Hasselt, Flemish Region, Belgium
Ever since my first course on image processing at the University of Leuven I was hooked. As a result I completed a master thesis on multi-view 3D reconstruction at the University of Oxford and joined the computer vision group Visics-PSI of the University of Leuven where I defended my Phd on Augmented Reality. As co-founder and previous CTO of Apixa I enjoyed working with a large variety of technologies ranging from 3D imaging, photogrammetry, mobile mapping, digital holography, interferometry, deflectometry, hyperspectral imaging, deeplearning, .... and many more. I like to question, challenge and am a critical investigator. To quote Robert Half "Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers".
Since 2007 APIXA (formerly Vision++) has been active in a large variety of fields. Besides the overall experience gained from managing such diverse projects, the following shortlist highlights some of my personal hands-on technical contributions in these diverse fields. Agriculture and Food industry + Multispectral anomaly detection + Hyperspectral detection of coffee mixtures + Hyperspectral detection of adulteration in high value spices + Hyperspectral detection of frozen versus fresh meats + Hyperspectral calibration + Package quality inspection Logistics and Factory Automation + Random Bin and Order picking + Warehouse barcode automation + Autonomous robotic box unloading from sea containers + Crate inspection Steel industry + Dent and scratch detection based on deflectometry + Oxide surface inspection Wood industry + 3D inspection of tree logs + 3D inspection of OSB form line Diamond industry + 3D rough-diamond measurements for yield optimization Security and Insurance + Intrusion detection based on fusion of 3D and infrared imaging + Hail damage inspection using deflectometry Photogrammetry + 3D reconstruction pipeline for UAVs + Groundbased urban mobile mapping Electronics + Investigation of hyperspectral applications for smartphones + Integrated circuit inspection based on interferometry Infrastructure + High speed camera and laser recording for railway infrastructure inspection Medical + Lens free imaging of cells based on digital holography