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
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July 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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July 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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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
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
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...
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
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February 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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@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
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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
Happy to announce that my book chapter on 'Pen-based Interaction' for the forthcoming Springer Handbook of Human Computer Interaction is now available online: link.springer.com/referencewor...
@springernature.com #CHI #WISE #CHI #pen
@springernature.com #CHI #WISE #CHI #pen
February 1, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy to announce that my book chapter on 'Pen-based Interaction' for the forthcoming Springer Handbook of Human Computer Interaction is now available online: link.springer.com/referencewor...
@springernature.com #CHI #WISE #CHI #pen
@springernature.com #CHI #WISE #CHI #pen