Projects
Understanding Electronic – Ionic Interactions for High-Performance and Stable Organic Electrochemical Transistors Hasselt University
Piracy and its control: assessing harms and appraising counterpiracy efforts across regional contexts KU Leuven
Piracy is a serious crime that not only causes harm to the physical
and psychological integrity of the affected seafarers, but also
constitutes a significant and direct threat to international trade and
security. Yet piracy and its harms have hardly been studied within
criminology—and the proposed project aims to address this gap. It
focuses on the four regional contexts that have recently recorded the
highest ...
Optimization of low dose CT for lung cancer screening: finding the best balance between radiation risk and performance in terms of image quality and success rate of computer aided detection.. University of Antwerp
M3-Apps: Enabling User-centric Modelling of Immersiveness in Multimodal Multimedia Applications Ghent University
Multimodal, immersive systems are the latest development within the field of multimedia. These systems emulate the senses by means of omnidirectional visuals, 360° sound, motion tracking and touch simulation to create a feeling of presence in the virtual environment. They have the potential to substitute physical interactions in application domains such as training (Industry 4.0), or e-health (tele-surgery). However, the current COVID19 ...
Cultural Identity and the City – A Sociocultural-Spatial Approach Towards Inclusive Urbanization for Internally Displaced Indigenous People in Mindanao Ghent University
Internal displacement is one of the most adversely impactful human mobility issues and urban phenomena worldwide while internally displaced persons (IDPs) remain underrepresented in all forms of narrative. Within this group, we argue that indigenous peoples (IPs) become the most vulnerable upon displacement and in host cities. We believe that both being an undermined indigenous people and an ignored IDP leads to synergy of vulnerabilities, ...
On the (not so) persuasive potential of metaphorical language in news media communication. Framing the Latin-American migration debate through metaphor. Ghent University
The persuasive function of metaphorical language has long been taken for granted, both inside and outside of the field of linguistics. Due to their ability to structure more abstract topics in terms of more concrete domains of experience, thereby ‘highlighting’ some aspects of the conversation topic while ‘hiding’ others, metaphors promoted in news media are held to represent a potent tool for influencing people’s way of thinking, feeling and ...
Novel neural networks for single-cell sequencing technologies Ghent University
Creating more expressive models of cells is a fundamental challenge in bioinformatics. Recently, single-cell sequencing has emerged as a way of characterizing biology with higher resolution, facilitating the construction of more comprehensive models. The technology has inherent limitations due to the lower amount of genetic material used, making the obtained data more noisy and incomplete. Current imputation and denoising methods fail to (1) ...
A nanobody-based anti-inflammatory treatment against Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced inflammation in chronic lung diseases. Ghent University
Chronic lung inflammation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important driver of pathogenesis in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and non-CF bronchiectasis. Therapies directed at the host inflammatory response hold great promise since it is the major process leading to destruction of lung tissue during infection. The objective of this project is to develop an effective therapy against P. ...
When models matter: How we learn to arbitrate between model-based versus model-free control Ghent University
In cognitive psychology a common distinction is made between higher-order mental processes and more simple forms of behavior, which has led to a variety of widely popular dual system theories. However, it is often unclear what regulates these higher-order processes, and they are usually hard to define or capture in a single latent factor. Therefore, the goal of this project is to take a different approach and test the hypothesis that the ...