Projects
Big Heterogeneous Data Sensing and Processing in Computer Vision Ghent University
We focus on building a new information-theoretic framework in computer vision for sensing and analysis of Big Data by upgrading recent results from homogeneous to heterogeneous data types. This include extending the compressed sensing framework towards handling prior information, structured noise and erroneous measurements, and towards applications for improved image reconstruction and content analysis in biomedical and remote sensing ...
Time Machine: Big Data of the Past for the Future of Europe Ghent University
Europe urgently needs to restore and intensify its engagement with its past. Time Machine will give Europe the technology to strengthen its identity against globalisation, populism and increased social exclusion, by turning its history and cultural heritage into a living resource for co-creating its future. The Large Scale Research Initiative (LSRI) will develop a large-scale digitisation and computing infrastructure mapping millennia of ...
Smart Farm and Agri-environmental Big Data Space (AgriDataValue) Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The solution to the triangle of a) global food needs, b) competitiveness/farmers’ fair income and c) sustainable farming/protection of the environment lies in knowledge. Modern farms create a huge amount of data based on IoT sensors and drones, while vast EO data become available via Copernicus Hubs. AgriDataValue aims to establish itself as the “Game Changer” in Smart Farming and ...
SuperMann Meets Proximal Envelopes: From Embedded to Big Data Optimization KU Leuven
The exponential increase in computing power as predicted by Moore's law in combination with the need for improved performance in engineering systems as well as the ever-increasing volume of stored data have rendered optimization ubiquitous in almost every branch of engineering. From embedded control and signal processing to data mining and machine learning, optimization problems arise everywhere. However, the challenges that need to be ...
Alliance Research Group: International Big Data Analytics Lab Ghent University
Stochastic modelling of multidimensional data, stochastic modeling of multi-modal images, feature extraction and classification, compressed sampling (eng. Compressed sensing) applications in analysis of digitized paintings, applications in earth observation applications in multimodal medical (image) data.
Big Data on Little People: Toward Fair Early Skill Assessment at Scale in China KU Leuven
Big Data on Little People: Toward Fair Early Skill Assessment at Scale in China KU Leuven
In the human development literature, it is well established that parental investment in child psychosocial stimulation, nutrition, health, love, and attachment are key inputs for healthy child development during the first years of life. In turn, healthy early child development has been linked to a wide range of improved adult human capital outcomes in the longer run, including higher educational attainment and labor productivity. However, ...
Improving breast cancer screening through dynamic big data analytics of Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers KU Leuven
Breast cancer still represents a major health problem. Mortality rates, both in Flanders and Slovenia, are similar and above the European average. While both regions have successful breast screening programs, the overall detection rates are still too low. Two main factors contribute to missed cancers: “dense breasts” which lead to a five-fold occurrence of breast cancer and “tissue masking”, resulting from complex glandular tissue structure. ...
What are the unmet care and support needs of children living with a parent diagnosed with advanced cancer: a mixed methods study using qualitative interviews, a quantitative survey and big data Ghent University
A significant part of the people diagnosed with incurable cancer, have young children. The last couple of years, attention for the quality of the care for these patients is clearly increasing. A positive tendency that, more recently, also applies to their caregivers. As of late, there is a growing awareness that due to the increasing group of people with problems, support outside of the professional environment is needed. The wider social ...