Experience

  1. Industrial AI Engineer

    Paro Engineering
    AI Engineer at Paro.
  2. PhD Researcher & Teaching Assistant

    University of Amsterdam

    Conducted research on learning and implementing structural biases in neural networks.

    Supervised Master’s students:

    Pim Praat (Graph-based prediction of interactions in electricity grids & analysing the importance of ego-nodes in GNNs) [April, 2024]

    Elias Dubbeldam (Equivariance-learned Layers – A method to incorporate any kind of symmetry) [July, 2024]

Education

  1. PhD Artificial Intelligence

    University of Amsterdam
    Thesis on Neural Symmetry Detection and Structural Bias Learning. Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Stratis Gavves (VIS Lab) and Assis. Prof. Rick Quax (CSL).
    Read Thesis
  2. MSc Artificial Intelligence

    Imperial College London

    Grade: Distinction.

    Specialized in deep learning, probabilistic inference, and energy-based models (RBMs).

  3. MSc Film Studies and Visual Culture

    University of Antwerp

    Grade: Distinction.

    Specialized in narratology, screenwriting, AI in film and tv.

  4. MMathPhys Mathematical and Theoretical Physics

    University of Oxford

    Grade: First Class (MPhys).

    Started in MPhys and transfered to MMathPhys (Part C) at the Mathematics Institute.

    Specialized in String Theory and General Relativity (AdS/CFT correspondence).

    Final Project on Resurgence Theory (supervised by Prof. Philip Candelas).

Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python & PyTorch
Machine Learning
Cloud Computing (AWS/GCP)
Hobbies
Hiking in the Rockies
Building Custom PCs
Sci-Fi Reading
Awards
Best Paper Award
NeurIPS ∙ December 2022
Awarded for groundbreaking work on efficient training of large models.
AI Innovation Grant
National Science Foundation ∙ June 2021
$500,000 grant for research in ethical AI development.
Outstanding PhD Thesis
Stanford University ∙ June 2019
Recognized for contributions to scaling laws in deep learning.
Languages
100%
English
100%
Dutch
95%
French
70%
German
50%
Spanish