Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2010 - present: PhD in Artificial Intelligence, IIIA-CSIC.
-Project title: "Negotiation Methods for Large Agreement Spaces".
-Supervisor: Carles Sierra.
2009 - 2010: Master in Artificial Intelligence, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
-Master thesis: "Optimizing a Diplomacy Bot Using Genetic Algorithms".
-Supervisor: Carles Sierra.
2008 - 2009: Master in Artificial Intelligence, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
2005 - 2008: Master in Mathematical Physics, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
-Master thesis: "Knot Theory and Categorification".
-Supervisor: Robbert Dijkgraaf (president of the Dutch Academy of Sciences and one of the world's leading authorities in Superstring theory).
2002 - 2005: Bachelor in Physics and Mathematics, Universiteit van Amsterdam
1996 - 2002: Secondary / High school: Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam.
-Curriculum: Exact Sciences plus biology.

Working Experience

2009: Intern at Deep Blue Capital, Amsterdam.
-Analyzing patterns in stock prices for a statistical arbitrage hedge fund that aims to make trading fully automated using artificial intelligence.
2009: Private teacher, self employed, Amsterdam.
-Teaching mathematics and physics to high school- and university students.
2008: Assistant Software Developer at Effectory, Amsterdam.
-Programming company software for a consultancy firm.
2008: Assistant IT Helpdesk at DLA Piper, Amsterdam.
-Assisting lawyers with their computer problems at a law firm.
2002 - 2007: Demonstrator of physics experiments at the UvA Physics Fair, Amsterdam.
-Demonstrating physics experiments to children.

Programming Knowledge

C#, Java, C++, Matlab, PHP, SQL, HTML

Languages

Dutch: Native language
English: Fluent
Catalan: Basic

Other Activities

2009:Organizer, AEGEE-Amsterdam Summer University 2009. A summer course on Dutch culture and history for 25 students from all over Europe.
2007 - 2009:Member, IT commission of students' association AEGEE-Amsterdam. Responsible for maintaining the website and programming software for internal administration.
2007 - 2009:Editor / Editor-in-Chief and writer for Scoop, magazine of study association NSA for Physics-, Astronomy- and Mathematics- students.
2008: Vice-President, tenants' commission of student dormitory De Eenhoorn. Responsible for internal communication and organisation of the commission.

Hobbies and Interests

Traveling, Buddhist philosophy, making electronic music, artificial intelligence, theoretical physics, documentaries, playing poker.

Other Particularities

  • I wrote my master's thesis in Mathematical Physics under supervision of Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf, president of the Dutch Academy of Sciences and columnist for newspaper NRC.
  • The master Mathematical Physics is a special master which is only meant for the best students. It is a mixture of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics and mainly focuses on the mathematical grounding of Theoretical Physics. I was the only student in my year.
  • I am an active member of pan-European student's association AEGEE. AEGEE is a student's association that focuses on education, cultural exchange and European integration.