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Alternatieve antibiotica in silico ontwerpen: bacterie-faag interacties voorspellen via paarsgewijs leren Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Michiel Stock More info: dimitri.boeckaerts@ugent.be Background: C&G, BI

Beyond the pairwise: modelling higher-order species interactions Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Jan Baetens More info: aisling.daly@ugent.be Background: All

Big Data en Machine Learning voor betere tijverwachtingen langs de schelde Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and Dr. ir. Jiri Nossent More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: M, L&B, B&W

Combatting illegal timber trade using chemical fingerprints: the power of mathematics, mass spectrometry and Near InfraRed spectra Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Jan Van den Bulcke and Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: All

Computer vision technieken voor de identificatie van ondergrondse structuren in geofysische bodemdata Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Jan Verwaeren and Dr. Philippe De Smedt More info: jan.verwaeren@ugent.be Background: All

Detecting causal patterns in climate data Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and Dr. Christina Papagiannopoulou More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: All

Development of a mechanistic migration model for downstream migrating European eel (Anguilla Anguilla L.) in a dynamic estuary Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Tom Moens (WE11) More info: pieterjan.verhelst@ugent.be Background: B&N, L, L&W, M

Een fylogenetische studie van alcoholhoudende dranken: botanicals in kaart gebracht Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Michiel Stock More info: michiel.stock@ugent.be Background: All

Entropy production and cological interaction networks Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets More info: tim.depraetere@ugent.be Background: All

Environmental variables determining maturing European eel (Anguilla Anguilla L.) migration behaviour in a dynamic estuary Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Tom Moens (WE11) More info: pieterjan.verhelst@ugent.be Background: B&N, L, L&W, M

Estimation of visitor frequencies in nature reserves from camera trap images Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets More info: laura.hoebeke@ugent.be Background: B&N, L&W, MT, LB

Evaluating plants as intelligent sensors for precision agriculture Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Francis wyffels and Dr. ir. Michiel Stock More info: olivier.pieters@UGent.be Background: All

Exploring design spaces with Bayesian optimization: a tool for the synthetic biology of modular proteins Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Yves Briers and Dr. ir. Michiel Stock More info: michiel.stock@ugent.be Background: C&G, C, M

Gebruik van computer vision voor de analyse van het (sociale) gedrag van biggen op basis van video Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. Dr. Jan Verwaeren and Prof. dr. Joris Michiels More info: jan.verwaeren@ugent.be Background: L, L&W, B&N

Gedragsanalyse van stroomopwaarts migrerende vissen in de nabijheid van een waterkrachtcentrale (Iller rivier, Duitsland) Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Dr. Ine Pauwels (INBO) More info: jan.baetens@ugent.be Background: M, L&W, B&N

Hierarchical multilabel classification with a reject option Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: All

Hot topics en sentiment in het natuurbehoud: hoe veranderde het taalgebruik de laatste decennia Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Lander Baeten and Prof. dr Jan Verwaeren More info: jan.verwaeren@ugent.be Background: L&W, B&N

How do temperature-nutrient interactions shape the sensitivity of a brown seaweed to global warming? Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Olivier De Clerck (WE11) More info: soria.delva@ugent.be Background: M, L&W, B&N, L

Individual-based modelling of coexisting cryptic nematode species Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens More info: aisling.daly@ugent.be Background: All

Machine learning for empowering the bio-economy: Using lower grade feedstocks for the production of fatty acids at an industrial scale Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Jan Verwaeren and Prof dr. Joris Thybaut More info: jan.verwaeren@ugent.be Background: All

Modelling the fungal highway: microbial transport and interactions within a fungal network Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Jan Baetens More info: aisling.daly@ugent.be Background: Alle

Modelling the fungal highway: microbial transport and interactions within a fungal network Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Jan Baetens More info: aisling.daly@ugent.be Background: All

Modelling the responses of marine organisms to changing climate conditions Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens More info: aisling.daly@ugent.be Background: All

Ontwikkelen van een alternatieve teeltstrategie in genomische selectie Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Prof. dr. ir. Jan Fostier More info: david.vanavermaete@ugent.be Background: All

Paarsgewijs leren om habitatsgeschiktheid en interacties tussen macro-invertebraten te voorspellen Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Michiel Stock More info: michiel.stock@ugent.be Background: All

Predictive models for exploration and annotation of methylated sites across a wide epigenetic landscape in prokaryotes Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and Dr. ir. Gerben Menschaert More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: C&G, BI

Quantitative characterization of drinking water stability using flow cytometry and machine learning Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and MSc. Peter Rubbens More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: All

Reinforcement learning as a control strategy in wastewater treatment plants Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Ingmar Nopens Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets More info: ward.quaghebeur@ugent.be Background: M, C&B, L&W

Save the planet, eat more species: food biodiversity in a changing climate Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Prof. dr. Carl Lachat More info: aisling.daly@ugent.be Background: L, L&V

Selectief opstellen van een trainingspopulatie met het oog op genomic prediction Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Prof. dr. ir. Jan Fostier More info: david.vanavermaete@ugent.be Background: All

Self-learning algoritmes voor betrouwbare beeldvorming van de ondergrond Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and Dr. Philippe De Smedt More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: M, L, L&B, B&W

Simuleren van schimmelgroei op hernieuwbare bouwmaterialen Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets More info: liselotte.deligne@ugent.be Background: B&N, L&W, M, L

Stabiliteit en evenwicht van een individu-gebaseerd ziekteverspreidingsmodel Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets More info: lander.devisscher@ugent.be Background: All

Stabiliteit en evenwicht van een ruimtelijk expliciet individu-gebaseerde model Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Dr. ir. Jan Baetens and Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets More info: lander.devisscher@ugent.be Background: All

Towards an automated identification of the microbial "ramanome" Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and MSc. Peter Rubbens More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: All

Translation of protein sequences to secondary or tertiary structures with natural language processing methods Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Willem Waegeman and Dr. ir. Gerben Menschaert More info: willem.waegeman@ugent.be Background: C&G, C&L, BI

Voorspellen van organisch materiaal in waterlopen met een data-gedreven model Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets and Dr. ir. Michiel Stock More info: michiel.stock@ugent.be Background: L&W, M

Voorspellen van plant-insect-parasiet interacties: op naar triple learning Description: More information (PDF) Promotor(s): Prof. dr. Bernard De Baets, Dr. ir. Michiel Stock and Prof. dr. ir. Guy Smagghe More info: michiel.stock@ugent.be Background: All