Education
2008 - ____
PhD in Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
Supervisor: Dr. I. Patras
2005 - 2007
MSc. in Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Msc. project completed as exchange student at Imperial College london.
Specialization: Media and Knowledge Engineering.
Thesis: Using appearance-based features in the recognition of facial actions and their temporal dynamics. (grade: 8/10)
Supervisor: Dr. M. Pantic
2001 - 2005
BSc. in Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Thesis: Aibo Messenger (grade: 9/10)
Supervisor:Dr. I. Patras
Research Interests
Pattern recognition, Artifical intelligence, Computer vision, Machine learning, EEG analysis
Research Projects
2006 - 2007
MSc. project (grade: 8/10), Imperial College London
I designed a Facial Expression Recognition System using a non-rigid registration technique to derive facial motion in imagesequences. Machine learning techniques such as boosting and HMMs were used to classify facial actions based on the derived motion. Implemented in Matlab and C++.
2004 - 2005
BSc. project (grade: 9/10), Delft University of Technology
Incorporated speech recognition & synthesis and implemented simple computer vision system and dialog management on the Sony Aibo robotic dog platform. Implemented using Python, C, C++ and several toolkits.
Publications
See the publications section
Awards and Distinctions
2008
Award:
Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE international conference on Face and Gesture Recognition
2008 - 2011
Scholarship:
Queen Mary University Scholarship
2006 - 2007
Scholarships:
International University Fund for Promoting Partnerships, Delft University of Technology.
Scholarship of the EEMCS faculty, Delft University of Technology.
Teaching Experience
2008 - ____
Teaching Assistant, Queen Mary, University of London
Co-organized and managed a lab course on Computer graphics.
2006 - 2007
Teaching Assistant, Imperial College London
Prepared and gave a lecture on website development.
Co-organized and managed a lab course on Machine learning.
2004 - 2006
Teaching Assistant, Delft University of Technology
Co-organized and managed lab courses on: Man-machine interaction, Software engineering, Ethical aspects of Computer Science, Business administration, Computer Science orientation
2003 - 2005
Student Tutor, Delft University of Technology
Tutored groups of first year students. Tasks included monitoring their progress and acting as go-between between the lecturer and the students.
Work Experience
2006 - ____
Video Production Company
Set up and managed ht-productions, a small video production company. We filmed, edited and produced various plays, music videos, company films and promotional videos.
2004 - ____
Freelance Web developer
Designed and implemented websites for various clients, usually small/medium-size businesses or universities.
Skills
Programming: Python (SciPy/NumPy/PyGTK etc.), C++, Matlab, Java, UNIX shell scripting, OpenGL, LaTeX
Web Development: Django, PHP, (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, Smarty template engine
Digital Media: Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects. Also Gimp, Inkscape. Well versed in technical aspects of digital video
Languages: Fluent in English, Dutch, moderately skilled in French, German
Other Interests
Attending concerts, Movies, reading, cycling, drinking, geeky projects.
