Robert and Anne Everett Associate Professor of Digital Dairy Management
Robert and Anne Everett Associate Professor of Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics at Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University (9 months position) and at Department of Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality (0.1 FTE – Ghent University) focusing on the creation of methodologies using precision dairy farming to monitor sustainable food production systems from a global perspective.
Miel Hostens received his MSc in Veterinary Medicine at the Ghent University (Belgium) in 2006 and was awarded his PhD in Veterinary Medicine in 2012. His profound interest in dairy science is heavily supported by an active attendance to multiple national and international dairy science conferences between 2007 and 2023. Quickly after his appointment at the department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health in 2007, he developed a strong personal vision around the need for more data-driven dairy science through research and industry collaborations. Starting in the early days of his PhD in 2007, he successfully finished several post-graduate educations in the epidemiological, statistical and data science domain. He finished a professional certificate in Epidemiology (Prince Edward Island, 2009) and Bioinformatics (Dublin, 2016). Next to graduate students in Veterinary Medicine, he supervised undergraduate and graduate students in Computer Science and Bio-informatics. To further deepen his data science expertise, he enrolled in a MSc in Computational Statistics in 2016 and finished 45 ECTS credits. After he finished his PhD in 2013, a prototype of an analytical data pipeline and data warehouse architecture he had developed during his PhD was acquired by Delaval, one of the largest milking equipment manufacturers in the world which was subsequently merged into DairyDataWarehouse.com. The data-driven expertise he developed accelerated involvement in several research and industry projects (see below). He has attracted multiple projects on data-driven agriculture and precision dairy farming overseas. The unique combination of data and dairy science in an academic profile was the main reason for attracting him as Associate Professor of Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics in January 2024 at the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University. His lab focusses on developing a data-driven dairy science eventually contributing to sustainable food production systems from a global perspective.
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PhD in Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, 2013:
Master in Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, 2006 (cum laude).
Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent,2003 (cum laude).
| Function or duty | Institution | from | to |
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| Robert and Anne Everett Associate Professor of Digital Dairy Management and Data Analytics focusing on the creation of methodologies using precision dairy farming to monitor sustainable food production systems from a global perspective. | Department of Animal Science, Cornell University | 1/1/2024 | Today |
| Adjunct Associate Professor | 0.1 FTE Department of Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality, Ghent University | 1/1/2024 | Today |
| Tenured Assistant Professor | 0.9 FTE - Department of Population Health Sciences, Utrecht University | 1/1/2019 | 31/12/2023 |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | 0.1 FTE Department of Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality, Ghent University | 1/1/2021 | 31/12/2023 |
Post-doctoral fellow focusing on the optimisation of productive and reproductive performances in small and large dairy herds using digital technologies.
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Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Ghent University | 1/11/2012 | 31/12/2018 |
| Pre-doctoral fellow focusing on optimisation of productive and reproductive performances of small and large herds with an emphasis on nutrition using digital technologies, while finalizing PhD research. | Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Ghent University | 1/9/2010 | 31/10/2012 |
| PhD candidate funded by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders called “Induction of milk fat depression through specific fatty acids to reduce the negative energy balance after parturition of high yielding dairy cattle in relation to fertility” | Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Ghent University | 1/9/2007 | 31/8/2010 |
| Veterinarian in a dairy cattle and veal calve practice | Dierenkliniek Den Ham, The Netherlands | 1/1/2007 | 31/8/2007 |
| PhD pre-applicant forthe Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders on the topic of “Polyunsaturated fatty acids in dairy cattle nutrition and the consequences for follicle, egg and embryo quality.” | Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Ghent University | 1/7/2006 | 31/12/2006 |
Jenne De Koster (2016), PhD title: “Influence of body condition score of dairy cows at the end of pregnancy on peripheral tissue insulin response and metabolic properties of adipose tissue”.
Peter Hut (2022), PhD title: “Sense of Sensors – Monitoring Behaviour of Dairy Cows” focusing on using sensor technology in transition dairy cows.
Arno Liseune (2022), PhD title: “Using deep learning for animal monitoring to improve animal welfare in dairy cattle”.
