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Irene KamaraView profile

Assistant Professor

• Data Protection
• Data Privacy
• Cybersecurity Standards
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Irene Kamara is an Assistant Professor at Tilburg University (since September 2021) and a former PhD researcher there (2016–2021). Her work focuses on intersections of law, technology, and digital governance, with particular emphasis on data protection standards, cybersecurity regulations, and EU legal frameworks. She holds an LL.M. and a PhD in law. Her research interests include technical standards in data protection, algorithmic accountability, and regulatory responses to emerging technologies like AI and online gaming platforms. She addresses topics such as automated decision-making systems, certification mechanisms, and privacy-by-design principles. Irene has presented at international conferences and workshops, including talks on AI conformity assessment under the EU's proposed AI Act and data protection standardization challenges. Her work bridges legal theory with technical implementation, emphasizing transparency and judicial accountability in digital governance. Awards : Finalist in Cyber Woman Excellence Awards 2021 (Researcher Category), Standards+Innovation Award (2021), and Young Author Recognition (2015). Grants/Activities : Participated in workshops on ISO/IEC 27701 certification and contributed to projects like 'Responsible AI & Society.'

Jan DanckaertView profile

Professor

• Photonics
• Lasers
• Optical Physics
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Jan Danckaert is a Professor of Physics and Vice Rector for Education and Student Affairs at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He leads the Data Analytics Lab within the Department of Applied Physics and Photonics. His research spans photonics, semiconductor lasers, nonlinear dynamics, and ethical artificial intelligence. He has received the VUB-prijs Roger Van Geen (1998) for his work on semiconductor mode polarization behavior. Active in interdisciplinary projects, he co-leads initiatives like the EU-funded COMPASs 2.0 and FOR EU4All, focusing on human-centered AI and university governance reform. Education highlights include doctoral supervision in physics and engineering, with notable advisees including A. Vandervelde (prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin modules) and L. Appeltant (reservoir computing). His work bridges foundational physics with applied challenges like energy harvesting via metasurfaces and addressing algorithmic bias in AI systems. He maintains roles in academic governance, public lectures, and international conferences including the IEEE Photonics Society events.

Beat SignerView profile

Professor

• Cross-Media Technologies
• Personal Information Management
• Human-Information Interaction
• +7 more

Beat Signer is a Professor of Informatics and Applied Informatics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. He holds a PhD and has held senior research roles at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) between 2005 and 2009. His expertise spans cross-media technologies, human-information interaction, data physicalisation, and next-generation user interfaces. He leads several research projects focusing on end-user development, IoT applications, and FAIR positioning systems. Signer's educational background includes postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich (2005–2007) and a Senior Researcher role (2007–2009). His research interests emphasize bridging gaps in information management across media boundaries, with a focus on tangible computing and ubiquitous systems. He has supervised 203 theses, including a notable work on augmented reality applications. His recent research outputs (2023–2025) explore modular frameworks for positioning systems, interactive educational tools, and hardware platforms for data visualization. He has been awarded multiple Best Paper Awards at conferences like CSEDU, ICALT, and MobiWIS. Signer actively engages in academic activities, including editorial roles, peer reviews, and international conferences. His work on datasets like the 'Survey on Privacy of Location Data' and 'OpenHPS Framework' highlights a commitment to ethical data practices and open science.

Yves PoulletView profile

Professor

• Roman Law
• Information and Communication Technologies Law
• Data Protection Law
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Yves Poullet is a full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Namur (UNamur) and the University of Liège (ULG). He served as Director of the Center for Research on Information, Law and Society (CRIDS) from 1979 to 2010 and has been the Rector of UNamur since September 1, 2010. Education : Doctor of Law (Catholic University of Louvain, 1982), Bachelor of Philosophy (Catholic University of Louvain) Research Focus : Yves Poullet specializes in the legal implications of information technologies, with emphasis on: Privacy and data protection Internet governance Artificial intelligence regulation Information society law Bank guarantees and Roman law Academic Contributions : His recent work explores AI sovereignty, transparency frameworks, and human dignity in the context of neuroscience and AI. He has authored articles on EU regulatory models, digital rights, and GDPR maturity. Scientific Awards : Expert to UNESCO, OECD, and the Council of Europe Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (Technologies and Society Class) Member of the Lambert Wilson Chair Scientific Committee (Montreal) Leadership & Editorial Roles : Founder of European Telecoms Forum, ECLIP, FIRILITE, and the Belgian Association of Information Law (ABDI) President of the Journal of Information Technology Law (RDTI) Editorial board member of journals like Computer and Telecommunications Law , Lex electronica , and Computer Law and Security

