[General] Defense, title and signature!
On April 7th 2022, I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation, received my "Dr." title, and signed the famous "Zweetkamertje" of Leiden University!
Many were there with me! I want to thank my supervisors Peter Grünwald and Daniel Lakens and the reading committee that evaluated my dissertation: Jelle Goeman, Joanna in 't Hout, Glenn Shafer, and Alex Sutton.
It was a very inspiring discussion following the questions from the opposition committee: Glenn Shafer, Joanna in 't Hout, Henri van Werkhoven, Jelle Goeman, Hein Putter, and Richard Gill.
Everything went super smooth, thanks to my wonderful paranimfs Laura Schut and Marnick van de Zande. I really couldn't have done it without them!
And I want to thank my family, friends, colleagues, and CWI for their support. This was a truly great day!
A news article about my defense can be found on the Leiden University website (in Dutch) and at the CWI website (in English). The complete dissertation can be found in the Leiden University Repository and the CWI Repository.
I did not want to share photos unasked, but my paranimfs insisted that this diploma photo-op was made for posting:
Mon, 11 April
T-test - Linear Regression - ANOVA - Logistic Regression - Generalized Linear Models - Robust Regression - Delta Method - Mixed Models - Longitudinal Modeling - Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) - Bayesian Statistics - Discriminant Analysis - Optimal Scaling - Correspondence Analysis - Principal Component Analysis - Monte Carlo Statistics - Bootstrapping - Recommender System - Bayesian networks - K-means - Support Vector Machines - Multiple Testing Correction - High Dimensional Data Analysis - Ridge/Lasso - Splines - Cross-Validation - Random Forests - Bias/Variance Trade-off - Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression - Spatial/Temporal dependence - Finite Population Correction - Power Analysis - Randomized Incomplete Block Design - Survival Analysis - Censoring - Structural Equation Models - Item Response Theory - Imputation - EM Algorithm - Finite Mixture Models - Calibration Problem in Regression - R - SPSS - Weighted Contrasts - Stratified Design - Questionaire - Permutation Tests - Fixed/Common-Effect Meta-Analysis - Random Effect Meta-Analysis - Sequential Analysis - Bayes Factors - Bayesian T-test - Optional Stopping - Sequential Analysis - Meta-Analysis - Cummulative Meta-Analysis - Test Martingales - Uniformly Most Powerful Tests - Safe Tests
