Felienne Hermans
Dutch engineer and academic
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Felienne Frederieke Johanna Hermans (born 1984)[1] is a scientist and Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[3][4][5] Her research interests include programming education[6][7][8][9] and end-user computing[2] particularly spreadsheets.[10][11][12][13][14]
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1984 (age 41–42)[1]
Delft University of Technology (PhD)
Felienne Hermans | |
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Hermans in 2018 | |
| Born | Felienne Frederieke Johanna Hermans 1984 (age 41–42)[1] |
| Alma mater | Eindhoven University of Technology (MSc) Delft University of Technology (PhD) |
| Known for | Spreadsheets |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Programming education End-user computing[2] |
| Institutions | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Leiden University Delft University of Technology |
| Thesis | Analyzing and visualizing spreadsheets (2013) |
| Website | www |
Education
Hermans received her Master of Science degree in computer science from Eindhoven University of Technology,[when?][citation needed] and her PhD in software engineering in 2013 from Delft University of Technology.[15]
Career and research
After her PhD, she was appointed an assistant professor at Delft University of Technology,[16][17] heading the Spreadsheet Lab.[18]
As of 2024[update] Hermans is head of the Programming Education Research Lab (PERL).[19]
Hermans is the founder and former CEO of Infotron, a research spin-off company of TU Delft that implements risk assessment software for spreadsheets.[citation needed]
Hermans is active with DigiLeerkracht, the computational thinking teaching by Future.nl,[20] and teaches programming,[21] including one day a week at the Lyceum Kralingen in Rotterdam.[22] In addition, Hermans is a referee at the FIRST Lego League Challenge, where children build a robot from Lego.[23] [24] She served as a board member at Devnology Nederland,[25] an organisation for software developers. She is a co-organiser of the yearly conference Joy of Coding.[26]
Outreach
In 2011, Hermans gave a TEDx talk in Delft.[27]
Hermans has given research talks at conferences including StrangeLoop,[28] NDC,[29][30][31] GOTO,[32][33][34] and DDD Europe,[35] a conference about domain-driven design. Since 2016, she is a host of SE Radio.[36][37]
Hermans produced several Massive open online courses (MOOCs) on edX, with topics including programming in Scratch for teachers and children.[38] She self-published an e-book about the creation of games for children.[39] In 2017, she started a program for Rotterdam elementary students to receive programming lessons.[40] In 2020, Hermans launched the Hedy programming language,[41] to teach children to use the Python programming language.[42][43]
She is the author of The Programmer's Brain: What every programmer needs to know about cognition.[6]
Awards and honours
Hermans' online data analysis course was awarded the Wharton-QS gold education award for best education innovation project entry in Europe.[44][45][46][better source needed]
Hermans won the SURF Education Award in 2017, SURF being the collaborative Information and communications technology (ICT) organisation for Dutch education and research.[47][48][49][50]
In 2018, the Open Education Consortium awarded her the Open Education Award for Excellence.[51] Also in 2018, Hermans won the Tech Inspirator Award at the Techionista Awards.[52]