• Online Platforms
• Artificial Intelligence
• Algorithms
• +7 more

Jo Pierson is an expert in Communication Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), focusing on Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology. With extensive research on online platforms, artificial intelligence, algorithms, data protection, and privacy, Pierson integrates social science methodologies into the design and governance of ICT technologies. Research Outputs: 385 publications with an h-index of 14. Active Projects: Funded initiatives like the 7th Annual PrivaCI Symposium (2025) and sociological studies on WiFi networks at VUB. Research Themes: Pierson’s work examines mutual shaping between digital media and societal change, emphasizing social affordances, digital sovereignty, and algorithmic ethics. Recent studies address privacy in the financial sector post-pandemic and norm dynamics on social platforms. Publication Trends: Recent articles explore topics such as Reflexivity in Algorithmic Systems , Privacy in Financial Innovation , and Social Norms on Messaging Platforms , reflecting interdisciplinary intersections of technology, ethics, and social impact.

Laurence DiverView profile

Researcher

• Legalism
• Law
• Artificial Intelligence
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Dr. Laurence Diver is a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the department of Law, Science and Technology & Society , focusing on computational law and artificial intelligence. His work explores the intersection of legal norms and technological systems through projects like CoHuBiCoL . Key Research Areas: Legalism, Legitimacy, AI in Legal Contexts Recent Projects: CoHuBiCoL (2019–2023) Scientific Recognition: Google award for best postgraduate paper (2016) Diver's research investigates how algorithmic systems mediate legal norms, emphasizing the need for transparency and legitimacy in code-as-law. His publications span topics like design patterns for the rule of law, AI ethics in legal services, and privacy-by-design frameworks. Diver actively engages in academic discourse through conferences (CPDP 2023, ICAIL 2023), workshops, and public media. He contributes to debates on data protection, legal automation, and the hermeneutic challenges of computational law. Awards: Google award for best postgraduate paper (2016) Collaborations: M. Hildebrandt, P. McBride, G. Gori

• Artificial Intelligence Law
• European Union Law
• Public Health Policy
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Nathan Genicot is an unpaid researcher affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and its Law, Science, Technology & Society unit. His work bridges legal frameworks and emerging technologies, focusing on artificial intelligence , public health policy , and European Union law . Research Focus: AI governance, including regulatory sandboxes and trustworthy AI under the EU AI Act Epidemiological surveillance and performance assessment in public health crises Legal and ethical implications of social credit systems and algorithmic decision-making Intersection of civil law, technology, and information systems Publications: Recent works analyze AI regulations, health indicators during the pandemic, and ethical challenges in EU border control technologies. His research spans interdisciplinary collaborations and policy-oriented analyses.

Ashwinee KumarView profile

Researcher

• International Health Law
• Cybersecurity Law
• Data Protection and Privacy
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Ashwinee Kumar serves as Scientific Employee at the Metajuridica research group within the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) department of Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Faculty of Law and Criminology. Concurrently, Kumar holds elected leadership as Co-coordinator of the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on International Health Law (2024-2028) and maintains active membership in ESIL. Research centers on technology-law-society intersections with emphasis on international health law , medical device cybersecurity , algorithmic governance , and blockchain regulation . Current projects address urgent gaps in digital health regulation including MDCG cybersecurity guidance implementation and WHO pandemic treaty frameworks. The work bridges technical specifications with legal requirements through translational research methodologies. Analysis of 14 publications (2019-2025) reveals consistent focus on operationalizing abstract principles into implementable frameworks, particularly in EU regulatory contexts. Recent outputs show growing emphasis on healthcare technology governance, with 2024-2025 works addressing real-time monitoring systems for medical device security and equitable digital health access. Kumar directs significant research initiatives including CYMEDSEC (focusing on LESoP aspects of medical cybersecurity) and contributes to LOCARD's blockchain forensics development. Current leadership in organizing the 2025 HELT Symposium and HALL-EKFZ Summer School demonstrates active project management and international collaboration. The 6-month OECD internship (2024) provided direct policy implementation experience. Based in VUB's Metajuridica group, Kumar operates within a dynamic interdisciplinary environment that connects legal scholars with computer scientists and public health experts. The research unit maintains active collaborations with EU institutions, WHO, and industry partners through projects like CYMEDSEC, with recent work influencing EU medical device cybersecurity standards and digital health equity frameworks.

Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGEView profile

Visiting Professor

• European Union Law
• Internal Market Law
• European Constitutional Law
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Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGE serves as Visiting Professor in the European Legal Studies Department at the College of Europe (Bruges campus) and holds a full professorship at HEC Paris. He directs the HEC/Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne law major and dual business law degree program, while also presiding over the Perelman Center and teaching as Visiting Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Academic Background: Doctorate in Legal Science (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Seghers Prize awardee) Master's in European Union Law (College of Europe) Master's in Philosophy of Law (European Academy of Legal Theory) Master's in Law (UCL) Professor VAN WAEYENBERGE's research centers on European constitutional law , internal market regulation , and emerging normative frameworks in global governance. His recent work critically examines the EU's rule of law crisis through multiple lenses including post-pandemic recovery mechanisms, AI regulation, and transatlantic data governance. His scholarship consistently bridges theoretical constitutional debates with practical regulatory challenges facing EU institutions. Analysis of his 2022-2024 publications reveals a strategic focus on rule of law conditionality mechanisms across diverse policy domains. His work demonstrates increasing emphasis on digital governance (AI regulation, data privacy) while maintaining core expertise in economic governance and constitutional crises. A distinctive feature is his comparative approach connecting internal market law with global regulatory frameworks. Scientific Recognition: Seghers Prize for Doctoral Dissertation (Université Libre de Bruxelles) Professor VAN WAEYENBERGE leads significant research initiatives including the ANR-funded project The rule of law crisis and the European Union's response (2022-2023) and the Horizon Europe project Respond to Emerging Dissensus: SuPranational Instruments and Norms of European democracy (2024-2025). His pre-academic experience includes legal practice at Clifford Chance LLP (Brussels Bar) and judicial service at the Court of Justice of the European Union. As President of the Perelman Center, he oversees interdisciplinary research on fundamental rights and European constitutionalism, fostering collaboration between legal scholars, political scientists, and policy practitioners across the EU institutional landscape.

Julien AlbertView profile

Researcher

• Explainable Artificial Intelligence
• Human–Computer Interaction
• Recommender Systems
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Julien Albert is a researcher within the Namur Digital Institute (NaDI) and the Research Center on Information Systems Engineering at the University of Namur . He completed his master’s degree in computer science with a data-science focus in 2020 and is active in explainable AI, recommender systems, and human–computer interaction. Education: M.S. in Computer Science (data-science focus), University of Namur, 2020 – thesis on scientific-literature recommendation systems. Research Interests: Albert investigates how machine-learning decisions can be made transparent and trustworthy, with a particular emphasis on explainability for computer-vision models and fairness-aware personalized ranking . His work combines rigorous algorithmic development with human-centered empirical studies, bridging machine-learning research and interactive-systems design. Recent publications reveal a clear strand on explainable AI (XAI): evaluating saliency-based explanations, designing human-in-the-loop studies, and accelerating interpretation of nonlinear embeddings. A parallel track focuses on recommender systems , exploring both explanation interfaces powered by large language models and bias-aware Bayesian ranking algorithms. A third emerging theme tackles civic technologies , studying requirements for idea-browsing tools on digital participation platforms. He has (co-)supervised at least three master’s students and regularly participates in international venues such as the Francophone Conference on Human–Computer Interaction and the European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, indicating a growing footprint in the XAI and HCI communities.

