Summary
Aäron Verachtert is an R&D engineer based in Vilvoorde with 12 years of software experience and a decade of hands-on development across Java full-stack and DevOps roles. He transitioned from performance-focused internships into research as a KU Leuven PhD student studying resource-efficient machine learning, blending academic rigor with practical engineering. At Cegeka he advanced from intern to technical software designer working on Java, JPA/Hibernate and DevOps practices, and since 2022 he develops R&D solutions at Corilus. His background in teaching and supervising master's theses reflects strong communication and mentorship skills alongside deep technical chops. Notably, his research emphasis on minimizing energy and memory costs for ML predictions adds a practical sustainability perspective to his engineering work.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at KU Leuven
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Science at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Dutch, English, French