Welcome to my homepage. I am an associate professor at the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. My research is about the mathematical foundations of machine learning.

Open PhD and Postdoc Positions

I will have 2 PhD positions (4 years) and 2 Postdoc positions (2 years) available to work on the project Mathematical Foundations for Explainable AI. NB This is a different direction than I have worked on before. For instance, it will not involve online learning.

Research Interests in Mathematical Machine Learning

  • The mathematics of explainable machine learning
  • Adaptive methods in online convex optimization and prediction with expert advice
  • Faster-than-minimax rates for ‘easy data’ in statistical and online learning
  • PAC-Bayesian concentration inequalities
  • Statistical learning theory, frequentist analysis of Bayesian methods

See also my publications.

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Contact Information

Dr. Tim van Erven
Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics
University of Amsterdam
P.O. Box 94248
1090 GE Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Visiting address:
Science Park 107, 3rd floor (entrance via Nikhef)
Office: F3.32