Lucas A. Hoogduin RA is an audit director at the KPMG Global Solutions Group in Berlin, Germany. He is primarily concerned with the development of machine-learning techniques for financial statement audits, including a methodology that is consistent with the applicable auditing standards. He also provides data science training for auditors, post-graduate students and other interested parties. He is one of the authors of the book Statistiek voor Audit en Controlling (Statistics for Audit and Control) ([Hoog11]).