Chen YongYan (2024), a PhD focusing on the non-linear lactation curve and weight loss modelling in dairy cows.
Osvaldo Bogado Pascottini (Ghent University, 2016), PhD title: “Subclinical endometritis in dairy cattle: a practical approach”.
Josje Scheurwater (Utrecht University, 2024), PhD title: “The Happy Healthy Cow”.
Matthieu Salamone, a PhD focusing on “The transition period as time window to monitor the nutritional and metabolic resilience of high productive dairy cattle – Predictive milk production”.
Kristof Hermans, a PhD focusing on data quality in dairy cows as a follow up on the development of the DairyDataWarehouse.
Yara Sleghers, a PhD focusing on the applying federated machine learning to disease data in poultry.
Saba Noor, a PhD focusing on the use of semantic web technologies and federated learning to disease data in livestock.
Thomas Vandeputte, a PhD on computer vision and sensor aided analysis of behavioural and feed intake patterns in pigs (Ghent University, expected 2025).
Sonam Hayu, a PhD focusing on the use of federated vision and learning technologies in dairy production (Cornell University, expected 2028).
Meike van Leerdam, a PhD focusing on the use of federated learning technologies to prediction production reproduction and animal welfare traits in dairy cows (Cornell University, expected 2029).
Dr. Ismalia Bouba, 2024 - A data driven apporach to understand factors influencing health, welfare and performance of laying hens and Pullets.
Dr. Mingqi Zhang, 2024 - Inter-animal variability in metabolic and oxidative status as well as in inflammatory response in Holstein cattle during the transition period.
Dr. Yujie Liu, 2022 - Cross-species combination of cohort and intervention studies to assess the fatty acid composition in various lipid fractions of the follicular fluid in relation to blood lipid composition and embryo quality
Dr. Zhaoju Deng, 2021 - Improving udder health management in dairy herds with automatic milking systems.
Dr. Marlene Tremblay, 2019 - Systematic pattern recognition and modeling with imperfect data: An integration of datascience, data mining, machine learning and epidemiology.
Dr. Wei Xu, 2019 - Energy balance and metabolic status of dairy cows: a study using metabolomics, proteomics and machine learning approaches.
Dr. Cyriel Ververs, 2018 - Breeding on the brink of extinction: what can we learn from game-ranched white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)?´.
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Member of the American Dairy Science Association.
Member of the Dutch Veterinary Association.
Member of the Flemish Veterinary Association.
| Institution | Duration | Subject / course title |
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| Cornell University | ||
| Undergraduate in Animal Science | 2024-present | Main lecturer in ‘Data Science Applications in Agriculture’ |
| 2024-present | Co-lecturer in Hackathon in Digital Agriculture | |
| Utrecht University | ||
| Master of Veterinary Medicine (https://www.uu.nl/masters/diergeneeskunde) | 2019-present | Main developer and co-lecturer of the ’Dairy Health Management’ course. |
| 2022-2023 | Main developer and lecturer of the ’Dier and Data’ course. | |
| 2019-present | Main lecturer in ‘International Dairy Study Trip’ | |
| 2019-2024 | Clinical rotations in ‘Bovine health management’ | |
| 2019-2023 | Main lecturer in ’Veal calf management’ | |
Bachelor of Clinical Sciences (https://www.uu.nl/bachelors/zorg-gezondheid-en-samenleving) |
2022-2023 | Co-developer of ’Digitalization and technology in clinical sciences’. |
| Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (https://www.uu.nl/bachelors/diergeneeskunde). | 2019-2023 | Weekly lectures in the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine on bovine health management. |
| Master of Bio-informatics and bio-complexity (https://www.uu.nl/en/masters/bioinformatics-and-biocomplexity/study-programme) | 2019-2023 | Co-lecturer ‘Introductory course to bioinformatics’ |
| Lifelong learning course | 2022-2023 | Development and main lecturer for the post-graduate course ‘Sustainable Ruminant Health’ (https://www.uu.nl/professionals/programmas/sustainable-ruminant-health) |
| Inter-faculty course | 2021-2023 | Co-development and main lecturer for ‘Dutch Dairy Student Innovation Challenge’ (https://ewuu.nl/en/education/challenges/dutch-dairy-challenge/) |
