Projects
SHE for HIM: Simulated Human Environment for the Human Interface Mate KU Leuven
Machine learning is giving computers the ability to learn, or adapt their behavior, based on information they receive. By giving these "learning programs" the right information, they can be trained for a specific purpose. At this point in time, most of the machine learning algorithms that are trained need a large amount of training data in order to become good at something. One could train a program to recognize cars in a picture for example, ...
On the long-term footprint of pediatric critical illness and how this is affected by acute macronutrient restriction KU Leuven
Children are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) when they acutely need vital organ support to avoid imminent death. Although most of the children need intensive care for only a few days and most of them seemingly recover well from the acute insult, many of them are confronted with long-term consequences after critical illness as observed years after hospital discharge. This legacy, which remains largely unexplained, broadly ...
Development of non-destructive analysis protocols for the chemical and isotopic analysis of archaeological materials KU Leuven
New analysis protocols for the non-destructive chemical analysis of ancient materials will be developed. Micro - X-ray fluorescence (µXRF) will be used to look at major to trace element compositions. Laser ablation – multi collector - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) will be used to perform isotopic analysis, focusing on Pb-Sb-Sr-Nd isotope ratios. Protocols will be developed, for both methods, custom-made to the ...
DNS Abuse and Active Authentication: Applications of Machine Learning in Cyber Security KU Leuven
In today’s digital world, cyber security is essential for a fair and well-functioning society. People, as well as companies and governments must be able to trust their computers, mobile devices and the services they use from companies and governments.
An important element of cyber security is the fight against cyber crime. This fight has surpassed the deployment of ‘passive infrastructure’ such as firewalls and access control systems ...
NICKEFFECT : Ni-BASED FERROMAGNETIC COATINGS WITH ENHANCED EFFICIENCY TO REPLACE Pt IN ENERGY & DIGITAL STORAGE APPLICATIONS (EU BONUS OZR) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
different strategic sectors as renewable energy, electric mobility and digital technologies.
Unfortunately, PGMs are costly and Europe depends on their importation from other continents, which is nowadays a high risk for the
development of strategic applications in key industrial sectors. For these reasons ...
Access to justice for indigenous women in post-conflict situations. A case study of Guatemala KU Leuven
Post-conflict societies face a number of challenges concerning not only the consolidation of democratic institutions but also and centrally, tasks related to the provision of justice. In this context, indigenous women face multiple obstacles for access to justice. They are confronted with discrimination, exclusion and a vulnerability they have suffered for centuries. This study aims to examine the challenges and opportunities for access to ...
ERC-Opvangproject: Low-level Object Capabilities, Formally Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Disaster Governance: Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability KU Leuven
English summary
Disaster governance
Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability
A social-ecological systems approach to disaster governance
In many places in the world, people are increasingly exposed to disasters. A few recent disasters illustrate the global magnitude of the problem: the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the earthquake, tsunami and ...
Effectiveness of fluoroscopy-guided manual lymph drainage (MLD) versus traditional MLD or placebo MLD for the treatment of breast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL): a randomised controlled trial KU Leuven
Currently, each breast cancer patient with arm lymphedema receives manual lymph drainage (MLD) to treat the edema. Despite this worldwide application of MLD, different systematic reviews conclude that there is no evidence about the effectiveness of lymph drainage to treat BCRL. Belgrado and Tan et al. developed a new and more efficient method of lymph drainage to improve lymph transport, i.e. fluoroscopy-guided MLD. Belgrado has recently ...