About Me
Hey there! I am a PhD candidate working on transfer learning for intracranial Brain-Computer-Interfaces (iBCIs) in the context of developing take-home iBCI systems for people with severe motor disabilities in collaboration with the Donders Institute, UMC Utrecht and Maastricht University. I also have a big interest in scientific visulisations and communication!
This profile will focus purely on my research pursuits.
Experience
Donders Institute; Maastricht University; UMC Utrecht
PhD Candidate for Transfer Learning for iBCIs
September 2022 -
Working with data collected from depth electrodes & EcoG, I am using both established, small-scale machine learning methods and state-of-the-art Transformer & State-Space approaches to research their potential use to reduce initial training time for novel users of iBCIs via transfer learning.
This project is part of the INTENSE research consortium
Max-Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
VR Developer for an interactive Brain Visualisation
September 2019 - August 2022
mpi.nl
As a part of the neurobiology for language group, I worked on Virtual Reality UI & UX, as well as bringing the application to multiple platforms (Desktop, Web, Mobile, VR Headsets, CAVE). This included refactoring a large base of the code base, reworking the input and interaction system and designing a new UI layout system.
Education
Donders Institute, Radboud University
MSc Cognitive Neuroscience - Neurotechnology & Neural Computation
2019 - 2022
Thesis: A Virtual Reality Simulation for Testing Gaze-Assisted Phosphene Vision
During my studies at the Donders Institute I deepened my theoretical understanding of statistics & machine learning and how neuroscience and artificial intelligence can learn from & influence each other.
My role as the webmaster in the CNS Journal as well as courses tailored to the processes in academia, I had some hands-on experience with the publishing process and scientific writing for journals and proposals.
Institute for Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
BSc Cognitive Science
2015 - 2019
Thesis: Analysing a Longitudal Study on Students' Educational Choices
In my bachelor I was confronted with the multitude of disciplinaries that form cognitive science and have - most importantly - learned how to learn and engage with different kinds of information and fields. After getting a basic education across the breadth of this interdisciplinary field, I focused on Artifical Intelligence & Neuroinformatics, Neurophilosophy, and Computer Science.
During my studies I also was a member, and later head of, the student body organising events and facilitating communication between students and institute as representative on the institute board. I also worked in the mentoring programme for first year students of my bachelor programme.