Traditionally moving raw data from source to destination has been a tedious process of planning infrastructure predicting scalability, availability, and costs. The solution demonstrated in this thesis is a serverless ETL pipeline that manages semi-structured data and transforms it into a query-compatible …

In OD van november 2019 publiceerde ik een reactie-column op de column van Daan van Beek aangaande het ‘data lake’. Ik noemde deze reactie Een dure les!, omdat, zoals zo vaak bij dit soort nieuwe technologie, organisaties, bang om achter te blijven, met beide voeten vooruit erin springen om er achteraf …

Rijkswaterstaat has an effort-obligation and result-obligation to take measures to achieve the goals of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) at the Eastern Scheldt and Lake Grevelingen. The WFD aims to achieve and protect a sufficient ecological and chemical status of inland surface waters, transitional …

Climate change accentuates heat waves in The Netherlands. This, in combination with high nutrient concentrations in Dutch surface waters, is intensifying the proliferation of toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), a threat for the health of the population and ecosystems. Lakes are resources for recreational …

Learning is all about feedback. Runners, for example, use apps like the RunKeeper. Research shows that apps like that enhance engagement and results. And people think it is fun. The essence being that the behavior of the runner is tracked and communicated back to the runner in a dashboard. We wondered …