Who is Geert Deconinck?

Geert Deconinck is professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven  (K.U.Leuven), Belgium, since 1999 (2010, gewoon hoogleraar; 2006, hoogleraar; 2003: hoofddocent; 1999: bijzonder gastdocent). He is a staff member of the research group ELECTA (Electrical Energy and Computing Architectures) of the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT).
He performs research on the design of dependable system architectures for industrial automation and control, the assessment of their dependability attributes and the impact on infrastructure interdependencies. Specific interests include smart grids, smart metering, robust embedded system design, dependability modelling and functional safety, all in a context of power and communication infrastructures. In this field, he has authored and co-authored more than 250 publications in international journals and conference proceedings.
He is member of the IEEE SMC TC on Infrastructure Systems and Services and chairman of the ie-net society BIRA on industrial automation. He received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Applied Sciences from the K.U.Leuven, Belgium in 1991 and 1996 respectively. In 1995-1997, he received a grant from the Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Scientific-Technological Research in Industry (IWT). He was a postdoctoral fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Belgium) (F.W.O.-V.) in 1997-2003. He is a member of the Royal Flemish Engineering Society, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a senior member of the IEEE and of the IEEE Reliability, Computer and Power Engineering Societies.

Teaching tasks

He is currently (2011-2012) responsible for the following courses.

See the database for up-to-date info and syllabi.

Curriculum Vitae

A detailed CV can be requested via email.

You can find a summary in the CV in the university's database.

Publications

Click here to find the publication list from the Electa database.

Click here to find the publication list from the university database.


Coordinates

Prof. dr. ir. Geert DECONINCK
KU Leuven
Departement Elektrotechniek (ESAT)
Afdeling ELECTA
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2445
B-3001 Heverlee
Belgium

Route Description

Click here.


Last updated on 23 Jan 2012.