Beat Signer
@beatsigner.com
Professor of Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) researching cross-media technologies and human-information interaction. Wildlife photographer. 🦁🐘 Alumnus of ETH Zurich.
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Today, Jan Boonants, our new colleague in the WISE lab, got his Master's diploma at Grand Place. [image source: VUB live stream]
#VUB #ClassOf2025 #Brussels
#VUB #ClassOf2025 #Brussels
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today, Jan Boonants, our new colleague in the WISE lab, got his Master's diploma at Grand Place. [image source: VUB live stream]
#VUB #ClassOf2025 #Brussels
#VUB #ClassOf2025 #Brussels
This week, I started the academic year with the first lecture of my course on Human-Computer Interaction. It always makes me feel slightly old when I show the students a screenshot of the Magic Desk application and tell them that I "used" it on my Commodore 64 :-)
#computerscience #CS #HCI #C64
#computerscience #CS #HCI #C64
Introduction - Lecture 1 - Human-Computer Interaction (1023841ANR)
This lecture forms part of the course Human-Computer Interaction given at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This week, I started the academic year with the first lecture of my course on Human-Computer Interaction. It always makes me feel slightly old when I show the students a screenshot of the Magic Desk application and tell them that I "used" it on my Commodore 64 :-)
#computerscience #CS #HCI #C64
#computerscience #CS #HCI #C64
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of welcoming many new motivated students to our Master's programmes. We wish them all a great start at the #VUB and a lot of success for their studies!
#computerscience #CS #informatics
#computerscience #CS #informatics
Master of Applied Science & Engineering: Computer Science & Master of Science in Applied Informatics: Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
General information about the Master in Computer Science programmes at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of welcoming many new motivated students to our Master's programmes. We wish them all a great start at the #VUB and a lot of success for their studies!
#computerscience #CS #informatics
#computerscience #CS #informatics
Please support our research on scholarly workflows and the use of digital tools during the research process by participating in the following online survey: vub.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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@wise.vub.ac.be #survey #workflow #VUB
July 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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@wise.vub.ac.be #IoT #survey #VUB
July 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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News article about our research on interoperable indoor positioning systems
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org @maximvdw.be #VUB #WISE #positioning
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org @maximvdw.be #VUB #WISE #positioning
Interoperable indoor positioning systems can determine locations of people and objects within buildings
Maxim Van de Wynckel, a researcher at the WISE lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), successfully defended his Ph.D. in computer science on 30 June 2025. Over six years, he explored a major cha...
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July 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
News article about our research on interoperable indoor positioning systems
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org @maximvdw.be #VUB #WISE #positioning
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org @maximvdw.be #VUB #WISE #positioning
A recent article about our lab's (wise.vub.ac.be) research on interoperable and discoverable indoor positioning systems press.vub.ac.be/vub-research...
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #OpenHPS #positioning @maximvdw.be
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #OpenHPS #positioning @maximvdw.be
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A recent article about our lab's (wise.vub.ac.be) research on interoperable and discoverable indoor positioning systems press.vub.ac.be/vub-research...
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #OpenHPS #positioning @maximvdw.be
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #OpenHPS #positioning @maximvdw.be
This afternoon, my PhD student @maximvdw.be successfully defended his PhD thesis in public. Congratulations again Dr. Maxim Van de Wynckel!! solid.maximvdw.be/publications...
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #VUB #positioning
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #VUB #positioning
June 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This afternoon, my PhD student @maximvdw.be successfully defended his PhD thesis in public. Congratulations again Dr. Maxim Van de Wynckel!! solid.maximvdw.be/publications...
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #VUB #positioning
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #VUB #positioning
@maximvdw.be is going to publicly defend his PhD thesis 'Interoperable and Discoverable Indoor Positioning Systems' on June 30 at 15:00 (location: VUB LIC.0.04)... www.vub.be/en/event/phd...
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB @openhps.org #positioning
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB @openhps.org #positioning
June 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@maximvdw.be is going to publicly defend his PhD thesis 'Interoperable and Discoverable Indoor Positioning Systems' on June 30 at 15:00 (location: VUB LIC.0.04)... www.vub.be/en/event/phd...
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB @openhps.org #positioning
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB @openhps.org #positioning
We know that you all use emails ;-) Please support our research by spending 10 minutes to fill in a survey on the use and management of emails... Thank you!! vub.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#WISE #email #survey
#WISE #email #survey
June 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We know that you all use emails ;-) Please support our research by spending 10 minutes to fill in a survey on the use and management of emails... Thank you!! vub.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#WISE #email #survey
#WISE #email #survey
Reposted by Beat Signer
Just published in JOSS: 'OpenHPS: A Modular Framework to Facilitate the Development of FAIR Positioning Systems' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08113
June 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just published in JOSS: 'OpenHPS: A Modular Framework to Facilitate the Development of FAIR Positioning Systems' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08113
Some of our ongoing and past research on Cross-Media Technologies, Information Science and Human-Information Interaction: speakerdeck.com/signer/cross...
