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PhD in Electrical Engineering

• Research on numerical optimization methods with applications in control and machine learning.
• Services: Member of the Council of the Faculty of Engineering Science, Member of the SIAM student chapter Leuven, Ombudsperson for the Master in Artificial Intelligence.

Master of Science in Mathematical Engineering

• Magna Cum Laude (83.03%)
• Courses on Scientific Computing & Simulation, Data Science & AI, Control Theory, Cryptography
• Thesis: "Parallelized optimization of stochastic optimal control problems over scenario trees"

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences

• Major: Electrical Engineering.
• Minor: Computer Science.

PhD Researcher

• Research on numerical optimization methods with applications in control and machine learning.
• Authored 6 peer-reviewed articles and 3 preprints
• Presented at top-tier conferences (e.g. at NeurIPS).
• Completed multiple successful international collaborations.

Teaching Assistant

• During my MSc and PhD, I have been a teaching assistant for various courses on numerical optimization, control and machine learning. More details can be found here.

Research Intern

• Enabled real-time uncertainty propagation for on-wafer S-parameter measurements; critical for THz applications.
• Skills: Python, Monte Carlo simulation

Research Intern

• Designed a novel out-of-SOC watchdog and successfully tested a first prototype on proprietary microprocessors.
• Skills: Python, C, Cryptographic protocols, Serial Communication protocols

Software Engineering Intern

• Extracted the authentication into a separate microservice (platform had around 3M users at that time)
• Skills: Ruby on Rails, Git, CI/CD

Board member, Secretary, Frontend Lead

• Actively helped to build and maintain the Quivr app, the biggest student app in Belgium (50k active users).
• Managed the frontend team (±5 people), and served as board member of the non-profit organisation behind the app.
• Skills: React Native, Typescript, Git, Management

Chief animator

• Taught teenagers the French language in a playful manner.
• Responsible for guiding new animators.

• NeurIPS spotlight award (top 3.2%)

• Cybersecurity Challenge Belgium: 3x finalist.
• Best result: 6th out of 253 teams.

• Euroavia Valencia Rocket Workshop: first place.
• Challenge: build a rocket to transport a payload to an altitude of 200m and provide live tracking of the flight data.