{"id":857,"date":"2022-02-10T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctnlab.it\/?page_id=857"},"modified":"2022-02-10T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:04:31","slug":"tim-vriens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/tim-vriens\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Vriens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-sciencex site-padding-single\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4 col-md-4 pull-up-240\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img-bit-round\" src=\"http:\/\/ctnlab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/timVriens-e1644485683170.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"addr_future_memb\">\n<h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\">Address<\/h4>\n<div class=\"address-entry\">\n<p>Computional and Translational Neuroscience (CTN) lab<br>\n  Istittuto di \n  Scienze e Technologie della Cognizione (ISTC)<br>\n  National Research Council, Rome; and Universita<br>\n  Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.<br>\n  Indirizzo: Via S. Martino della Battaglia, 44, 00185 Roma RM<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 1.25em; font-weight: 600;\">Contact Information<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"contact-info\">\n<p class=\"__ci_num\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> tim.vriens@unicampus.it<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ctnlab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CV_RML_Website_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Curriculum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"interests\">\n<h4>Research Interests<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mathematics and Biomedical Sciences<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">\n<article class=\"profile-glimps\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title title-foc-md\">Tim Vriens<\/h2>\n<p>I completed two  BScs, in Mathematics and Biomedical Sciences, and a MSc in Cognitive  Neuroscience at the Radboud University Nijmegen, in the  Nethderlands.&nbsp;During these programs,&nbsp;I did&nbsp;courses and  conducted&nbsp;research on machine learning and computational neuroscience.  I&nbsp;am&nbsp;proficient&nbsp;in several programming languages (Python,  Matlab, R) and applied&nbsp;them&nbsp;to set up&nbsp;my&nbsp;experiments and  analyze their&nbsp;results.&nbsp;During my thesis research, and my later work  as research assistant at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and the  Behavioral Science Institute of the Radboud University, I gained experience  with conducting experiments (including MRI, EEG, physiology and pupil  recordings), as well as with&nbsp;analyzing experimental results.<\/p>\n<p>During my time in this lab, I  aim to use computational modeling on neuroimaging and behavioral data to  improve classification of disorders. To achieve this, I will use different  model frameworks (e.g. the reinforcement meta-learner and active inference) to  model the differences between healthy people, and patients suffering from  depression.<br>\n    <br>\n  I aim to develop a script that  uses model inversion of these different model frameworks on the behavioral data  of a participant performing a decision-making task, in order to determine the  model parameters for this specific participant. I will verify this data, and  investigate how these parameters allow for differentiation between healthy  participants and participants suffering from depression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-foc-md\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stage-content-biog\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Address Computional and Translational Neuroscience (CTN) lab Istittuto di Scienze e Technologie della Cognizione (ISTC) National Research Council, Rome; and Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. Indirizzo: Via S. Martino della Battaglia, 44, 00185 Roma RM Contact Information Email: tim.vriens@unicampus.it Curriculum Research Interests Mathematics and Biomedical Sciences &#8230; Tim Vriens I completed two BScs, in Mathematics and Biomedical Sciences, and a MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Radboud University Nijmegen, in the Nethderlands.&nbsp;During these programs,&nbsp;I did&nbsp;courses and conducted&nbsp;research on machine learning and computational neuroscience. I&nbsp;am&nbsp;proficient&nbsp;in several programming languages (Python, Matlab, R) and applied&nbsp;them&nbsp;to set up&nbsp;my&nbsp;experiments and analyze their&nbsp;results.&nbsp;During my thesis research, and my later work as research assistant at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and the Behavioral Science Institute of the Radboud University, I gained experience with conducting experiments (including MRI, EEG, physiology and pupil recordings), as well as with&nbsp;analyzing experimental results. During my time in this lab, I aim to use computational modeling on neuroimaging and behavioral data to improve classification of disorders. To achieve this, I will use different model frameworks (e.g. the reinforcement meta-learner and active inference) to model the differences between healthy people, and patients suffering from depression. I aim to develop a script that uses model inversion of these different model frameworks on the behavioral data of a participant performing a decision-making task, in order to determine the model parameters for this specific participant. I will verify this data, and investigate how these parameters allow for differentiation between healthy participants and participants suffering from depression. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":false,"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":false,"guten_post_layout_square_large":false,"guten_post_layout_landscape":false,"guten_post_layout_portrait":false,"guten_post_layout_square":false,"sciencexlite-blog-thumb":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/857\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctnlab.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}