Search for expertise : going beyond direct evidence
Pavel Serdyukov · 2009
It would not have been possible to complete this work without the support of all the kind people surrounding me during the last four years.Thanks are due to all of them and some deserve a special mention.First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to my promoter, Peter Apers, who always had confidence in me and my capability to do research.His advice, as well as his unfailing optimism and patience, made it possible for me to go through the uneasy first year of my life as a PhD student and retain my enthusiasm till the very end.I am greatly indebted to my daily supervisor, Djoerd Hiemstra, who gave me a helping hand when I needed it so much.Since then I have always been inspired by his, indeed, everyday willingness to discuss my work and his invaluable input into the papers that we co-authored and this thesis.I am very thankful to Maarten Fokkinga who also supervised me during a short, but one the most decisive periods of my career. Our meetings did an important job in forming my research vision.There are many other people who contributed to my work at Twente.Special thanks go to Henning Rode, whose team spirit helped us be so prolific in publications.It was a great pleasure to work together with Robin Aly, Arthur van Bunningen, Sander Evers, Harold van Heerde and my office mate Rongmei Li.I am happy to admit that my life would not be so enjoyable without the generous support of Ida den Hamer-Mulder, Suse Engbers and Sandra Westhoff.I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to all current and former members of the Database group for the unique friendly and cozy working atmosphere