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Martin Desseilles is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Namur in Belgium. His academic appointment is within the Department of Psychology, and he is affiliated with multiple research units including the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Unit, Transitions, Namur Institute for Complex Systems, and the Philosophical Space of Namur. He divides his time between clinical practice and research in psychiatric neuroscience, regularly giving courses and lectures both in Belgium and abroad. Dr. Desseilles holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Liège, granted on June 30, 2009. His research focuses on the interactions of cognitions and emotions through various techniques including behavioral, pharmacological, electrophysiological and neuroimaging approaches. He examines these interactions across different states (wakefulness, sleep, hypnosis and meditation) and in diverse populations (healthy individuals, those with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance overconsumption). His work spans several key areas: psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive-emotional interactions, sleep research, neuroimaging, mood and anxiety disorders, and behavioral neuroscience. Recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on medical student well-being, digital phenotyping in autism, family caregiver assessment, addiction medicine, and innovative approaches to detecting domestic violence. Dr. Desseilles has written or co-written numerous original articles published in internationally recognized medical journals, edited three books, and published numerous book chapters, with a total of 161 research outputs documented. His research fingerprint prominently features sleep (100%), brain (52%), patients (51%), humans (47%), learning (36%), processing (35%), data (30%), and control (28%). Active participant in the McGill Family Medicine Education Research Group (FMER) Speaker at the Belgian College of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry symposium (2018) Presenter at the French Congress of Psychiatry (2018) Contributor to Messa Belgium and Forum for Medical Education events (2018) His research portfolio includes five major projects, with one currently active (Research in behavioral neuroscience based on mouse models), two finished projects (ETEST and SATRAP), and two not yet started. He has supervised 24 research works and maintains an active presence in both clinical practice and academic research, contributing to mental health initiatives and student well-being programs at the University of Namur.

• Psychiatric Neuroscience
• Cognitive-Emotional Interactions
• Sleep Research
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Steven Bouillon is a Professor at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and head of the Soil and Water Management unit at KU Leuven's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on biogeochemical processes in aquatic systems, including rivers, lakes, estuaries, and mangroves. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Soil and Water Management unit Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences His research spans carbon cycling in coastal and inland waters, greenhouse gas emissions, stable isotope analysis, and climate change mitigation. He leads projects on carbon sequestration in mangroves/saltmarshes, river-geomorphology interactions, and tropical wetland biogeochemistry. Recent collaborative projects include: Carbon stocks in newly created salt marshes and mangroves (2024-2028) WETCOAST: Coastal climate adaptation (2024-2027) Blue Alkalinity (2024-2027) Carbon dynamics in Lake Victoria papyrus wetlands (2023-2027) He teaches courses in: Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Aquatic Systems Soil and Water Systems Global Biogeochemical Cycles

• Biogeochemistry
• Carbon Cycle
• Aquatic Ecosystems
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Lennart Martens is a Professor of Systems Biology at Ghent University and serves as Group Leader and Associate Director at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology . He leads the Computational Omics and Systems Biology Group (CompOmics), focusing on Machine Learning applications in high-throughput omics data. His research involves developing AI-driven algorithms for proteomics data analysis, including tools like DeepLC for retention time prediction and MS2Rescore for improved peptide identification. He contributes to open-source proteomics software and FAIR data practices. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Prometheus Award for Research Excellence (Ghent University, 2014) Juan Pablo Albar 'Proteomics Pioneer' Award (European Proteomics Association, 2015) He has authored over 220 research papers, co-authored two Wiley textbooks on mass spectrometry bioinformatics, and organized Dagstuhl Seminars on computational proteomics. His editorial roles include membership on the boards of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics , Molecular BioSystems , and PeerJ .

