Projects
Understanding Concurrent Transmission: a Generic Platform for Complex IoT Applications KU Leuven
Current resource-constrained, low-rate wireless networks face prohibitive latency: they lack support for the sub-millisecond, multi-hop interactions between densely deployed distributed sensors and actuators that would enable or greatly benefit envisioned cyber-physical applications, such as real-time feedback control and privacy-preserving distributed inference. This dissertation argues that that gap might be overcome by re-thinking how ...
City of Things University of Antwerp
A Cross-Layer Framework for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (CLAWS). University of Antwerp
The grammaticalization of constructions with taxonomic nouns in Polish and Russian: Between prepositional phrase and genitive KU Leuven
Role of peripheral clock genes in the circadian regulation of the hunger hormone ghrelin. KU Leuven
The daily rotation of the earth around its axis creates a recurring succession of day and night with a period of 24 hours. As a consequence, life on earth is subjected to cyclical and therefore predictable changes in environmental conditions. In order to anticipate these daily events and fine-tune physiology to the varying demands of activity and rest, virtually all organisms have developed an internal timekeeping system. Circadian rhythms, ...
Intelligent cooperative methods in virtual MIMO based multi-hop wireless networks. Ghent University
In this research project, we will investigate advanced techniques for cooperation within and between network, link and physical layer in a virtual MIMO system. To facilitate cooperation, a global system architecture will be designed, hereby identifying the components and the information they exchange. Staring from realistic channel models and synchronization parameters, we will develop new cooperative MAC and routing protocols.
Divergence and convergence in the history of the Shona languages: contact, migration, and change in a subgroup of Southern African Bantu Ghent University
The Shona languages of Southern Africa form a large, closely-related and relatively well-studied group of Bantu languages. Despite a wealth of synchronic data on these language varieties, the history of Shona languages and their speakers is not well-understood. I will test a new proposal that would revolutionize the understanding of Shona’s linguistic history by recognizing what has been referred to as a ‘spread-over-spread’ event, bringing ...
Nitrogen fertilization in ornamental plant production based on in-season demands through proximal sensing and soil modelling KU Leuven
The ornamental plant production sector produces high quality products, but faces challenges in times of increasing environmental constraints.
Growth patterns and nitrogen uptake dynamics of five ornamental crops were determined during three growing seasons (2016-2018). This resulted in nitrogen uptake quantities sufficient for optimum plant quality.
Open field production of herbaceous and woody ornamentals is characterized by a ...
A two step bioreactor-based strategy for the manufacturing of patterned tissue structures: designing living implants. KU Leuven
Current tissue engineering strategies based on manual trial and error approaches mostly give limited and unpredictable in vitro and also in vivo outcomes. Recently a biomimetic methodology for in vitro process design was described, inspired by in vivo developmental stages of tissue formation. This strategy suggests a gradual and concerted progression of chondrocyte cell assembly and condensation followed by growth and differentiation, leading ...