Jef Jonkers
AA Tower
Tech Lane Ghent Science Park 122
B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
I am Jef Jonkers, a PhD researcher at Ghent University. My research focuses on machine learning, statistical learning theory, and causal inference. Specifically, I am interested in developing algorithms that can learn from data in a way that is robust to distributional shifts and allows to quantify uncertainty in predictions. I am also interested in the theoretical foundations of machine learning and how they can be used to improve the performance of learning algorithms or be adapted to new settings.
news
| Jul 02, 2026 | Will be giving a talk at IMS Annual Meeting 2026 in Salzburg, Austria on “Functional calibration for survival prediction under right censoring” |
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| Apr 14, 2026 | Will be presenting a poster at AISTATS 2026 Workshop: Calibration for Modern AI |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Started research stay at ETH Zurich 🏫 |
| Nov 01, 2024 | FWO PhD Fellowship at Ghent University 👨🔬 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Won the Alexey Chervonenkis Award for the Best Student Paper (COPA 2024) |
selected publications
- Generalized Conformal Predictive Systems Under Distributional ShiftsarXiv preprint arXiv:2606.11044, 2026
- Beyond binary AKI classification: development and external validation of a distributional model predicting serum creatinine and urine output trajectories in ICU patientsCritical Care, 2026
- Proper Scoring Rules for Right-Censored Survival DataarXiv preprint arXiv:2606.06393, 2026