Researchers & staff

Directors

Ann Nowé

Professor, Head of Lab
ann.nowe@vub.be
+32 2 629 38 61

Bernard Manderick

Professor, Lab Director
bmanderi@vub.ac.be
+ 32 2 629 35 24

Professors

Bart de Boer

Professor
bart.de.boer@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 3755

Geraint Wiggins

Professor
geraint@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 1227

Tom Lenaerts

Professor
Tom.Lenaerts@vub.be
+32 2 650 60 04

Bart Bogaerts

Professor
bart.bogaerts@vub.be
+32 2 629 37 06

Johan Loeckx

Lab Manager, Professor
jloeckx@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 35 43 // +32 486 37 98 71

Wim Vranken

Professor
wim.vranken@vub.be
+32 2 629 19 52

Professor Emeritus

Luc Steels

Professor Emeritus
steels@ai.vub.ac.be

Supporting Staff

Hans De Canck

Manager AI Experience Center
hans.de.canck@vub.be
+32 478 41 85 16

Leander Schietgat

Research & Innovation Manager
leander.schietgat@vub.be
+32 2 629 1241

Marjon Blondeel

AI R&D Developer
marjon.blondeel@vub.be

Anne Snel

Lifelong Learning & Training Coordinator
anne.snel@vub.be

Gill Balcaen

Business Developer
gill.balcaen@vub.be

Lara Mennes

Administration
lmennes@vub.ac.be

Cross-faculty members

Ann Dooms

Professor at Digital Mathematics
ann.dooms@vub.be
+ 32 2 6293488

Tias Guns

Professor at Data Analytics Lab
tias.guns@vub.be
+32 2 614 83 21

Kurt Barbé

Professor at Digital Mathematics
kbarbe@vub.ac.be
+32 2 6293494

Vincent Ginis

Professor at Data Analytics Lab
vincent.ginis@vub.be
+32 2 614 83 39

Senior Researchers

Andrea Ravignani

Post-doctoral researcher
andrea.ravignani@gmail.com

Corneliu Cofaru

Post-doctoral researcher
corneliu.cofaru@vub.be

Denis Steckelmacher

PhD Student
dsteckel@ai.vub.ac.be

Heikki Rasilo

Post-doctoral researcher
hrasilo@ai.vub.ac.be

Isel Grau

Post-doctoral researcher
igraugar@vub.ac.be

Jelena Grujic

Post-doctoral researcher and Assistant Professor
jgrujic@vub.ac.be

Leticia Arco García

Post-doctoral researcher
larcogar@vub.be

Nick Harley

Post-doctoral researcher
njharley@ai.vub.ac.be

Tom Willaert

Post-doctoral researcher
tom@ai.vub.ac.be
Diederik Roijers

Diederik Roijers

Post-doctoral researcher
zandloper@gmail.com

Elias Fernández

Post-doctoral researcher
elias.fernandez.domingos@vub.be

Felipe Gomez Marulanda

Post-doctoral researcher
felipe.gomez.marulanda@vub.ac.be

Katrien Beuls

Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer
katrien@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 37 01

Kyriakos Efthymiadis

Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer
kyriakos.efthymiadis@vub.be

Limor Raviv

Post-doctoral researcher
limor.raviv@mail.huji.ac.il

Paul Van Eecke

Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer
paul@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 37 01

Pieter Libin

Post-doctoral researcher
plibin@ai.vub.ac.be

Timothy Verstraeten

PhD Student
timothy.verstraeten@vub.ac.be

Researchers

Arnau Dillen

PhD Student
arnau.dillen@vub.be

Arno Moonens

PhD Student
amoonens@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 29 64

Bowen Liu

PhD student
bowen.liu@ai.vub.ac.be

Eladio Montero

PhD Student
eladio.montero@vub.be

Eugenio Bargiacchi

PhD Student
ebargiac@ai.vub.ac.be

delgrange.me

Florent Delgrange

PhD Student
florent.delgrange@ai.vub.ac.be

Katie Mudd

katie.mudd@ai.vub.ac.be

Koen de Reus

PhD student
koen.de.reus@vub.be

Mathieu Reymond

PhD student
mreymond@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 29 64

Peter Dekker

PhD student
peter.dekker@ai.vub.ac.be

Younes Zeboudj

PhD Student
younes.zeboudj@vub.be

Youri Coppens

Joint PhD Student (VUB-ULB)
yocoppen@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 29 64

Arthur Vandenhoeke

PhD Student
avandenhoeke@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 (0)470 43 52 72

Axel Abels

Joint PhD Student (ULB-VUB)
aabels@ulb.ac.be

Fabian Perez-Sanjines

PhD Student
fabian@ai.vub.ac.be

Fabjola Braho

Researcher
fabjola.braho@vub.be

Hélène Plisnier

PhD Student
helene.plisnier@vub.be

Jens Nevens

PhD Student
jens@ai.vub.ac.be

Lara Verheyen

lara.verheyen@ai.vub.ac.be

Marnix Van Soom

PhD Student
marnix@ai.vub.ac.be

Oliver Roesler

PhD Student
oroesler@ai.vub.ac.be

avalos.fr

Raphael Avalos

PhD Student
raphael.avalos@vub.be

Roxana Rădulescu

PhD Student
roxana@ai.vub.ac.be

Yannick Jadoul

PhD Student
yannick.jadoul@ai.vub.ac.be
+32 2 629 35 18

Developers

Jérôme Botoko Ekila

Developer
jerome@ai.vub.ac.be
Senne Deproost

Senne Deproost

Developer
senne.deproost@vub.be
+32 471 71 51 50

Jeroen Van Soest

Developer
jeroen.van.soest@vub.be
Former members