Curriculum Vitae
Academic Works / Publications
Measuring the Complexity of Dutch Legislation
IOS Press
2022
Published as part of the proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems – JURIX 2022.
Editors: Enrico Francesconi, Georg Borges, Christoph Sorge
Authors: Tim van den Belt and Henry Prakken
The paper can be downloaded here on this website or from IOS Press.
Abstract:
For legislation to be effective, it should not be too complex; otherwise, it cannot be sufficiently understood by those who have to apply the law or comply with it. This paper adds to the research in AI & law on developing precise mathematical complexity measures for legislation and applying these measures by computational means. The framework of Katz & Bommarito (2014) is applied to measure the complexity of Dutch legislation. The aim is twofold: first, to investigate whether this framework is meaningfully more widely applicable by applying it to a different jurisdiction and a corpus of larger size; and second, to identify possible improvements to the framework.
DOI: 10.3233/FAIA220475
Thesis
University of Groningen
2022
Paving A Path To Simplify Legislation Using AI
An emperical complexity analysis of the Dutch legislation
Thesis was part of the master IT-Law at the University of Groningen.
Thesis can be downloaded here.
Working Experiences
Advisor on Strategy
Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure
Jan 2023 - present
As a strategic advisor, I will leverage my expertise in IT & Law to provide oversight and structure to the organization, helping it navigate the complex digital landscape.
- Position of the organisation in the digital landscape
- International
- AI (regulation & application)
Edusupport | Educational Support & Innovation
University of Groningen
Mar 2016 - Aug 2022
Provide technical support to students, teachers and expert users for multiple digital platforms across the University of Groningen. Specialized in privacy, the training process, security and student processes and some software development.
Employee
PC Rider
Nov 2011 - July 2014
PC Rider mainly repairs laptops and desktops on both hardware and software level. PC Rider also provides quality customer support for those in need.I helped customers through the phone and at the counter while repairing computers in the back.
Software Engineer Intern
Incentro
Feb 2014 - June 2014
The assignment of my graduation internship is to research, develop and realise a ‘software street’ for continuous integration to ensure code quality, increase development speed, cause more standardisation, lessen issues caused by manual labour, but foremost increase customer satisfaction by lessening the time to market and give a clearer project overview.
Software Engineer Intern
TomTom Taxi
Sep 2012 - May 2013
Working as an intern in a start-up within a full-grown company as a software developer.I assisted in maintaining and expanding the customer and system control panel. I’ve also assisted with maintaining and developing the website of TomTom Taxi.I also assisted the marketing team by for example maintaining ZOHO.
Delivery boy
Kring-Apotheek de Vijzel
Sep 2009- Jul 2011
Delivering medicines in the neighbourhood. Later on, I assisted with preparing the medication for the customers.
Extracurricular Activities
Works council CIT
University of Groningen
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
Elected to represent and take care of the interests of the employees.
I have three focus points:
– Re-establish the worth of student assistants and give them a deserving more tantamount treatment.
– Have the council adequately represent the employees in the future. At least one student assistant and one female staff member.
– Try to have more (social) interaction with the other departments within the same organisation.
Legal Advisory Organ
G.S.R. Aegir
Nov 2015 - Jul 2022
Present the board or other committees with legal advice for their disputes. Chair since June 2018.
Website committee
G.S.R. Aegir
Nov 2015 - Jul 2022
Maintain and develop the website of the association Aegir. Chair since 2017.
Advisory Board CIT
University of Groningen
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
Advise the managing board of CIT (Center for Information Technology) about the interests and concerns of its clients and users and other strategic aspects. This board is a continuation of the “Customer Advisory Group” the year before where I also took a seat in.
Website Administrator
LISA - Law & ICT Students' Association
July 2015 - Sep 2021
Hosting and maintaining the website of LISA.
Board of Appeal for Examinations
University of Groningen
March 2019 - Feb 2021
A few times per year I take a seat as a board student member to deal with students’ issues and make an appeal.
Internship committee
University of Groningen, Faculty of Law
September 2016 - September 2019
Internet committee
G.S.S.V. TJAS
Oktober 2017 - March 2019
Maintain and develop the website of the association TJAS. Once part of the committee, you never leave it.
News Editor
Het Rechtenstudentje
July 2015 - Feb 2019
Writing legal news for Law students across The Netherlands. Specialized in IT Law based news.
Coach
G.S.R. Aegir
September 2017 - Jul 2018
Coach senior high-level competition rowers and section light ladies. These ladies train around 6 or 8 times a week.
Board of Appeal for Examinations
University of Groningen
March 2017 - February 2018
A few times per year I take a seat as a board student member to deal with students’ issues and make an appeal.
Member Law Faculty Council
University of Groningen, Faculty of Law
September 2016 - Augustus 2017
Let the students’ voices be heard at the council meetings. With the copartnership, I, along with my other fellow members, can co-decide the board’s policy.
Masterclass Committee
LISA - Law & ICT Students' Association
May 2016 - June 2017
Organize a masterclass for master’s students with an affiliation with IT-law.
Editor
Juridische Faculteitsvereniging Groningen (JFV)
May 2015 - March 2016
Writing legal articles for JFV’s legal magazine “In Casu”.
Student assistent - Databases 1
Amsterdam University of Applied Siences
2012
Assist the instructors with the course by supporting students in class with designing efficient and structured databases.
Student assistent - Programming Principles
Amsterdam University of Applied Siences
2011
Assist the instructors with the course by supporting students in class with basic programming questions.
Certificates
Attendence certificate Japenese A0 -> A1
Language Centre, University of Groningen
May 2018
This certificate represents my dedication to learning basic Japanese.
Certificate in Advanced English
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
July 2013
This certificate represents my ability to work in a professional environment with the English language.
License number: 0041160708
Master Law & ICT
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
2020 - present
Bachelor IT-Law
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
2014, graduated in 2020
Bachelor IT
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
2010, graduated in 2014
Starting with a variety of techniques in the first year, after that the courses become more specific and professional based on your chosen specialization.Software Engineering is the specialization I chose to enhance my working capabilities in a corporate environment and to learn to write professional code meant for long maintenance.To increase my comprehension of all professional-related aspects of my specialization, I decided to improve my English fluency by doing an English minor and following the course “International Project Management”.
HAVO
Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam
Graduated in 2010
Finished with a HAVO degree in 2 of the four
disciplines: Nature & technics and Nature & Health. The final mark for the subject IT was a 9.