• Bioinformatics
• Biomedical Analytics
• Predictive Modelling
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Antoon Bronselaer is an Assistant Professor at Ghent University's Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. He is an active member of the Database, Document and Content Management (DDCM) research group, focusing on advancing database theory and applications. His research centers on data quality (particularly measurement models and improvement techniques), temporal databases , data fusion , and uncertainty management in databases . Key contributions include measure-theoretic foundations for data quality assessment, dynamical order construction in data fusion, and predicate enrichment techniques for wrapper induction. Analysis of his recent publications reveals consistent innovation in data cleaning algorithms (e.g., Swipe framework), temporal data modeling, and orthographic similarity measures for graph-based text representations. His work increasingly bridges database theory with healthcare applications (e.g., statin-gait relationship studies) and digital humanities (Byzantine epigrams project). No scientific awards are mentioned in the source materials. Dr. Bronselaer's academic guidance includes formal advisees at Ghent University, though specific student names aren't documented in the provided texts. His research is supported through university positions and likely Belgian/Flemish research grants given his publication venues. Current projects involve automated news update analysis, persistent identifier validation, and syntactic interoperability frameworks. He leads research within the DDCM group, specializing in data quality measurement systems and temporal data management solutions. Recent work demonstrates expansion into healthcare data analytics and cultural heritage informatics while maintaining core expertise in database theory.

• Data Quality
• Data Fusion
• Uncertainty Management
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Xavier Devroey is an Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at the Faculty of Computer Science , University of Namur , where he co-leads the SNAIL Team . His research focuses on test automation for search-based and model-based software testing , test suite augmentation , DevOps , and variability-intensive systems . PhD in Computer Science (University of Namur, 2017) Master in Computer Science (University of Namur, 2010) Recent research highlights include: Automated Android safety/security audits (A3S3, 2025) REST API benchmarking infrastructure (2025) Energy consumption analysis through test execution (2025) Fuzzing approaches for Odoo integration testing (FuzzE, 2025) Scientific recognitions: 1st place Java Test Case Generation Tool Competition (2025) VAMOS 2024 Ten-Year Most Influential Paper SSBSE 2020 Best Paper Award ICST 2024 Distinguished Reviewer AST 2023 PC Reviewer Star He actively supervises PhD and master's students while organizing international conferences like ISSTA (2025) and Belgium-Netherlands Software Evolution Workshops (2024).

• Software Engineering
• Test Automation
• Search-Based Testing
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Bart Bogaerts is a Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel , affiliated with the Federated Labs AI and Robotics and the Department of Informatics and Applied Informatics . His research centers on Approximation Theory , Logic Programming , Knowledge Representation , and Constraint Satisfaction Problems , with a focus on formalizing reasoning methods and optimizing computational systems. His recent publications emphasize certified algorithms, semantic web traversal, and formal verification, reflecting collaborations with institutions like KU Leuven and Maastricht University. Key themes include: Algorithm Certification : Integrating Coq for verified logic programming and optimization techniques. Web Technologies : Distributed subweb specifications and query processing frameworks. Nonmonotonic Reasoning : Advancing approximation fixpoint theory in knowledge representation. Scientific recognitions include the AAAI 2022 Distinguished Paper Award and the IJCAI 2021 Distinguished Paper Award . Dr. Bogaerts supervises PhD students such as Samuele Pollaci, Robbe Van Den Eede, and Dirk Vandesande in joint programs with VUB and KU Leuven.

• Approximation Theory
• Semantics
• Constraint Satisfaction Problems
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Nadia Steils is a Lecturer in the Business Administration Department at the Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences, University of Namur (Belgium), with concurrent research affiliation at IAE Lille, University of Lille (France). Her academic home spans CeRCLe, LEM, and CCMS research centers, focusing on the intersection of consumer behavior and digital technologies. Education: PhD in Management Sciences - Marketing (University of Namur & IAE Lille, 2016) Master in Audit, Control, Research and Modeling in Marketing (IAE Lille, 2012) Bachelor in Applied Communications (IHECS Brussels, 2010) Her research centers on consumer e-learning processes , examining how digital interfaces shape knowledge acquisition and purchasing decisions. Specializing in consumer behavior in technology-mediated environments , she investigates the psychological mechanisms behind online learning adoption, gamification effects, and AI-driven service interactions. Recent work critically analyzes transparency paradoxes in influencer marketing and ethical dimensions of explainable AI systems, contributing directly to UN Sustainable Development Goals through consumer education frameworks. Analysis of her 16 research outputs (2013-2025) reveals evolving expertise from foundational e-learning studies toward contemporary AI/consumer behavior intersections. Current publications emphasize human-centric technology design , with strong focus on trust calibration in AI services and ethical implications of algorithmic manipulation. Research Leadership: Principal Investigator for Nestlé-funded social food trends project (2017-2018) Lead researcher on Creative Crowdsourcing knowledge-transfer initiative Key contributor to EU cultural experience knowledge-project Her 24 supervised student projects demonstrate active mentorship in consumer research methodology. Elected to departmental councils at both University of Namur and University of Lille, she shapes academic governance while maintaining rigorous teaching commitments across market research, marketing management, and database systems coursework.

