainBeliefs

BrainBeliefs is a research project in the field of neurofeedback, (developing) a growth mindset and learning motivation and performance.
DIY finger splints on fingers
Care Lab

DIY finger splint

Suffering from a malformed or painful finger? In many cases, a finger splint can help. A precise fit is required.
Sigismund II
Creative Learning Lab

Sigismund II

Sigismund has been around since 2006 in developing a successful educational project at the archive of the province of Drenthe.