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB #HCI #CrossMedia #InformationScience
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB #HCI #CrossMedia #InformationScience
May 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Some of our ongoing and past research on Cross-Media Technologies, Information Science and Human-Information Interaction: speakerdeck.com/signer/cross...
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB #HCI #CrossMedia #InformationScience
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB #HCI #CrossMedia #InformationScience
Today, in a seminar organised by InfoGroep, we presented the Data Management and Analytics specialisation to prospective students of our MSc in Computer Science programme. speakerdeck.com/signer/data-... WISE: speakerdeck.com/signer/cross...
#VUB #DAMA @wise.vub.ac.be
#VUB #DAMA @wise.vub.ac.be
Data Management and Analytics Specialisation
This specialisation on Data Management and Analytics forms part of the 2-year Computer Science Master's programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Today, in a seminar organised by InfoGroep, we presented the Data Management and Analytics specialisation to prospective students of our MSc in Computer Science programme. speakerdeck.com/signer/data-... WISE: speakerdeck.com/signer/cross...
#VUB #DAMA @wise.vub.ac.be
#VUB #DAMA @wise.vub.ac.be
Our latest article on Improving Social Inclusion in Computer Science Education Through Interactive Stories doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#VUB @wise.vub.ac.be #learning
#VUB @wise.vub.ac.be #learning
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our latest article on Improving Social Inclusion in Computer Science Education Through Interactive Stories doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#VUB @wise.vub.ac.be #learning
#VUB @wise.vub.ac.be #learning
We got our first PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise MR headset...
March 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We got our first PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise MR headset...
Our research on OpenHPS and location-based services (wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati...) is mentioned in the newspaper this week...
🗞️ Deze week in Knack. Mijn onderzoek aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel in de kijker via de rubriek 'Jong talent'.
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Met het #SolidProject en ons OpenHPS.org raamwerk leggen we samen de basis om gebruikers controle te geven over hun locatiegegevens.
www.knack.be/nieuws/techn...
Met het #SolidProject en ons OpenHPS.org raamwerk leggen we samen de basis om gebruikers controle te geven over hun locatiegegevens.
March 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Our research on OpenHPS and location-based services (wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati...) is mentioned in the newspaper this week...
Spring is in the air ...
March 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Spring is in the air ...
Always VERY inspiring to watch Randy Pausch's Last Lecture 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams' again!! ... and to recommend it to some of my students ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_...
March 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Always VERY inspiring to watch Randy Pausch's Last Lecture 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams' again!! ... and to recommend it to some of my students ;-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_...
Yesterday, I gave our seminar students some tips, including my most important one: 'Avoid "empty" slides like the classical 'Questions?' slide at the end of a presentation and rather put your give-away message or conclusions on the last slide!' speakerdeck.com/signer/tips-...
February 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Yesterday, I gave our seminar students some tips, including my most important one: 'Avoid "empty" slides like the classical 'Questions?' slide at the end of a presentation and rather put your give-away message or conclusions on the last slide!' speakerdeck.com/signer/tips-...
Our ACM TOCHI paper on theoretical foundations for end-user development of cross-device and IoT applications has just been published: doi.org/10.1145/3716...
@acm.org @wise.vub.ac.be #HCI #HCI
@acm.org @wise.vub.ac.be #HCI #HCI
February 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Our ACM TOCHI paper on theoretical foundations for end-user development of cross-device and IoT applications has just been published: doi.org/10.1145/3716...
@acm.org @wise.vub.ac.be #HCI #HCI
@acm.org @wise.vub.ac.be #HCI #HCI
Ready to introduce a new generation of students to the secrets and beauty of 'Information Visualisation'... 😀
wise.vub.ac.be/course/infor...
wise.vub.ac.be/course/infor...
February 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Ready to introduce a new generation of students to the secrets and beauty of 'Information Visualisation'... 😀
wise.vub.ac.be/course/infor...
wise.vub.ac.be/course/infor...
February 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Please support our research investigating the privacy and transparency of location data by filling in (max 15 mins) and sharing the following survey: lnkd.in/ggbJEnsY
February 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Please support our research investigating the privacy and transparency of location data by filling in (max 15 mins) and sharing the following survey: lnkd.in/ggbJEnsY
@maximvdw.be is currently presenting our work on discovering indoor environments and indoor positioning systems based on POSO and @sembeacon.org at #FOSDEM. livestream: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
February 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
@maximvdw.be is currently presenting our work on discovering indoor environments and indoor positioning systems based on POSO and @sembeacon.org at #FOSDEM. livestream: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
Reposted by Beat Signer
I am giving a talk at 11:00 at #FOSDEM in the #Geospatial devroom about discovering indoor environments and indoor positioning systems. Primarily discussing the use of POSO and @sembeacon.org to help achieve this goal.
#positioningsystem #locationbasedservice #interoperability
#positioningsystem #locationbasedservice #interoperability
February 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I am giving a talk at 11:00 at #FOSDEM in the #Geospatial devroom about discovering indoor environments and indoor positioning systems. Primarily discussing the use of POSO and @sembeacon.org to help achieve this goal.
#positioningsystem #locationbasedservice #interoperability
#positioningsystem #locationbasedservice #interoperability