dd June 2021
CV Bart De Moor
PERSONAL INFORMATION- Names : De Moor, Bart, Lodewijk, René
- Date of birth : July 12, 1960
- Nationality : Belgian
- Married to Hilde Devoghel, three children : Thomas (1992), Hannah (1994), Jakob (2000)
- Address : Parklaan 5, 3360 Lovenjoel
- Phone : +32(0)475 28 70 52
- Email : bart.demoor@esat.kuleuven.be
- URL web site : www.bartdemoor.be
- Researcher unique identifier : ORCID
EDUCATION
- 1988 : PhD Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering, Belgium (promotor : Joos Vandewalle)
- 1983 : Master Electrical Engineering, Control Theory, KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering, Belgium
- 1975-1978 : Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege, Brussels
- 1972-1983 : Music Academy Alsemberg, Solfege, percussion, piano, composition
- 1966-1974 : Sint-Victor instituut, Alsemberg
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS
- 2022 : IFAC Fellow newsletter - File
- 2020 : Commander in the Order of King Leopold I, granted by King Filip of Belgium
- 2020 : ERC Advanced Grant "Back to the roots"
- 2018-now : Co-holder KU Leuven Chair 'Health Care Systems Qualitty and Accessibility", endowed by Health Insurance Organisation CM
- 2017 : Fellow SIAM for "Contributions to numerical multilinear algebra"
- 2010 : Excellence Award of the Flanders Research Foundation, by King Albert II of Belgium
- 2003 : Fellow IEEE for "Contributions to algebraic/numerical methods for systems and control'
- 1999 : IEEE Signal Processing Society Award
- 1996 : Automatica Award, International Federation of Control (IFAC)
- 1994 : Bi-annual Siemens Award by the Flanders Research Foundation
- 1992 : Laureate of the Royal Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts
- 1990 : Guillemin-Cauer Award IEEE Transactions Circuits and Systems
- 1989 : Leslie Fox Prize, Cambridge, UK
- 1986 : Leybold-Heraeus Prize
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
- Scientific Disciplines :
- Numerical (multi-) linear algebra and algebraic geometry (generalized singular value decompositions, multi-dimensional SVD, generalized linear complementary problems, quantum information theory, numerical linear algebra approach to rooting sets of polynomial equations)
- Dynamical System Theory and Identification, data science, machine learning (subspace identification, support vector machines)
- Advanced Control Theory (observers, computer aided control system design)
- Application Areas :
- Industry 4.0 : Subspace system identification and control of the synthesis section of a Urea plant, of the dipping section of a capsule manufacturing process, data driven identification of several Belgiun river basins (flood avoidance), forecasting models for indoor CO2 concentration, modelling (prevention of) flutter for airplane wings, model-based data assimilation for microclimate air-quality forecasting, smart grid Belgian electrical load forecasting (3000 transformers, sampled every 15 min during 5 years)
- Medicial decision support systems (DSS) : Belgian health insurance prescription records analysis, automation of intensive care DSS, algorithms for automated PCR analysis, hospital prediction of duration stay software
- Publications : Books, papers, other
- See www.bartdemoor.be
- Search engine on https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~sistawww/cgi-bin/pub.pl
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=qws2WIMAAAAI
- Bibliometry
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=qws2WIMAAAAI : 86 675 citations ; H-index 124
- Web of Science : H-index 72 ; Total cited : 21 482 (without self-citation 20 904)
- Ranked 15th all-time top PhD advisors in mathematics (https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/extrema.php)
- Ranked 76th worldwide and ranked 1st for Belgium in top H-index for Computer Science and Electronics (http://www.guide2research.com/scientists/)
- Mentorship
- 1991-now : Promotor of 82 PhD theses (see Mathematical Genealogy), all worldwide active in academia (30 %), industry (60 %), government agencies (10 %)
- 1991-now : Host of 46 postdoctoral researchers and visiting professors
- 1991-now : Promotor of 200+ master theses in masters mathematical engineering, statistics, artificial intelligence, bioengineering, electrical engineering
- Coordinator of and contributor to numerous research projects, funded by regional, Belgian and European funding agencies and third parties (full list www.bartdemoor.be)
- Reviews :
- Regular reviewer for journals of IEEE, SIAM, IFAC and their major conferences, regular proposal reviewer for Belgian and European Funding Agencies and jury member
- Science Outreach
- 2019 : Co-founder of Math popularizing website
- 2016-now : Patron of STEM Training Website
- 2015-now : Founder & Chairman Board of Health House (high-tech health experience center)
- 2015-2017 : Member of the Flanders STEM Platform
- 2009-now : Patron STEM Olympiad
- 2009-now : Trustee of the RVO-Society
- 2005- & 2015 : Teacher KU Leuven Children's University
- 2002-now : Regular guest appearances in science outreach programs on national radio and television
- 1992-now : Co-founder interdisciplinary philosophical think-tank Worldviews
- 1997 : Program Chairman of European Control Conference, Brussels, 750 attendees
- 2004 : Chair of the Conference of Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Leuven, 600 attendees
- 2019 : Organizer of the Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Houthalen, 150 attendees
- At numerous occasions : Member of the organizing/program committees of the Conference on Systems Identification (SYSID), European Control Conference (ECC), Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, ...
