Ulysse Maes

Ulysse holds a master’s degree in Business and Information Systems Engineering, where he graduated magna cum laude. His academic pursuits took him to SKEMA Business School in Antibes, where, during an Erasmus exchange, he deepened his knowledge of entrepreneurship in an international setting. Notably, his master’s thesis was dedicated to the development of a user-oriented chatbot enhancing DMN execution. This was followed by his successful completion of a Postgraduate Degree in Tech Innovations in Ventures and Teams. During that year, he co-founded Amodamo, a platform endorsing responsible fashion, and established Scribewave, an online transcription service specialised in converting speech-to-text in local languages.

His focus is on comprehending the multifaceted challenges and opportunities presented by the evolving landscape of generative AI for news and video recommender systems. He likes to operate at the bridge between technological innovation, business drivers and societal implications.

Ulysse is part of the SRP Media track, where he focusses on using Large Language Models to make recommender systems more explainable and interactive. As part of this track, he develops and tests novel user interfaces, and maps the usage of LLMs in recommender systems.