Sven Wientjes
Phd-student (aio) at Universiteit Gent
Ghent, East Flanders, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSven Wientjes is a PhD cognitive scientist and computational modeler with 8 years of experience building and fitting hierarchical Bayesian models to explain human learning and decision-making. He combines expertise in reinforcement learning, episodic memory, and connectionist/deep learning approaches to translate cognitive theories into quantitative models and online behavioral experiments (often implemented in JavaScript/HTML/CSS). His work spans fMRI and EEG-informed modeling, hidden Markov and variational Bayesian methods, and practical large-scale data collection for rigorous model comparison. Based in Ghent, Sven is open to applying his modeling toolkit to real-world behavioral or consumer data, offering principled analysis, visualization, and hypothesis-driven inference. An uncommon asset is his dual background bridging computational neuroscience and applied statistics—he not only builds models but also teaches and communicates statistical methods to non-specialists.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Science at Universiteit GentBachelor, Psychology (ENG), Bachelor, Psychology (ENG) at Rijksuniversiteit GroningenDiploma Gymnasium, Gymnasium, 7,4, Diploma Gymnasium, Gymnasium, 7,4 at Hondsrugcollege EmmenResearch Master, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Research Master, Brain & Cognitive Sciences at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German, French, latijn
Github Skills (1)
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Github contributions (5)
SvenWientjes/SpeechRecognition
Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:59 commits, 4 PRs, 54 pushes in 3 months
dynamic-time-warpingnearesttime-dynamicsound-signalspower
SvenWientjes/ModularGraphs-RL
Jan 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:131 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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