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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Sep 30

The end of an era. After 6 years of teaching and research, it was time to say goodbye to the VUB and @wise.vub.ac.be . It is nice to start something new, but I will definitely miss it.

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Aug 28

Submitted my first iOS application for review (as an Android user). One second hand iPhone and a lot of cursing later...

Let's see how this goes @sembeacon.org

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Aug 11

So you want a fillet in your 3D CAD program? Sure! here is a video on how to do it.

#AI

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Jul 12

I should probably have guessed that the German trains I had to take for my vacation were gonna get cancelled. Luckily the next one is in 4 hours... Hopefully..

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Jul 6

So... I can no longer trust asking the day and weather on my phone

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Beat Signer @beatsigner.com · Jun 30

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

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Beat Signer @beatsigner.com · Jun 17

@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

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Jun 5

Our @openhps.org framework is now published in the Journal of Open Source Software

Journal of Open Source Software @joss-openjournals.bsky.social · Jun 5

Just published in JOSS: 'OpenHPS: A Modular Framework to Facilitate the Development of FAIR Positioning Systems' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08113

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · May 22

Welp, totally did not realise it - but I gave my last exercise session today at the VUB. It was only when a student pointed it out after asking me about my research.

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · May 18

20x per payment method. Could easily be abused beyond 20x per person

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · May 2

Tonight I learned that the @openhps.org logo looks like the flag of Okinawa Island (Japan)

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OpenHPS @openhps.org · Apr 22

Our latest #OpenHPS update enables developers to stream processed (location) data to #Solid using Linked Data Event Streams ( #LDES ). Simply adding a sink to an OpenHPS model is all it takes to enable this in existing positioning systems.

Read more in our blog post ...
openhps.org/posts/2025/0...

Stream Location Data to Solid | OpenHPS

OpenHPS is a framework for processing sensor data to create a positioning system. In this blog post, we will demonstrate how OpenHPS can be used to stream location data directly to Solid to offer tran...

openhps.org

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Apr 7

Our two Solid papers from SoSy 2024 are now available online:
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Mar 24

Always fun every year to give an exercise session that uses @openhps.org

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Mar 19

Most, if not all of the issues in the ESP8266 article were backend-related. If you create cheap hardware - you attract cheap software companies that use this hardware.

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Mar 17

Camera's and LiDAR each have their pros and cons from a hardware and software (capability) perspective. But I agree that some of his tests could have used a bit more information on the 'why' rather than just saying it worked or did not work. It was a comparison of software vs hw and not hw vs hw

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Mar 15

🗞️ Deze week in Knack. Mijn onderzoek aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel in de kijker via de rubriek 'Jong talent'.

www.knack.be/nieuws/techn...

Met het #SolidProject en ons OpenHPS.org raamwerk leggen we samen de basis om gebruikers controle te geven over hun locatiegegevens.

Knack article: "Jong talent: Maxim Van de Wynckel (30) zoekt oplossingen om gebruikers meer controle te geven over hun locatiegegevens"

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 24

The first student presentations for the course 'Next Generation User Interfaces' were held today. Some interesting ideas were presented! Looking forward to the results at the end of the semester ;)

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 19

Always hurts when you see a "questions?" slide for 5min at a conference. Especially when they have to try and condense all knowledge in a 15min presentation.

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 17

And a nice timelapse :)

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 17

A "before" picture

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 17

I am surprised that after 6 months there has not been an accident yet #Brussels #construction

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Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 16

Last Friday, 'Le Groupe Belge de Recherche Scientifique Sous-Marine' organised a scientific experiment for underwater positioning of objects using trilateration. The measurements went fine, but the data exchange not so much - even humans seem to need some predefined 'specifications' to communicate.

two divers taking measurements using a tape measure in order to try and position objects using multilateration

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 8

At least Google puts a disclaimer that it works even if you remove the permissions 🙃

Maxim Van de Wynckel @maximvdw.be · Feb 7

Did you miss my presentation at #FOSDEM about discovering indoor environments? No worries, the recorded talk is now available:
maximvdw.be/presentation...

Presentation at FOSDEM 2025 | Maxim Van de Wynckel

Presentation titled 'Discovering Indoor Environments and Positioning Systems'

maximvdw.be

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