CPI Lab - Alumni

Aaron Ding, PhD

Director,

and EU Horizon SPATIAL €5M
Senior Associate Professor (UHD1), TU Delft
Title of Docent, University of Helsinki
Editorial Board, ACM Transactions on Internet of Things
Editorial Board, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
Editorial Board, Springer Nature Computing

Google Scholar

Founder of ACM EdgeSys and FCN Series
Email: Aaron.Ding (at) tudelft.nl

PhD Alumni

Dewant Katare: PhD '25, now at PERCIV AI in Delft Netherlands

Reni Sulastri: PhD '25, now at Central Bank of Indonesia in Jakarta Indonesia

Mengying Zhou: PhD '25, now Assistant Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in Shanghai

Leonardo Tonetto: PhD '24, now at Martel Innovate in Zürich Switzerland

Wiebke Hutiri: PhD '23 with Cum Laude, now at SONY AI in Zürich Switzerland

Vittorio Cozzolino: PhD '23, now at Huawei Research Munich in Germany

Michael Haus: PhD '21, now at Audi Headquarter in Germany

Postdoc / Senior Researcher Alumni

Sam Leroux: awarded FWO Grant, now Assistant Professor at Ghent University in Belgium
Michell Boerger: awarded ACM IoT Best Paper Runner-up for SPATIAL Exchange, now at Fraunhofer Berlin in Germany
Fakhra Jabeen: awarded TBM AI Lab Grant, now at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands
Marcus Westberg: on EU Horizon SPATIAL, now at Integrity Office of TU Delft
Tanesh Kumar: awarded Nokia Foundation Jorma Ollila Grant, now at Aalto University in Finland

MSc Alumni

Simone Nicosanti: MSc '25 of Rome, Eramus+, now pursuing PhD at Univ. Rome
Nikhil Daswani: Honor MSc '25 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Accenture in Amsterdam
Roelof Kooijman: MSc '25 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now pursuing PhD at Utrecht
Merel Loman: MSc '25 of TU Delft, now at GeoBirds
Melissa Rottier: MSc '25 of TU Delft, now at Dutch Ministry of Defense
Sara Op den Orth: MSc '25 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Rijks I-Trainee (ICT)
Christophe Cosse: MSc '24 of TU Delft, now at European Patent Office
Ivo Heikoop: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now Project Leader at Technolution
Ewoud Cornelissen: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Shounak Paul: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Netcompany
Ricky Kho: MSc '24 of TU Delft, now at Northwave
Shan Amin: MSc '24 of TU Delft, now at NN Life Insurance in Japan
Yining Ren: MSc '24 of TU Delft, now at Quooker B.V.
Iris van der Wel: MSc '23 of TU Delft, project assistant of CPI, now at Vidua
Maurus Enbergs: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now pursuing PhD at TU Delft
Lukas Balzasch: MSc Cum Laude '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at BMW in Munich
Niklas Biermann: MSc Cum Laude '23 of TU Delft, first BMW, now at McKinsey & Company in Munich
Jan-Mark Dannenberg: MSc Cum Laude '23 of TU Delft, now Product Manager of NIXZ in Den Haag
Jonathan Schmid: Honor MSc Cum Laude '23 of TU Delft, now pursuing PhD at TU Delft
David Lensen: MSc '23 of TU Delft, Best Thesis 2023 of Erasmus RSM, now at Deloitte in Amsterdam
Bob Warringa: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at AV Flexologic
Kevin Doan: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam
Sophian Beyerlein: MSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at HENSOLDT
Hubert Bratek: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at Exadel
Berend Kloeg: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at Northwave Cyber Security in Utrecht
Olivier van Spengler: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at ProRail in Utrecht
Jan Buijnsters: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at ScenWise
Tijn Sewandono: MSc '23 of TU Delft, now at Volt Strategy in Den Haag
Mirjam van den Boogert: MSc '22 of TU Delft, Cuperus Prize 2022, now at Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Den Haag
Valentijn Stolk: MSc Cum Laude '22 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at IBM in Amsterdam
Artur Geers: MSc '22 of TU Delft, now at KPN in Amsterdam
Lufther Kronstadt: MSc '22 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Dutch Ministry of DICTU in Den Haag
Teun van de Weijer: MSc '22 of TU Delft, now investor at NSV in Amsterdam
Floor de Jonge: MSc Cum Laude '21 of TU Delft, now at PwC in Rotterdam
Vince Vissers: MSc '21 of TU Delft, now at Adyen in Amsterdam
Laurens Matla: MSc '21 of TU Delft, now entrepreneur in Amsterdam
Armando Poelman: MSc '21 of TU Delft, now at NVWA in Wageningen
Aksel de Vries: MSc '21 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Lonza in Switzerland
Jasper Kuijpers: MSc '21 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Software Improvement Group (SIG) in Amsterdam
Frank Kloosterman: MSc '21 of TU Delft, first Deloitte, now at BearingPoint in Amsterdam
Stefania Stoccuto: MSc '20 of TU Delft, first Kubota, now at Siemens in Amsterdam
Ernst de Groot: MSc '20 of TU Delft, now at Coolblue in Amsterdam
Artur Loorpuu: MSc '20 of TU Delft, now at UReason in Rotterdam
Davey Nijland: MSc '20 of TU Delft, now at KLK Kolb in Moerdijk
Tijs Ziere: MSc '20 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Netherlands Red Cross in Den Haag
Declan Buist: MSc '20 of TU Delft, first HEINEKEN, now at ASML in Veldhoven
Kevin Oost: MSc '20 of TU Delft, first PostNL, now at Gen25 Salesforce in Amsterdam
Niket Agrawal: MSc '20 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, first TNO, now at ICT Management TU Delft
Michiel Huisman: MSc Cum Laude '19 of TU Delft, first EY, now at Celonis in Amsterdam
Lars Mosterd: MSc Cum Laude '19 of TU Delft, first KPMG, now at Smart Data in Den Haag
Gianluca Limon: MSc '19 of TU Delft, first Deloitte, now at Hilti Corporation in Switzerland
Nick Rakas: MSc '19 of TU Delft, now at ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam
Chaitanya Aggarwal: MSc of TU Munich, now at Nokia Bell Labs in Munich
Yanhe Liu: MSc of Helsinki, first TP-Link, now at Sina Weibo in Beijing
Ibbad Hafeez: MSc of Helsinki, awarded Nokia grant and PhD fellowship, at F-Secure in Helsinki
Lauri Suomalainen: MSc of Helsinki, at Klinik Healthcare Solutions in Helsinki
Emad Nikkhouy: MSc of Helsinki, at Samsung Upday in Berlin
Noora Joensuu: MSc of Helsinki, first Ericsson, now at Softability in Helsinki
Tomi Ronimus: MSc of Helsinki, at HiQ in Helsinki -- one of the most historic companies in Finnish IT
Peng Liu: MSc of Aalto, at Mapbox in Helsinki -- with CES award winning App
Yonghao Li: MSc of Helsinki, at Nets Group in Helsinki -- check his product reviewed by The Verge

