Personal stuff
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- I'm married to Judi Romijn
- Our son Tijmen was born on 10 May 2001, our daughter Wietske on 29 March 2003
- Meet my brother Robbert (and read his columns in the Delta), sister Annemarie, sister-in-law Ramya Ramaswamy, and brother-in-law Michael Gubanski
- Short biography: born in Oegstgeest (25 November 1965); MSc Mathematics, University of Amsterdam (31 August 1990, cum laude); PhD Computer Science, University of Amsterdam (1 December 1994); postdoc, Utrecht University (January 1995 - December 1996); lecturer, University of Wales Swansea (January 1997 - June 1999); researcher, CWI (July 1999 - August 2000); head of the Embedded Systems Group, CWI (September 2000 - August 2004)
- Since March 2001 I'm professor in Theoretical Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, initially for one day a week; since September 2004 full-time, as head of the section Theoretical Computer Science. Since 2012 I'm also part-time professor in Model-Based Systems Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology.
- My close friend Niek Seelemeijer tragically passed away in April 2018; he is dearly missed and fondly remembered by many, as expressed in my in memoriam (in Dutch) at his funeral
- Alban Ponse, Gerard Alberts and me made a beautiful skating trip on De Weerribben in March 2018
- Old friend Dirk Temme made some pictures of our skating trips on the IJsselmeer in February 1996, to Sweden in February 2000, and on the Oostvaardersplassen in January 2009
- My short speech (in Dutch) at the funeral of Henk Goeman, who passed away suddenly in March 2002
- I played chess at Paul Keres (2000-2009) in Utrecht, Caissa (1990-1996,1999-2000) in Amsterdam, Rhyddings (1997-1999) in Swansea in Wales, Watergraafsmeer (1987-1990) in Amsterdam, VAS/ASC (1985-1987) in Amsterdam, and SV Heerhugowaard (1978-1985)
- I took part in ten half marathons: Jaarbeurs Utrecht 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Heuvelrugloop 2013, Singelloop 2014, and Utrecht Science Park 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- My favourite band is Pavement; some favourite cd's are Growing Pains by James Harries, Good is in your Bones by Sukilove, Ano Neko by Dobet Gnahore, Spinvis by Spinvis, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot by Sparklehorse, A Certain Trigger by Maximo Park, Silent Alarm by Bloc Party, In a Bar, Under the Sea by dEUS, and Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) by Captain Beefheart; I also listen to classical music a lot, favourite composers are Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Purcell
- Some favourite movies: Volver, Biutiful, La Graine et le Mulet, Estomago, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Il Capitale Umano, and The Square
- Favourite tv-series: Green Wing
- Favourite book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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