Management Remco C. Veltkamp
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What am I doing as a manager at Utrecht University? As a professor in Game & Media Technology I lecture, and I publish research results, and do a lot of managerial stuff . . . but what?
See my blog for day to day activities.

Leadership

  • Since 2021 Scientific director research school Advanced School for Computing and Imaging (ASCI)
  • Since 2021 Chair coordination AI, Faculty of Science
  • Since 2021 Member EWUU Steering committee AI for Health
  • Since 2020 Director AI & Media Lab
  • Since 2017 Chair Interaction division of Department Information and Computing Sciences
  • Since 2014 Director of the UU Center for Game Research, http://www.gameresearch.nl/
  • Since 2014 Chair Dutch Chapter Digital Game Research Association (DiGRA)
  • 2022 Chair Intervision group Information Science
  • 2020 Chair Ethics working group bachelor Information Science
  • 2019 Chair committee Strategic Plan Department Information and Computing Sciences 2020–2023
  • 2019 Chair Intervision group Computer Science masters
  • 2018–2021 Board member of the Serious Games Society (SGS)
  • 2017–2018 Chair Faculty of Science Diversity Committee
  • 2017 Chair Intervision group Information Science
  • 2015–2017 Member board Department Information and Computing Sciences
  • 2014–2020 Coordinator NWO Graduate Program Game Research
  • 2014 Chair innovation network GATHER in top sector Creative Industries
  • 2013 (Sept) Head of Department Information and Computing Sciences
  • 2011–2012 Head of Department Information and Computing Sciences
  • 2011–2012 Director of the GATE program, http://gate.gameresearch.nl/
  • 2010–2015 Research director Department Computer Science, Utrecht University
  • 2009–2018 Member board research school Advanced School for Computing and Imaging (ASCI)
  • 2001–2004 Chair Hardware Planning Committee, Department Information and Computing Sciences

Organizational Tasks

  • Since 2022 Member UU Taskforce Data Science and AI
  • Since 2021 Member Informatica Platform Nederland (IPN)
  • Since 2021 Member panel AI & Digital Humanities (Faculty of Science with Faculty of Humanities)
  • Since 2020 Member core team AI Hub Midden Nederland
  • 2019–2020 Member Driven by Data initiative group
  • 2015–2022 Member Program Committee UU Strategic Theme Dynamics of Youth
  • 2015–2016 Member Faculty of Science Diversity Committee
  • 2015–2018 Member UU Advisory Committee IT (ACIT)
  • 2015 Member profile taskforce Computer Science and Molecular Life Sciences / Sustainability
  • 2006–2009 Confidential counselor for lecturers Department Computer Science
  • 2004–2007 Member educational board Department Computer Science

Teaching

Program management:
  • Since 2019 Program leader Master’s Game and Media Technology
  • 2017–2019 Coordinator Summer school Game Design and Development
  • 2017–2019 Coordinator Summer school Multidisciplinary Game Research
  • 2014–2020 Coordinator NWO Graduate Program Game Research
  • 2014 Developer Minor Media Technology

Community Service

  • 2018 Member NWO ENW PPS assessment committee
  • 2017 Contributed to the VSNU Digital Society program lines, http://www.vsnu.nl/digital-society-introduction-researchers/digital-culture-and-media.html#remco-veltkamp
  • 2016 Contributed to the national Roadmap Game Research
  • 2016 NWO VICI assessment committee
  • 2016 Member preparation committee NWO call Professional Games for Professional Skills
  • 2016 Member of RVO Horizon 2020 Advisory group ICT
  • 2015 Member preparation committee NWO Roadmap ICT
  • 2015, 2019 Reviewing for ERC Physical Sciences and Engineering
  • 2014 NWO Top C2 assessment committee
  • 2014 Member preparation committee NWO call Creative Industries
  • 2012–2014 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation ICT for Brain, Body & Behavior
  • 2010 Member of NWO Creative Industry committee RISCC

Valorization

  • Collaboration with Trimbos Institute, WKZ in project Healthy Play, Better Coping
  • Collaboration with ING Corebank University
  • Collaboration with Noldus IT, in ITN PhenoRat, ITN ACROSSING
  • Collaboration with Cyclomedia B.V.
  • Collaboration with UU spinout Chordify B.V.
  • Selling licences of Spatial Seach packages in CGAL (Computational Geometry Algorithms Library) through GeometryFactory SARL
Patents:
  • International Patent Application: Refinement of a Low-Pel Resolution Motion Estimation Vector, US Patent 10,735,738, 25 June 2015