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About Me
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the SIAS Group of the University of Amsterdam.
I was previously a PhD Candidate at the Civic AI Lab, and will defend my thesis in February, 2026.
In my research, I use Machine Learning to design inclusive, accessible and sustainable cities.
My current focus is on using Reinforcement Learning to explore the trade-off between utility and equity/fairness when designing public transport networks.
In the near future, I would like to investigate how urban populations would adapt to such changes in a city's public transport networks.
My goal is to create a multi-agent framework that helps to envision alternative urban designs and their evolution in time.
Sounds interesting? Then please, get in touch!
Teaching & Supervision
Master's Students Supervision
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Riccardo Fiorista (LinkedIn)
Equitable Public Transport Network Reduction: A Reinforcement Learning Approach — MSc Thesis, Spring 2022 -
Paul Stepanov (LinkedIn)
Fairness in Facility Location through Clustering — MSc Thesis, Spring 2022 -
Lodewijk van Keizerswaard (LinkedIn)
Rewarding rationality to improve reinforcement learning models on the metro network design problem — MSc AI Project, Summer 2022 -
Laura Brafine (LinkedIn)
Measuring the Impact of Transportation Systems on Urban Segregation Through Random Walks — MSc Thesis, Spring 2023 -
Leah van Oorschot (LinkedIn)
Where (not) to Cross the Street: Automatically Detecting Crosswalks for Accessible Navigation — MSc Thesis, Spring 2024
Courses Taught
- Reinforcement Learning — Artificial Intelligence MSc (2023)
- Fundamentals of Data Science — Information Studies MSc, Data Science Track (2021, 2022)
- Fairness Accountability Confidentiality and Transparency in AI — Artificial Intelligence MSc (2022, 2023)
(Sub-)Reviewing
- Transportation Research Part C (2024)
- NetSciX (2024)
- AAAI (2024)
- ECAI (2023)
- Multi-Objective Decision Making Workshop (ECAI 2023, ECAI 2024)
- Public Transport Journal (2022)