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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)
- Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) on
Model-based Systems Engineering for Digital Twin System (3 ECSTS credits).
Online (October - December 2024) and at the University of Antwerp, Belgium (24 - 29 November 2024).
- The first International Workshop on
Models for Simulation (M4S).
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. 3 December 2024.
Co-located with PoEM 2024.
- The 17th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the
Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM 2024).
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. 3 - 5 December 2024.
- The 57th Winter Simulation Conference (WSC'2024).
Orlando, FL, USA. 15 - 18 December 2024.
- The fourth Winter Modelling Meeting (WMM 2025).
San Vigilio di Marebbe, Italy. 1 - 8 February 2025.
- Using Multi-* Modelling to Manage Complexity in Systems Engineering.
NII Shonan Meeting No. 219. Shonan Village Center, Japan. 10 - 14 March 2025.
- The 28th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference.
Lyon, France. 31 March - 3 April 2025.
- Intensive training programme on Digital Twins.
San Grasso Institute, l'Aquila, Italy.
19 - 23 May 2025.
- The 2025 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM’25).
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. 26 - 29 May 2025.
- The 21st European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA 2025).
Koblenz, Germany. 10 - 11 June 2025.
Part of STAF 2025.
- The 18th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE 2025).
Koblenz, Germany. 12 - 13 June 2025.
Co-located with STAF 2025.
- Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations (STAF 2025).
Koblenz, Germany. 10 - 13 June 2025.
- The 15th International Conference on
Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications (SIMULTECH 2025). Bilbao, Spain. 12 - 14 June 2024.
- The 39th ACM SIGSIM Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (SIGSIM-PADS '25).
Santa Fe institute, NM, USA. 23 - 26 June 2025.
- The 35th Annual INCOSE International Symposium.
Ottawa, Canada. 26 - 31 July 2025.
- The 28th Forum on specification and Design Languages (FDL).
Kaiserslautern, Germany. September 2025.
- The 29th Forum on specification and Design Languages (FDL).
Antwerp, Belgium. September 2026.
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