AI & DATA SCIENCE · UTRECHT UNIVERSITY
BSc Artificial Intelligence student with a minor in Mathematics. I build machine-learning and retrieval systems, and research how problem structure, input access and resource measures shape claims of quantum advantage.
NOW Recently completed my BSc thesis on quantum speedups at Utrecht University.
01 · PROJECTS
A retrieval assistant built for HagaZiekenhuis through the Gezond Verstand think tank, making 1,600+ Dutch patient-information leaflets searchable in plain language, with answers grounded in the source leaflets. Now running as a pilot at the hospital.
Python · Hybrid retrieval · LLM
READ MORE →An examination of when a quantum–classical separation supports a substantive claim of computational advantage. It connects Bernstein–Vazirani, Simon and Shor through Fourier sampling, then uses Tang's dequantization to show why the problem, input-access model and measured resource must all be compared fairly.
Quantum algorithms · Complexity theory
READ MORE →A mathematical and practical examination of PCA: deriving principal components from covariance and variance maximisation, then testing the method against misleading high-variance features, the non-linear Swiss Roll and the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Dataset.
Linear algebra · Dimensionality reduction · Data analysis
READ MORE →Academic paper evaluating explainability methods for opaque ML models, assessing how transparency shapes trustworthiness, user trust and understanding of AI systems.
XAI · Interpretability · Trust
02 · EXPERIENCE
Data analysis for manufacturing optimization; built an XGBoost model to predict production delays. Python, Pandas, SQL, Scikit-Learn.
Taught intensive full-day summer bootcamps in Python, SQL and HTML/CSS to high-school classes, two consecutive years.
One-on-one tutoring and study-skills coaching in mathematics and programming across multiple educational settings.
03 · EDUCATION
Machine Learning, NLP, Multi-Objective Optimization, Formal Languages & Computability, Databases. Minor: Linear Algebra, Analysis, Probability Theory, Groups & Rings.
Python, C#, Prolog, SQL · Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, XGBoost, HuggingFace · Git, Docker, Linux, JupyterLab
04 · CONTACT
SebastiaanBerlo03@gmail.com