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Education:

Primary school: Prins Mauritsschool, Netherlands /

Secondary school: Wartburg College, Netherlands /

Bachelor and Master: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands /

PhD: University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Qualifications:

I won a cool price at Leiden University in 2014 for a paper I wrote in secondary school (see the price here: https://www.puntuit.nl/thema/scholen/nieuwsnieuws-van-het-wartburg-college/verna-17-en-amarens-17-en-hun-wiskunst-op-het-doek).
I also was selected as one of the best master students in the Netherlands in 2017 by the company of ASML.
And… very important (!) I have my TOEFL qualification that allows me to study in the United Kingdom.
Work History:

Teaching Assistant, University of Amsterdam
Current Job:

PhD in Natural Language Processing, UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training, University of Edinburgh

About Me:

I teach computers to process language with very smart algorithms (artificial intelligence). My goal is to make the computer mimic the way humans process language.
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Hi there! I am a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh.
A PhD is the last education you need at the university to become a real scientist!
I studied artificial intelligence before and am now working on teaching computers to process language the way humans do.
I am Dutch and recently moved to Edinburgh, Scotland.
As a Dutchie, I am used to cycling everywhere, but in Scotland, the landscape makes that a bit harder. I love cats, I love foreign languages, I love Netflix and I love coding!
My pronouns are:

she/her
My Work:

I am a PhD student that teaches computers to process language.
My Typical Day:

I get up and first need some coffee before I take a short walk and start working on my computer. In the morning, I usually read books and write code. In the afternoon, I have meetings with my research group or classes at the university.

Verna Dankers