I'm very honoured to be among this year's NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni research grant recipients, for my proposal "Finding Variables that Matter"!
I cannot quite believe it, but I'm excited to get started on the actual research.
Many congratulations to all of my colleagues who received their Veni grants. Over the last few months, I was lucky enough to get to know them and their research, and I can't wait to see what they do with the funds.
I'm grateful to Delft University of Technology and all my colleagues and trainers for their support and trust. The Veni application process was part of my life for almost a year. Could not have done it without their encouragement and wisdom. Many thanks also to NWO and all reviewers and committee members!
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tu-delft/record-number-veni-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers
#AcademicMastodon #AcademicLife #NWO #Veni #ResearchFunding #AI #AcademicChatter #TUDelft #Research #Grateful #GoodNews
Hi everyone,
I feel like a re-introduction is long overdue!
My name is Anna, and I'm an assistant professor of Algorithmics at the Delft University of Technology, specialising in combinatorial optimisation, symbolic AI, constraint programming, propositional model counting, operations research and reasoning under uncertainty.
I'm a nerd, a feminist and a traveller, not always in that order.
In my spare time I like to hike and go geocaching. I try to go swing dancing a few times a week. I am a Trekkie. I want to learn how to draw. I am an Indomie and Obsidian enthusiast. Based in the Netherlands, I miss Belgium, Canada and Singapore.
Since a job in academia somehow always is personal, I have chosen to mix professional interactions with the more personal ones on this platform. At least for now. Obviously, my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer yadiyadiyada.
Hope to keep interacting with you all!
#Introduction #AcademicMastodon #Algorithmics #SymbolicAI #CombinatorialOptimisation #ConstraintProgramming #ModelCounting #OperationsResearch #ProbabilisticInference #Geocaching #LindyHop #Jazz #SwingDancing #Hiking #Obsidian #StarTrek #Travel #TUDelft #MastoMiGoreng #Indomie #GNUTerryPratchett #Catstodon #Mastocats #Caturday #ExpatLife #MakanApaToda
I am hiring!
I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Application deadline: 31 August 2025
https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-PhD-Position-Symbolic-AI-and-Reasoning-Under-Uncertainty-2628-CD/824585702/
#AcademicJobs #AcademicMastodon #GetFediHired #AcademicJob #SymbolicAI #Statistics #AI #ConstraintProgramming #CombinatorialOptimisation #SensitivityAnalysis #FormalMethods #CombinatorialOptimization #Delft #TUDelft #AcademicChatter
Okay, I feel like I just unlocked a new level of academia?
I was reading a paper, and came across an interesting claim, so I checked the bibliography for the cited work, so I could read it.
Dear reader, the cited work was my own paper 😅
Guess the good news is that now I'll have one less paper to put on my "to read" list.
#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #AcademicReading
Going on a trip and leaving heartbroken because of this. 😭
💔
#CatsOfMastodon #AcademicCats #MastoCats #EveryDayIsCaturday #Travel
Reunited with cat (and dog!) after my trip!
#CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon #EveryDayIsCaturday #Cats #Dogs
Morning kayaking on the Humber River. We saw ducks, swans, cormorants, painted turtles, dragonflies, butterflies, fish and a deer.
#SilentSunday #Kayaking #Outdoors #Nature #River #Toronto #HumberRiver #Waterlilies #Marsh
@freezr@friendica.myportal.social My friends 😭
@freezr@friendica.myportal.social But also: the nasi lemak, the laksa, the prata, the long-tailed macaques that would mess with my laundry on the balcony, the monitor lizards that would swim in the sungei ulu pandan, the terrapins swimming around the Ganesha sculpture that somehow ended up in the quarry lake of Bukit Batok Nature Park, the views of MBS and the Singapore Flyer that you get when you walk around Marina Bay, the cat that lived at Lor Kilat and who would always crawl out from their basket or under a car to receive my pets, the massive thunderstorms, the monsoon rains, the kopi-c kosing made by Bro on campus, the teh tarik from Bhai Sarbat, the rava dosa from Madras New Woodlands restaurant, the queues in front of Komala Vilas, the beautiful graves at Bukit Brown Cemetery, the boardwalks around MacRitchie Reservoir, the snakes, crabs and alligators at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, the "already have" and the "can lah", the bandung, the apam balik, the mynah birds, the hornbills, the orchid factory at Botanic Gardens, kayaking from Changi to Pulua Ubin, paddle-boarding at Lazarus Island, the lone grave on Bukit Timah, ... so much!
