Projects
Embedded pre-distortion and feedforward techniques for 6G power amplifiers KU Leuven
The number of options to obtain excellent linearity and efficiency of power amplifier at high output power is endless, and making the right choice has become a non-trivial task. As one of the linearization techniques for power amplifiers, predistortion has played an important role in communication systems. My study focuses on digital predistortion and RF-predistortion milimeter-wave power amplifier and how to choose them for 5G and 6G ...
FoodForward Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The main objective of the FoodForward operational group is to investigate and promote the economic feasibility of food forests as an alternative business model. The research question is "how can we provide food forest farmers, and by extension the entire agricultural and horticultural sector, with innovative tools to put into practice a resilient and sustainable business model that enables the ...
Synthesis writing in upper-secondary education: From a baseline of texts and processes to process-oriented feedback KU Leuven
Context
This dissertation was carried out within the framework of the LIFT-project. The LIFT-project (Improving pre-university students' performance in academic synthesis tasks with Level-up Instructions and Feedback Tool) is a project funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The project's goal was to provide feedback and instruction on students' synthesis writing, based on national baseline data.
It is important that ...
Resource-Constrained Training of Deep Neural Networks for Industrial Computer Vision Applications KU Leuven
Deep neural networks have demonstrated exceptional performance in various computer vision tasks such as classification, detection, and segmentation. However, training these networks remains challenging, particularly in resource-constrained industrial settings.
A major obstacle lies in the computational and memory demands of training deep neural networks, which pose significant constraints in low-powered embedded systems used in ...
Solving tough Semiconductor Manufacturing problems towards Advanced Process Control using Machine Learning KU Leuven
As EUV based lithography gets adopted to keep scaling semiconductor devices in our chips, new metrology and inspection challenges arise. We need to measure these small dimensions fast but without losing accuracy and repeatability. Metrology and inspection are at the heart of process control. Without adequate metrology and inspection capability yields suffer. Conventional process and metrology tools, used in the industry, while generating a ...
Deep Learning for Advanced Image-Based Semiconductor Metrology KU Leuven
As EUV based lithography gets adopted to keep scaling semiconductor devices in our chips, new metrology and inspection challenges arise. We need to measure these small dimensions fast but without losing accuracy and repeatability. Metrology and inspection are at the heart of process control. Without adequate metrology and inspection capability yields suffer. Conventional process and metrology tools, used in the industry, while generating a ...
Preventing therapy-induced cancer stemness KU Leuven
LncRNAs as modulators of protein synthesis rewiring in cancer KU Leuven
An increasing body of evidence indicates that MYC and RAS-induced oncogenic signalling enhances protein synthesis in both the cytosol and mitochondria and that this increase is essential to cancer cell survival. Targeting translational rewiring may therefore offer novel therapeutic opportunities. However, given its essential role in normal cells, modulating translation in a cancer-cell specific manner remains a major challenge. LncRNA (Long ...
An MPC framework for all-air systems in non-residential buildings KU Leuven
By the end of 2020 all newly constructed buildings have to be nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB). The transmission- and ventilationlosses have already been significantly decreased by the increasing insulation thickness and the improved airtightness of the building envelope. Further energy reductions can be achieved by a better design and optimization of energy efficient building installations. In school- and office buildings the ventilation ...