Come and test your knowledge during the My Future Pubquiz! To keep you involved in your career development, MyFuture organizes a Pubquiz on the 11th of June where you can test your knowledge about the business life. Enrollment is free, but if you finish in the top three spots, everyone on the team receives one of the many prizes! Challenge your fellow students to give your career a good start!
Subscribe with a group of 4 before June 10th here
Participant information will be sent a day before the event.
Tuesday Picnic joins us for a joint Lecture from their CTO Daniel Gebler and Joris van Tatenhove. This lecture will look at how online supermarket Picnic upscaled both their online traffic and their offline distribution. This session will approach Picnic both from the Mathematical and the Computer Science side!
The first part will be about business as unusual – How to thrive in the new normal by Daniel Gebler, CTO Picnic. Picnic is the world’s fastest growing online supermarket that makes grocery shopping simple, fun, and affordable for everyone. But what happens if a significant exogenous shock leads to 10x demand and 0.1x supply? How to use this as an opportunity to make cities smarter, safer, and cleaner?
The second part will be about Distribution at Picnic by Joris van Tatenhove Logistics is all about solving hard CS problems. And this became even more fun with the new normal ;) How to solve a problem where heuristics depend on data which is no longer predictive?
Join our session and get inspired by how we made multi-factor optimisation fun.
TLDR; Talk/interview from Sioux about developing Artificial Intelligence, hosted on Microsoft Teams. However, what would a Sioux lecture be without pizza? Therefore, everyone who visits the lecture receives a Domino's discount code and a few lucky winners will also receive a Domino's voucher, so you can get a delicious pizza yourself.
Running MathWare at scale, an architects perspective
Applications often combine state-of-the-art algorithms with large amounts of data. The knowledge required to create complex algorithms is quite different from that to run applications at scale in a cloud environment. This talk takes you on the journey from a customer's idea, through prototypes, to the realization of an application running advanced machine learning algorithms. It shows you what it takes to handle gigabytes of data per second. All from the perspective of a software architect at Sioux.
About Martin Poelstra
Martin Poelstra is a Software Architect at Sioux Technologies. With more than 15 years of professional software development experience, he has worked on projects ranging from embedded software to web sites, from desktop applications to backend systems. Previously responsible for teams of software developers, he is now back at what he enjoys the most: solving technical challenges to deliver high-quality software that's user-friendly for both end-users and developers.
Unfortunately, this training will be given in Dutch, we are sorry!
Do you find yourself watching Netflix instead of studying? Is your homework piling up, but are you distracting yourself with that new game that just came out? Did you suddenly pick up running, but only to run away from your schoolwork? Don’t look any further, because we might be able to help you!
In times like this, where working from home is the only option, it can be hard to stay productive and focus on your classes. And since we’re going to be stuck in this situation until at least the end of this semester; we’re organizing a workshop about motivation. Where in this case “we†is the FYC TRAIN workgroup, that contains of four members of different FYCs and two members of TRAIN.
During the training you will learn about motivation, what it is and the pitfalls of it. You will also learn about setting goals and distractions. An important part of the training is setting up a buddy systems. This way you can talk with other people about staying motivated and those people can support you. The training will be given in two sessions, the first session will be held April 29 from 19:30-21:00, and the second session will take place at the May 7, at the same time. The two sessions can’t be attended separately, so please make sure that, if you subscribe, you’re available both these dates. The training will take place in Zoom.
Since a part of the training takes place within groups, and some people might prefer doing this with people they know well, there is an opportunity to subscribe with a group (please fill in the same group name). A group should consist of 5 people. If you don’t have a preference, then you can of course fill in “I don’t have a group’†and we will make sure that you are added to a group.
The training will be given by Jan Reinder Rosing who works for Project Wijsheid. This is the same company the trainer of TRAIN’s willpower training works for.
So, if you are ready to get motivated again, or to stay motivated, then you are very welcome. There are only 35 spots available, so if you suddenly can’t make it to the training please let us know in time, so that we can make someone else happy with your spot.
Because physical lunchlectures can no longer take place we present you with our very first Lockdown lecture provided by the Rabobank!