| Ghent University | ||
| Bachelor of Science in Bioscience Engineering Technology | 2020- present | Co-lecturer in ’Animal Physiology‘ (https://studiekiezer.ugent.be/studiefiche/en/I700213/2023 ) |
| 2020- present | Co-lecturer in ’Reproductive Physiology of Animals’ (https://studiekiezer.ugent.be/studiefiche/en/I700042/2023 ) |
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| Master of Science in Bioscience Engineering Technology: Agriculture and Horticulture (Plant and Animal Production) | 2020- present | Main lecturerin ’Animal Production Systems’ (https://studiekiezer.ugent.be/studiefiche/en/I700259/2023) |
| Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine – | 2020-present | Co-lecturer in ’Physiology and Pathophysiology I’ (https://studiekiezer.ugent.be/studiefiche/en/G000720/2022) and ’Physiology and Pathophysiology II‘ (https://studiekiezer.ugent.be/studiefiche/en/G000862/2022). |
| Master of Science in Veterinary Medicine – Main subject: Ruminants – Cluster Food Producing Animals – Courses in Ruminant and Porcine Herd Health Medicine, with Clinical Training I, II and III | 2015-2018 | Theoretical courses for Courses in Ruminant and Porcine Herd Health Medicine, with Clinical Training II and III. |
| 2014-2018 | Weekly practical training sessions on herd record interpretation for Courses in Ruminant and Porcine Herd Health Medicine, with Clinical Training III. | |
| 2007-2018 | Clinical training III during nightly duties at the Veterinary Service of the Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health. | |
| 2008-2018 | Clinical training III during Bovine Herd Health service visits. | |
| Institute for Continued Education at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | 2010 | A practical approach to risk factors for transition cows. |
| 2012 | Ration balancing for dairy cows, more than VEM and DVE. | |
| 2013 | Key Performance Indicators on dairy herds. | |
| 2013 | To synch or not to synch dairy cows. | |
| 2014 | Factors influencing reproduction and production results in dairy cows. | |
| 2015 | Data management in high yielding dairy cows. | |
| 2016 | Transition cows disease. | |
| 2018 | Short course Dairy Cow Nutrition | |
| 2019 | Short course Dairy Cow Nutrition | |
| Basic Summer Course on Veterinary Epidemiology | 2016 | Big Data in Dairy Analytics |
| University College Dublin | ||
| Summer school – Professional Certificate in Bioinformatics | 2017 | An introduction to scalable data analytics in animal science |
| Project Description | Role | Year | Budget |
| GplusE was an FP7 project funded by the European Union. It was a five-year project from 2014 and 2018 executed by 15 research and industry partners. The project covered the interaction between genotype and environment contributing to the sustainability of dairy cow production systems. This was achieved through the optimal integration of genomic selection and novel management protocols based on the development and exploitation of genomic data and supporting novel phenotyping approaches. | CoPI | 2014 | €9,000,000 |
| In the SUMMERFAIR project (SUMmarizing transmission data to Enable data Reanalysis and predictions by FAIR data use) we tackle the issue of lack of a common terminology and need for repetition of costly experiments by developing a shared vocabulary (domain-ontology) and a workflow enabling reuse and combination of transmission data. The project running from 2021-2022 was granted by the dutch ZoNMW. | CoPI | 2021 | €250,000 |
| VEERKRACHT/Resilience – The transition period as a window and metabolic resilience to monitor of dairy cattle, granted by national Belgian VLAIO 2018 is a project that aims at creating tools to monitor the transition success of dairy cows at individual level and herd level. These tools allow the farmer to monitor individual animals at risk, in addition to allow individualized preventive measures. This will reduce the development of transition associated problems, which will increase productivity and animal welfare. | CoPI | 2018 | €1,300,000 |
| CLAWHEALTH.NL – A project sponsored by the Dutch Foundation WakkerDier to map the prevalence of leg and hoof problems in Dutch dairy cows, and to uncover the risk factors for leg and claw problems in the Netherlands using AI driven systematic reviews. | PI | 2023 | €100,000 |
| Project Description | Role | Year | Budget |
