Mark De Bruijn
PHD Student at University of Massachusetts Lowell
Utrecht, Utrecht, United States
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Top SchoolMark De Bruijn is a PhD student and researcher specializing in human-robot interaction and collaboration, bringing 16 years of practical software engineering experience to studies of the psychological and sociological dynamics of humans working close to robots. Based in Utrecht and enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, he blends rigorous academic training from VU Amsterdam and Windesheim with hands-on development roles across startups and municipal IT, including .NET and full-stack engineering positions. He has balanced teaching assistantships and research roles, demonstrating an ability to translate complex HRI concepts into classroom learning and applied projects. Mark’s background as a founder and repeated industry internships gives him a pragmatic, systems-focused perspective on building interactive, people-centered robotic systems. He is uniquely positioned to bridge social science insights and software engineering practice to improve safety, trust, and collaboration in shared human-robot workspaces.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
HBO, HBO at WindesheimMBO Niveau 4, MBO Niveau 4 at Roc van TwentePre-Master, Pre-Master at VU AmsterdamUMass LowellMaster, Master at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamPius X College
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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assemblies
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Github Skills (130)
tooling10
minecraft10
prism10
jquery10
spigot10
bukkit10
discord10
dynamic10
vite10
moss10
rollback10
frontend10
reddit9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Mause/more
Aug 2009 - Mar 2010
Haxe 3 compatible fork of https://gitorious.org/more/more
Contributions:87 commits in 6 months
haxelibhaxeflixelhaxe
Dykam/AutoRegen
Feb 2015 - May 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 4 years 3 months
minecraftbukkitspigotregenerationjava
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