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Research

I am involved in both the Beamm (Belgian Arithmetic Microsimulation Model) and ODALON (Open multimodal Data for Automated Local News) projects. In this capacity, I am a member of the Center for Applied Public Economics (CAPE) at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels and the Center for Quantitative Methods and Operations Management (QuantOM) at HEC Liège.

The Beamm project aims to develop a microsimulation model to simulate the impact of policy measures on the Belgian population. The ODALON project, on the other hand, aims to develop a platform that partially automates the production of local news.

My research interests include (bio)statistics, data science, and the development of methods to analyze complex datasets. Passionate about making statistics accessible to everyone, I leverage open-source statistical programming languages like R to democratize the use and understanding of statistical tools.

Publications

  • Soetewey, A., Legrand, C., Denuit, M. and Silversmit, G. (2024). Right to be forgotten for mortgage insurance issued to cancer survivors: Critical assessment and new proposal. European Actuarial Journal. [dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13385-024-00403-6]
  • Soetewey, A., Legrand, C., Denuit, M. and Silversmit, G. (Under review). Health indices for disease incidence and duration in the Semi-Markov setting. [preprint]
  • Soetewey, A. (2024). Waiting period from diagnosis for mortgage insurance issued to cancer survivors. PhD thesis, UCLouvain, Belgium. [pdf]
  • Houben, J.J., Carpentier, Y., Paulissen, G., Van Snick, G. and Soetewey, A. (2023). Impact of a Food Rebalancing Program Associated with Plant-Derived Food Supplements on the Biometric, Behavioral, and Biological Parameters of Obese Subjects. Nutrients, 15(22):4780. [doi.org/10.3390/nu15224780]
  • Truong, H.C., Van Phan, T., Nguyen, H.T., Truong, K.H., Do, V.C., Pham, N.N.M., Ho, T.V., Phan, T.T.Q., Hoang, T.A., Soetewey, A., Ho, T.N.L., Pham, Q.D., Luong, Q.C., Vo, D.T.T., Nguyen, T.V. and Speybroeck, N. (2023). Childhood Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance in Southern Vietnam: Trends and Vaccination Implications from 2012 to 2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases (p. ofad229). Oxford University Press. [doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad229]
  • Soetewey, A., Legrand, C., Denuit, M. and Silversmit, G. (2022). Semi-Markov modeling for cancer insurance. European Actuarial Journal, 12, 813-837. [doi.org/10.1007/s13385-022-00308-2]
  • Soetewey, A., Legrand, C., Denuit, M. and Silversmit, G. (2021). Waiting period from diagnosis for mortgage insurance issued to cancer survivors. European Actuarial Journal, 11, 135-160. [doi.org/10.1007/s13385-020-00254-x]
For a detailed list of publications see my Google Scholar, ORCID or ResearchGate profile.

Talks & posters

  • One-day symposium: "Statistics, data science, artificial intelligence - Shaping the future together" (2024). Brussels, Belgium [slides]
  • Hackathon of the 30th annual meeting of the Royal Statistical Society of Belgium (RSSB) (2023). UCLouvain, Belgium
  • Workshop on behalf of the 30th anniversary of the UCLouvain's Institute of Statistics: "Statistics and its role in societal challenges" (2022). UCLouvain, Belgium [poster]
  • Hackathon of the 28th annual meeting of the Royal Statistical Society of Belgium (RSSB) (2021). ULiège, Belgium [slides]
  • Young Researchers Day (2021). UCLouvain, Belgium [slides]
  • 15th Clinical epidemiology conference (EPICLIN) (2021). Marseille, France [poster, awarded best poster by the scientific committee]
  • Scientific exchange day: "Cure models: estimating the recovery time to improve access to insurance" (2020). French National Cancer Institute (INCa), France [slides]
  • Workshop: "How can we predict the evolution of Covid-19 in Belgium?" (2020). UCLouvain, Belgium [slides]
  • 26th Annual meeting of the Royal Statistical Society of Belgium (RSSB) (2018). Domaine des Hautes Fagnes, Belgium [poster]
  • Young Researchers Day (2018). UCLouvain, Belgium [slides]
  • Workshop: "Insurability of people who have had cancer" (2018). UCLouvain, Belgium [slides]
  • Joint PhD seminar in statistics, actuarial and financial mathematics (2018). University of Oldenburg, Germany [slides]

Press & media

  • Can the right to be forgotten in insurance be improved? (UCLouvain) [link]
  • Research: a profession with expertise and passion (UCLouvain) [link]
  • The right to be forgotten - Are we all equal when it comes to insurance? (UCLouvain) [link]
  • How can we predict the evolution of COVID 19 in Belgium? (UCLouvain) [link]

Memberships & academic services

  • Reviewer for Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2024 – Present)
  • Doctoral student representative at the Thematic doctoral school of statistics and actuarial sciences, F.R.S.-FNRS (2023 – Present)
  • Doctoral student representative at the Louvain school of statistics, biostatistics and actuarial sciences, UCLouvain* (2020 – 2022)
  • Member of the Royal Statistical Society of Belgium (2017 – Present)