Sven Degroeve
Advanced Analytics & AI Lead at Legend Biotech
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolSven Degroeve is an Advanced Analytics & AI Lead with over two decades of experience applying machine learning and deep learning to biomedical and NLP problems, currently driving AI strategy at Legend Biotech. His career bridges academia and industry—from a PhD and postdoctoral work at Ghent University to senior roles at VIB and an associate professorship—where he turned research innovations into predictive models for biotechnology and healthcare. He combines strong statistical foundations with practical deployment experience, able to translate complex methods into business-impacting solutions and clear narratives for diverse stakeholders. Known for quickly mastering new concepts, Sven excels at leading interdisciplinary teams at the interface of data science and domain experts. Based in Antwerp, he brings a rare blend of academic rigor and product-focused execution that accelerates translational AI in biomedical settings.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at Ghent University
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (38)
portable10
mass-spectrometry10
gradient10
prediction10
dataflow9
spark9
gbm9
xgboost9
java9
scala9
machine-learning9
shotgun9
distributed-systems9
boosting9
scalable9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sdgroeve/ionbot.quant
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:5 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
sdgroeve/ML-course-VIB-2021
Jan 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:91 commits, 95 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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