Bart Baesens

Hometown: Leuven, Belgium
Current City: Leuven, Belgium
Education:
Master of Business Engineering in Management Informatics; KU Leuven
PhD, Applied Economic Sciences; KU Leuven
Languages spoken: Dutch, French, English, German (basic)
Using SAS since 2003 Teaching SAS since 2004
Professional experience:
Professor Bart Baesens is a professor at KU Leuven (Belgium), and a lecturer at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom). He has done extensive research on analytics, customer relationship management, web analytics, fraud detection, and credit risk management. His findings have been published in well-known international journals (e.g. Machine Learning, Management Science, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Journal of Machine Learning Research, ...) and presented at international top conferences. He is also co-author of the book Credit Risk Management: Basic Concepts, published in 2008. He regularly tutors, advises and provides consulting support to international firms with respect to their analytics and credit risk management strategy.
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Notable achievements:
Invited speaker at conferences
What students are saying:
What is your favorite training course and why?
Credit Risk Modeling Using SAS, because it allows me to cover the entire spectrum from simple scoring models, to advanced PD, LGD and EAD models and ending with validation and stress testing.
What is the best part about teaching?
The interaction and challenging questions I get from my students which allows me to continuously learn new things.
Do you have any hobbies, favorite activities, or hidden talents?
I am a wine lover and read a lot of books on World War I and II. I also love travelling.
What is your favorite place or dream vacation destination?
Sydney, Australia and Barcelona, Spain
If you could share a meal with anyone dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Winston Churchill, amazing personality to me!
Are you passionate about a particular sports team?
I am a soccer fan and my favorite team is from my birth town in Belgium, Club Brugge!