Tom Heskes
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News
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Research
My research is on data science and
artificial intelligence, in particular machine learning. In a nutshell, we
use probability calculus and statistics to develop and understand computing
systems that can learn from data. See my Google scholar
page for recent and older results. In 2006, I received a prestigious Vici
grant and in 2014 a TOP grant, both from NWO. Besides that, I am involved in
several projects that concern applications in other sciences (e.g., biology,
healthcare, physics, astronomy) and industry. My research group is part of iCIS, the
computer science institute within the Netherlands with the highest quality
and viability (according to this official report, the successor of this one, in which iCIS
also came out on top). I was research director of iCIS
from 2009 until 2014. Our group is further part of the Nijmegen ELLIS unit and I am one
of the ELLIS fellows. We are involved
in various ICAI labs; I am one of the
co-directors of the AI
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Teaching
I teach several courses in computer
science and artificial intelligence. People from our group put together
several suggestions for Master and Bachelor thesis projects
that students from the Radboud University can do
under our guidance. Between February 2017 and February 2020,
I was director of education for computing science and information sciences.
Our bachelor programme is the only “Topopleiding” in computer science within the Netherlands
(source: Keuzegids 2020). Future bachelor students: check out our
websites to see why you should study computing science or artificial intelligence in Nijmegen. For master students, the Data Science and AI specialization in the Computing Science master is
highly recommended, since closest to my research interests. We do not have any (summer) internships
for external students available, nor PhD positions, unless explicitly
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Other
I initiated Radboud AI and
co-founded the spin-off Machine2Learn, which in 2023 has been acquired by Silo AI and in 2024 by AMD. If you really have to, you can
check out my (short, not really up-to-date) cv. On October 9, 2009, I held my inaugural speech. I am currently vice dean of the Faculty
of Science. |