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Recent news

say it labs
Thursday 16 January

New spin-off SAY IT Labs

This new VUB spin-off, in collaboration with imec, developed a video game for children who stutter. In their associated ETRO-Lab they used software technology and speech recognition. They are...

Plants
Wednesday 15 January

Bugs 2 to the rescue

More and more invasive exotic species are found in our regions. These species occur outside of their natural range and cause damage to native biodiversity. Belgium has 26 invasive exotic aquatic...

Felix vdm
Wednesday 8 January

Persons of the year 2019

Felix Van de Maele, CEO of VUB spin-off Collibra , was named a person of the year by De Tijd. Collibra was the first belgian unicorn in 2019 . The company was founded in 2008. Today it has about 600...

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say it labs
Thursday 16 January

New spin-off SAY IT Labs

This new VUB spin-off, in collaboration with imec, developed a video game for children who stutter. In their associated ETRO-Lab they used software technology and speech recognition. They are...

AI
Monday 18 November

VUB opens AI Experience Center

The new VUB AI Experience Center is a space to experiment with AI and robotics and to produce technological solutions, and allows participants to strengthen their digital skills. It’s aimed at...

Herman Terryn

Chromium-6 to prevent corrosion

Herman Terryn is professor at the Faculty of Engineering of VUB with a chair in Surface Science and Engineering and part time professor in the group Corrosion and Electrochemical of Tu Delft. He was...

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Upcoming events

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19 December 2019 from 12:30 to 12:30

FWO TBM 2020 - information and lunch session

FWO TBM 2020 - information and lunch session FWO has launched a new FWO TBM call . We invited Alain Deleener from FWO to give an info session on the modalities of the call. If you have missed the...

sck-cen
23 April 2020 from 8:30 to 18:00

SCK•CEN Day of the PhDs

SCK-CEN DAY OF THE PHDs 2020 SCK-CEN, a renowned research center for dealing with peaceful applications of radio-activity, is organizing a PhD day to present and discuss ongoing PhD research . This...

kfg_2020
From 27 May 2020 at 9:00 to 28 May 2020 at 18:00

knowledge for growth 2020

Knowledge for growth 2020 Join the Belgian life sciences community in 2020 on May 27th (state of the union) & May 28th (knowledge for growth), together with 1300+ actors from 600+ companies...

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