Jan Fostier

Jan Fostier is a researcher at Ghent University, affiliated with the Internet Technology and Data Science Lab (IDLab). His work focuses on High Performance Computing (HPC) and Big Data Analytics in life sciences and bioinformatics, leveraging supercomputers and GPUs to accelerate genomic data processing. He collaborates across disciplines with bioscience engineers, biologists, medical doctors, and industry partners like Janssen Pharmaceutica and Agilent.

His research interests include:

• Bioinformatics
• Sequencing Data Analysis
• High-Performance Computing
• Stochastic Modelling
• Genomic Data Compression

Recent publications highlight advancements in approximate pattern matching, de Bruijn graph construction, and nanopore signal analysis. Awards include an Outstanding Presentation Award (2015) and an Outstanding Oral Poster Presentation Award (2015). He has developed tools like Halvade, Jabba, and BLSSpeller for genomic applications.