Teaching

A few blog posts I wrote about teaching practices and my views on teaching (Dutch)

• Feedback ipv Quotering (voorjaar 2022) - een reeks blogposts over het niet meer gebruiken van gequoteerde opdrachten in één van mijn vakken.

• Welke cursustekst? (Juni 2021)

• Lesnota's delen, of niet? (Mei 2021)

• Tweede examenkans, of tweede studieerkans? (April 2021)

• Studiekeuze and such ... (Februari 2021)

• Hoger Onderwijs in tijden van Corona (Januari 2021)

• Goede praktijken voor het organiseren van een universiteitsvak ...

• Docenten: maak je onderwijsevaluaties bekend aan studenten

• Wat betekent een onderscheiding nog?

• Examens door een professorenbril

• To MOOC or not to MOOC?

Current courses (2023-2024)

• • Fundamentals of Computer Graphics (Dutch: Fundamenten Computergrafiek, Master Computerwetenschappen)

    • In this course, typically taken by students in their master program, I cover the basics of a modern rendering engine based on ray tracing. Topics: modeling, geometry operations, shading, acceleration structures, texture mapping, global illumination.

  • Computer Graphics 2 (Dutch: Computergrafiek 2, Master Computerwetenschappen)

    • Recent topics from graphics research. I usually cover a dozen or so SIGGRAPH or EUROGRAPHICS papers, grouped in various themes. The Fundamentals course is a prerequisite.

  • Datastructures and Algorithms (Dutch: Gegevensstructuren en Algoritmen, Bachelor Informatica)

    • This course is programmed in the 1st bachelor year of students in the Informatics program. Typical algorithms are covered, their design, complexity analysis etc. This is not a "learning how to program" course, but focuses on the study of algorithms. An introductory programming course in Java, Python, C, ... is a prerequisite. 

  • Computational Geometry (Dutch: Toepassingen van Meetkunde in de Informatica, Bachelor Informatica)

    • This course deals with some of the traditional topics in computation geometry: computing of the convex hull, geometric search structures, intersection of line segments, Voronoi diagrams, Delaunay triangulations, etc. 

  • Design of Algorithms (Dutch: Ontwerp van Algoritmen, Master Computerwetenschappen)

    • A course for CS students who didn't take a proper algorithms course during their bachelor years. The focus is on design principles of algorithms, as well as various strategies for making algorithms more efficient. 

  • Science Communication for Computer Science (Dutch: Wetenschapscommunicatie, Bachelor Informatica)

    • I coordinate this course, together with several colleagues. The course teaches students how to communicate in written and verbal formats w.r.t. science content.

Guest Professor

• • Guest professor at UC Louvain-la-Neuve, course "Infographie" (2009-2010-2011-2012-2013)

  • Guest professor at GroepT, Leuven, course "Computer Graphics" (2004-2005-2006-2007)

Past Courses (selection)

• • Computer Graphics: Project (Dutch: Computergrafiek: project, Master Computerwetenschappen)

    • This is the sister course to Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. Students develop their own ray tracer. The Fundamentals course is a prerequisite.

  • "Wetenschappelijke Vorming"

    • I am involved in this course for the first time during 2021-2022. This course is programmed in the 3rd bachelor year of the Informatics program.

  • Capita Selecta Man-Machine Interaction (with Erik Duval, Adalberto Simeone) (Dutch: Capita Selecta Mens-Machine Interactie, Master Computerwetenschappen)

    • This course covers some experimental topics in human-machine interaction, and usually involves a small project. During past years, the course has covered touch displays, information visualization, games design, virtual reality.

  • History of Computer Science (with Karel Van Oudheusden) (Dutch: Geschiedenis van de Informatica, Master Computerwetenschappen)

    • This course covers the history of computer science, not only the technical history, but also economical, societal, etc.

  • Methodology of Computer Science (Dutch: Methodiek van de Informatica, 1ste bachelor burgerlijk Ingenieur)

    • I taught this course from 2002-2014, in the first bachelor year for engineering science students (burgerlijk ingenieur). At the time, the course used JAVA as a programming language, and for many years, I used BlueJ as a didactical programming environment. During the last two years I was involved, the course was significantly transformed (and using Python as a programming language). I also taught a version of this course to engineering students majoring in architecture for a number of years.

  • Problem Solving & Design, 3rd bachelor for engineering students, desiging an autonomous robot. (Dutch: P&O 3de bachelor computerwetenschappen)

  • Problem Solving & Design, 2nd bachelor (with prof. Karl Meerbergen) 2016-2018

    • • Students design software to solve heat transport equations using a finite element method, then visualize their solution (aka radiosity).