Presentations & Talks

Conference presentations, talks, and podcast appearances that were recorded

PyData 2025 Opening

PyData Eindhoven 2025

2025

I've been opening the 2026 edition of PyData happening in Eindhoven at High Tech Campus. The event hosted 300+ people with 25+ speakers. The opening followed an awesome keynote from Maurits Hendriks, an olympic gold winning coach, talking about data analytics in sports.

What's Wrong with Active Inference and How Lazy Dynamics Is Set to Solve It

ActInf ModelStream 017.1

2025

Analysis of current limitations in active inference frameworks and introduction of Lazy Dynamics as a solution approach

Active InferenceLazy Dynamics

Learning Bayesian Statistics Podcast - Guest Appearance

Learning Bayesian Statistics Podcast

2024

Guest appearance discussing Bayesian inference methodologies and reactive programming applications in statistical computing

Bayesian InferencePodcastReactive Programming

RxInfer.jl updates and development

4th Applied Active Inference Symposium

2024

Overview of RxInfer.jl updates, ongoing development milestones, and key takeaways from the symposium.

RxInfer.jlBayesian Inference

RxInfer.jl: A Package for Real-Time Bayesian Inference

JuliaCon 2023

2023

Technical overview of RxInfer.jl package capabilities for real-time Bayesian inference and message passing

RxInfer.jlJuliaBayesian Inference

Enacting Ecosystems of Shared Intelligence

3rd Applied Active Inference Symposium

2023

Discussion of collaborative intelligence systems and their implementation through active inference principles

Active InferenceCollaborative Intelligence

Building Smarter AI: Active Inference & Nested Models

Active Inference Conference

2023

Joint presentation with de Vries, Friedman, and Pashea on active inference frameworks and nested hierarchical modeling approaches

Active InferenceNested ModelsAI

GraphPPL.jl: A Package for Specification of Probabilistic Models

JuliaCon 2022

2022

Introduction to GraphPPL.jl package for declarative specification of probabilistic graphical models

GraphPPL.jlJuliaProbabilistic Programming

Fast Bayesian Inference with RxInfer.jl

Julia User Group Munich

2022

Performance demonstration and practical examples of Bayesian inference workflows using RxInfer.jl

RxInfer.jlBayesian InferenceJulia

Implementing Active Inference by Message Passing in a Factor Graph

ActInf ModelStream #004.1

2021

Implementation details of active inference algorithms using factor graph message passing techniques

Active InferenceFactor GraphsMessage Passing

ReactiveMP.jl: Reactive Message Passing-based Bayesian Inference

JuliaCon 2021

2021

Technical introduction to ReactiveMP.jl framework for reactive message passing algorithms in Bayesian inference

ReactiveMP.jlJuliaBayesian Inference

Rocket.jl: A Julia package for reactive programming

JuliaCon 2020

2020

Overview of Rocket.jl package for reactive programming patterns and asynchronous data processing in Julia

Rocket.jlJuliaReactive Programming

Additional Presentations

I've also given various presentations at local meetups and events that weren't recorded. These include talks on Julia programming, Bayesian inference, and reactive programming at developer meetups and academic seminars.