Brief CV

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Work experience

Oct. 2022 – present Associate professor at Ghent University
Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2022 Assistant professor at Ghent University
Oct. 2015 – Sept. 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) at Ghent University
Oct. 2011 – Sept. 2015 PhD Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) at Ghent University

Teaching experience

Feb. 2023 – present Lecturer for a course on probability and statistics
Sept. 2017 – present Lecturer for a course on nonlinear systems
Sept. 2015 – Aug. 2016 Co-lecturer for a course on linear systems
Oct. 2012 – Aug. 2015 Teaching assistant for a course on linear systems
Feb. 2012 – Sept. 2015 Teaching assistant for a course on probability and statistics

Prizes and awards

16 September 2022 SMPS 2022 best paper award (Arne Decadt)
24 September 2021 ECSQARU 2021 best student paper award (Floris Persiau)
20 September 2018 SMPS 2018 best paper award
20 September 2018 SMPS 2018 best paper award (Alexander Erreygers)
10 March 2017 DRCN 2017 best paper award
2 July 2016 De Meulemeester-Piot Prize (best PhD award)
23 July 2015 ISIPTA-IJAR young researcher award: Gold Prize 2015
10 July 2013 ECSQARU 2013 best student paper award
5 July 2013 ISIPTA '13 poster prize (5th place)
28 July 2011 ISIPTA '11 poster prize (runner-up)
27 July 2011 IJAR young researcher award: honorable mention

Research stays abroad

Sept. 2016 – June 2017 The Imprecise Probability Group at IDSIA
6 Oct. – 5 Dec. 2014 The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University
31 March – 12 April 2014 The Imprecise Probability Group at IDSIA

Services

July 2025 – present Advisory member of the Executive Committee of SIPTA
July 2019 – July 2025 President of SIPTA
Oct. 2017 – July 2019 Main organizer of ISIPTA 2019
July 2015 – July 2019 At-large member of the Executive Committee of SIPTA
Jan. – Sept. 2014 Co-organizer of WPMSIIP 2014
Oct. 2013 – May 2015 OAP representative of SYSTeMS in the EESA council
March 2013 – present Reviewing for conferences: ECSQARU, PGM, ISIPTA, SMPS, UAI
Feb. 2013 – present Reviewing for journals: IJAR, JMP, HDSR

Education

Oct. 2011 – May 2015 PhD in Mathematical Engineering, Ghent University
Sept. 2009 – June 2011 Master of Civil Engineering, Ghent University (Summa cum laude)
Sept. 2006 – June 2009 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Ghent University (Summa cum laude)