| DECIDE, Horizon Europe H2020-SFS-2018-2020 / 101000494, is a five-year Horizon 2020 project running from 2021 to 2025. It will develop data-driven decision support tools that offer robust and early signals of disease emergence and options for diagnostic confirmation. Moreover, options will be provided for controlling the disease along with their implications in terms of disease spread, economic burden and animal welfare. | CoPI | 2021 | €9,998,805 |
| PLAY BEHAVIOR CALVES IN EUROPE – A project funded by the Dutch dairy organization ZuivelNL to detect play behaviour in relation to space allowance using accelerometer and video analytics in dairy calves. | PI | 2023 | €100,000 |
| PLAY BEHAVIOR CALVES IN THE US – A project funded by the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture to detect play behaviour in relation to space allowance using accelerometer and video analytics in dairy calves. | PI | 2023 | €100,000 |
| GLOBAL GREENFEED PROJECT – A project funded by the Global Methane Hub to accurately measure and collect gas emissions from cattle with the GreenFeed system. | PI | 2024 | $3,279,652 |
| AI-Driven Pandemic Preparedness in Dairy Farming: Enhancing Health Monitoring and Disease Management through Generative AI and Data Integration (Don Bennink Endowment). | PI | 2025 | $249,175 |
In 2013, intellectual property created by my group on data processing and visualisation for dairy reproduction data, co-developed between Uniform-Agri (Assen, the Netherlands) and Ghent University, was transferred towards www.DairyDataWarehouse.com (2007-2013). Dairy Data Warehouse nowadays is a specialist dairy data company providing digital solutions for a sustainable, profitable future for dairy farmers and stakeholders throughout the dairy industry.
National Institute for Agricultural Training (NCBL)
Active involvement in extension services for several Belgian, European and global agricultural businesses. Some examples but not limited to
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| Pharmaceuticals | Dairy cooperations | Precision dairy farming technologies |
Fresh Cow – Risiken und chancen. Was Sie darüber unbedingt wissen sollten! 2011. Presentation on Rinder-Gesundheitstag, Giesen, Germany.
Visualisation of fertility records in dairy herds. 2012. Preconference seminar for SIVAR, Cremona, Italy.
The use of dairy data in herd health management. 2014. Northeast Dairy Production Medicine Symposium, New York, United States.
The economics of breeding protocols in dairy cows. 2015. Consensus conference on breeding protocols. Nice, France.
The past, the present and the future of bovine herd health management. 2015. 10th meeting of the European College of Bovine Herd Health Management, Maribor, Slovenia.
Bovi-Analytics: an e-learning platform to educate veterinary students big data in dairy cows. 2015. Voorjaarsdagen. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Challenges for data-intensive projects. 2016. EU Commission workshop on animal genomics and breeding for sustainable production, Brussels, Belgium.
From Big Data to Decisions in Dairy Cows, 2016. Spark Summit, Brussels, Belgium.
Big Dairy in Dairy Cows, 2016. ADSA Discovery Conference on Big Data in Dairy Cows, Chicago, United States.
Visualisation and analysis of reproductive performance, 2017. Total Dairy Seminar, Keele, United Kingdom.
Pitfalls in Dairy Analytics (advanced technical), 2017. Total Dairy Seminar, Keele, United Kingdom.
Analysis of reproductive performance (farmer orientated), 2017. Total Dairy Seminar, Keele, United Kingdom.
Transition management as a key to fertility success, 2017. Total Dairy Seminar, Keele, United Kingdom.
How to monitor productive performance on a small vs large dairy, 2017. Anembe congress, Pamplona, Spain.
Common analytical data pitfalls every practitioner should know about, 2017. Anembe congress, Pamplona, Spain.
Will semantics help disentangle the Gordian knot of Big Data in animal health, 2017. Semantics conference, Amsterdam, Belgium.
Monitoring fertility control programs in small and large dairy herds , 2017, The 7th National & 1st International Congress of Veterinary Gynecology, Marmaris, Turkey
Opening keynote: A novel approach to data mining and prediction modelling in dairy cows, 2017. Big Data Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Opening Keynote: BigData Moscow: A Novel Approach to Data Mining And Prediction Modelling in Dairy Cows, 2018. Moscow, Russia.
