Manel Slokom

Lecturer & Researcher, Hotelschool The Hague

As data and AI move into sensitive domains, I study how we can learn from data while better protecting the people behind it. My research develops and evaluates privacy-enhancing approaches, including federated learning and synthetic data, and connects them to responsible AI, fairness, and recommender systems. I apply this work across official statistics, digital media, and data governance. At the Research Centre of Hotelschool The Hague, I study personalization and customer satisfaction in HORECA, exploring how AI agents and technologies such as AR/VR can deepen our understanding of customer experiences. I hold a PhD in Computer Science from Delft University of Technology, supervised by Prof. Martha Larson. I am part of Hotelschool The Hague's Digitalization and Research group, where I teach Data Analytics and Research to first-year students and contribute to the Hospitality Research Lab for third-year students. Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at VU Amsterdam and CWI, and a methodologist at Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Connect with me.