Name Responsible Activity "Research Unit of Pastoral and Empirical Theology" "Hans Geybels" "This Research centre consists of the Liturgical Studies Institute and the Academic Centre for Practical Theology.PASTORAL THEOLOGY - Religion in Contemporary Society - New Religious Movements and Trends - Contemporary Church Life - Catholic Church Personnel - Christian Witness and Communication of Faith - Pastoral Supervision - Training of Pastoral Workers in Parishes, Schools, Health care organizations etc... Catholic School: achieved in 1998: publication in English of 'The Management and leadership of Christians Schools'. Groot- Bijgaarden/Rome, 1998, 470pp. SACRAMENTOLOGY & LITURGY - Historical Research - Theology of Sacraments and Liturgy - Liturgy and Pastoral care - Postmodern Sacramento-theology: two colloquia are programmes:1) Flanders & Vliebergh Courses in august 1999; 2) International congres in November 1999. CATECHESIS AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - Fundamental Catechetics - History of Catechesis - Religious Education Programmes in Schools - Religious Education of Adults and Communication of Faith in families - Training of Catechists and Teachers of Religion - Multimedia and Religious Formation: achieved in 1998: 1)publication of a book by H. Lombaerts & H. Roebben (Ed.), 'Gods Website', Acco Leuven 1998, 214 pp. 2)Creation of a website on the internet: http//www.kuleuven.ac.be/godinet for the initial and ongoing training of teachers of Religions, introducing a new didactical/educational concept. MISSIOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE RELIGION - Anthropology of Religion and Religious Anthropology - History and Theology of the Third Church - Theology of Non-Christian Religions - World Religions - Christianity and Asian Religions" "Co-Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (Cosys-Lab)" "Paul De Meulenaere" "The activities of CoSys-Lab are situated in the emerging technologies of ubiquitous systems, ambient intelligence, embedded systems, sensor processing, etc. Our lab addresses software, application and system design in these domains, thereby taking care of the fact that the design of such systems inevitably must comply to constraints such as limited performance, cost, safety, energy consumption, and so on. To focus its research activities, CoSys-Lab will in first instance work in the following domains: - Embedded programming - Sensor processing - Distributed systems CoSys-Lab contributes in the application fields of: health care, localization, automotive, embedded systems, domotics, the Internet of Things, …" "Faculty of Sciences" "The Faculty of Science organizes education, research and services within the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Informatics, Statistics and Mathematics. This is done within the academic context and values of Hasselt University. The faculty strives to train students and young researchers in this context to scientists of the future with clear social responsibility. The faculty aims to create an environment in which students, researchers and staff can develop to a level of excellence through optimal, interdisciplinary collaboration within and outside the faculty and university. Attention is paid to knowledge versus skills both in education and research; Inspiration versus creativity; Regional anchoring versus international context; Fundamental versus applied research (valorization). In addition to theoretical research groups, a number of spearhead domains have been combined in research institutes. This must lead to a high-quality level, which focuses on innovation and sustainability." "Computer Science Technology, Ghent and Aalst Technology Campuses" "MSEC-DistriNet is active in the domain of distributed applications with a major focus on software security technologies and software for next-generation Internet-of-Things environments. Research focuses on the design, development and analysis of advanced applications and software ecosystems, while closing the gap between academic research and industrial applications. The research group has gained expertise in many key technologies in the field of distributed systems and security.  A major interest is on software architectures and middleware to build sustainable Internet-of-Things ecosystems, thereby embracing advanced non-functional concerns like flexibility, maintainability and security/privacy.  Within the domain of security, the group focuses on the integration of complex building blocks for security and privacy in advanced electronic services.  Examples are advanced authentication technologies, privacy enhancing technologies, hardware backed platforms for increased security, identity management technologies and mechanisms for secure storage.  The research also focuses on system level approaches to inspect the security in complex systems such as IoT environments, industrial control systems and critical infrastructure." "Leuven Centre on Information and Communication Technology" "Dominique Schreurs" "The LICT Center bundles the complementary expertise of (electronic) engineers, computer scientists, sociologists and law experts all active in the area of ICT, being it hardware, software, or related legal and social aspects.The research activities of the center can be classified in 8 research lines.