Back-end Developer

Dr. Ewan Cahen


Ewan studied Mathematics at the VU Amsterdam and consequently did a PhD at the CWI. His research focused on efficiently estimating extremely small probabilities. He obtained his PhD degree at the TU/e in January 2019 for his thesis “Rare-event simulation for multidimensional stochastic models”. 

Following his thesis, he joined a software company where he worked as a full-stack developer on various projects for two and a half years. 

In his free time, Ewan enjoys bouldering and playing board games. He also plays in a wind orchestra.

Ewan joined the eScience Center in October 2021 where he will be working as a back-end developer on the Research Software Directory. 

Key skills:

  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • R
  • Python