Presentations

Below a reversed-chronological overview of all my (non-commercial) presentations. Clicking on brings you to the conference/seminar-website, clicking on shows the slides.

2023

  • The Do’s and Don’ts of Statistics
    Groningen PhD Day
    Groningen, The Netherlands, February 2023
  • Workshop Twitter and Mastodon
    Faculty Communication Workshops
    Groningen, The Netherlands, February 2023
  • Essentieel Statistiekonderwijs
    Symposium on statistics communication
    Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 2023

2022

  • Coronastatistiek
    Koninklijk Natuurkundig Genootschap
    Groningen, The Netherlands, February 2022. Invited
  • “Hoe investeren we het beste in de universiteiten?”
    Samen Slimmer Café
    Den Haag, The Netherlands, March 2022. Invited
  • Social Media & Statistical Pitfalls
    Tilburg PhD Day
    Tilburg, The Netherlands, April 2022. Keynote
  • Misleidende Statistieken en Grafieken
    Nationale Wiskunde Dagen
    Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, April 2022. Invited
  • Good and bad statistical practices
    Netherlands Cancer Institute Retreat
    Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, April 2022. Keynote
  • Good and bad statistical practices
    Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neuropsychologie Spring Conference
    Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 2022. Invited
  • De toekomst van het statistiekonderwijs
    KNAW Avond: Wiskunde en statistiek in het voortgezet onderwijs
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2022. Invited
  • De toekomst van het statistiekonderwijs
    NVvW/SLO/Freudenthal Instituut: Onderwijs Meets Onderzoek
    Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2022. Keynote
  • Peilingen, enquêtes, etc.: 75% van respondenten herkent er geen valkuilen in
    De Volkskrant, redactie-overleg
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2022. Invited
  • Depressie behandelen met statistiek
    Gala van de Wetenschap: Wetenschap die Werkt
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2022

2021

  • Statistical Pitfalls
    Association for Researchers in Psychology & Health
    Groningen (online), The Netherlands, January 2021. Keynote
  • Using social media as a scientist
    YESS BSS Workshop
    Groningen (online), The Netherlands, May 2021
  • No title
    IVO Science Communication Lunch
    Maastricht (online), The Netherlands, May 2021
  • De Toekomst van het Statistiekonderwijs
    Tien jaar Platform Wiskunde Nederland
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2021. Keynote
  • Statistical Pitfalls
    ENTWINE Informal Care PhD-day
    Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2021
  • The Do’s and Don’ts of Statistical Communication: Statistical Sins
    BCN Symposium Nothing but the Truth
    Groningen, The Netherlands, November 2021

2020

  • Masterclass Data Visualisation
    Graduate Research Day Psychology & Pedagogics, Erasmus University
    Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March 2020. Invited
  • Looking at data: What the data can tell us
    Data Science in Health BCN Webinar
    Groningen (online), The Netherlands, October 2020. Invited

2019

  • Statistische Zonden: een overzicht van twijfelachtige onderzoekspraktijken (en hoe deze te herkennen)
    KWG Wintersymposium
    Utrecht, The Netherlands, January 2019. Invited
  • Time to get personal? The impact of researchers’ choices in clinical person-centered analyses
    International Convention of Psychological Science
    Paris, France, March 2019
  • Intensive Longitudinal Data Analysis in Practice - Possibilities and Limitations
    8th Meeting of the Dutch Classification Society
    Groningen, The Netherlands, April 2019. Keynote
  • De Statistiek van Inclusiviteit
    Nacht van de Kunst en Wetenschap
    Groningen, The Netherlands, June 2019. Invited
  • Masterclass Data Visualisation
    Dutch Chemometrics Society Masterclasses
    Utrecht, The Netherlands, November 2019. Invited
  • Masterclass Data Visualisation
    VvBN PhD Day 2019
    Groningen, The Netherlands, November 2019. Invited
  • What You Think You See
    Studium Generale Science Dinner
    Groningen, The Netherlands, December 2019. Invited

2018

  • Using psychological networks to understand behavioural aspects of energy use
    Dutch Statistical Society (VVS-OR) Annual Meeting on Climate Change
    Utrecht, Netherlands, March 2018. invited
  • Changing individuals: modelling smooth and sudden changes in temporal dynamics of (V)AR-models
    30th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science
    San Francisco, USA, May 2018
  • A network-based approach to understanding the behavioural aspects of energy use
    Heymans Symposium: Research Worth Spreading
    Groningen, The Netherlands, April 2018
  • Statistiek (toeval en kansen)
    De Jonge Onderzoekers
    Groningen, The Netherlands, June 2018. Invited
  • Statistical Sins
    Skeptics in the Pub Groningen
    Groningen, The Netherlands, October 2018. Invited
  • Statistical Sins
    Seminar Series Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology
    Groningen, The Netherlands, November 2018. Invited
  • Understanding the behavioural aspects of energy use - a network-based approach
    Seminar Series Markets & Sustainability
    Groningen, The Netherlands, December 2018. Invited

2017

  • Modelling smooth and sudden changes in temporal dynamics of (V)AR models
    IMPS 2017
    Zürich, Switzerland, July 2017
  • Randomized Controlled Trials: Shortcomings and Alternatives
    Development and Dissemination of iCBT for Youth
    Leiden, The Netherlands, October 2017

2016

  • Comparison of Estimators for Single-Case and Multilevel AR(1) Models
    IMPS2016: International Meeting of the Psychometric Society
    Asheville, NC, USA, July 2016
  • Bayesian VAR(1)-Modeling to Unravel Emotion Dynamics
    COMPSTAT2016: The 22nd Conference on Computational Statistics
    Oviedo, Spain, August 2016
  • Bayesian VAR(1)-Modeling to Unravel Emotion Dynamics
    2016 Conference on Complex Systems
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2016. Invited
  • Time Series Analysis in Psychology
    Econometric Institute Seminar, Erasmus University
    Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 2016

