Maxim Van de Wynckel
@maximvdw.be
Indoor positioning and linked data researcher
Website: https://maximvdw.be/about
Also on Mastodon: https://mas.to/@maximvdw
Website: https://maximvdw.be/about
Also on Mastodon: https://mas.to/@maximvdw
After nine years, I finally managed to check off watching the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play from my bucket list today.
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
After nine years, I finally managed to check off watching the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play from my bucket list today.
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.
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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.
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
Let's see how this goes @sembeacon.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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
Let's see how this goes @sembeacon.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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..
July 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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..
So... I can no longer trust asking the day and weather on my phone
July 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So... I can no longer trust asking the day and weather on my phone
Reposted by Maxim Van de Wynckel
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
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #VUB #positioning
June 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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
@openhps.org @sembeacon.org #VUB #positioning
Reposted by Maxim Van de Wynckel
@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
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB @openhps.org #positioning
June 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@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
@wise.vub.ac.be #VUB @openhps.org #positioning
Our @openhps.org framework is now published in the Journal of Open Source Software
Just published in JOSS: 'OpenHPS: A Modular Framework to Facilitate the Development of FAIR Positioning Systems' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08113
June 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Our @openhps.org framework is now published in the Journal of Open Source Software
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.
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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.
Tonight I learned that the @openhps.org logo looks like the flag of Okinawa Island (Japan)
May 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Tonight I learned that the @openhps.org logo looks like the flag of Okinawa Island (Japan)
Reposted by Maxim Van de Wynckel
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...
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
April 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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...
Read more in our blog post ...
openhps.org/posts/2025/0...
Our two Solid papers from SoSy 2024 are now available online:
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our two Solid papers from SoSy 2024 are now available online:
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/sho...
Always fun every year to give an exercise session that uses @openhps.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Always fun every year to give an exercise session that uses @openhps.org
🗞️ 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.
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.
March 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🗞️ 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.
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.
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 ;)
February 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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 ;)
I am surprised that after 6 months there has not been an accident yet #Brussels #construction
February 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I am surprised that after 6 months there has not been an accident yet #Brussels #construction
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.
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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.
At least Google puts a disclaimer that it works even if you remove the permissions 🙃
February 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
At least Google puts a disclaimer that it works even if you remove the permissions 🙃
Did you miss my presentation at #FOSDEM about discovering indoor environments? No worries, the recorded talk is now available:
maximvdw.be/presentation...
maximvdw.be/presentation...
Presentation at FOSDEM 2025 | Maxim Van de Wynckel
Presentation titled 'Discovering Indoor Environments and Positioning Systems'
maximvdw.be
February 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you miss my presentation at #FOSDEM about discovering indoor environments? No worries, the recorded talk is now available:
maximvdw.be/presentation...
maximvdw.be/presentation...
Reposted by Maxim Van de Wynckel
"I found a couple requests sent by my phone with my precise location + 5 requests that leak my IP address, which can be turned into geolocation using reverse DNS." Yikes
timsh.org/tracking-mys...
timsh.org/tracking-mys...
Everyone knows your location
How I tracked myself down using leaked location data in the in-app ads, and what I found along the way.
timsh.org
February 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"I found a couple requests sent by my phone with my precise location + 5 requests that leak my IP address, which can be turned into geolocation using reverse DNS." Yikes
timsh.org/tracking-mys...
timsh.org/tracking-mys...
Well, as for troubleshooting of why the demo did not work: accessing the Web requires an internet connection - which I forgot to configure for the demo phone.
Can happen :) #livedemo
Can happen :) #livedemo
February 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Well, as for troubleshooting of why the demo did not work: accessing the Web requires an internet connection - which I forgot to configure for the demo phone.
Can happen :) #livedemo
Can happen :) #livedemo
Reposted by Maxim Van de Wynckel
But first a very interesting talk by @maximvdw that discusses how #semantics and one level of indirection make interoperable indoor mapping possible, called SemBeacon. Using `schema:Map` floor maps, GeoSPARQL for #fosdem #fosdem2025
Ontology at https://github.com/openhps/poso. #fosdem #fosdem2025
Ontology at https://github.com/openhps/poso. #fosdem #fosdem2025
February 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
But first a very interesting talk by @maximvdw that discusses how #semantics and one level of indirection make interoperable indoor mapping possible, called SemBeacon. Using `schema:Map` floor maps, GeoSPARQL for #fosdem #fosdem2025
Ontology at https://github.com/openhps/poso. #fosdem #fosdem2025
Ontology at https://github.com/openhps/poso. #fosdem #fosdem2025
Reposted by Maxim Van de Wynckel
@maximvdw.be is currently presenting our work on discovering indoor environments and indoor positioning systems based on POSO and @sembeacon.org at #FOSDEM. livestream: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
February 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
@maximvdw.be is currently presenting our work on discovering indoor environments and indoor positioning systems based on POSO and @sembeacon.org at #FOSDEM. livestream: fosdem.org/2025/schedul...
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability
wise.vub.ac.be/topic/locati... @fosdem.bsky.social #positioningsystem #interoperability