Transforming Big Data into Value: Put Data to Work for Your Dairy, 2018. Connect Summit, Beaver Creek, USA.
Transforming Big Data into Value: Put Data to Work for Your Dairy, 2018. CDCB – 10 years of genomics, Reno, USA.
Metabolic clustering of dairy cows at early and peak lactation. Global Genetics Pathfinder Initiative, Rome, Italy, 2018.
Dairy Intelligence and Turning Data Into Information. 2019. Connect Summit, Beaver Creek, USA.
Predicting the Moment of Birth using Sensor Data in Dairy Cows. 2019. Big Data Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.
What makes a biomarker a good one? 2019. Tartu, Estonia.
Put Data to Work for the Dairy Industry. 2020. National DHIA Leadership and Annual Meeting, Savannah, USA.
Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative. AG2PI meeting 2020. Online meeting.
Monitoring transition cows using novel techniques. ADSA 39th Discover meeting 2021. Online meeting.
Using data to embrace excellence in hoof health – challenges and opportunities. 2022. 21st International symposium & 13th international conference on lameness in ruminants, Bloomington, USA. (Link to presentation)
How to Make Sense of 24x7 Sensor Data. 2022. Dairy Cattle Improvement Industry Forum, Lactanet, Toronto, Canada. (Link to presentation)
Sustainable dairy production, EU within a global perspective. VetCVE meeting 2023, Cork, Ireland (Link to presentation).
Sustainable dairy production from a global perspective, www.boerensymposium.nl, Groningen, The Netherlands (Link to presentation).
The Finnish Veterinary Congress, 2023, Helsinki, Finland.
Een toekomst voor de veehouderij in Nederland, Europa en ver daarbuiten? DAMB, 2024. The Netherlands (Link to presentation).
European Perspective on Longevity- the Data and Technology. Novus, 2024, Watkins Glen, USA (Link to presentation).
Advancing precision dairy farming through AI. Annual Meeting American Dairy Science Association, 2024, (Link to presentation).
Digital Dairy Farming, CIDA Symposium, 2024, Ithaca, USA (Link to presentation).
Cattle Camp, 2024, Triesdorf, Germany.
How can AI change the dairy industry? 2024, Tri-State Field Day, Montpelier, USA (Link to presentation).
CIDA Seminar, 2025, Ithaca, USA (Link to presentation).
What can camera technology and artificial intelligence bring to a dairy in 2025? Operations Managers Conference, 2025, Syracuse, USA (Link to presentation).
How artificial intelligence can transform an entire agricultural industry, or NOT? IEEE MeAVeAS, 2025, Pisa, Italy (Link to presentation).
Effectively Implementing AI at the Interface Between Veterinary and Dairy Science. Savy, 2025, Ithaca, USA (Link to presentation).
The effect of marine algae supplementation in the ration of high yielding dairy cows during transition and its effect on metabolic parameters in the serum and follicular fluid around parturition. 2009. Oral presentation on the XI International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
On-farm evaluation of the effect of metabolic diseases on the shape of the lactation curve in dairy cows through the milkbot lactation model. 2012. Oral presentation on the 27th World Buiatrics Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.
Potential for novel glycan measurements in milk as biomarker phenotypes for dairy traits. 2016. Oral presentation on 67th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Belfast, United Kingdom.
MmmooOgle: From Big Data to Decisions for Dairy Cows. Data + AI summit 2016. Brussels. Belgium.
Data Mining and Prediction Modelling in the Dairy Industry Using Time Series and Sliding Windows with Apache Spark 2. Data + AI summit 2016. Dublin. Ireland.
Exploratory classification of multiparous dairy cows based on fertility related phenotypes. 2017. Oral presentation on 68th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Tallinn, Estonia.
Investigating metabolic phenotypes in multiparous dairy cows by component analysis and clustering. 2017. Oral presentation on 68th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Tallinn, Estonia.
The use of technologies in dairy innovation. 2018. European Regions Research and Innovation Conference – Food Safety 2020 - Seinäjoki, Finland.
