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Tom Nissens

Dr. Tom Nissens

Researcher | Data Scientist | Problem Solver

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The work

Education & Experience

  • Work
    In
    Progress

    Professional Development

  • Post-Doctoral Researcher
    Exploring the virtual reality
    Aug 2020 - Present

    Justus-Liebig-Universität Gieβen
    Germany

    I'm starting up some exciting studies. One of which is set in a Virtual Reality environment to study the influence of visual depth on reaching movement path.
    GitHub repository
    Because of Corona times collecting data from people is not possible. Therefore, I picked up the project I started in Canada. This time I am using Deep Learning and train a Neural Network to classify EEG signals evoked by flashes.
    GitHub repository

  • Visiting Researcher
    Computational modelling of brain waves
    Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

    Queen's University
    Canada

    I worked with Prof. Gunnar Blohm to approach the EEG (brain waves) data from a computational modelling perspective. To get an estimate of how strong the brain responds to different visual flashes over time; First, we calculated the brain response to one flash. Than we convolved this response with the occurance of many flashes. This resulted in an expected brain response, which we regressed with the recorded brain response. Giving us a weight for each flash over time.

  • Doctoral Researcher
    Where do people reach and look?
    Nov 2016 - Aug 2020

    Justus-Liebig-Universität Gieβen
    Germany

    Next to eye movements, I recorded and analyzed 3D hand position data. I programmed the experiments and data analyses pipelines in Matlab. In an EEG (brain waves) study I analyzed the power (strength) of frequencies in the brain wave data (via FFT: Fast Fourier Transform) in several conditions. I published 3 studies in scientific journals.

  • Research Assistent
    Where are people looking?
    Jul 2015 - Oct 2016

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
    The Netherlands

    I ran several studies from start to finish; using eye movements and other behavior (e.g. keyboard press) as dependent variables. 2 of those studies were published in scientific journals. I programmed the experiments and data analyses pipelines in Python.

  • Master of Science in Psychology
    Theoretical & Experimental Psychology
    2015

    Universiteit Gent
    Belgium

    In hands-on courses, my internship, and thesis projects I programmed game-like experiments using C and Python; I performed data analysis using Python, R, & MATLAB, going from filtering and transforming 2D eye movement data into interpretable variables, to performing t-tests and ANOVA's, to running ICA on EEG (brain wave) data.

The life

Just for fun...

Water

Swimming & Canoeing

Earth

Climbing & Hiking

Rackets

(Table) Tennis, Squash, & Badminton

Gaming

FPS, Strategy, & More

Hanging Out

At a bar or in a park

Reading

About Life