• Consumer Behavior
• E-Learning
• Marketing
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Hendrik Kockaert is Associate Professor at KU Leuven, Faculty of Arts, where he lectures French linguistics, terminology, legal translation and translation technology on the Antwerp campuses, and simultaneously Full Professor & Director of Translation & Interpreting Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar) since 2018. He is also Research Associate at the University of the Free State (South Africa). His research concentrates on terminology management, legal translation, translation-quality assessment, and international ISO terminology standards. He coordinates EU projects, co-developed the CAT/revision platform translationQ , edits the Journal of Internationalisation and Localisation , chairs ISO TC 37 SC 1, and acts as certified ECQA trainer and ISO 17100 auditor for translation services. Recent editorial work includes the 2025 Handbook of Terminology (Arabic edition), the 2023 Handbook of Terminology Vol. 3: Legal Terminology , and special journal issues on ISO standards and ergonomics in translator training. His articles explore legal terminological systems, quality-assessment methods (PIE), globalisation/localisation during COVID-19, and the applicability of ISO standards in institutional settings such as NATO.

• Terminology management
• Legal translation
• Translation quality assessment
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Ayla Rigouts Terryn is an Assistant Professor at KU Leuven, with a focus on language and translation technology. She previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University's LT3 research group. Her research centers on computational terminology, particularly supervised machine learning approaches for monolingual and multilingual automatic term extraction. She developed the open-source ACTER dataset and organized the TermEval shared task, advancing methodologies in data-driven terminology research. Recent publications highlight her work on sequential labelling approaches (2022), hybrid term extraction frameworks (2019), and cross-lingual embeddings (2022). The ACTER dataset (2020) covers corruption, dressage, heart failure, and wind energy domains across English, French, and Dutch. FWO scholarship recipient for her EXTRACT project (2017) She co-lectures on Advanced Website Management at Ghent University, covering CMS development, web design principles, and team dynamics. Her tools, like D-Terminer, demonstrate practical applications of her research.

• Automatic Terminology Extraction
• Machine Learning
• Language and Translation Technology
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Marie-Anne Guerry is a Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium, affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School. She teaches mathematics and earned her PhD in Sciences in 1992. Her research lies at the intersection of Manpower Planning, Markov Chain Models, and HR Analytics, focusing on quantitative Human Resources Planning and empirical studies of career progression. Mathematical Modeling Markov Chain Models Manpower Planning Quantitative Human Resources Planning Career Studies HR-Analytics Her recent publications emphasize military manpower planning using flow network modeling, predictive analytics for employee absenteeism and turnover, optimization of roster quality in staffing systems, and theoretical advancements in Markov chain perturbations and embedding conditions. These works highlight her expertise in applying stochastic processes to practical HR challenges.

