Nele Dael
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Dutch Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Full professional proficiency
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German Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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Project Management for Research
REGARD, Hautes Ecoles de Suisse RomandeNov, 2015- Oct, 2024 -
Graduate School of the NCCR Affective Sciences (UniGe)
Education and Training program, NCCR Affective SciencesSep, 2006- Oct, 2024
Experience
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IMD
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Switzerland
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Fellow
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Dec 2021 - Present
Building a research initiative on workplace well-being: - Developing and supporting a research programme in collaboration with E4S - Dissemination of thought leadership through research and practitioner-oriented articles - Project management of scientific and outreach events Building a research initiative on workplace well-being: - Developing and supporting a research programme in collaboration with E4S - Dissemination of thought leadership through research and practitioner-oriented articles - Project management of scientific and outreach events
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Vima
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Switzerland
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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R&D Behavior Research Manager
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Sep 2018 - Dec 2021
Develop and transfer evidence-based knowledge in the fields of affective science, personality and individual differences, cognitive psychology. Build and validate machine learning algorithms to infer skills, traits and states from video-recorded behavior with the aim to support business applications using person assessment. Vima Link develops advanced social computing technologies, merging artificial intelligence, computer vision and behavioural psychology. Our proprietary… Show more Develop and transfer evidence-based knowledge in the fields of affective science, personality and individual differences, cognitive psychology. Build and validate machine learning algorithms to infer skills, traits and states from video-recorded behavior with the aim to support business applications using person assessment. Vima Link develops advanced social computing technologies, merging artificial intelligence, computer vision and behavioural psychology. Our proprietary behavioural intelligence tools can automatically understand human behaviour with human-level accuracy to unlock opportunities in the field of human-machine interactions. Vima Link is a spinoff from the IDIAP Research Institute affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Switzerland. Show less Develop and transfer evidence-based knowledge in the fields of affective science, personality and individual differences, cognitive psychology. Build and validate machine learning algorithms to infer skills, traits and states from video-recorded behavior with the aim to support business applications using person assessment. Vima Link develops advanced social computing technologies, merging artificial intelligence, computer vision and behavioural psychology. Our proprietary… Show more Develop and transfer evidence-based knowledge in the fields of affective science, personality and individual differences, cognitive psychology. Build and validate machine learning algorithms to infer skills, traits and states from video-recorded behavior with the aim to support business applications using person assessment. Vima Link develops advanced social computing technologies, merging artificial intelligence, computer vision and behavioural psychology. Our proprietary behavioural intelligence tools can automatically understand human behaviour with human-level accuracy to unlock opportunities in the field of human-machine interactions. Vima Link is a spinoff from the IDIAP Research Institute affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Switzerland. Show less
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HEC Lausanne - The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne
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Switzerland
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Researcher
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Mar 2018 - Dec 2021
Soft skills and personality assessment: - Development of a behavioral test measuring social perception skills at work - Automated cue extraction and AI analyses of expressive behavior in video Soft skills and personality assessment: - Development of a behavioral test measuring social perception skills at work - Automated cue extraction and AI analyses of expressive behavior in video
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Colour Experience
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Switzerland
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Research Services
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Research Consultant
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Nov 2017 - Dec 2021
Researcher and Science promoter: - Transfer scientific knowledge and know-how in colour psychology - Development of research strategies to empirically validate claims and questions from industries Colourexperience.ch is a public platform on which recent findings, projects, and services are communicated. We offer evidence-based knowledge, collaboration or participation in psychological research on colour, and several consultancy services (e.g. seminars, training of professionals… Show more Researcher and Science promoter: - Transfer scientific knowledge and know-how in colour psychology - Development of research strategies to empirically validate claims and questions from industries Colourexperience.ch is a public platform on which recent findings, projects, and services are communicated. We offer evidence-based knowledge, collaboration or participation in psychological research on colour, and several consultancy services (e.g. seminars, training of professionals working with colour). Show less Researcher and Science promoter: - Transfer scientific knowledge and know-how in colour psychology - Development of research strategies to empirically validate claims and questions from industries Colourexperience.ch is a public platform on which recent findings, projects, and services are communicated. We offer evidence-based knowledge, collaboration or participation in psychological research on colour, and several consultancy services (e.g. seminars, training of professionals… Show more Researcher and Science promoter: - Transfer scientific knowledge and know-how in colour psychology - Development of research strategies to empirically validate claims and questions from industries Colourexperience.ch is a public platform on which recent findings, projects, and services are communicated. We offer evidence-based knowledge, collaboration or participation in psychological research on colour, and several consultancy services (e.g. seminars, training of professionals working with colour). Show less
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University of Lausanne - UNIL
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Switzerland
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer
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Jun 2011 - Sep 2017
