Thesis Supervision

Supervision is where research and education meet: guiding students to think independently, question deeply, and connect mathematics to real-world complexity.

Topological Data Analysis (TDA) 

Since 2023, my supervision and teaching at Maastricht University have integrated Topological Data Analysis (TDA) into data-driven research on finance, economics and consumer behavior.
The goal is to reveal structural patterns and hidden relationships in time-series and multidimensional data through topology-inspired methods.

• Marie de Favereau de Jeneret, "Currency Behaviour and their Similarities: Statistical Methods vs. Topological Data Analysis", October 2025. MSc in Business Intelligence and Smart Services. Thesis submitted for publication and presented at the 5th MORSE conference, Maastricht University, October 2025.
• Pola Bereta, "The Shape of Consumer Behavior: A Symbolic and Topological analysis of time series", June 2025. BSc in Business Analytics. Thesis submitted for publication arXiv:2506.19759 [stat.ML].
• Fredrik Hobbelhagen, "Topological Data Analysis vs. Symbolic Aggregation Approximation: A Comparative Analysis of Stock Movement Similarity in Financial Time Series", July 2024. MSc in Business Intelligence and Smart Services. Thesis published in Quantitative Finance and Economics, and presented at the 4th MORSE conference, Maastricht University, October 2024.

Ongoing Directions (General Overview)

Current work explores how persistent homology and topological invariants can enhance the interpretability of financial networks, identify structural transitions in markets, and bridge topology with symbolic representations of economic behavior.

Future plans include developing a lightweight Python package for educational use in Business Analytics courses, aimed at introducing topological methods in an intuitive way.

Other topics MSc

• Quintens Alexander Prins, "Franchisee Performance Evaluation; IKEA", October 2025. MSc in Digital Business & Economics.
• Paul Bochert, "Beyond Automation – Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employees in the Financial Sector", July 2024. MSc in Digital Business and Economics.
• Romando Heijnneman, "Navigating Strategic Waters: Unveiling insights from Data Quality for Boston Scientific International", July 2024. Internship at Boston Scientific, MSc in Information Management and Business Intelligence.

• Daan Buskens, "The impact of auditor industry specialization on pricing in emerging markets", August 2022. MSc in Information Management & Business Intelligence.
• Gergan Atanasov, "Optimal Marketing Interventions through Randomized Control Trials", August 2022. MSc in Business Intelligence and Smart Services.
• Casper Eissens, "Towards a quantum economic model", August 2022. MSc in Econometrics & Operations Research.

Other topics BSc

• Maël Kocab, "Under What Conditions Can Belgian Grassroots Football Clubs Maximize Functional Digital Readiness for ERP Adoption, and Where in Their Operations Would Such a System (e.g., Odoo) Create the Most Value?", October 2025. BSc in Business Engineering.
• Sera Gielissen, "From Data to Decisions: Identifying Customer Segments and Predicting Repeat Purchases in B2B", June 2025. BSc in Business Analytics.
• Yu Li Koh, "Enhancing Fraud Detection in Supply Chain Transactions through Machine Learning Techniques", June 2025. BSc in Business Analytics.
• Roj Kristian Regalado, "Can Genetic-Based Clustering Reveal Substitute Product Relationships in Customer Purchase Data Beyond Traditional Market Basket Analysis?", June 2025. BSc in Business Analytics.
• Philomel Chen, "Impact of Customer Behavior and Profit prediction overtime", June 2025. BSc in Business Analytics.
• Johannes Kleinschmidt, "Analyzing the stock performance impact of Artificial Intelligence on the DAX 40", June 2024. BSc in Business Engineering. Thesis presented at the 4th MORSE conference, Maastricht University, October 2024, and submitted for publication.
• Leon Weyrich, "Estimating Vessel Trajectory using Pathfinding Algorithm and Heuristics". BSc in Business Analytics, June 2023.
• Ashwin Hinssen, "Predicting Customer Behavior on The Instagram Platform". BSc in Business Analytics, June 2023.

• Georg Sarapuu, "Predicting the Price of Middle-range Real Estate in Various Neighborhoods of Dubai Using Machine Learning Algorithms". BSc in Business Analytics, June 2023.
• Jared le Roux, "Investigating the Viability of Starting a Professional Pet Sitting Agency in The Netherlands". BSc in Business Analytics, June 2023.

Supervision of Undergraduate Student Internships

• Joana Arimany Malik, "Microsoft 365 Manual, Denso EU AMIS", Applied Research & Internship Project (UGR3003), June 2025.
• Julian Alessi, "AMIS 2025 Exploring New Digital Transformation Technologies", Applied Research & Internship Project (UGR3003), June 2025.

Various

• Guided students toward conference presentations (MORSE 2024 & 2025) and journal publications.

• Numerous theses within the Business Analytics and Business Engineering programs, focusing on data analysis, sustainability and finance.

• Collaborations with industry partners.