• Mathematical Modeling
• Markov Chain Models
• Manpower Planning
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Peter Dawyndt is a Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics at Ghent University's Faculty of Sciences, where he heads the Computational Biology Lab. His research bridges computer science and life sciences through interdisciplinary work on computational applications for (meta)genomics, (meta)proteomics, and educational data mining. The lab actively develops the Unipept platform for metaproteomics biodiversity analysis and the Dodona platform for programming education, demonstrating dual expertise in biological data science and educational technology. His research interests encompass computational biology, bioinformatics, and educational data mining with specific focus on metagenomics, metaproteomics, metatranscriptomics, and data visualization for life sciences applications, alongside learning analytics and educational technology for computer science education. The Unipept platform enables taxonomic analysis of metaproteome samples through tryptic peptide biomarkers, while the Dodona ecosystem includes tools like Dolos for plagiarism detection and Blink for Scratch debugging, all supporting active learning in coding education. Analysis of his 2023-2025 publications reveals two equally prominent research thrusts: advancement of bioinformatics tools (e.g., Unipept's expansion to non-tryptic peptides and metabolic pathway visualization) and innovation in educational technology (e.g., LLM applications for CS1 education and automated code review systems). This dual trajectory highlights his commitment to both fundamental biological discovery and transformative educational practices in computing. No scientific awards were documented in the provided source materials. While specific student advising details and grant information were not explicitly stated, his leadership of the Computational Biology Lab and extensive publication record suggest active mentorship of graduate students and researchers in developing computational tools for biological and educational applications. The Computational Biology Lab operates as an integrated team developing the Unipept and Dodona platform ecosystems. Current projects include enhancing metaproteomics analysis capabilities through missed cleavage support and expanding educational tools for plagiarism detection and virtual co-teaching, reflecting the lab's commitment to open-source software development at the computer science-life sciences education interface.

• Computational Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Computer Science
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Jeroen Deploige is a Full Professor of Medieval History at Ghent University's Department of History within the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy. He serves as Head of the History Department and acts as promoter-spokesperson of the Pirenne Consortium for Medieval Studies, an interdisciplinary research consortium funded by Ghent University. His academic career spans several decades with continuous scholarly contributions to medieval studies. Deploige specializes in the cultural history of Northwestern Europe between the tenth and fifteenth centuries, with particular focus on the perception and performance of social identities in the High Middle Ages. His research combines documentary, narrative and literary sources with methods from philology, narratology and discourse analysis. Key research areas include new urban groups, religious community formation, chivalry, narrative traditions, memory practices, emotions, visionary experiences, and material culture within religious contexts. He has developed significant expertise in Digital Humanities through database projects like Narrative Sources (2009) and Diplomata Belgica (2015), and serves as Ghent University's representative in the Time Machine Organisation. His recent publications demonstrate consistent scholarly output across multiple subfields of medieval studies, with particular emphasis on authorship, hagiography, urban history, and religious culture of the Low Countries. The publications reveal a strong interdisciplinary approach that bridges historical, literary, and digital methodologies. His work shows particular interest in how narratives shape social identities and how religious communities construct meaning through textual and material practices. Fellow of the Flemish Academic Centre for Science and the Arts at the Royal Academy in Brussels (2012) Fellow of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome (2016) Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies at Wesleyan University (2016) Member of the Belgian Commission royale d'Histoire/Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis Deploige has supervised numerous PhD students to completion, including Jeroen De Gussem (2019), Dinah Wouters (2019), Stefan Meysman (2016), Sara Moens (2014), and Bas Diemel (2011). His teaching portfolio includes courses on Medieval History, Public History, Narratology, and Historical Anthropology. He maintains active engagement with cultural heritage institutions as scientific advisor to the Teseum in Tongeren and as member of the advisory board of Museum Ten Duinen in Koksijde. His research projects frequently involve interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple European institutions, reflecting his commitment to advancing medieval studies through both traditional scholarship and innovative digital methodologies.

• Medieval History
• Cultural History of Northwestern Europe
• Public History
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Anastasia Dimou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at KU Leuven's Faculty of Engineering Technology, affiliated with the Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligence (DTAI) research group at the De Nayer Campus in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. Her research centers on semantic web technologies and knowledge graphs, specializing in RDF mapping frameworks (RML), SHACL validation, and knowledge graph generation for machine learning applications. She develops methods for heterogeneous data integration, stream processing, and ensuring data quality through rule-based validation and inconsistency resolution. Recent publications (2019-2023) demonstrate expertise in RML ontology design, SHACL validation techniques, and systematic reviews of RDF graph generation. Key projects include 'Knowledge Graphs for Machine Learning Data Management' (2021-2023) and 'Knowledge Graphs for Data Integration' (2022-2026), focusing on scalable knowledge graph applications. Dr. Dimou serves on the Council of the Faculty of Engineering Technology, the Computer Science Department Council, and the POC Elektronica-ICT for the Faculty of Industrial Engineering Sciences, contributing to institutional governance and academic strategy. As part of DTAI, she collaborates on declarative language applications in artificial intelligence, with teaching responsibilities spanning Web AI, Data Engineering, and Knowledge Graph courses that bridge theoretical research with practical implementation.

