PhD Defences
At CWI, we believe that combining different talents creates excellence, so we are careful to nurture and facilitate young researchers from man different backgrounds. We are proud to say that many of the Netherlands' researchers in mathematics and computer science once worked at CWI in their careers.
During their 4 years of research, our PhD students work at CWI, most of the time - or from home, in corona times. As CWI is no university, their PhD defences take place at the university of the main supervisor, often a professor who is a researcher at CWI for 4 or 3 days a week and who is working at a university for 1 or 2 days a week. We collaborate with many Dutch universities (see also Together with universities we tackle major societal challenges).
PhD defence Lynn Sörensen (Machine Learning)
17-01-2023 from 15:00 to 16:00
— UvA Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam,
Deep Neural Network Models of Visual Cognition
PhD Defence Poulami Ganguly (Computational Imaging)
08-12-2022 from 12:30 to 13:30
— Leiden Academiegebouw (room TBA),
Sparsity-Based Algorithms for Inverse Problems
PhD Defence Lucas Slot (N&O)
30-09-2022 from 10:00 to 11:30
— Aula in the Cobbenhagen building, Warandelaan 2, in Tilburg,
Everyone is welcome to attend the public defense of Lucas Slot, of his thesis ' Asymptotic Analysis of Semidefinite Bounds for Polynomial Optimization and Independent Sets in Geometric Hypergraphs' .
PhD defence Dean De Leo (Database Architectures)
26-09-2022 from 15:45 to 16:45
Everyone is invited to attend the public defence of Dean De Leo of his thesis entitled 'Analysing Dynamic Graphs on Sparse Arrays'.
PhD Defence Koen de Boer (CR)
22-09-2022 from 11:15 to 12:15
Everyone is welcome to attend the public defense of Koen de Boer (CR) of his thesis 'Random Walks on Arakelov Class Groups'.
PhD Defence Ruben Brokkelkamp (N&O)
21-09-2022 from 11:00 to 12:00
— Aula - Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411 in Amsterdam,
Everybody is welcome to attend the public defense of Ruben, of his thesis ' how close does it get? From Near-Optimal Network Algorithms to Suboptimal Equilibrium Outcomes'
PhD defence Tim Soethout (Software Analysis and Transformation)
27-06-2022 from 11:00 to 12:30
— Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Atlas building, Room 0.710,
You are cordially invited to attend the defence of Tim Soethout on his thesis 'Banking on Domain Knowledge for Faster Transactions'.
PhD Defence Freek Witteveen (QuSoft)
10-06-2022 from 14:00 to 15:00
— Aula - Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411 in Amsterdam,
Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Freek Witteveen, of his thesis ' Quantum Information Theory in Many-Body Physics' .
PhD defense Allard Hendriksen (Computational Imaging)
03-03-2022 from 15:00 to 16:00
Deep Learning for Tomographic Reconstruction with Limited Data
PhD Defense Yous van Halder (Scientific Computing)
18-01-2022 from 16:00 to 17:00
— online TU/e, Atlas, room 0.710,
Everyone is invited to attend the public defense of Yous van Halder of his PhD thesis: Efficient Sampling and Solver Enhancement for Uncertainty Quantification
PhD Defence Bart de Leeuw (Scientific Computing)
22-12-2021 from 12:15 to 13:15
— online,
On shadowing methods for data assimilation
PhD defense Rien Lagerwerf
05-10-2021 from 10:00 to 11:00
— https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/academic-staff/livestream-phd-defence,
Automatic and Efficient Tomographic Reconstruction Algorithms
PhD defense Pedro Holanda
21-09-2021 from 10:00 to 11:00
— Leiden University,
Everyone is invited to attend the public PhD defense of Pedro Holanda's PhD thesis 'Progressive Indexes' at Leiden University.
PhD Defence Joris Kattemölle (QuSoft)
30-06-2021 from 11:00 to 12:30
Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Joris Kattemölle (QuSoft). Place and live stream of the ceremony t.b.a.
PhD Defence Mihail Bazhba - ST
26-05-2021 from 16:00 to 17:30
— Lecture room 4 in the Auditorium at TU/e (Eindhoven),
PhD Defence Mihail Bazhba- ST On 26 May 2021 at 4 PM Mihail Bazhba will defend his dissertation "Large Deviations for Semi-exponential Distributions: Theory and Applications" at TU/e. Everybody is welcome to join the public ceremony in Lecture room 4 in the Auditorium at TU/e in Eindhoven.
