Bastiaan Aelbrecht is a research and teaching assistant. His PhD research is delving into the statistical wonders of extremes in time series analysis. Besides that, Bastiaan is teaching the lab sessions of probability and statistics in the BSc of bioscience engineering.
Experience
Bastiaan held a short research position exploring the links between information and quantum theory before he joined our department. Currently, he is organizing the statistics discussion groups for BIOSTAT, monthly gatherings for statistical discussions and lectures.
Education
MSc in Physics and Astronomy
Great distinction, Ghent University (2020)
Publications
[2] Aelbrecht, B. and Luca, S. (2025). Structural time series analysis of extremes. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. Under review.
[1] Aelbrecht, B. and Luca, S. (2024). Structural time series analysis for extremes - A parametric smoothing approach for analyzing extremes in a non-stationary environment. Presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Royal Statistical Society of Belgium, Gent, Belgium. Poster presentation. Nov. 2024.