- Analog, Mixed-Signal & RF building blocks- Circuits & Systems for Sensing & Communications- Embedded Hardware and Software- Distributed Software- ICT Security & Safety- Multimedia Processing- Human-Computer Interaction- Data & Knowledge Science.The different research lines come together in cross-technology themes like “Green ICT”, “Big Data” and “Internet-of-Things” and find their application in domains like ""Health, Sports and Ambient Assisted Living"", “Smart Environments (Buildings, Cities, Industry, ...)”, “Media & Content”, “Transport, Logistics & Automotive”, ""Learning"" and ""Agriculture & Food""." "Internet Data Lab (IDLab)" "Erik Mannens" "IDLab performs fundamental and applied research on internet technologies and data science. IDLab is a joint research initiative between the University of Antwerp and Ghent University. Within Antwerp, IDLab (85 members) specifically focuses on wireless networking (in collaboration with Ghent) and distributed intelligence. IDLab has a unique research infrastructure used in numerous national and international collaborations. IDLab collaborates with many universities and research centres worldwide and jointly develops advanced technologies with industry (R&D centers from international companies, Flanders' top innovating large companies and SME's, as well as numerous ambitious startups). IDLab is a core research group of imec and a significant part of IDLab research activities are embedded in the University of Antwerp. More specifically, the research on wireless networking is a joint activity between the University of Antwerp and Ghent University. IDLab is the integration of the former research groups DSLab, IBCN and MOSAIC and counts about 300 members (40 professors, 50 post docs, 200 researchers, 15 support staff members). The professors teach a wide variety of courses." "Expertise Centre for Digital Media" "Frank VAN REETH" "The EDM performs research in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), with a mind for possible applications in industry or society.The core competence areas of EDM are:Visual Computing, with special attention to image and video based visualization, modeling, rendering and animationHuman-Computer Interaction (HCI), investigating multi-modal interaction in 3D virtual environments, context-sensitive and adaptive user interfaces, interactive collaborative workspaces, model-based user interfaces and finally user-centered software engineering;Multimedia networking, situated mainly in networked virtual environments, large scale virtual communities and interactive multimedia systems.The EDM participates in iMinds, the Flemish Strategic Research Centre for ICT." "Computer Science Technology, Bruges Campus" "Research topics of the unit are:Test driven development of embedded softwareTesting for Simultaneous software executionFunctional Security of Embedded SoftwareResilience of Embedded Software in Interference-Sensitive Environments" "Electrical Engineering Technology (ESAT), Bruges Campus" "The TC Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Bruges Campus is part of the M-Group (Mechatronics Group) at KU Leuven, Bruges Campus. The M-Group is focused on the growing demand, by builders and users, for machines and systems to more advanced and fully integrated mechatronic systems. Competences on mechatronics at the Bruges Campus were brought together to in a group of broad and highly complementary expertise. The M-Group addresses the rising unmet market need for more innovative and practical targeted mechatronic developments. This in close contact with the companies through (i) small consultancy assignments, (ii) longer-term innovation projects towards implementation of technology or (iii) more fundamental research projects. The group is true to the mechatronic approach, in which interdisciplinary design takes place with a view to the whole, and not just the sub-aspects - holistic design, in which the part to be designed is seen as part of a larger system.Within the M-Group, the TC Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Bruges Campus focuses on dependable electical and electronic systems. We're witnessing how the amount of electronics is exploding in an increasing number of applications. Sensors, communication and control systems are becoming ubiquitous. Vehicles, medical devices, machines, etc. are made more intelligent and connected to the internet. While this trend - denoted with terms like “Industry 4.0” and ""Internet-of-Things"" - clearly provides huge benefits, it also presents major challenges as there will be more reliance on both hard- and software to operate complex systems safely and reliably under all possible conditions and over the entire life-cycle. The functionality of mechatronic components can be degraded by many different environmental conditions, which may accelerate aging as well as cause acute failures. Unfortunately, all electronics-based devices are increasingly vulnerable to environmental stresses, thereby warranting concerns about the combined short- and long-term effects of high/low temperatures, vibrations, humidity, electromagnetic interference, etc.Therefore, as one of its key pillars, the M-Group of KU Leuven wants to focus on the design, development and validation of dependable electrical/electronic/programmable electronic systems. Here, “dependability” is defined as the ability of a system to provide its services in a way that can defensibly be trusted. This includes, amongst others, reliability, availability, robustness & safety. More concrete research topics include: EMC/EMI, System Safety, Highly Accelerated Lifetime Testing or HALT, virtual and physical reliability testing, mission- and safety-critical electronic systems, fault-tolerant and fail-operational hardware design, risk-and-hazard analysis and management. " "Multimodality, Interaction and Discourse, Leuven" "Bert Oben" "Multimodality, Interaction and Discourse, Campus Leuven."