The session will be hosted by Rob Douwes, Lead Business Architect and Tu/e Alumni. He states that the financial industry is modernizing rapidly into a virtual presence where the current distribution models are no longer valid. He leads the bright-minded team of business architects and IT-architects / engineers to develop the next gen architecture for the online presence and CRM functions of Rabobank. He also guides the implementation of IT-systems for the future and sun setting legacy along with designing migrations strategies for open banking in the near future. Managing this process in an efficient and effective way is his everyday challenge and even more amidst Covid-19.
Note that the format will be a bit different than usual, to gain interaction with you from home the lecture will consist for a large part of a Q&A. Are you curious about Rabobank and how they are managing the current Covid-19 situation? Please submit your questions beforehand when you subscribe! You can also ask additional questions during the lecture. Do you have more questions that fit the box? Please email them to ceb@gewis.nl
Data Analytics
You will use your analytical skills to devise practical solutions to complex problems within the public, private and financial sectors. Your duties will include business modelling, financial/other risk management, process optimisation (including Lean Six Sigma), executive-decision support, performance management, data management, data transformation and corporate intelligence.
IOTA, the better version of Blockchain and the Ledger of Everything!
In 2009, Bitcoin released its blockchain infrastructure and promised to become a global decentralized system that could be used by anyone without the need for intermediaries. Now, more than 10 years later it has become apparent (high fee’s, slow transaction times and poor scalability) that blockchains mathematical model isn’t suited to become a worldwide payment system.
However, the next generation of Distributed Ledger Technology is now here and it’s called IOTA! This protocol is designed from the ground up to power the Machine economy through feeless micro-transactions and data integrity utilizing a mathematical principle, called Directed-Acyclic-Graph (DAG). It is this concept that allows IOTA to outperform blockchain in every way and established a network dubbed the ‘‘Tangle’’ It is expected that this technology will become the very backbone for the Internet of Things and power the internet of tomorrow! Curious how this works? Come and listen to the presentation!
What do preliminary schools and garbage collection have in common? Indeed, both are areas where society benefits from mathematics! These days, lots of primary schools are digitizing and many are letting their pupils use tablets to solve exercises. Instead of letting them all make the same exercises, what if we can match exercises to a pupil's level? How do we determine then which exercises are difficult? And which pupils need more personal care? Mathematics will tell you how to solve this chicken and egg problem. Additionally, Marloes will show you how mathematics can save a municipality millions each year. But how do you convince a government that you are right and they are wrong (without literally saying this, believe me... that doesn't help). How to convince them to invest in your ideas and put trust in math. Join the lunch lecture and find out more about with garbage collection and maths! About Marloes Boswerger After her internship at LIME, Marloes finished her MSc (Industrial and Applied Mathematics) at the TU/e and joined Sioux as a Mathware Engineer in the Sioux Mathware Competence Center (formerly known as LIME). Within the Mathware department, Marloes strengthened her portfolio with projects related to data analysis, blockchains, neural networks and more. Note: After subscription, showing up is mandatory. Unsubscribing is possible until Monday the 2nd of March, 23.59h
The case will guide you through the steps of an ASML metrology engineer trying to diagnose the issue with the new wafer heating correction model. You will be learning about the model’s purpose and inner workings, studying machine measurement data, and proposing experiments in an attempt to pinpoint the problem and fix it.
About the case
After two years of intensive study and development, you proudly present your new and improved software package, meant to suppress wafer heating effects in ASML’s new 140 million euro scanner. Just in time, too, since the scanners are about to be shipped to customers.
And then, after one week of use, it turns out not to work. This happened to us a time ago, and led to a frantic and broad search for the root cause of the problem. During the investigation, we had to consider not just the software, but also the software’s relation to the surrounding mechatronic system, and the basic physics involved. The wafer heating student case is based on our records of this period.
The case will guide you (in teams) through the steps of an ASML metrology engineer trying to diagnose the issue with the new wafer heating correction model. You will be learning about the model’s purpose and inner workings, studying machine measurement data, and proposing experiments in an attempt to pinpoint the problem and fix it. But don’t forget! The customer is already using the machine. You’d better hurry, because as always, time is money!
Using a ‘choose your own adventure’ style game, diagnose a design problem in the interaction of the wafer heating feed-forward functionality. The game is played in teams which compete with each other to see who solves the problem while spending the lowest amount of ‘effort’ points.
Schedule:
This case is suitable for both mathematics and computer science students!
