Projects
Filled pauses from a multimodal perspective. On the interplay of speech and eye gaze. KU Leuven
This project offers a novel, integrative approach on filled pauses, the elements ‘euh‘ and ‘euhm’ in Dutch. Insights on filled pauses from various research traditions are united to obtain a comprehensive overview of their form and function. Starting from a cognitive-interactional framework, our analysis relates formal variation in filled pauses to the functional variation. We show that formal differences in filled pauses, such as the ...
Test Procedures for Performance Verification of CMMs with Tactile and Optical Probes: Study of ISO Standards and Development of Complementary Tests KU Leuven
Within quality control for industrial applications, many types of measuring instruments are utilised. When it comes to checking dimensional requirements, such as geometrical product specifications, one of the most frequently used measuring instruments are coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). Through the use of a CMM, a workpiece can be inspected to prove it conforms to its intended design. The topic of this dissertation takes one step back ...
What works for high risk students? Looking for clues to improve their academic outcomes KU Leuven
What works for high-risk students? Looking for clues to improve their academic outcomes.
Gudrun Vanlaar (Supervisors prof. B. De Fraine & prof. J. Van Damme)
Educational research shows that students with a low socioeconomic status (SES), an immigrant background, and/or special educational needs are more vulnerable for academic underachievement. This doctoral project focuses on the question how the gap between high- and ...
Brainwave authentication KU Leuven
This thesis blends information security, cognitive neuroscience, logic and artificial intelligence in order to create a new type of credential that ensures the liveness and rationality of the user - a dynamic 'brainprint', where we want to know whether, when and into what it might devolve, while also being able to somehow capture its normal variability over time. It begins with trying to find a credential that could convey the user's ability ...
Transport infrastructure and regional development in China during the Maoist era KU Leuven
1. Introduction
This project aims to investigate the link between transport infrastructure and regional economic development in China during the Mao era. Economists argue that public investments have a positive impact on economic growth for a number of reasons. As we will elaborate in what follows, the Chinese story contains many unique and intriguing elements which complicate this statement. A thorough investigation of the topic will ...
Research into the legal and/or financial causes of unreasonable use of space University of Antwerp
Interdisciplinary Research Program: Tradition and naturalness of animal products within a societal context of change. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Creation of Yang Zhu as A Philisopher in The Republican Era KU Leuven
The fame of Yangism was, in ancient times, as great as Confucianism and Mohism. As a matter of fact, Mohism and Confucianism were considered as equals during the Warring States period and the Han Dynasty, while Yangism being the third greatest school among the Hundred Schools of Thought. It is not until later times that Yangism and Mohism were deemed less than Confucianism. And after the Book Burning and Burial of the Scholars in the Qin ...
Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Zeolite Catalysts KU Leuven
Zeolites are aluminosilicate minerals with a microporous structure used as adsorbents and catalysts. They are conventionally synthesized by hydrothermal methods in batch systems. However, this process exhibits several disadvantages, such as long synthesis times and non-uniform qualities of product from batch to batch. There is a strong interest from the zeolite manufacturing industry to reduce the synthesis time and achieve a continuous ...