Chris Develder
Professor at Ghent University
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolChris Develder is an associate professor and researcher at IDLab, Ghent University – imec, blending over a decade of academic and industry experience in communication networks, optical systems, NLP and machine learning. He holds an MSc in computer science and a PhD in electrical engineering from Ghent University and has applied his expertise as a senior network engineer in industry and as a visiting researcher at UC Davis and Columbia. Chris leads two research teams focused on converting text to knowledge via information extraction and on analytics/ML for smart grids, while maintaining a research thread in optical network modeling and optimization for cloud/grid infrastructures. He has a strong track record in European and national research projects and regularly reviews for top IEEE/OSA and ACM venues, reflecting deep engagement with both theoretical and applied communities. Notably, his career bridges hands-on optical network design and modern ML-driven information extraction, enabling interdisciplinary approaches to networked data and smart energy systems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Engineering, Communication Networks, Computer Science, Optical Packet Switching, Ph.D., Engineering, Communication Networks, Computer Science, Optical Packet Switching at Ghent University
Github Skills (6)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
UgentT2K/UgentT2K.github.io
Oct 2020 - Nov 2024
homepage of Text-to-Knoweldge research cluster at IDLab, Ghent University, Belgium
Contributions:102 pushes in 4 years 1 month
clusterghentghent-university
ugentai4e/ugentai4e.github.io
Oct 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:21 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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