Boris de Ruyter

After his graduation, Boris de Ruyter worked as a research assistant in experimental psychology, at the University of Antwerp. Since 1994 he has been with Philips Research where he is appointed as principal scientist. His research focuses on user modeling and psychometrics. Since 1999 he has been leading a research team of behavioral scientists that contributes to the Lifestyle research program of Philips Research.

Since the completion of the HomeLab at the Philips Research headquarters in Eindhoven, Boris has been playing a key role in user planning and managing testing activities taking place inside this facility.

He is an author of multiple international publications and owns numerous patents. He was the co-chair of the European Symposium on Ambient Intelligence and is active in several program committees of scientific events such as the SIGCHI, AVI, and MobileHCI conferences.