- My contribution to our university KU Leuven being ranked 7th in the Thomson-Reuters ranking of most innovatie universities in the world (1st in Europe), has been the creation of 8 spin-off companies :
- www.ipcos.com (industrial process control, management buy-out)
- www.tmleuven.be (traffic modelling and consulting)
- Data4s (fraud detection (mobile phones, credit cards, tax evasion), acquired by Norkom next by BAE systems
- www.trendminer.com (data mining in the process industry, acquired by Software AG)
- Cartagenia (genomics data analysis, acquired by Agilent)
- www.ugentec.com (automated PCR analysis)
- www.lindacare.com (patient tele-monitoring)
- www.aspect-analytics.com (software for mass spectrometry imaging)
- Patents : Co-holder of several patents
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the Capricorn Health-tech Investment Fund
- KU Leuven : Courses on System Theory and Control, Computer Aided Control System Design, System Identification, Case studies in Mathematical Engineering, Entrepreneurship
- Graduate (PhD) courses in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, USA
- 2021-present : Member of the Board of "Ignatius in Beweging" (Jesuit School Network)
- 2020-present : Chairman of the Board of Capricorn Digital Growth Fund (CDGF, venture capital)
- 2019-present : Member of the Board of UCSIA (Jesuit Academic Foundation)
- 2017-present : Founding Chairman of Health House (high-tech health experience center)
- 2015-present : Member Steering Group Leuven Mindgate
- 2014-present : Member of the Board of Officenter
- 2009-present : Chairman Alamire Foundation (Center fro the Study of Polyphonic Music)
- 2009-2014 : Founding Board member Leuven International School
- 2009-2013 : Chairman Committee Internationalisation & Development Cooperation Flemish University Council
- 2009-2013 : Member of the Board KU Leuven
- 2007-2015 : Chairman Industrial Research Fund KU Leuven
- 2007-2011 : Board Member iMinds (merged since 2017 with IMEC)
- 2007-2015 : Chairman Board Hercules Foundation (scientific infrastructure funding agency, merged in 2015 with FWO)
- 2000-2005 : Board member Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Belgium
- 1999-now : Secretary Board (till 2015), Member Scientific Committee of Technopolis (Flanders Children's Science Experience Center)
- 1995-now : Member Board, renumeration, investment, strategic committees : Flanders Biotech Research Institute
COMMISSION OF TRUST
- 2018-present : Scientific architect and coordinator of Flanders AI Program (32 mio €/year), involving universities, research institutes and industry
- 2020-present : Chairman of the Board of FAIA (Flanders AI Academy)
- 2018-present : Member ESGAB (European Statistical Governance Advisory Board, nominated by the European Council decision 18/12/2017 (2017/C 439/03))
- 2017-2018 : 'Sherpa' for Belgium in the European High Performance Computing Initiative
- 2016-2018 : Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Science Europe
- 2016-present : Member Int. Scientific Advisory Board of Wallenberg Autonomous Systems Program, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Assessements
- 2021 : Member of the assessment committee of KTH, Stockholm
- 2020-2021 : Chairman of the assessment committee of the Electrical Engineering Institute Nicola Tesla
- 2015-2019 : Chairman University Research Policy Assessment Committee, Finish Academy of Sciences
- 2015-2019 : Member committeeof the Villum Young Investigator Grants of the Velux Foundation, Denmark
- 2015-present : Member of committees in the Swedish, Norwegian, Irish and Luxembourg Science/Research councils
- 2013-2020 : Member Panel Starters Grant Computer Sciences European Research Council
- 2013-2014 : Member National Tenure Track Commission for Control and Automation in Italy
- 2010-2012 : Chairman of the Education Assessment Panel (for NVAO) as well as the Research Assessment Panel of Electrical Engineering University Departments in The Netherlands
- 2006-2008 : Selection Committees member for Linnaeus Centers of Excellence (Sweden) and UNIK (Denmark)
- 2014-present : member Board AstraZeneca Foundation
- 2013-present : Member Board Trustees Danish National Research Foundation
MEMBERSHIPS OF SOCIETIES
- Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Member of the American Mathematical Society
- Member of the International Federation of Automatic Control
- Elected member of Royal Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts
- Member of VIRA (Organisation of Belgian diplomates and international representatives)
- Member of ie-net (Flanders Engineering Association)
- Member of 'Academische Stichting Leuven'