• Dimensionality Reduction
• Nonlinear Embedding
• Data Science
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Sacha Corbugy is a researcher at the Faculty of Computer Science, Namur Digital Institute, University of Namur, specializing in dimensionality reduction techniques with particular expertise in nonlinear embedding methods and interactive data visualization tools. Research interests include: Dimensionality Reduction Nonlinear Embedding Data Science Machine Learning Interactive Tools Data Visualization Current research focuses on developing explanation frameworks for nonlinear dimensionality reduction algorithms, particularly t-SNE. Their work bridges theoretical machine learning with practical usability, creating methods to make complex embedding techniques interpretable through gradient-based explanations and interactive interfaces. Recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to making dimensionality reduction more transparent and user-adaptable. Key project: PHE4DR: Post-hoc explanations for integrating user feedback in dimensionality reduction (2024-2025) - Project Manager Academic background includes a Master's degree in computer science with data science specialization completed in 2021. Professional activities include organizing the 2023 industry-science cybersecurity debate and participating in the 2022 KIKK Festival, demonstrating engagement with both academic and broader technology communities.

• Image Processing
• Deep Learning
• Signal Processing
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Adrian Munteanu is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Computer Science at Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). He has been actively contributing to research in image processing, deep learning, and signal processing since 1995, with over 414 research outputs and an h-index of 29. His work spans diverse fields such as video compression, autonomous vehicle pose estimation, greenhouse gas emissions prediction, and real-time distributed video coding.

• Conceptual Modelling
• Enterprise Modeling
• Requirements Engineering
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Monique Snoeck is a full professor and coordinator of the Information Systems Engineering Research Group (LIRIS) at KU Leuven's Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB). She serves on the FEB Council and Campus Council while contributing to DigiSoc and Leuven.AI institutes as a member focused on digital society and AI initiatives. Her research pioneers conceptual modelling, enterprise modeling, requirements engineering, and model-driven engineering, notably through the MERODE methodology and MERLIN prototyping tool. Current work integrates AI with learning analytics for education and develops automatic UI generation from conceptual models, alongside capacity-building projects for Cuba's software industry using model-driven approaches. Recent publications reveal converging trends in LLM-enhanced conceptual modeling education, XAI applications for credit risk analysis, and digital process twins for business scenario simulation. Key themes include model validation techniques, IoT application patterning, and multi-model integration for domain-process alignment. She supervises PhD candidates Tiukhova, E. (credit risk/XAI) and Verbruggen, C. (multi-modelling), leading grants including 'Explanations in AI for Learning Analytics' (2025-2029), 'Personalized Feedback Generation' (2024-2028), and 'Cuba Software Industry Capacity Building' (2024-2029) as promotor. As LIRIS leader, she drives model-driven engineering research while collaborating with Leuven.AI on AI integration and DigiSoc on digital public service co-creation initiatives.

• Digital Public Governance
• Urban Sustainability
• Citizen Science
• +4 more

Professor Johan Crompvoets is a faculty member at the Public Governance Institute within the Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven. He holds roles as a research manager and is affiliated with institutes like DigiSoc (Digital Society Institute) and Leuven.AI. His research focuses on digital public governance, urban sustainability, and citizen science. He leads or co-leads projects such as 'Smart Sustainable Cities Moving Forward with Digital Twins' and 'Digital Government Services Enabled by Emerging Technologies.' His recent publications explore algorithmic bureaucracy, urban sprawl frameworks, and blockchain adoption in public sectors. He actively participates in councils, including the Faculty of Social Sciences Council as a part-time senior academic staff member. Key projects include enhancing smart city policies in Dar es Salaam and studying cross-border digital public services within the EU. His work bridges technology, governance, and societal impact, emphasizing data management and ethical considerations in public administration.

• genomics
• digital health
• health humanities
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Ine Van Hoyweghen is a full professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven , and head of the Life Sciences & Society Lab . She serves as a member of multiple institutes including the Leuven Centre for Health Humanities , DigiSoc , and iSi Health , with a focus on the ethical, legal, and social implications of digital and genomic medicine. Research Focus: Genomics, digital health, health humanities, responsible innovation Leadership: Life Sciences & Society Lab; involved in EU health data policy initiatives Awards: Francqui Prize in Human Sciences (2025) Her recent work explores in silico medicine , next-generation sequencing implementation , and genetic discrimination policy , emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration and public values in algorithmic healthcare. Publications address European Health Data Space challenges and genomic diagnostic ethics . Notable scientific awards include the 2025 Francqui Prize, recognizing her contributions to human sciences. She actively engages in EU policy debates through projects like REIMAGINE ADM and NEUROCOV , with a focus on stakeholder engagement and trust-building in digital medicine.