Projects
Groundbreaking models for spectroscopy and charge transport in molecular dynamics simulations Ghent University
Molecular dynamics is an exceptional simulation tool that connects fundamental physics with more applied research. It is the workhorse in our collaborations with experimental researchers to enrich their findings with computational predictions and insights. Such simulations rely on an interatomic force model, which is always a trade-off between computational efficiency, accuracy, and the ability to describe all relevant physics. Recently, we ...
Using data science and decision support tools for autonomous operation of safety-critical electricity grid infrastructure KU Leuven
Using data science and decision support tools for autonomous operation of safety-critical electricity grid infrastructure KU Leuven
The European energy system is undergoing a massive transformation as part of broader climate change mitigation efforts and energy security concerns. While societally important, this transformation, most notably the rapidly increasing proliferation of variable renewable energy sources (wind and solar) and accelerating demand electrification (heat, transport, industry), threatens to destabilise the electric grid and even cause large-scale ...
Contexts for Living KU Leuven
Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, with rising rates among young people. Suicide research has devoted itself to the study of risk factors (i.e. contexts for dying) whereas protective factors (i.e. contexts for living) have received short-shrift. Yet, it is these protective factors and contexts that may have the most potential to be implemented into treatments and interventions. My research programme will redress the balance ...
BOF TT Applied dynamical systems Ghent University
A tenure track appointment grants one the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years, with a limited teaching load.
Tensor Tools for Taming the Curse Ghent University
One of the grand scientific challenges is to overcome the curse of dimensionality in the data and physical sciences. The central theme of this proposal is that we can overcome this exponential wall by adopting and developing low-rank tensor approximations of the relevant spaces. To achieve this, we will tackle central mathematical problems such as tensor factorizations, tensor completion and the construction of tropical tensor networks, delve ...
Artificial intelligence-powered knowledge base of the observed molecular universe. University of Antwerp
Querying and exploiting the spatial colorectal tumor ecosystem for novel biological, diagnostic and therapeutic insights KU Leuven
Automated monitoring of pig behavior using multi-modal sensing and its application to study social interactions and stress Ghent University
This research proposal focuses on the automation of the observation of the (social) behavior of pigs at the farm and at the slaughterhouse using advanced video and sound processing, and the analysis of the data to gain insight in the dynamics of the behavior of pigs.