​Tim Verdonck belongs to the Applied Mathematics group of UAntwerp and is a Principal Investigator at imec. He is affiliated to ROBUST@Leuven, the research group on Robust Statistics of KU Leuven. He was visiting professor for several years at the University of Bologna, the University of Orléans and the University catholique de Louvain. Tim is Co-director of the Vlerick Centre for Financial Leadership and Digital Transformation. His research interests are in the development and application of statistical and machine learning methods with a focus on sports analytics, ecology, sustainability, insurance and finance.