Maarten Lamers
Maarten Lamers (1968) is assistant professor associated with the Media Technology MSc programme. He holds a computer science Master’s degree (1993) from Utrecht University specializing in neural networks and image processing. His PhD diploma was obtained from Leiden University (2001) after researching neural network techniques for data analysis in environmental epidemiology, by assignment of the Dutch National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
Since 2002 he works for Leiden University’s Media Technology programme. Among scientific tasks, Maarten teaches Artificial Intelligence, Perceptualization (with Edwin van der Heide), and Creative Research (with Bas Haring). He supervises many graduation projects, and is a member of the Media Technology Programme Board.
Outside the university’s walls, Maarten co-founded the LaserMaxx lasergame brand, a major brand of lasergames in Europe. He still designs game technology.
Read more about Maarten at http://www.maartenlamers.com/.
