I’m Gilles de Hollander and I am a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Tomas Knapen at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

Short CV

Education

• 2017–current Postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Tomas Knapen doing laminar-resolved UHF-fMRI during binocular rivalry
• 2013–2017 PhD-student in Birte Forstmann-lab of model-based neuroimaging, investigating the functional neuroanatomy of the Subthalamic Nucleus using 7T structural and functional MRI and computational cognitive modelling
• 2010–2012 MSc Artificial Intelligence, University of Amsterdam.
• Thesis: An application of Multivariate Pattern Analysis: does the Subthalamic Nucleus code for response caution?
• Supervisors: Dr. B. U. F. Forstmann, Dr. L. van Maanen and Dr. M. van Someren
• 2005–2010 BSc Beta-Gamma, University of Amsterdam.
• Beta-Gamma is a three-year interdisciplinary bachelor that aims at teaching interdisciplinary thought and research strategies.
• 2008–2010 major Artificial Intelligence
• Bachelor Project: The EU Parliament in clouds: An applied study on the usability of word clouds to summarize meetings and the methods to construct them
• Supervisor: Dr. M. Marx
• 2006–2008 major Psychobiology
• Bachelor Project: Teamwork in autism: where to represent someone else’s actions in a joint spatial compatibility task
• Supervisor: Dr. J.A. van Hooft
• 1999–2005 VWO, Vossius Gymnasium, Amsterdam.
• Course Profiles: Nature & Technology, Nature & Health
• Extra Courses: Classical Latin, History, Philosophy
• Thesis: Klankkleur bij Elecktrische Gitaren (Timbre of Electric Guitars)

Teaching

• Gave a lecture on model-based neuroimaging in the “Model-based summer school” of the Forstmann lab (slides; code).
• Gave a workshop about Python in Neuroscience (February 2014, slides, IPython Notebook).
• Gave a lecture about basic fMRI, Multivariate Pattern Analysis and Representational Similarity Analysis in the “Introduction to Neuroscientific and Neuroanatomy” (november 2012,  2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Teaching Assistant Reinforcement Learning Practical Beta-Gamma computer practical, 2013
• Developed and taught a completely redesigned computer practical in Javascript. Students could run the entire practical from their internet browser (link to course website).
• Teaching Assistant Qualitative Reasoning Practical Future Planet Studies, UvA, 2012
• Teaching Assistant Reinforcement Learning Practical Beta-Gamma computer practical, UvA, 2009, 2010 and 2011
• Developed and taught computer practical in Matlab.