Teaching
Current courses
- Coordination master program Computing Science: coordinating the second year of the master program including master’s thesis projects
- Algorithms for Decision Support: This is a mandatory course in the master program Computing Science in which I teach combinatorial optimization and discrete-event simulation. In cooperation with QBuzz (U-Ov) and Province Utrecht, I developed an assignment in which the students have to perform a simulation study of the Uithoflijn (new tramline from Utrecht CS to the Uithof) based on real data.
- Optimization for Sustainability: this is a new course that I am setting up in the master program Computing Science. It will contain combinatorial optimization, discrete-event simulation and application in future energy systems and mobility. It is planned to start in the academic year 2020-2021.
Courses in previous years
- Software- and gameproject: In this course, teams of 8-10 students develop software or games in a realistic setting. They work in a project for a real customer. The project serves as final thesis for the Bachelor in Computer Science. I developed and implemented a new setting, after the department decided to make the course more professional. I am responsible for the main part of the management of this course. Besides the educational organization and quality management, an important element is to acquire (paying) customers from companies and other organizations and to advise them in the preparation of the project. This amounts to acquisition of approximately 100.000 Euro per academic year. We have performed projects for e.g. Dutch Railways, Dutch National Police, Netherlands Aerospace Center NLR, Fugro and the University Hospital.
- Advanced linear programming: Master course in the LNMB-program, offered within Mastermath.
- Simulation: Course in the master program Computing Science about discrete-event simulation. From year 2016-2017 changed into Algorithms for Decision Support.
- Supply chain management: I co-developed this course, which was part of the master program Business Informatics; it concerns analytical ICT in transportation and logistics with a focus on planning and optimization. Because of a change of the focus of the program, this course stopped some years ago.
- Research methods for Computer Science/Game technology: I co-developed this course, in which students learn research skills including statistics; somebody else now teaches it.
- Discrete optimization: course for second years computer science and mathematics students. This course was merged with another course.