• Semantic Web
• Knowledge Graphs
• Data Integration
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Jo Van Bulck is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at KU Leuven's Faculty of Engineering Science, where he leads research in the Distributed and Secure Software (DistriNet) lab. His work focuses on security at the hardware-software boundary, particularly examining trusted execution environments and microarchitectural side-channel vulnerabilities. Dr. Van Bulck completed his Master's thesis on 'Secure Resource Sharing for Embedded Protected Module Architectures' at KU Leuven in 2015, receiving both the VASCO and BELCLIV thesis awards. He earned his PhD in 2020 with the dissertation 'Microarchitectural Side-Channel Attacks for Privileged Software Adversaries,' which received multiple prestigious awards including the ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award, ERCIM STM PhD Award, and FWO/IBM Innovation Award. His research primarily investigates vulnerabilities in trusted execution environments like Intel SGX, with seminal work on attacks such as Foreshadow, LVI, and ZombieLoad. His publications consistently appear in top security venues including IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, and ACM CCS. His research group has made significant contributions to understanding memory isolation failures, interrupt handling vulnerabilities, and developing principled approaches to validate enclave security properties. Dr. Van Bulck's work has profoundly impacted both academia and industry, with multiple CVE assignments for discovered vulnerabilities and direct influence on hardware and software security practices. His recent research focuses on extending security principles to low-end microcontrollers and developing automated validation frameworks for trusted execution environments. ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award (2021) FWO/IBM Innovation Award (2021) ERCIM WG STM Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2021) Best Paper with Artifacts Award (SysTEX 2025) Distinguished Paper Award (EuroS&P 2025) Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition and Impact Award (ACSAC 2023) Dr. Van Bulck advises multiple PhD students including Márton Bognár (completed 2025) and Fritz Alder (completed 2023), and regularly supervises numerous master's theses. He leads several major research projects including 'Cross-Layer Systems Security for Trusted Execution Environments' (2025-2029) and 'Trustworthy Execution Environments for Secure Computing' (2024-2029). His research has been supported by competitive funding from KU Leuven and collaborative industry partnerships. As a member of the Council of the Faculty of Engineering Science, Dr. Van Bulck actively contributes to academic governance. He maintains the DistriNet research group's focus on practical security research with real-world impact, evidenced by numerous open-source contributions including the influential SGX-Step framework. His work bridges theoretical security principles with practical implementation challenges in modern computing systems.

• Trusted Execution Environments
• Hardware-Software Boundary Security
• Microarchitectural Side-Channel Attacks
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Moussa Amrani is a researcher with expertise in Model-Driven Engineering , Artificial Intelligence , and Database Performance Testing . His work contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in advancing technological innovation and systems modeling. He collaborates with scholars like P.-Y. Schobbens and participates in projects such as CoTu: Erasmus+ICM for Higher Education Mobility and THCS: Testing Highly-configurable Systems . His research interests span Model Federation , UAV Coordination , and Machine Learning Applications in Databases . Recent publications highlight trends in federative model management, autonomous drone control in dynamic environments, and enhancing reproducibility in database testing. These works reflect interdisciplinary efforts bridging Computer Science , Cyber-Physical Systems , and Software Engineering . Collaborations : Active in international research groups (e.g., VeriLearn, MPM4CPS) with focus on AI verification and model-driven approaches. Research Themes : Model transformations, configurability in systems, and real-time coordination mechanisms.

• Model-Driven Engineering
• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence
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