BSc Alumni

Sophie Vlot: BSc '24 of TU Delft, now Robot Engineer at Yarado in Amsterdam
Bess Linders: BSc '24 of TU Delft, now pursuing EPA MSc at TU Delft
Floris Steenbakkers: BSc '24 of TU Delft, now pursuing EPA MSc at TU Delft
Swen Jansen: BSc '24 of TU Delft, now pursuing EPA MSc at TU Delft
Nikhil Daswani: BSc honor '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Generation C in Rotterdam
Felicia Laksanadjaja: BSc honor '23 of TU Delft, now at McKinsey & Company
Sophie Schaaf: BSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Connected Software Solutions
Roelof Kooijman: BSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now pursuing EPA at TU Delft
Tarik Bousair: BSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now pursuing EPA at TU Delft
Daan van der Hoeven: BSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Momo Medical
Sibel Gokbekir: BSc honor '22 of TU Delft, first Uni. Paris-Saclay, now at McKinsey & Company
Annette Kerkhoven: BSc honor '22 of TU Delft, now at De Kleine Consultant
Ivo Heikoop: BSc '22 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at BHP
Alexander Jansink: BSc '22 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now Alvarez & Marsal in Amsterdam
Remco Stuij: BSc '22 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Allianz Direct
Lucas van Busschbach: BSc '22 of TU Delft, TA of CPI
David Lensen: BSc honor '21 of TU Delft, now at Deloitte in Amsterdam
Pauline Slieker: BSc honor '21 of TU Delft, now at Dutchess Capital
Timo Vos: BSc honor '21 of TU Delft, now at Deloitte
Cian Twohig: BSc '21 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts
Jonathan Gaalswijk: BSc '21 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Worldline
Laura Smit: BSc '21 of TU Delft, now at Antea Group Nederland
Marijn Burgers: BSc '21 of TU Delft, now at Gard AS in Norway
Pepijn Grijpink: BSc '21 of TU Delft, now at OnlineSlagen
Samantha Sanchez: BSc '21 of TU Delft, now at Deloitte
Jakob Serlier: BSc honor '20 of TU Delft, first CMU, accepted to Columbia, now at Microsoft in Amsterdam
Parya Lotfi: BSc honor '20 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now CEO of DuckDuckGoose
Dani van de Pol: BSc '20 of TU Delft, now at KPMG
Youp Macrander: BSc '20 of TU Delft, now at Capgemini in Den Haag
Annemijn Pulles: BSc '20 of TU Delft, now Tech Lead at Ciphix in Rotterdam
Jente van Deursen: BSc '20 of TU Delft, now at Celonis in Madrid
Berend Kloeg: BSc '20 of TU Delft, now at Northwave Cyber Security in Utrecht
Otis van der Meij: BSc '19 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Barcelona School of Management
Hugues Fafard: BSc '18 of TU Munich, now RBG at TU Munich
Thomas Paul: BSc '17 of TU Munich, now at TU Munich

Besides CPI members, I provided reference recommendations for PhD graduates and CPI collaborators, who successfully won Nokia Grants and obtained positions at Google, Microsoft and Apple.