Hugo Huurdeman
UX Researcher Front-end Developer at Bookarang
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolHugo Huurdeman is a multidisciplinary UX researcher and front-end developer with over a decade of experience building immersive educational and cultural heritage projects. He combines academic rigor—PhD-level HCI research and peer-reviewed publications—with hands-on design and front-end engineering for VR/AR interfaces, interactive films, and multimedia applications. Hugo has led interdisciplinary teams and secured funding for innovation in technology-enhanced learning while producing award-winning prototypes and tools for museums, libraries, and universities. Notably, he translates complex research into deployable experiences—e.g., VR reconstructions for 17th-century Amsterdam and visual navigation systems for large touch-table installations—making scholarly content accessible and engaging. Based in the Netherlands, he blends creative production skills from his film and photography practice with data-driven UX research methods to iterate on meaningful, evidence-backed learning experiences.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Sciences, 8.5, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Sciences, 8.5 at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamMaster of Arts (M.A.), Digital Library Learning, A, Master of Arts (M.A.), Digital Library Learning, A at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityCertificate, Orientation year, Certificate, Orientation year at Gerrit Rietveld Academie AmsterdamBridging program, 60 ECTS (B.A.), Cultural Information Studies, Bridging program, 60 ECTS (B.A.), Cultural Information Studies at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German, Spanish, French, Norwegian
Github Skills (17)
shell3
unix3
ruby3
canvas1
indexing1
skos1
javascript1
inline1
opera1
chrome1
nlp1
science1
map-editor1
vocabulary1
svg1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
timelessfuture/searchassist
Jan 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
scriptotek/library-visualization
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:13 pushes in 10 months
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