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Basics

Name Daniel Johannes van der Weijden
Label PhD Candidate Computer Science
Email weijden@ifi.uzh.ch
Url daanvdweijden.com

Education

  • 2023.09 - Present

    Zurich

    PhD
    University of Zurich
    Computer Science
  • 2021.09 - 2023.08

    Utrecht

    Master of Science
    Utrecht University
    Artificial Intelligence
    GPA 3.7/4.0
    • Honours Student (Graduate Honours of Interdisciplinary Seminars)
    • Member of Faculty Council
    • Highlighted Courses: Human Centered Machine Learning, Intelligent Agents & Natural Language Generation
  • 2019.09 - 2021.08

    Utrecht

    Bachelor of Science
    Utrecht University
    Artificial Intelligence
    GPA: 4.0/4.0, Graduated Cum Laude
    • Chair of Political Party VUUR
    • Member of Faculty Council
    • Highlighted Courses: Logical Complexity, Intelligent systems & Computational Linguistics
  • 2017.09 - 2021.08

    Utrecht

    Bachelor of Arts
    Utrecht University
    Linguistics
    GPA 3.8/4.0
    • Chair of Linguistics Study Association
    • Highlighted Courses: Language and Computation, Semantics and Pragmatics & Experimental Psycholinguistics

Work

  • 2022.12 - 2023.08

    The Hague

    Research Intern
    TNO
    • Conducted research on different implementations of textual data augmentation methods
    • Developing own augmentation methods for Dutch by implementing local LLM's
  • 2022.01 - 2023.08

    Utrecht

    Research Assistant
    Utrecht Data School
    • Performed Data Analysis of Twitter interactions on the topic of Datacenters in the Netherlands with, resulting in a published paper.
    • Developed a framework and practical implementation for Dutch oversight authorities on how to oversee algorithmic systems, delivered a report and paper.
    • Conducted research into the influences of politics on twitter and vice-versa, ongoing research
  • 2020.09 - 2021.04

    Utrecht

    Technical Support
    Channable
    • Provided technical support for a platform for centralising eCommerce products.
    • Gave walkthroughs for first time customers to the tool, guiding them through all the steps involved in linking up their accounts.
  • 2020.01 - 2022.12

    Utrecht

    Teaching Assistant
    Utrecht University
    Hosted weekly seminars for several courses, graded theoretical assignments, provided feedback on delivered code. Courses:
    • Machine Learning
    • Natural and Formal Languages
    • Introduction on Logic