Can artificial intelligence be used on historical cow data to improve data quality and standardization of disease records. 2019. ICAR Annual meeting. Prague, Czech Republic.
Predicting the next life event of cows by applying deep learning on sequential and pictorial data. 2019. 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming Cork, Ireland.
Big Data for Dairy and Monitoring Cow Health and Performance. Global Dairy Series Phibro Academy 2020. Online meeting.
The veterinary toolbox for reproductive herd health management now and in the (near) future. Zoetis Poland 2020. Online meeting.
Modern tools for milk recording management.ICAR Annual meeting. Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. 2021. Online meeting.
The importance of sensor data in transition cow monitoring. Alta Vet-to-vet webinar 2021. Online meeting.
Detecting the subclinical diseased transition cow: how novel phenotyping strategies can help. Elanco Scientific Symposium 2021. Rotterdam. The Netherlands.
Prediction of persistency at day 305 in lactation at the moment of the insemination decision. ICAR Conference 2023. Toledo. Spain. (Link to presentation)
A predictive model for hypocalcemia in dairy cows utilizing behavioural sensor data combined with deep learning. ADSA Annual Meeting. 2023. Ottawa. Canada.
Generative AI in agriculture. CIDA Symposium 2024. Ithaca [Link to presentation].
How we practitioners should implement our nutrition knowledge to help our farmers? 2011. Workshop on the 6th European Congress of Bovine Health Management, Liège, Belgium.
Technology in dairy. 2012. Masterclasses for Zoetis, Cremona, Italy.
HACCP approaches for fertility management in livestock. 2013. Workshop on the 17th ESDAR Conference, Bologna, Italy.
Herd Health Management: The future for bovine practioners: challenge or opportunity. 2013. Masterclasses for Zoetis, Germany.
Visualisation of heat detection and conception rates in small and large dairy herds. 2013. Masterclasses for Zoetis, The Netherlands.
Transition management and its influence on fertility. 2013. Presentation for Proveto, The Netherlands.
Pitfalls in the analysis of reproductive records in dairy herds. 2013. Presentation for Proveto, The Netherlands.
Subclinical ketosis during the transition period. 2013. Launch Events Exxit Ketose, Elanco, Belgium.
Masterclasses reproductive management in dairy cows. 2014. Zoetis, The Netherlands.
Visualisation and interpretation of reproductive herd records. 2014. International Cow Fertility Conference ‘New Science – New Practices’, Westport, Ireland.
Masterclasses reproductive management in dairy cows. 2015. Zoetis, Belgium.
Masterclasses Transition Management. 2015. Zoetis, The Netherlands.
Transforming Big Data into real world evidence for SARA. 2016. DairyCare Workshop on Sub-Acute Ruminal Acidosis, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Bovine herd health management. 2016. Workshop on the 20th ESDAR Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dairy data management, where to start. 2017. Workshop on the ANEMBE Conference, Pamplona, Spain.
How to monitor reproductive performance, 2017. Workshop on ANEMBE Conference, Pamplona, Spain.
Multiple sessions for the Ruminant Specialisation 2017-2018, Merelbeke, Belgium.
General introduction to dairy data analytics
Common analytical data pitfalls every practitioner should know about
Monitoring production
Monitoring reproduction
Insemination strategy
Conception strategy
Improve dairy cow fertility
The truth about transition disease in dairy cows, 2017. Dechra, Tielt, Belgium.
First results of the GplusE project, 2017. Post-Education in Veterinary Medicine, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Ruminant clinical cases, 2017. Institute for continued education at Ughent, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Monitoring reproduction in high yielding dairy cows. Dyrlaeger & Ko, Vintermøde, 2018, Hovborg Kro, Denmark.
Feeding the dairy cow – Basics of high yielding dairy cows. Vakdierenarts rund 2018-2019, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Feeding the dairy cow –Feeding high intake and milk composition. Vakdierenarts rund 2018-2019, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Zoetis Advanced Fertilitiy Consulting 2018-2019
Act, think and work like a datascientist. Bio-Informatics Course 2018, UCD Dublin, Ireland.
