Name Activity "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." "ICT & Software Engineering" "Companies keen to innovate can draw on Sirris's 60 years and more of expertise in five core technological domains. We have 140 engineers, scientists and technicians exploring the possibilities created by innovative technologies. Our winning combination of the right experts, high-tech infrastructure for research, and testing and an extensive network of partners can open up the way to innovation for your company, too." "Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab" "Companies keen to innovate can draw on Sirris's 60 years and more of expertise in five core technological domains. We have 140 engineers, scientists and technicians exploring the possibilities created by innovative technologies. Our winning combination of the right experts, high-tech infrastructure for research, and testing and an extensive network of partners can open up the way to innovation for your company, too." "Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics" "An overview of our main research groups are:Robot-Assisted Surgery, autonomous Systems,  industrial Robotics and Mechantronics, assistive Robotics, Estimation, Control and Optimization and Robot and Machine Programming." "Software Languages Lab" "Wolfgang De Meuter" "The Software Languages Lab is a research lab within the Department of Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Broadly speaking, the lab is active in the domains of software engineering and programming language engineering. It is our mission to design and implement better languages to support the software engineering life cycle. This includes programming languages, design languages, meta languages, modeling languages, domain specific languages, etc. The lab is very active in teaching, and its predecessors PROG and SSEL, took a leading role in the design of the VUB Bachelor and Master programmes in Computer Science. Throughout the years, the Software Languages Lab has been disseminating its didactic values in the international EMOOSE programme. More recently, in UbiLab, we try to project these didactic values onto teaching embedded and ubiquitous systems." "Web and Information System Engineering" "Olga De Troyer" "The WISE lab is a research unit of the department of Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It was founded in 1998 by Prof. dr. Olga De Troyer. Currently WISE comprises the research activities of Prof. Dr. Olga De Troyer and Prof. Dr. Beat Signer.Over the years, the focus of the research evolved from traditional web and information systems to innovative and intelligible information systems. Broadly speaking, the research topics are divided into three tracks:Design & DevelopmentIn this track we investigate innovative and intelligent engineering methodologies for the rapid prototyping and efficient realization of the systems in an interdisciplinary context. For this, we consider, among others, domain-specific as well as visual modeling languages.  There is a strong emphasis on conceptual modeling, semantics, and reasoning on designs. We also develop reusable software frameworks, development tools, and end user authoring tools.Human InteractionThe research in this track concentrates on innovative and intelligible human-computer interaction for information systems. This includes multimodal and multi-touch interaction, as well as tangible interaction, interactive paper, virtual reality and augmented reality. Furthermore, we investigate intelligent context adaptivity and personalization of the interaction, as well as persuasive techniques, gamification and serious games.Innovative and Intelligent information processingThis track includes research topics such as large-scale data analytics, visual analytics, and information visualization, as well as research on specific information processing applications, such as document engineering, personal information management, e-learning, and serious games.Read more on the website of the Web and Information Systems Engineering Lab."