CV
Maarten Vanhoof
Born in Geel, Belgium
Lives in London, UK
Works in London, UK
Education
2014 - 2018
PhD in Computing Science
Newcastle University & Orange Labs France
2010 - 2012
Master of Science in (Urban) Geography
Cum Laude, KU Leuven - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2010 - 2013
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies
Magna Cum Laude, KU Leuven
2007 - 2010
Bachelor of Science in Geography
Cum Fructu, KU Leuven
Experience
2019- Research Fellow / University College of London
2018- Teacher Geography / St. Lambertus, Westerlo
2016 - Research Associate / Orange Labs France
2016 - Intern Management / Boondoggle, SA.
2014 - PhD-student / Open Lab, Newcastle University.
2013 - Ingénieur de la Recherche/ Orange Labs France
2013 - PhD-student / Dept. of Geography, KU Leuven.
2012 - Teacher Mathematics / Kogeka.
Honors
2018 - Best Student Paper Award / BigSurv '18
2014 - Main Event Speaker / TedX UHasselt.
2012 - Proclamation Speech / Faculty of Science, KUL.
2010 - Senior Member / Merkator Student Organisation.
Skills
(Big) Data Analysis and Visualisation
Spatial Analysis with GIS
Interdisciplinary Research & Communication
Business Development and Service Design
Publications
2019- Mobile phone indicators and their relation to socioeconomic organisation of cities
2018 - Assessing the quality of home detection from mobile phone data for official statistics
2018 - Comparing regional patterns of individual movement using corrected mobility entropy
2018 - Long distance travel of French mobile phone users
2017 - Exploring the use of mobile phone data for domestic tourism trips analysis
2017 - Hierarchies in the Belgian logistics system
2017 - Identifying and modeling the structural discontinuities of human interactions
2016 - An analytical framework to nowcast well-being using mobile phone data
2016 - Estimating long-distance travel demand with mobile phone billing data
2015 - Drawing boundaries of social interactions
2013 - Place branding in a West-European context (MA Th.)
2012 - Yield gap of mais on a world-scale (MSc. Th.)
Languages
Mother tongue: Dutch
Professional proficiency: English, French
Notions: German, Italian, Spanish