History
16th Century
Between 1520 and 1580, Leuven was the center of a world-class mathematical tradition. The impulse for this development came from the physician Reinier Gemma Frisius (1508-1555), who was the pivotal figure of a group of mathematicians who distinguished themselves in the history of the university of Leuven by their intellectual and social involvement. The main representatives of this tradition are Gerard Mercator, Johannes Stadius, Cornelius Gemma (Reinier's son) and the instrument maker Walter Arsenius. Other famous students include Andreas Vesalius, Rembert Dodoens or John Dee.
Johannes Stadius
Johannes Stadius was a 16th-century professor of mathematics at the University of Leuven. Using Copernicus' newly published heliocentric model of the solar system (1543), he computed ephemeris tables predicting the position of celestial bodies in the sky on any given day. His Ephemerides (1554) remained main reference until the work of Kepler seventy years later (1627).
STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics
Inspired by the work of Johannes Stadius ...
Who was STADIUS?
- Presentation by Yves Moreau during the newcomers day
- Information about Joannes Stadius
Events
2/09/2024:
PhD defense - Martijn Oldenhof
Machine Learning for Advanced Chemical Analysis and Structure Recognition in Drug Discovery
3/09/2024:
Meet the Jury Igor Tetko on Advanced Machine Learning in Drug Discovery
12/09/2024:
Multimodal analysis of cell-free DNA for sensitive cancer detection in low-coverage and low-sample settings
Seminar by Antoine Passemiers
News
STADIUS Alumni Herman Verrelst – new CEO of Biocartis
08 June 2017
Herman Verrelst, the founder of KU Leuven spin-off Cartagenia, who has been working in Silicon Valley, US for the last few years will be returning to Belgium to follow the steps of Rudi Pauwels as CEO of the Belgian diagnostic company, Biocartis.
Supporting healthcare policymaking via machine learning – batteries included!
29 May 2017
STADIUS takes the lead in the data analytics efforts in an ambitious European Project MIDAS.
Marc Claesen gives an interview about his PhD for the magazine of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences "Geniaal"
10 February 2017
Did you know that in Belgium approximately one third of type 2 diabetes patients are unaware of their condition?
Joos Vandewalle is nieuwe voorzitter KVAB
09 October 2016
Op 5 oktober 2016 heeft de Algemene Vergadering van de Academie KVAB Joos Vandewalle verkozen tot voorzitter van de KVAB.