#Homesick #Singapore
Happy 60th to my second home: Singapore! 🇸🇬
PS: you can't see it, but I'm wearing ✨
in my ears.
#Singapore #NDP #NDP2025 #NDP25 #Singapore60 #Celebration #HappyBirthday #NationalDay2025 #Homesick #Home #HereWeAre
I'm very honoured to be among this year's NWO (Dutch Research Council) Veni research grant recipients, for my proposal "Finding Variables that Matter"!
I cannot quite believe it, but I'm excited to get started on the actual research.
Many congratulations to all of my colleagues who received their Veni grants. Over the last few months, I was lucky enough to get to know them and their research, and I can't wait to see what they do with the funds.
I'm grateful to Delft University of Technology and all my colleagues and trainers for their support and trust. The Veni application process was part of my life for almost a year. Could not have done it without their encouragement and wisdom. Many thanks also to NWO and all reviewers and committee members!
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tu-delft/record-number-veni-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers
#AcademicMastodon #AcademicLife #NWO #Veni #ResearchFunding #AI #AcademicChatter #TUDelft #Research #Grateful #GoodNews
Hi everyone,
I feel like a re-introduction is long overdue!
My name is Anna, and I'm an assistant professor of Algorithmics at the Delft University of Technology, specialising in combinatorial optimisation, symbolic AI, constraint programming, propositional model counting, operations research and reasoning under uncertainty.
I'm a nerd, a feminist and a traveller, not always in that order.
In my spare time I like to hike and go geocaching. I try to go swing dancing a few times a week. I am a Trekkie. I want to learn how to draw. I am an Indomie and Obsidian enthusiast. Based in the Netherlands, I miss Belgium, Canada and Singapore.
Since a job in academia somehow always is personal, I have chosen to mix professional interactions with the more personal ones on this platform. At least for now. Obviously, my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer yadiyadiyada.
Hope to keep interacting with you all!
#Introduction #AcademicMastodon #Algorithmics #SymbolicAI #CombinatorialOptimisation #ConstraintProgramming #ModelCounting #OperationsResearch #ProbabilisticInference #Geocaching #LindyHop #Jazz #SwingDancing #Hiking #Obsidian #StarTrek #Travel #TUDelft #MastoMiGoreng #Indomie #GNUTerryPratchett #Catstodon #Mastocats #Caturday #ExpatLife #MakanApaToda
I am hiring!
I have a fully funded PhD position available for someone with an interest in logic and statistics, at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Application deadline: 31 August 2025
https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-PhD-Position-Symbolic-AI-and-Reasoning-Under-Uncertainty-2628-CD/824585702/
#AcademicJobs #AcademicMastodon #GetFediHired #AcademicJob #SymbolicAI #Statistics #AI #ConstraintProgramming #CombinatorialOptimisation #SensitivityAnalysis #FormalMethods #CombinatorialOptimization #Delft #TUDelft #AcademicChatter
Okay, I feel like I just unlocked a new level of academia?
I was reading a paper, and came across an interesting claim, so I checked the bibliography for the cited work, so I could read it.
Dear reader, the cited work was my own paper 😅
Guess the good news is that now I'll have one less paper to put on my "to read" list.
#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #AcademicReading
Going on a trip and leaving heartbroken because of this. 😭💔 #CatsOfMastodon #AcademicCats #MastoCats #EveryDayIsCaturday #Travel
Reunited with cat (and dog!) after my trip!
#CatsOfMastodon #DogsOfMastodon #EveryDayIsCaturday #Cats #Dogs
Going on a trip and leaving heartbroken because of this. 😭💔 #CatsOfMastodon #AcademicCats #MastoCats #EveryDayIsCaturday #Travel
Dr. Anna Latour