Berend Jan van der Zwaag

Berend Jan van der Zwaag is an Assistant Professor at Universiteit Twente, affiliated with the Sensors and Smart Systems Research Centre. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to sustainable industry and innovation. He focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-physical systems, and Machine Learning applications in sensor networks and inertial measurement systems.

Research interests include equine gait analysis using IMU sensors, machine health monitoring through ontology-based frameworks, and wireless sensor network design. Notable projects include the EquiMoves system for objective horse gait examination and an ontology framework for smart product-service systems in industrial IoT.

Recent work emphasizes terrain classification for equine systems, gait event estimation, and speed estimation using body-mounted sensors. His publications span conferences like IEEE DCOSS-IoT and journals like Sensors and IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

• Accepting PhD Students
• Key collaborator: Prof. Paul Havinga (Twente)
• Research partnerships in Netherlands and international institutions