{"id":11,"date":"2024-07-12T20:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T20:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:37:34","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/nl","title":{"rendered":"Welkom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mijn naam is Arjan van Dalfsen. Momenteel ben ik promovendus aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Ik zie er ongeveer zo uit:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1820\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/man-behind-his-desk-looking-in-camera-smiling-c-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" style=\"width:424px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/man-behind-his-desk-looking-in-camera-smiling-c-1.png 1820w, https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/man-behind-his-desk-looking-in-camera-smiling-c-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/man-behind-his-desk-looking-in-camera-smiling-c-1-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/man-behind-his-desk-looking-in-camera-smiling-c-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/arjanvandalfsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/man-behind-his-desk-looking-in-camera-smiling-c-1-1536x769.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1820px) 100vw, 1820px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In mijn onderzoek kijk ik hoe je moderne AI technologie kan toepassen om erachter te komen hoe Nederlanders, historisch gezien, anders zijn gaan denken over dieren. Als je meer wilt weten over dat onderzoek: lees dit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/nieuws\/hoe-keken-we-door-de-eeuwen-heen-in-nederland-naar-dieren-en-planten-taalmodel-gysbert-brengt-het-in\">interview<\/a> (Engelse versie <a href=\"https:\/\/cdh.uu.nl\/2023\/01\/26\/how-did-we-perceive-animals-and-plants-in-the-netherlands-over-the-past-centuries-language-model-gysbert-assists-with-mapping-it-out\/\">hier<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ik doe voor mijn werk dus veel met AI en daarnaast ben ik nieuwsgierig van aard. Ik experimenteer daardoor veel met nieuwe Generatieve AI modellen om aan creatieve projecten te werken. Deze website is daar zelf een voorbeeld van, en de \"tekening\" hierboven ook (gemaakt met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recraft.ai\">Recraft<\/a> op 6 februari 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dit kun je verder vinden op mijn website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Blog<\/strong>: momenteel leeg, maar ik verwacht er een en ander te plaatsen over mijn onderzoek, hobbyprojecten en Generatieve AI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Publicaties<\/strong>: een lijst met mijn academische publicaties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contact<\/strong>: op deze pagina vind je een link naar de website van mijn werkgever. Daar vind je alle informatie om mij te bereiken.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI of echt?<\/strong> een quiz waarbij je moet aangeven of een tekst door AI-gegeneerd is of niet. De gemiddelde score ligt rond 6\/10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tour de France: <\/strong>Ik heb een model getraind om wielrenwedstrijden te voorspellen. De voorspellingen voor de Tour de France deel ik via deze website. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voel je vrij om rond te kijken op deze site om meer te leren over mijn onderzoek, mijn blog of om in contact te komen met mij.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Arjan van Dalfsen. Currently, I am a PhD candidate at Utrecht University. I look somewhat like this: My research focuses on applying state-of-the-art AI technology to study historical Dutch attitudes towards animals. 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