Almost one year in, time to reflect on what differences and similarities I see between my current and previous job. — In the beginning of this year I switched careers. I quit my job as assistant professor and became lead data intelligence in Obvion, a mortgage provider in the Netherlands. Just before making the switch I wrote a piece on how I felt about making that switch. About four months in…

The most successful AI systems are aligned with the values of their users, their creators, and society at large. — Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. When you use the internet or computers in general you interact (sometimes unknowingly) with dozens of systems that use some form of AI. Ad networks serve you personalized ads when you browse the web, your phone corrects your spelling, your computer’s operating system decides what…

I’m not too embarrassed to admit that I just finished a 16-session therapy with a psychologist, after making the difficult decision to leave academia. For many of us 2020 was a brutal year. I personally was already spread out quite thin before the pandemic and now when COVID forced me…

Recently I’ve said farewell to my academic career and switched back to industry. While I haven’t regretted that move for one moment, I started having some concerns on if I will be able to keep on reflecting on the ethical aspects of my work now that my work has become…

Disclaimer: I am as good as a surfer as I am experienced a professional. I like to think I’m intermediate at both, but realistically speaking I’m probably a novice… This post started out as some therapeutic musings, but then I put more time and energy than expected, so I decided to polish and share it. Either way I hope reading it provides a bit of an idea on what surfing is, or maybe you get a fresh perspective on your career path. Or maybe neither… Or both. Just read it!

Between 22nd and 28th of July I participated in the Giro delle Dolomiti, in which I cycled 600+km with 12000+ meters of climbing, through iconic climbs like the Seiser Alm, Passa di Gardeno and the Stelvio. The Giro is a ‘sportive’, which means that there is some competitive element to…

I have been an assistant professor for about 6 weeks now, and it has been quite hectic. I have spent a lot of time meeting new people, deciding on which research lines to start, finishing some unfinished business from my PhD project, getting acquainted with the way students are taught…

Right after the hectic time of graduating it is time to focus again on the other things in life. I’m starting a new job soon, but I’m also training for the Giro delle Dolomiti. Now I have about 4weeks of training left, which is much less than I wanted. The…

In my previous post I did a visual analysis of the relationship between heart rate and velocity. It always is a good start to get a feeling for the data when starting any data science project. …