2015

  • A comparative study of AR(1) estimators in short time series
    IAP StUDyS Workshop
    Leuven, Belgium, April 2015
  • A Contribution to the Visualisation of Three-Way Arrays
    TRICAP: Three-way Methods in Chemistry and Psychology, 7th Edition
    Val di Zoldo, Italy, June 2015
  • (Interactive) visualisation of three-way data
    CLADAG2015: 10th Scientific Meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group
    Pula, Italy, October 2015. Invited

2014

  • Dynamic Linear Models: The key to truly understanding psychological processes
    Heymans Symposium
    Groningen, The Netherlands, April 2014
  • A contribution to the visualisation of three-way arrays
    COMPSTAT2014: The 21st International Conference on Computational Statistics
    Geneva, Switzerland, August 2014
  • Handling missing data in non-Gaussian hierarchical Bayesian dynamic models
    ECDA2014: European Conference on Data Analysis
    Bremen, Germany, July 2014
  • Kennissessie: Modelmatige analyse voor beleid op het Bindend Studieadvies (BSA) (Knowledge Session: Model-bases analyses for policy on the Binding Study Advice)
    Proof: Truth, Hard Truth and Statistics. 18th Conference of the Dutch Association for Institutional Research
    Baarn, The Netherlands, November 2014. Gave workshop, joint with Hans Beldhuis, Rutger Klein Nagelvoort and Taco de Wolff

2013

  • Recent advances in multivariate road traffic flow forecasting
    2nd Labmeeting Time Series and Dynamical Models, University of Amsterdam
    Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2013
  • Recent advances in multivariate dynamic road traffic forecasting
    Statistics Seminar Series, Trinity College
    Dublin, Ireland, May 2013
  • Triadditive models for threeway tables
    IFCS 2013: Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies
    Tilburg, Netherlands, August 2013

2012

  • Assigning probabilities to null and interval hypotheses
    8th World Congress in Probability and Statistics
    Istanbul, Turkey, July 2012
  • Canonical Analysis: Ranks, Ratios and Fits
    COMPSTAT: 20th International Conference on Computational Statistics
    Limassol, Cyprus, August 2012

2011

  • Between-Group Metrics and their use in canonical analysis
    International Classification Conference
    St. Andrews, Scotland, July 2011

2010

  • A General Approach to Missing Values Estimation in Procrustes Analysis
    Gowerfest II: The Geometry of Data Analysis
    Milton Keynes, England, July 2010. Invited

2009

  • A graphical dynamic approach to forecasting and monitoring road traffic flow networks
    41st Annual UTSG Conference
    London, England, January 2009. Co-presenter
  • A graphical dynamic approach to forecasting and monitoring road traffic flow networks
    Open University Conference on Traffic Modelling
    Milton Keynes, England, March 2009. Conference co-organisor
  • Missing values in general forms of Procrustes Analysis
    International Meeting of the Psychometric Society
    Cambridge, England, July 2009. Session organisor

2008

  • Forecasting traffic flows in road networks: A graphical dynamic model approach
    28th International Symposium of Forecasters
    Nice, France, June 2008
  • A Bayesian graphical dynamic approach to forecasting and monitoring road traffic flow networks
    Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference
    Nottingham, England, September 2008

2007

  • Minimising Translated Quadratic Forms subject to Quadratic Constraints, with Applications to Missing Value Estimation in Procrustes Analysis
    International Meeting of the Psychometric Society
    Tokyo, Japan, July 2007. Invited

2006

  • Road traffic forecasting using dynamic models
    Valencia/ISBA 8th World Meeting on Bayesian Statistics
    Benidorm, Spain, June 2006. Poster presentation

2005

  • Foundational issues in statistical inference
    Seminar International Institute for Geo-information Science
    Enschede, Netherlands, January 2005
  • SIMAGE: Simulating Microarray Gene Expressions
    Seminar Roslin Institiute
    Edinburgh, Scotland, February 2005
  • SIMAGE: Simulating Microarray Gene Expressions
    Seminar Bioinformatics Research Centre, University of Glasgow
    Glasgow, Scotland, February 2005

2004

  • Simulating Microarray Expression Data
    VVS Conference Statistics in Microarray Analysis
    Groningen, Netherlands, March 2004. Invited
  • Simulating Microarray Expression Data
    Netherlands Conference on BioInformatics: Images of Life
    Groningen, Netherlands, October 2004. Poster presentation

2003

  • Het twee-enveloppen probleem
    Symposium on the occasion of prof. Schaafsma’s 65th birthday
    Groningen, The Netherlands, January 2003
  • Trying to resolve the two-envelope problem
    Colloquium Probability, Statistics & Financial Mathematics, University of Amsterdam
    Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2003

2002

  • Estimating a density by adapting an initial guess
    Stochastics Colloquium Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Bochum, Germany, November 2002
  • Density estimation via an initial guess
    10th Meeting of PhD-students in Stochastics
    Hilversum, Netherlands, May 2002

2001

  • Dichtheidsschattingen van linksgecensureerde MWTL-data omtrent waterkwaliteit
    Seminar Centre for Quantitative Methods
    Eindhoven, Netherlands, April 2001
  • Estimating a density by adapting an initial guess
    12th European Young Statisticians Meeting
    Jánska Dolina, Slovak Republic, September 2001. Invited