Welcome to my portfolio!
I started to write this portfolio at the end of 2002, when I was a first-year mathematics student at Utrecht University. It is designed primarely to keep track of my progress over the years. An up-to date portfolio also was a prerequisite for completing the Bachelor's programme in Mathematics. Furthermore, a portfolio generally is seen as a welcome addition to a Curriculum Vitae.
I have decided that this portfolio be public, so that anyone interested can access its contents freely. Also, for accessability, I'm writing most new content in English, while (on request) I may translate some older content to English.
Feel free to email me at webmaster "at" trancethrust "dot" nl for questions, suggestions, etcetera.
During this year, I finished high school (VWO, N&T) at the Candea College. The Dutch schoolsystem is built so that students can choose pre-defined study paths. The path I took was 'Nature & Science', which included mathematics, physics and chemistry along with other courses obligatory to all students. As an optional course I took Information Technology. Also, I've done 2 years of (ancient) Latin and one year ancient Greek.
Before graduating, all high school students must do a rather big project on the field of one of the chosen path's main courses. I did mine about building a working computer simulation model of our solar system for Physics, together with E. Faber.
I quite enjoyed myself during that project, so the choice on what to do after high school was quickly made; Computational Science (CS) at Utrecht University. Unfortunaly, when I was about to enroll, CS was basically merged into the new Mathematics Bachelor course. So I enrolled there intent on obtaining a B.S. degree majoring in Mathematics with a minor in CS. After that, the master Scientific Computing seemed fun (and also very close to CS).
A report on Mathematics in Media (Dutch) [pdf]
A report on Mathematics in Literature (Dutch) [pdf]
A report on a Rhino population model (Dutch) [pdf] with Wouter Stekelenburg
A report on the flow of college students (Dutch) [pdf] with Wouter Stekelenburg
A report on a power generation/routing/consumption model (Dutch) [ps] [pdf] with Wouter Stekelenburg
A report on the number e (Dutch) [pdf] with Robin Zeeman & Cees Kramer
Course name | Location | Department |
Computergebruik | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Infinitesimaalrekening A/B | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Wat is Wiskunde A/B | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Imperatief Programmeren | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Inleiding Analyse A | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Modellen & Simulatie 1 | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Kaleidoscoop 1 | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Lineaire Algebra A/B/C | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Databases | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
A fractal java applet [html] [class] [java]
A reversi java applet [html] [class] [java]
A simple image-processor java program [zip]
A report on the problem of fast parallell matrix multiplication (Dutch) [pdf] with Robin Zeeman
Several assignments from the basic probability theory course (pdf) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Course name | Location | Department |
Groepentheorie | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Modelleren en Systeemontwikkeling | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Parallelle Algoritmen voor Supercomputers | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Functioneel Programmeren | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Inleiding Computationele Intelligentie | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Infinitesimaalrekening C | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Kansrekening | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
A team project regarding software to build a Phylogenetic tree [link] Final report: [pdf]
A report on parallel solving of a n-Queens problem (Dutch) [pdf]. A solution to the 150-Queens problem: [txt]
A report on using local search to solve a Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) (Dutch) [pdf]. Addition: [pdf] with Casper Zelissen
A report on the solving of large sparse lineair systems regarding simple groundwater flows (Dutch) [pdf] with Hanno Mulder
A summary on my presentations about the 8 Queens problem and calculating Gamma(1/2), during the Communicating Mathematics course [html]
A summary on Abstract Data Types (ADT's) [pdf]
Course name | Location | Department |
Graphics | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Numerieke Wiskunde | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Project Computational Science en Toepassingen | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
High Performance Scientific Computing | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Overdragen van de Wiskunde | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Optimalisering | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Inleiding Analyse B | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Speltheorie | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Datastructuren | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Practicum Computational Science | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
A group essay about hypothetical communication technology issues that arise when a multinational expands by merges and take-overs of foreign businesses (Dutch) [pdf]
A report on solving a time-dependent partial differential equation [pdf] with Tijmen Collignon
Team project regarding building an open-source (LGPL) analysis tool (named Spectre) for use with Mass Spectrometry. Work on Spectre will be continued by a new team, at 2007 Spring semester. Links:
--Team webpage: [html] Sourceforge location: [html] Project initiator (dr. ir. Bas van Breukelen): [html, html]
Course name | Location | Department |
Inleiding Intelligente Systemen | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Gedistribueerd Programmeren | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Statistiek | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Netwerken | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Automatisch Redeneren | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Softwareproject | Utrecht University, | Department of Information and Computing Sciences |
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations | Universiteit van Amsterdam, | Faculty of Science |
A report on Genetic Algorithms (GAs) and an application thereof in efficient solving of the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP). [pending]
A report on the (mathematical) workings of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), in particular its relation to Fourier Transform (FT). [pending]
A report on the theory and comparison of FT-based JPEG versus the wavelet-based JPEG-2000 compression method. [pending]
Final version of my bachelor thesis on Parallel Radiosity Rendering Methods. [pending]
A report on the basic foundations of the Google PageRank method. [pending] with Kees van Vliet & Tristan Hartskeerl
Course name | Location | Department |
Laboratory Class Scientific Computing | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Wavelets & Fouriertransforms | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Kleine Scriptie (Bachelor thesis) | Utrecht University, | Department of Mathematics |
Numerical Linear Algebra | Universiteit van Amsterdam, | Faculty of Science |