PhD Defense Stef Maree
17-03-2021 from 14:00 to 15:00
— University of Amsterdam,
Model-based evolutionary algorithms for finding diverse high-quality solutions - with an application in brachytherapy for prostate cancer
PhD Defence Rianne de Heide (ML)
26-01-2021 from 16:15 to 17:15
Everyone is welcome to attend the online defence of Rianne de Heide of her thesis ' Bayesian learning: challenges, limitations and pragmatics'. Promotors: Prof.dr. P.D. Grünwald (CWI, UL) and Prof.dr. J.J. Meulman (UL)
PhD Defence Bernard Zweers - ST
19-01-2021 from 15:45 to 17:15
— Via live stream,
On Tuesday 19th of January 2021 at 15.45 Bernard will defend his dissertation "Optimization of hinterland container transportation and terminal operations" at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Although the defence will take place as an online meeting, everybody is welcome to view the ceremony via live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnN8TaVYe83472ewz9CH9HA
PhD defence Yfke Dulek (QuSoft/A&C)
15-01-2021 from 10:00 to 11:00
Everyone is welcome to attend the online defence of Yfke Dulek of her thesis: Delegated and Distributed Quantum Computation Promotor: Prof. dr. H.M. Buhrman and Dr. C. Schaffner For watching the defence please check the promotion calender <https://www.uva.nl/onderzoek/promoveren/promotieagenda/promotieagenda.html> The URL for the live-stream will become available in due course.
PhD Defence Jan Willem Martin Kleinrouweler - DIS
28-10-2020 from 15:45 to 17:45
— Aula of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Livestream,
On 28th of October 2020 at 15.45 Jan Willem Martin Kleinrouweler will defend his dissertation 'Modeling and Optimization of Network Assisted Video Streaming' at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
PhD defence Georgios Methenitis - IAS
15-07-2020 from 10:00 to 12:00
— TU Delft,
On Wednesday 15th of July 2020 at 10.00 am. Georgios Methenitis will defend his dissertation "Agent Interactions & Mechanisms in Markets with Uncertainties: Electricity Markets in Renewable Energy Systems" at the Technische Universiteit Delft
PhD defense Jan-Willem Buurlage (CI)
01-07-2020 from 11:15 to 12:15
— https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/wetenschappers/livestream-promotie,
Everyone is invited to attend the public defense of Jan-Willem Buurlage of his PhD thesis: Real-time Tomographic Reconstruction
PhD defense Mark Raasveldt (Database Architectures)
09-06-2020 from 11:15 to 13:15
— Leiden University,
Everyone is invited to attend the public "online"defense of Mark Raasveld on June 9th 2020. Title: Integrating Analytics with Relational Databases Promotor: Prof. dr. Stefan Manegold (CWI/UL) Copromotor: Dr. Hannes Mühleisen (CWI) University: Leiden University Link to attend the defense will be available as soon as possible
PhD Defense Marco Virgolin
08-06-2020 from 12:30 to 14:00
— on-line https://www.twitch.tv/marcovirgolin,
Design and Application of Gene-pool Optimal Mixing Evolutionary Algorithms for Genetic Programming
PhD Defense Dmitrii Usanov - ST
11-05-2020 from 13:45 to 15:00
— The livestream of the defense ceremony will be available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnN8TaVYe83472ewz9CH9HA,
On Monday 11th of May 2020 at 13.45 Dmitrii will defend his dissertation "Emergency Response Networks: Dynamic Dispatching and Relocation of Resources" at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
PhD defense Myriam Traub Monday 11 May 2020 Utrecht
11-05-2020 from 10:30 to 12:30
— Academiegebouw Domplein 29 Utrecht,
Everybody is welcome to attend the public defense of Myriam Traub of her thesis Measuring Tool Bias & Improving Data Quality for Digital Humanities Research Promotor: Prof.dr. Lynda Hardman Co-promotor: Dr. Jacco R. van Ossenbruggen
On-line: PhD defence Tommaso Nesti (ST)
30-03-2020 from 16:00 to 18:00
— On-line,
On Monday 30th of March 2020 Tommaso will defend his dissertation "Stochastic Analysis of Energy Networks" in an on-line fashion. The public event is cancelled!
PhD Defence Riemer van Rozen (SWAT)
19-02-2020 from 10:00 to 12:00
— Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229 in Amsterdam,
Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Riemer van Rozen, of his thesis Languages of Game and Play.
PhD defence Joran van Apeldoorn (A&C/QuSoft)
06-02-2020 from 14:00
— Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 229, Amsterdam,
Everyone is welcome to attend the public defence of Joran van Apeldoorn, of his thesis A Quantum View on Convex Optimization.
PhD Defence Laurent van den Bos (SC)
04-02-2020 from 12:00 to 14:00
— TUD, Senaatszaal of the Auditorium, Mekelweg 5 in Delft,
Quadrature Methods for Wind Turbine Load Calculations