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Research
I am interested in the modelling and simulation
based analysis and design of complex, cyber-physical systems.
In the Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab (MSDL),
we study the theory
of Multi-Paradigm Modelling (MPM) and build tools to support the design
and implementation of such complex systems.
The MSDL is part of the AnSyMo (Antwerp Systems and software Modelling) group
in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science of
the University of Antwerp,
Antwerp, Belgium.
AnSyMo is a Core Research Lab of
Flanders Make,
the strategic research centre for the Flemish manufacturing industry.
I am also a founding member of the
NEXOR
Industrial Research Fund (IOF) Consortium on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) of which AnSyMo/CoSys-Lab is a part.
I work closely with colleagues in the School of Computer Science
of McGill University in
Montréal,
Québec,
Canada, the main location of MSDL 2000 - 2010.
The MSDL has (had) projects, researchers and students in both locations.
For more details, follow the research link.
I was the chair 2014 - 2019 of the EU COST Action IC1404 "Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems"
(MPM4CPS). Though the EU funding has ended, the participants still actively continue the
research we started during this exciting Action.
We now work on a general framework for the design of Digital Twins, and apply this in very diverse domains,
from mechatronic/production systems to the complex Antwerp harbour ecosystem.
Lately, I also enjoy working on supporting collaborative/concurrent
modelling/engineering and on building the next generation of analog computers.
In the 90s, I worked on my PhD under the supervision of Prof. Ghi(slain) Vansteenkiste at biomath,
the Department for Applied Mathematics and Process Control, at Ghent University (formely known as
Rijksuniversiteit Gent -- RUG). My website there (one of the first in Belgium in the early days of the WWW) on
hobbes.rug.ac.be, the department server (a Silicon Graphics Indigo with a MIPS R4000 processor) I managed for almost a decade is copied
here (many links are now broken). The most notable blast from the past is the
Simulation in Europe (SiE) ESPRIT Basic Research Working Group 8467
"Simulation for the Future: New Concepts, Tools and Applications".
Have a look at an overview of all the Multi-Paradigm Modelling (MPM)-related events we organized over the years.
Have a look at my rules/guidelines for an ideal tutorial.
Modelling/Simulation/Design Conferences/Workshops
(past events are here)
- The 19th International Conference on Semantic Systems (Semantics 2023). Leipzig, Germany. 20 - 22 September 2023.
- The ACM/IEEE 26th International Conference on
Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2023).
Västerås, Sweden. 1 - 6 October 2023.
- The fifth International Workshop on Multi-Paradigm Modelling for Cyber-Physical Systems (MPM4CPS).
Part of MoDELS 2023. October 2023.
- Flanders Make Symposium. Nekkerhal, Mechelen, Belgium. 24 October 2023.
- The second International Symposium on
Model-based Systems Engineering and Digital Engineering (MBSE&DE 2023).
Beijing, China. 28 - 29 October 2023.
- The 56th Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'2023).
San Antonio, TX, USA. 10 - 13 December 2023.
- The 27th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference. Valencia, Spain. 25 - 27 March 2024.
- The 18th Annual IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon'24).
Montreal, QC, Canada. April 2024.
- The 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2024).
Hyderabad, India. 4 - 8 June 2024.
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