GplusE Training School, 2018. Bucarest, Roumania/ Madrid, Spain.
Not only a success story: A workshop on lessons learned from the past and what is really needed to move from precision to smart dairy farming! Workshop on the 10th ECPLF conference. Vienna, Austria. 2022.
Sustainable Ruminant Health. How to manage it successfully. 2023. Utrecht, The Netherlands [Link to presentation].
Sustainable Ruminant Health. Presentation for DAP Oostland. 2023. Halle, The Netherlands [Link to presentation].
Duurzame melkveehouderij vanuit een internationaal perspectief. Boerensymposium. Groningen, The Netherlands [Link to presentation].
Meer melk uit (ruw)voer. Klantenavond 2023 Dierenkliniek Wolvega. Wolvega, The Netherlands. [Link to presentation].
NutriVice studie bijeenkomst 2023. Een toekomst voor de Nederlandse melkveehouderij. Ane & Velden, The Netherlands [Link to presentation].
Evolution or revolution. Future Food Utrecht Symposium 2023. Driebergen, The Netherlands [Link to presentation].
Toekomst van de melkveehouderij in Nederland, Europa en daarbuiten. 2024. DAMB. Ithaca [Link to presentation].
Toekomst van de melkveehouderij in Nederland, Europa en daarbuiten. Boerensymposium. Markelo [Link to presentation].
Leadership domain |
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| University Teaching Qualification at Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning, Utrecht, The Netherlands | 2019 |
| Research Leadership Development Programme for talented researchers at Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning, Utrecht, The Netherlands | 2021 |
Dairy science domain |
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| Cursus rundveevoeding: recente ontwikkelingen en nieuwe inzichten, Wageningen Business School, The Netherlands | 2007 |
| BASF, Tagungsveranstaltung, Haus Riswick, Germany | 2007 |
| WIAS Seminar: Strategies to improve health and fertility in dairy cows, Wageningen, The Netherlands | 2008 |
| ITB Schulung Februar, DSP Agrosoft, Verden, Germany | 2008 |
| 14th DISCOVER Conference: Lipids for Dairy Cattle: Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Challenges, Nashville, Indiana, United States | 2008 |
| 25th World Buiatrics Congress, Budapest, Hungary | 2008 |
| International symposium: Nutritional strategies to manage the challenges of today’s dairy cows, Wageningen, The Netherlands | 2009 |
| International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, Clermont-Ferrand, France | 2009 |
| Rindergesundheitstag – Milch und gute Fruchtbarkeit: Die besten Strategien, Leipzig, Germany | 2009 |
| ITB Schulung August, DSP Agrosoft, Verden, Germany | 2009 |
| 17th DISCOVER Conference: Dairy Herd Analytics, Nashville, United States | 2009 |
| 20th Discover Conference: The Transition Cow: Biology and Management, Champaign, United States | 2010 |
| Dairy Solutions Symposium – Rumen Health : A 360° Analysis, Utrecht, The Netherlands | 2010 |
| Alta Value Services Konferenz, Bremen, Germany | 2010 |
| 14th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals, Ghent, Belgium | 2010 |
| International Reproduction Conference, Anchorage, United States | 2010 |
| Bovine Professionals Meeting, Fertility and Rumen Health, Hofheim, Germany | 2010 |
| 21st Discover Conference: Improving Reproductive Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle, United States | 2011 |
| 22nd Discover Conference: Milk Components: Opportunities for Maximizing Farm Gate Returns, Chicago, United States | 2011 |
| Rindergesundheitstag, Giesen, Germany | 2011 |
| European Buiatrics Forum, Marseille, France | 2011 |
| Meeting American Association for Bovine Practitioners, Louisville, United States | 2011 |
| 25th Discover Conference: New Developments in Immunity, Nutrition, and Management of the Preruminant Calf, Chicago, United States | 2012 |
| 27th World Buiatrics Congress, Lisbon, Portugal | 2012 |
| Meeting American Association for Bovine Practitioners, Toronto, Canada | 2012 |
| 14th international congress of sivar ,Cremona, Italy | 2012 |
| Bovine Professionals Meeting, Claw Health and Transition Management, Hofheim, Germany | 2012 |
| 26th Discover Conference: Dairy Feed Efficiency, United States | 2013 |
| Meeting of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction, Milano, Italy | 2013 |
| Dairyland Initiative Meeting on Transition Cow and Positive Pressure Tube Ventilation, Madison, United States | 2013 |
