Group

Research team

This is the group of PhD students and researchers whom I supervise or co-supervise and with whom I work on my research line, across several institutions. Our work includes e-values and anytime-valid inference, multiple testing, pure exploration and related problems in mathematical statistics and machine learning.

Prospective students

PhD students

Other supervision

Former students and visitors

The Dutch system

In the Netherlands the right to promote candidates to PhD, called the ‘ius promovendi’, is limited to full professors and in some universities as well to a certain subset of associate professors - including me. Each PhD student needs to have at least one such promotor, but they are not necessarily involved in the supervision. This was the case for me with Giorgio: I was not involved in his research projects, but I guided him in writing the thesis. Those who do not have the ius promovendi, but are involved in the supervision of the PhD candidate are called ‘co-promotor’. One can also be called a co-promotor when one does have the ius, was involved in the supervision, but not as main supervisor. This is the case for me with Dante. Lastly, each candidate needs to have at least two (co-)promotores - typically only one of them is involved in the daily supervision, but it happens that both of them are equally involved. This is the case for Aurèle and Rovanos, who are appointed on the M2 project, which is a joint project between Jelle and me.

Statistics group at the University of Twente

I am chair of the Statistics (STAT) research group in Applied Mathematics at the University of Twente. The group develops statistical methodology for new data applications and studies the theoretical foundations of modern statistical and machine-learning methods. The current official member list is maintained on the UT Statistics people page.

Permanent staff

Postdocs and researchers

PhD students

Management / office assistant