Education

- Ghent University

Electives with a focus on high-performance systems and security.

- Ghent University

Minor in security & parallel systems

  • Solid theoretical foundation in computer science, with insight into fundamental concepts, principles and design patterns, supported by practical applications in projects.
  • Strong algorithmic background, including complexity analysis, advanced data structures, algorithmic paradigms, hashing, compression and automata.
  • Thorough knowledge of secure systems and networks: RESTful APIs, semantic web, network security, cryptography, operating systems, and databases.
  • Understanding of ethical and sustainable Artificial Intelligence, explainable AI, neural networks, Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs), Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and computer vision.
  • Lifelong learner capable of quickly and independently adopting new technologies and methodologies.

Experience

Teaching assistant

- Ghent University - present
  • As a Master's student, support practicals and assess­ments for students enrolled in the Programming course.
  • Guide students on Python programming concepts, answering their questions, and facilitating hands-on learning.

Teaching assistant

- CodeFever vzw - present
  • Introduce children (aged 8-15) to programming and teach computational thinking creatively, using Scratch, Minecraft Education, HTML & JS and Micro:bit.
  • Encourage and support the development of their own interests and curiosity.

(Head) youth leader

- Joetz vzw - present
  • Organize play activities and accompany groups of up to 30 children (ages 3-15) during summer camps and day trips.
  • Collaborate directly with fellow (head) youth leaders and external partners to ensure smooth operations.
  • As head youth leader, act as the primary contact for a diverse group of youth leaders, facilitate collaboration and coach them, coordinate daily operations and administrative follow-up.
  • Ensure (emotional) safety and well-being, take final responsibility and make reasoned decisions.
  • Continuous self-reflection and development.

Extracurricular activities

  • Member of KSA Ghent Saint Livinus up until 2020.
  • Built and maintained a homelab for hands-on learning in virtualization, containerization, security-hardening and automated deployments.