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• On Computational Models of Evolution, Adaptation and Disease in Large Elastic Arteries: A Mechanobiological Perspective

  Oct 16

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Yousof Mohamad Assaad Abdel-Raouf

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: biomedische ingenieurstechnieken

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Patrick Segers, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - prof. Patrick Sips, vakgroep Biomoleculaire Geneeskunde - prof. Nele Famaey, KU Leuven & vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen

• From Voice to Vector: Design, Training and Applications of Speaker Embeddings

  Oct 19

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Jenthe Thienpondt

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Kris Demuynck, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - prof. Nilesh Madhu, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen

• Toward DNN-Based Compensation Strategies for Hearing Deficits in Aging and Sensorineural Hearing Loss

  Oct 23

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Marjoleen Wouters

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: biomedische ingenieurstechnieken

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Sarah Verhulst, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Study of the Formation of Carbon-Based Materials during Plasma-Assisted CH4 Pyrolysis in a Gliding Arc Discharge

  Oct 23

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Yuan Tian

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste natuurkunde (UGent) & Docteur en Sciences Chimiques (Université de Mons)

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Nathalie De Geyter, vakgroep Toegepaste Fysica - prof. Rony Snyders, Université de Mons

• Molecular Simulations of the Selective Capture of Volatile Organic Compounds by Porous Materials

  Oct 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Sabrina Grigoletto

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste natuurkunde & Doctorat en Chimie théorique et modélisation (Université de Montpellier)

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Veronique Van Speybroeck, vakgroep Toegepaste Fysica & vakgroep Fysica en Sterrenkunde - prof. Guillaume Maurin, Université de Montpelliel (Frankrijk) - prof. Louis Vanduyfhuys, vakgroep Toegepaste Fysica

• Biologically-Inspired Oscillatory Systems for Perceptual and Cognitive Temporal Processing

  Oct 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Zhongju Yuan

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Dick Botteldooren, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Geraint Wiggins, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• Analysis and Enhancement of Monte Carlo Tree Search Techniques for Energy Applications

  Oct 27

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Fabio Pavirani

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Chris Develder, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Bert Claessens, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Smoke-Flow Dynamics and Ventilation Control in Underground Station Entrance/Exit Passageways

  Oct 28

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Zekun Li

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: Fire Safety Engineering

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Bart Merci, UGent vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - prof. Yong Cheng, Chongqing University (China) - dr. ir. Georgios Maragkos, UGent vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen prof. Miaocheng Weng (Chongqing University, China)"

• Hybrid Computational Methods for 6G Exposure Assessment

  Oct 28

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Robin Wydaeghe

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste natuurkunde

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Wout Joseph, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Emmeric Tanghe, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• The Role of Physiology in Transparent Human-Centered Virtual Reality

  Oct 29

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Mohammad Javad Sameri

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen (UGent) & Doctor in de industriële ingenieurswetenschappen (KU Leuven)

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Filip De Turck, UGent vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Maria Torres Vega, KU Leuven

• Crack Initiation Mechanisms and Lifetime Prediction of Fretting Fatigue in Dovetail Joint

  Oct 29

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Qiqi Xiao

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Magd Abdel Wahab, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering

• Integrated Thin-Tilm Strontium Titanate as Pockels Material for Cryogenic Quantum Photonics

  Oct 30

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Anja Irene Ulrich

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: fotonica

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Bart Kuyken, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Christian Haffner, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Digital Dual-Loop Clock and Data Recovery Circuit for Distributed Wireless Networks

  Oct 30

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Achim Vandierendonck

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: elektrotechniek

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Guy Torfs, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Johan Bauwelinck, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Data Ecosystems as a Viable Solution to Interorganizational Data Sharing?

  Nov 05

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Maarten de Mildt

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Sofie Verbrugge, vakgroep Informatietechnologie & vakgroep Industriële Systemen en Productontwerp - prof. Didier Colle, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Variational Autoencoders for Shape Synthesis and Counterfactual Explanation

  Nov 10

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Nicolas Vercheval

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: wiskundige ingenieurstechnieken

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Aleksandra Pizurica, vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking - prof. Hendrik De Bie, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen

• LiDAR-Camera Fusion for Mobile 3D Reconstruction

  Nov 10

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Laurens Diels

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Hiep Luong, vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking - dr. ir. Michiel Vlaminck, vakgroep Telecommunicatie en Informatieverwerking

• A Meshfree Stabilized Collocation Method and Its Application to Large Deformation of Hydrogel and Korteweg–de Vries Equations

  Nov 12

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Zhiyuan Xue

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: werktuigkunde-elektrotechniek

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Magd Abdel Wahab, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering - prof. Lihua Wang, vakgroep Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering

• Empirical Study of Adversarial Reverse Engineering: Tool-Agnostic Observation and Student-Based Experimentation

  Nov 12

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Tianyi Zhang

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Bjorn De Sutter, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen - prof. Bart Coppens, vakgroep Elektronica en Informatiesystemen

• Bayesian Machine Learning for Accurate Characterization of Radioactive Waste

  Nov 12

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Víctor José Casas Molina

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: computerwetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Ivo Couckuyt, vakgroep Informatietechnologie - prof. Tom Dhaene, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Bio-Inspired Applications for Binaural and Machine Hearing

  Nov 13

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Chuan Wen

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: elektrotechniek

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Sarah Verhulst, vakgroep Informatietechnologie

• Shear Transfer of Concrete Joints in Precast Bridges: Cross-Scale Characterization and Modelling Methods

  Nov 16

  Faculty

  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

  Doctoral candidate

  Mingzhu Chen

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde

  Promotor(s)

  prof. Wouter De Corte, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen - em. prof. Luc Taerwe, vakgroep Bouwkundige Constructies en Bouwmaterialen