- Researcher Develop and manage multidisciplinary research projects (+45 studies) aimed to understand cognitive and emotional factors underlying perception, expression and behavior using: • Lab and field experiments • Emotion assessment • Behavior coding through observation and automated tracking • Questionnaires (web survey) • Statistical analyses (R, Matlab, SPSS) , • Quantitative and qualitative analyses (manual and automatic coding, instrument development… Show more - Researcher Develop and manage multidisciplinary research projects (+45 studies) aimed to understand cognitive and emotional factors underlying perception, expression and behavior using: • Lab and field experiments • Emotion assessment • Behavior coding through observation and automated tracking • Questionnaires (web survey) • Statistical analyses (R, Matlab, SPSS) , • Quantitative and qualitative analyses (manual and automatic coding, instrument development, regression, prediction) - Project manager Manage people (collaborators, students), time and resources (budget, material, know-how) for on-time delivery in complex research projects: set milestones and work packages, track progress, final report, feedback - Teacher & trainer Teach cognitive and emotion science and train research skills to engineering and psychology students in small to large groups (30-400) Provide training and technical guidance to code and analyze nonverbal behavior - Science promoter Effective communication of scientific practice and evidence-based knowledge to different target populations: funding agencies, business, scientific communities (peer-reviewed publication, conferences), students, and general public Show less - Researcher Develop and manage multidisciplinary research projects (+45 studies) aimed to understand cognitive and emotional factors underlying perception, expression and behavior using: • Lab and field experiments • Emotion assessment • Behavior coding through observation and automated tracking • Questionnaires (web survey) • Statistical analyses (R, Matlab, SPSS) , • Quantitative and qualitative analyses (manual and automatic coding, instrument development… Show more - Researcher Develop and manage multidisciplinary research projects (+45 studies) aimed to understand cognitive and emotional factors underlying perception, expression and behavior using: • Lab and field experiments • Emotion assessment • Behavior coding through observation and automated tracking • Questionnaires (web survey) • Statistical analyses (R, Matlab, SPSS) , • Quantitative and qualitative analyses (manual and automatic coding, instrument development, regression, prediction) - Project manager Manage people (collaborators, students), time and resources (budget, material, know-how) for on-time delivery in complex research projects: set milestones and work packages, track progress, final report, feedback - Teacher & trainer Teach cognitive and emotion science and train research skills to engineering and psychology students in small to large groups (30-400) Provide training and technical guidance to code and analyze nonverbal behavior - Science promoter Effective communication of scientific practice and evidence-based knowledge to different target populations: funding agencies, business, scientific communities (peer-reviewed publication, conferences), students, and general public Show less
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University of Geneva
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Switzerland
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Doctoral researcher and teaching assistant
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Nov 2006 - May 2011
- Researcher Set up and manage a doctoral research programme on the expression and perception of emotion from body movement Responsibilities and activities include: • Translate interdisciplinary knowledge • Develop new ergonomic methods for computer-assisted behavior analyses, through • International collaboration with engineering teams • Data handling/programming and statistical analysis of large and complex behaviour data (Excel, R, SPSS, Matlab) • Communicate… Show more - Researcher Set up and manage a doctoral research programme on the expression and perception of emotion from body movement Responsibilities and activities include: • Translate interdisciplinary knowledge • Develop new ergonomic methods for computer-assisted behavior analyses, through • International collaboration with engineering teams • Data handling/programming and statistical analysis of large and complex behaviour data (Excel, R, SPSS, Matlab) • Communicate results at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications - Teacher & trainer Give training and ad-hoc lectures on emotion theory and human communication - Public service Organize outreach events and communicate scientific knowledge (open days, science festival, museum exposition and workshop for adults and children) Show less - Researcher Set up and manage a doctoral research programme on the expression and perception of emotion from body movement Responsibilities and activities include: • Translate interdisciplinary knowledge • Develop new ergonomic methods for computer-assisted behavior analyses, through • International collaboration with engineering teams • Data handling/programming and statistical analysis of large and complex behaviour data (Excel, R, SPSS, Matlab) • Communicate… Show more - Researcher Set up and manage a doctoral research programme on the expression and perception of emotion from body movement Responsibilities and activities include: • Translate interdisciplinary knowledge • Develop new ergonomic methods for computer-assisted behavior analyses, through • International collaboration with engineering teams • Data handling/programming and statistical analysis of large and complex behaviour data (Excel, R, SPSS, Matlab) • Communicate results at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications - Teacher & trainer Give training and ad-hoc lectures on emotion theory and human communication - Public service Organize outreach events and communicate scientific knowledge (open days, science festival, museum exposition and workshop for adults and children) Show less
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University of Antwerp
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Belgium
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Researcher
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Apr 2004 - Aug 2006
Launch, coordinate and conduct an interdisciplinary master project on social dynamics and conflict management (reconciliation) in non-human animals using observation techniques Launch, coordinate and conduct an interdisciplinary master project on social dynamics and conflict management (reconciliation) in non-human animals using observation techniques
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
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Netherlands
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Sep 2005 - Apr 2006
Set up and conduct qualitative and experimental research on social evaluation and emotions through physical and digital interaction, and retrospection Set up and conduct qualitative and experimental research on social evaluation and emotions through physical and digital interaction, and retrospection
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Education
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2006 - 2011
University of Geneva
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology - Affective Sciences -
2003 - 2006
KU Leuven
Master of Science - MS, Psychology (research) -
KU Leuven
Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology -
1997 - 2001
Sint-Jozefslyceum, Knokke-Heist (Belgium)
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