PTTRNS.ai is a young technology company based in Eindhoven, sister company of ISAAC, with a focus on machine learning and deep learning. With our team of about 25 people we work on bringing real personalization to the world. In the lunch session Michiel and Erik will talk about one of our favorite initiatives: Right Beer, Right Now. How to recommend someone the perfect cold beer from a perfect cold start. Scraping, business rules, people, clustering algorithms, all good fun. With a live demonstration (but not live beer).“
After last year's success of the Alexa workshop, Ortec Finance is back with a new workshop, Game of Homes!
In the Game of Homes, your team poses as Ortec Finance and will advise a struggling housing association which risks bankruptcy if nothing changes. It is your job to come up with a strategy involving rent policies, renovations and more. The housing association must remain financially healthy while fulfilling core goals like low rents and high sustainability. Your ideas are scored against economic scenarios provided by Ortec Finance. Beat your opponents, become the best consultant and win the Game of Homes!
You will implement strategies as formulas within programming code, but we set up the case such that you do not require extensive programming experience (although it can certainly help). The workshop involves some basic econometrics and computational modeling.
Note that there is a maximum of 20 participants!
An In-house day is the ultimate experience to see not only what a large company such as IMC does in the trading business, but to also broaden your horizon in the search for your future career. Note that there are only 20 spots! If there are more than 20 subscriptions, Master students will be favored over bachelor students.
About the In-house day During IMC’s In-house day we will challenge you with an assignment to help you see how your skills apply to financial markets. Together with two of our traders and/or engineers, you will play a trading game –a perfect opportunity to better understand how much fun it is to work at IMC. We will play the game using Python. We will also use the opportunity to tell you more about trading and technology at IMC. Feel free to ask us all your questions about our business, life at IMC and more. Program 11:15 Arrival11:30 Welcome presentation
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Trading presentation
13:45 Tech presentation
14:30 Trading simulation
17:30 Pizza, drinks and announcing the winners of the simulation
19:00 End of the program
We operate globally from offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Our employees work closely together in multidisciplinary teams, making our success possible.
Technology - At IMC, technology is not a department, it is at the heart of everything we do. Our technologists push the limits of possibility, and then look beyond. In our fast-paced environment, short feedback loops mean projects worked on in the morning can enter production the next day.
Trading – Although our traders come from many backgrounds they all have one thing in common: they are at their best solving complex problems. Their insight into global events, market shifts and pricing ensure we are trading in the right place, at the right time.
Everyone is welcome but this In-houseday is aimed at Mathematics students and Computer Science students with an interest in algorithmic thinking and complex problem solving . Note that the travel to Amsterdam will be arranged, the departure times will be communicated later.
Vanderlande delivers material handling solutions, including systems that automate complete warehouses, which can be extremely large. The size and complexity of these systems make them impossible to test in real life. Imagine having to move 200 000 trays every time you need to redo a test. Within Vanderlande we solve this problem by building an emulation model. During this lunch presentation we will explain how our emulation model is built. Furthermore, we will discuss some other interesting developments within Vanderlande
The emulation model is built with Java and OpenGL. We’ll be discussing some of the technical challenges we’ve had to overcome, and of course our solutions to them. To facilitate our work, we’ve also implemented a DSL (domain specific language), which helps with modelling components typically seen in a warehouse or baggage handling system. We will use that to give you a general feeling of what we do on a daily basis.
This lecture will be given by Rick Hendricksen (Senior Software Engineer & old GEWIS-member) and Dennis van den Berg (Product Owner)
Note: After subscription, showing up is mandatory. Unsubscribing is possible until Tuesday the 10th of February, 23.59h
Willpower!
A lot of students might recognize it; procrastination. When you really want to study, but you can’t seem to set yourself to it. When you feel like you have so much to do but you can’t get it done. Sometimes your to-do list is so overwhelming that it can lead to stress and even a burnout.
To help you prevent this, TRAIN is organizing the workshop ‘Willpower!’. This training will be about setting priorities (what do you want to do?) and about motivation (how do I get it done?).
Having willpower is something you can learn! Good news for anyone who would like to have more willpower. Whether it is your studies, sports or any personal goals, with more willpower you can achieve more. Having more willpower can help you achieve goals that are important to you!
