Vincent Ginis

Vincent Ginis is an assistant professor of Mathematics within the department BUTO at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.  His research group explores the borderlands between data analysis, physics, information theory, and complex systems. This research is closely intertwined with the AI Lab and the Applied Physics research group.  In addition, Vincent is a visiting professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. In 2017, he became a member of the Young Academy of Belgium, for which he served as a copresident between 2019 and 2021. Here, Vincent has broadened his academic interests to include educational innovation, open science, research evaluation, and, more generally, the structure, interpretation, and communication of layered knowledge. He wants to contribute to greater academic awareness about the power of (algorithmic) feedback loops and Goodhart's law.

education

Wiskunde 1

Mathematics I

Mathematics II

Advanced Mathematics

Research

Open Science

Ergodicity Economics

Data Analytics

Information Theory

Complex Systems

Applied Physics

Key publications

Ginis, V., Piccardo, M., Tamagnone, M., Lu, J., Qiu, M., Kheifets, S., & Capasso, F. (2020). Remote structuring of near-field landscapes. Science, 369(6502), 436-440. [abb6406]. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb6406

Ginis, V. (2020). Refracting spacetime wave packets. Nature Photonics, 14(7), 405-407. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-020-0652-7

Lenaerts, J., Pinson, H., & Ginis, V. (2021). Artificial neural networks for inverse design of resonant nanophotonic components with oscillatory loss landscapes. Nanophotonics, 10(1), 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2020-0379