Aaron Ding, PhD

Director, & H2020 SPATIAL (€5M)
Associate Professor (Ius Promovendi), TU Delft
Associate Professor, University of Helsinki
Editorial Board, ACM Transactions on IoT
Editorial Board, IEEE Journal OJ-ITS
Editorial Board, Springer Nature Computing
Founder, ACM EdgeSys

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Email: Aaron.Ding (at) tudelft.nl

PhD Alumni

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: hired 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
  • Ivo Heikoop: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now Project Manager at BHP
  • Ewoud Cornelissen: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at NS
  • Sara Op den Orth: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now CS at TU Delft
  • Shounak Paul: MSc '24 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now at Semmtech
  • Rikcy 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.
  • 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
  • Maurus Enbergs: MSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI
  • 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 sector
  • 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 pursuing CoSEM MSc at TU Delft
  • Sophie Schaaf: BSc '23 of TU Delft, TA of CPI, now pursuing SCE at TU Delft
  • 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 pursuing EPA MSc at TU Delft
  • 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 Sustainable Students Consultancy
  • 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've provided recommendations for several PhD graduates (CPI collaborators), who successfully won Nokia Grants and obtained positions at Google and Apple.