The workshop Willpower! will give you an introduction to the psychology of willpower. You will learn what it is, how it works and how to deal with pitfalls. We discuss pitfalls, such as the so-called ‘what the hell effect’, the ‘halo effect’ and the ‘restraint bias’.
In addition, we will discuss strategies to develop your willpower. You will learn how to increase your energy, how to prevent willpower 'leaks' and learn strategies to be more effective at achieving your goals. So, do you want more willpower for your study, less Facebooking, workout more often, eat healthier or something else? Then you are most welcome!
This training is given by professional trainer Imre Végh from Project Wisdom.
About Imre
Imre is an international trainer, discussion leader and (team)coach in higher education, politics and development aid agencies. He worked with many politicians and members of parliament, development organisations in Uganda, Laos and Vietnam amongst others, for commercial companies and many universities such as the International Space University in Strasbourg, the Honours Programme at the University of Groningen, Nyenrode Business University and students of the University of Beijing.
His passion is personal leadership, meaning, ethics, critical thinking and effective communication. He brings out the best of people in a disarming and an inspiring way. He likes to ask probing questions, challenge assumptions and analyse arguments, all aimed at growth and learning. An idealist in heart and soul, he likes to use his critical mind to better the world. Critical when needed, humorous when possible. He likes to connect heart and mind.
Imre is married and lives in Utrecht. He is passionate about space travel, chess and botanic gardens and cannot wait to tell his toddler son all about it.
There are only 24 spots available. Remember: if you subscribe but fail to show up without a good reason you will have disadvantage the next time you subscribe for a training with a limited amount of spots.
TNO is an independent research organization who connects people and knowledge to create innovations that boost the sustainable competitive strength of industry and well-being of society. TNO focuses on nine themes, two of them being ICT and Industry who jointly cooperate in the Smart Industry program. This program aims to execute the Dutch Smart Industry Agenda in order to support manufacturing organizations embrace Industry 4.0 concepts. Mike de Roode is a Scientist Integrator at the Data Science department of TNO and is working on semantic interoperability solutions as part of the Smart Industry agenda.
An example project Mike is working on is the Fieldlab Smart Connected Supplier Network (SCSN), a collaboration between small and large manufacturing organizations, software vendors/integrators, and sector organizations. The goal of the SCSN project is to better integrate the manufacturing organizations in complex dynamic supply chain collaborations in such a way that they can optimally exchange order-, logistical- and production process measurement-data. This solution supports the complex environment of the high-tech equipment manufacturing Industry in the Brainport region and should work both for large enterprises, as for small SME’s which do not have the resources for extensive IT integration efforts. Nowadays, SCSN is implemented by almost all relevant software vendors so manufacturing organizations can use the standard to communicate with a large network of suppliers and customers, both national as international.
Market Making Financial Derivatives
This session is about getting familiar with Trading Financial Markets. Topics covered are Pricing Derivatives, Market Making and Volatility Trading. IMC will also shed some light on what it requires to be a good trader and how a technical background can contribute to do so. No financial background is required, just a proactive attitude.
Note: After subscription, showing up is mandatory. Unsubscribing is possible until Wednesday the 8th of January, 23.59h
DevOps, a developers role?
The introduction of Agile software development has caused the frequency of software deliveries to increase and has changed the view on how this should be achieved. According to DevOps, developers should play a role in operations. But what does this mean in practice? This presentation will introduce the world of Operations and what they perceive as working software. What is required for Continuous Integration and Delivery and for Lifecycle management. It will also show how a developer can contribute to this, improving the overall quality of the software you create and saving time in the long run.
About Pieter Delmee
Pieter Delmee is a Senior Software Designer at Sioux Technologies. He has worked on many applications in his career, varying from stand-alone Windows applications, up to web-portals serving 700 concurrent users. Mainly driven to create and deliver better software which is usable by all parties involved, including operations. In his current project, one of the major responsibilities of Pieter is the delivery of the software.
Note: After subscription, showing up is mandatory. Unsubscribing is possible until Tuesday the 6th of January, 23.59h
ODPi Egeria is one of the open-source projects that ING is actively contributing to. We want to achieve the vision of making metadata open and automatically exchanged between tools and data platforms, no matter which vendor they come from.
On top of that, Egeria provides various customer-centric metadata services according to enterprise data strategies.
