Mark van den Bergh

About

I am a PhD student at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University under the supervision of Floske Spieksma and Walter Kosters. My research interests include but are not limited to combinatorial game theory, algorithmic game theory and artificial intelligence.

Contact details

Office: Snellius 217

E-mail: m.j.h.van.den.bergh (at) math.leidenuniv (dot) nl

Postal address:

Mathematical Institute
University of Leiden
P.O. Box 9512
2300 RA Leiden

Publications

Papers

• M.J.H. van den Bergh, S.T. Castelein, D.M.H. van Gent, Order Versus Chaos, IEEE Conference on Games 2020, Kyoto.
• M.J.H. van den Bergh, A. Hommelberg, W.A. Kosters and F.M. Spieksma, Aspects of the cooperative card game Hanabi, In: Bosse T., Bredeweg B. (eds) BNAIC 2016: Artificial Intelligence. BNAIC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 765, pp. 93-105. Springer 2017; doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67468-1_7. (extended version of the conference paper below)
• M.J.H. van den Bergh, W.A. Kosters and F.M. Spieksma, Aspects of the cooperative card game Hanabi, BNAIC 2016, Amsterdam. Proceedings pages 25-32.

Theses

• The game of cops and robbers on geometric graphs, Master thesis supervised by T. Muller and F.M. Spieksma, 2017 [PDF]
• Hanabi, a co-operative game of fireworks, Bachelor thesis supervised by W.A. Kosters and F.M. Spieksma, 2015 [PDF]

Talks

• Rekenen met spelletjes, Ouderdag De Leidsche Flesch, March 2021
• Puzzles and Paradoxes, Lunch lecture De Leidsche Flesch, March 2021
• Order and Chaos, IEEE Conference on Games 2020, Kyoto, Japan, August 2020
• Tellen met spellen, A.S.V. Prometheus, August 2020
• Rekenen met spelletjes, Zomerworkshop, July 2020
• Synchronized Hackenbush, Bachelorseminarium analyse, stochastiek en besliskunde, February 2020
• Synchronized Hackenbush Games, 45th conference on the mathematics of OR, Lunteren, January 2020
• Competitief tuinieren, A.S.V. Prometheus, December 2019
• Rekenen met spelletjes, Propedeuse-uitreiking, October 2019
• Competitive Gardening, Lunch lecture De Leidsche Flesch, October 2019
• Schrödinger Nim, Bachelorseminarium analyse, stochastiek en besliskunde, February 2019
• Schrödinger Nim, PhD Colloquium, November 2018
• Rekenen met spelletjes, Lunch lecture De Leidsche Flesch, November 2018
• Schrödinger Nim, Informs Annual Meeting 2018, Phoenix, AZ
• Study group mathematics and industry, as told by a PhD student, NMC 2018, Veldhoven
• In vitro or soil: how to make your business bloom, SWI 2018, Eindhoven

Teaching

• Combinatoriek en optimalisering, spring 2021, lecturer
• Combinatorial Game Theory, fall 2020, lecturer
• Combinatoriek en optimalisering, spring 2020, lecturer
• Discrete besliskunde, fall 2019, assistant
• Combinatoriek en optimalisering, spring 2019, lecturer
• Discrete besliskunde, fall 2018, assistant
• Optimalisering, spring 2018, assistant
• Besliskunde B, spring 2017, assistant
• Besliskunde A, fall 2016, assistant
• Besliskunde B, spring 2016, assistant
• Besliskunde A, fall 2015, assistant

Projects

• Project on Synchronized Cherries, Bachelor thesis by Thomas de Mol, co-supervised with W.A. Kosters, 2021
• Project on The Crew, Bachelor thesis by Aron de Jong, co-supervised with W.A. Kosters, 2021
• Project on Hackenbush variants, Master thesis by Steef van Lent, co-supervised with F.M. Spieksma, 2021
• Project on Synchronized Push, Master thesis by Ronald Takken, 2021
• Childish Hackenbush, Bachelor thesis by Nienke Burgers, co-supervised with F.M. Spieksma, 2020
• Project on computation of the Shapley value in low treewidth graphs, Bachelor thesis by Arjan Rijgersberg, co-supervised with F.M. Spieksma, 2019
• Order and Chaos, Bachelor thesis by Sipke Castelein, co-supervised with F.M. Spieksma, 2019
• Using neural networks for service strategies in an abandonment queue, Master thesis by Joris Pries, co-supervised with F.M. Spieksma, 2018

Other

As of September 2018, I am a member of the Opleidingscommissie Wiskunde. I was chairman from September 2018 until October 2020.

Since August 2018, I am a member of the Instituutsraad. As of January 2021, I am vice-chair.

Last updated: 03/03/2021