| 28th Discover Conference: Starch for Ruminants, Chicago, United States | 2014 |
| Joint ASA-ADSA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, United States | 2014 |
| 65th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Copenhagen, Denmark | 2014 |
| Blanca Reproduction Workshop, Barcelona, Spain | 2015 |
| ICAR Technical meeting, Cracow, Poland | 2015 |
| 66th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Warshau, Poland | 2015 |
| 7th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, Milan, Italy | 2015 |
| Large Dairy Herd Management Conference, Chicage, United States | 2016 |
| 67th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Belfast, United Kingdom. | 2016 |
| 68th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Tallinn, Estonia. | 2017 |
| 70th Annual Conference of the European Federation of Animal Science, Ghent, Belgium. | 2019 |
| ADSA Annual meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio | 2019 |
| 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming Cork, Ireland. | 2019 |
| European Bovine Congress | 2019 |
| Annual ICAR meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. | 2019 |
| 9th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming Cork, Ireland | 2019 |
| 39th Discover Conference: The Transition Period – From physiology to management, online meetings | 2020 |
| Annual ICAR conference, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands | 2021 |
| Dairy InnovCongress, Namur, Belgium | 2022 |
| Annual ICAR conference, Montreal, Canada | 2022 |
| 10th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, Vienna, Austria | 2022 |
| 43th Discover Conference: Dairy Cattle Reproduction – Lessons learned and future frontiers | 2022 |
| Joint Committee for Dairy Diagnostics, Rome, Italy | 2022 |
Informatics, Data science and statistical domain |
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Post-graduate courses in applied informatics at Hogent (https://www.hogent.be/en/future-student/postgraduate-non-degrees/). |
2007-2010 |
| EPI on the Island 2009: An introduction to multilevel modeling, Prince Edward Island, Canada | 2009 |
| Introduction to SAS, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2009 |
| Introductory Statistics. Basics of Statistical Inference, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2009 |
| Analysis of Variance, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2009 |
| Applied Linear Regression, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2010 |
| Applied Logistic Regression, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2011 |
| Multilevel Analysis for Grouped and Longitudinal Data, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2011 |
| Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials, UGhent, Belgium | 2011 |
| Survival Analysis, UGhent, Belgium | 2012 |
| Introduction to R, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2013 |
| Tech Transfer Skills Workshop, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2013 |
| Multivariate data analysis, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2014 |
| An Introduction to Big Data, Institute for Continued Education, Ghent, Belgium | 2015 |
| Professional Certificate in Bioinformatics, University College Dublin, Ireland | 2016 |
| Principles of Statistical Data Analysis, Ghent, Belgium | 2016 |
| Statistical Modelling, Ghent, Belgium | 2016 |
| Data + AI summit. Brussels. Belgium. | 2016 |
| Big Data Science, Ghent, Belgium | 2017 |
| Computer-intensive Statistical Methods, Ghent, Belgium | 2017 |
| Databases, Ghent, Belgium | 2017 |
| Programming and Algorithms, Ghent, Belgium | 2017 |
| Statistical Computing, Ghent, Belgium | 2017 |
| Data + AI summit. Dublin. Ireland. | 2017 |
Mother tongue : Dutch
Other:
| Understanding | Speaking | Writing | |
| English | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| French | ++ | + | ± |
| German | ± | ± | - |
| Italian | ± | ± | - |
Computer languages |
Datascience software |
Statistical frameworks |
[R] Python Scala SQL SAS code Bash C++ |
SQL Server/warehouse Jupyter notebooks Jupyter lab Intellij Google colab Spark scala Tableau Docker TensorFlow Git & Github |
SPSS SAS-Project R-Project |
Cloud |
Hardware |
Other |
Microsoft azure Google cloud Docker TheThingsNetwork |
IoT (eg LoraWAN) Arduino framework RaspberryPi |
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