During this lunch lecture, we will start with an introduction to Egeria and address how this open metadata standard with an automated platform transforms ING into a real data-driven company along with a practical use case.
The Skill Sessions by Wervingsdagen consist of an entire workweek filled with interesting workshops focusing on different aspects of career development.
During this event, workshops and lectures focusing on your personal and professional development are be given by professional trainers and speakers.
Topics that are covered include the application letter, the resume and the job interview. Besides that, trainings focusing more on soft skills and personal development like ‘Dealing with Stress’, ‘Speaking like Obama’ or ‘Photoshop beginner and advanced’ are given.
The subscriptions are open until the 24th of November! You can subscribe and watch a full overview of all trainings here.
Impression of the Skill Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znGZe2as2j8
SNiC, the congress organisation that organises the yearly national student symposium on IT, is proud to present this year’s symposium: ResilIT.
This year, we will discuss the impact of IT on the preservation and recuperation of our society. Talks will be held on Disaster Management, Cyber Threat Management and Society 4.0. Our partners will also be present during the symposium, offering you an opportunity to engage with these companies through speeddates and activities.
For more information, be sure to regularly check out our website or Facebook page. All talks will be given in English.
There will be a bus leaving from Eindhoven, the exact departure time will be communicated later.
When you enroll on this list, you will receive a payment request on your email. When you paid the payment request, we will send you your ticket via email. Make sure to enroll in time, there are only 70 tickets available!
This training takes place in the afternoon
In your life you cross paths with many new people, and with some you have daily contact: teachers, peers, colleagues ... Sometimes you are "on the same wavelength" with someone and sometimes it seems as if you come from completely different planets. You get along well with some, but with others you have difficulty.
What do you do if the other person exhibits behavior that is difficult for you, for example if you are addressed by an authoritarian person in a fierce and compelling tone? Or what will your approach be if you want to make a timid and not very talkative conversation partner enthusiastic about something and it doesn't work? And how do you deal with a talkative and over-enthusiastic colleague who constantly drowns you out during a meeting? The key to the answering this lies in understanding and applying the psychology that lies behind behavior and the many colors that you can recognize within this behavior.
In this training you learn how you can recognize people by their behavior and how you can deal with different behaviors. On the one hand so that you can get a "click" with them and you can achieve your own goals. On the other hand to prevent conflicts and to keep up in situations that are difficult for you.
For this training there are apporximately 30 spots so be sure to subscribe in time!
Where can your international internship take you? It can take you to many countries, can introduce you to many different cultures, can expose you to the toughest of challenges but the best of all, it can take you outside your comfort zone and provide you with an experience you never thought you'd have! Your international internship can change all your perceptions and prepare you for the tomorrow to come!
Infosys Limited is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 45 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
Infosys InStep, the company's flagship global internship program gives you a chance to work on live projects in challenging areas of Distributed Computing, Machine Learning, NLP, Analytics, Big Data, Statistics, Knowledge Engineering, Legacy Modernization, Cyber Security and more while visiting the fascinating country of India, staying in the comforts of the sprawling Infosys campus in Bangalore, meeting people from 40 different nationalities, building your professional network with students from the top universities of the world and learning from Infosys' highest leadership.
Join us to know how to crack the world's #1 internship and to ensure the best three months of your life!
At PwC our Identity & Access management team builds new, state-of-the-art systems to secure customer and workforce identities. We all have an online banking app, but do you dare to log in using facial recognition? In this team they develop, advise on and implement the future of IAM. Our solutions play a critical role in cyber security and are inseparably linked to the security and productivity of the clients we work for at PwC.
Everyone has an online identity, and everything is connected to everyone. In this team, they create a personal, seamless and secure user experience across online and physical touch points for customers and partners of our clients. This team is also involved in a variety of projects where the time to service and usability for employees to get access to critical data and systems is improved. Last but not least, this team controls access to company sensitive data to prevent fraud and protect intellectual property. The IAM consultants are the spider in the web whom connect everything for everyone and who make organizations cyber secure, leaving no chance for hackers to enter in the first place.
Milan Schwartz (Senior Manager and architect in Identity & Access management) will take you on a journey in this enormously growing and groundbreaking world of Identity & Access Management in this interactive session!
Note: After subscription, showing up is mandatory. Unsubscribing is possible until Monday the 11th of November, 23.58h