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Contact Information
| Name | Kevin Bretz |
| Professional Title | MSc student in Computer Science & AI |
| k.o.bretz@umail.leidenuniv.nl | |
| linkedin.com/in/kevin-bretz |
Professional Summary
MSc student in Computer Science & AI at Leiden University, graduating January 2027. My experience spans computer vision for cancer diagnostics, human–robot interaction, and audio & signal processing, and I’m a teaching assistant for several courses in the programme. I’m most drawn to real-time interactive systems, reinforcement learning, and AI that collaborates with people in creative work rather than replacing them. I’m looking for PhD and research positions in that direction.
Education
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2025 - 2027 Leiden, The Netherlands
MSc
Leiden University
Computer Science — Artificial Intelligence
- Specialisation in Artificial Intelligence.
- Coursework across: reinforcement learning, deep learning, audio processing, robotics, sports data science, game AI, evolutionary algorithms, AI & art, recommender systems, AutoML, and multi-criteria optimization and decision analysis.
- Thesis (currently in progress): Working towards a real-time, interactive jamming agent
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2019 - 2023 Cologne, Germany
BSc
Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln)
Media Technology
- Specialisation in image analysis & pattern recognition, audio/visual media production, and computer graphics & animation.
- Thesis (at KLIPPEL GmbH): “Automated measurement of the directivity of loudspeakers and microphones under non-ideal conditions.”
Experience
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2023 - 2024 Dresden, Germany
Student Assistant / Data Scientist
EKFZ — Kather Lab, Dresden University Medical Center
AI-driven cancer research.
- Trained and evaluated computer-vision models to predict molecular biomarkers from microscopic tumour-tissue scans, using datasets from collaborating universities and hospitals worldwide.
- Ran preprocessing and model training on HPC clusters, with regular cross-validation and result visualisation.
- Contributed to work published in a peer-reviewed paper (see Publications).
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2022 - 2023 Dresden, Germany
Intern & Bachelor Thesis Student
KLIPPEL GmbH
Loudspeaker & acoustic measurement technology.
- Produced educational video material on loudspeaker distortion for universities.
- Bachelor thesis: automated measurement of loudspeaker and microphone directivity outside an anechoic chamber, using a robotic polar scanner, impulse-response windowing and acoustic absorbers to simulate free-field conditions, benchmarked against measurements taken in an anechoic chamber as well as via near-field acoustic holography (IEC 60268).
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2021 - 2022 Cologne, Germany
Student Assistant
Cologne Cobots Lab
Human–robot interaction research lab.
- Helped develop a customer-service robot for train stations, working on the NLP and on creating, animating, and lip-syncing its avatars.
- Ran and evaluated user studies.
Teaching
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2026 - 2027 Leiden, The Netherlands
Teaching Assistant
Leiden University
Courses in the Computer Science & AI programme.
- Robotics (Feb – June 2026).
- AI & Art, Audio Processing & Indexing, and Evolutionary Algorithms (Sept 2026 – Jan 2027).
Publications
Skills
Machine learning: PyTorch, deep learning, reinforcement learning, computer vision, NLP, generative models (VAEs & diffusion), HPC / cluster computing
Programming: Python (primary); also Java, C#, JavaScript
Audio & creative tools: FL Studio, Unity, Blender
Certificates
- Artificial Intelligence & Creativity, Una Europa Summer School - University College Dublin (2026) An interdisciplinary programme for doctoral researchers I attended during my master's.
Languages
English : Native
German : Native
Spanish : Intermediate (B1)
Interests
Interests: Audio & music production, building audio equipment, computer animation & game development, sports data science