Note: [1] Leiden University, Leiden Centre of Data Science, P.O. Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. Email: jaapvandenherik@gmail.com.
Note: [2] The article is an abridged and slightly adapted version of my valedictory address (titled: Intuition is Programmable) from Tilburg University to be held on January 29, 2016). The original version is available at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/science/lcds/20160202_oratie_vdn_herik_web_uk.pdf (English version), and at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/science/lcds/20160202_oratie_web_vdn_herik_nl.pdf (Dutch version).
Abstract: In this article2 I want to focus on the Ph.D. students who inspired Eric Postma and myself to pay attention to the topic of computers and intuition. During our time at Maastricht University five Ph.D. students (Rens Kortman, Michel van Dartel, Joyca Lacroix, Niek Bergboer, and Fred Hamburg) paved the way to formulate a basis for fertile ideas on intuition in relation to programs. In the period from January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2016 four Ph.D. students (Guido de Croon, Laurens van der Maaten, Igor Bereznoy, and Ruud Mattheij) positioned us by their research results on the right track. The conclusion is provisional, but undeniable in my opinion: mental intuition is programmable.
DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2015-38402
Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 195-208, 2015
