Joost Vennekens

Embedded and Artificially intelligent VISion Engineering, a multidisciplinary research group based at Campus De Nayer in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium, focusing on applications of advanced computer vision and artificial intelligence, bridging the valley of death between academics and industry. EAVISE is a research group of KU Leuven and Thomas More Technical University. The vision part of EAVISE is integrated with PSI. The Artificial Intelligence part of EAVISE is integrated with DTAI. The research goal of EAVISE is applying state-of-the-art computer vision techniques as a solution for industry-specific vision problems. In order to meet stringent execution speed, energy footprint, cost and price requirements, the developed algorithms are implemented and optimized on embedded systems, such as GPUs, DSPs and FPGAs. Application areas include industrial automation, product inspection, traffic monitoring, e-health, agriculture, eye-tracking research, microscopic imaging, surveillance and land surveying.

BNVKI stands for “BeNeLux Vereniging voor Kunstmatige Intelligentie”, which translates to the “Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence”. The aim of the BNVKI is to stimulate research on, and the application and education of Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as the dissemination of knowledge about AI. BNVKI was founded in 1981, as the NVKI, by 19 enthousiastic AI-researchers. After an energetic start and a short sleep, the association took new initiatives in 1987. In 1998, the Dutch and the Belgian AI Associations merged, and the association was renamed to BNVKI-AIABN. In 2008, the association welcomed Luxembourg as the third of the Benelux nations, and renamed itself “BNVKI-AIABN: Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence”. Since 2002 (Utrecht), the BNVKI endorses BNAIS, a yearly symposium for (Bachelor and Master-level) AI students. For more information see the BNVKI webpage.

Embedded and Artificially intelligent VISion Engineering, a multidisciplinary research group based at Campus De Nayer in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium, focusing on applications of advanced computer vision and artificial intelligence, bridging the valley of death between academics and industry. EAVISE is a research group of KU Leuven and Thomas More Technical University. The vision part of EAVISE is integrated with PSI. The Artificial Intelligence part of EAVISE is integrated with DTAI. The research goal of EAVISE is applying state-of-the-art computer vision techniques as a solution for industry-specific vision problems. In order to meet stringent execution speed, energy footprint, cost and price requirements, the developed algorithms are implemented and optimized on embedded systems, such as GPUs, DSPs and FPGAs. Application areas include industrial automation, product inspection, traffic monitoring, e-health, agriculture, eye-tracking research, microscopic imaging, surveillance and land surveying.