Pieter Pauwels
Associate Professor
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolPieter Pauwels is an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology and a lecturer at Ghent University with over a decade of experience at the intersection of architecture, construction, and information systems. He researches and teaches Building Informatics and BIM, specializing in semantic web technologies, linked data, and decision support for the building life-cycle from design through operation. Comfortable across databases (relational, graph, object-oriented) and multiple programming languages (Java, .NET, JavaScript/Node, Python), he blends rigorous academic research with industry-oriented projects. His background as a PhD-trained architectural engineer informs pragmatic solutions that bridge design thinking and data-driven building management. Based in the Ghent metropolitan area, he frequently collaborates on cross-institutional and applied research initiatives, translating semantic technologies into tangible tools for AEC professionals. A lesser-known strength is his hands-on fluency in both software stacks and architectural practice, enabling him to translate complex technical concepts into real-world construction workflows.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Architectural Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Architectural Engineering at Universiteit GentScience-Mathematics (8h), Science-Mathematics (8h) at SJKSB.Sc. - M.Sc., Civil Engineering - Architecture, B.Sc. - M.Sc., Civil Engineering - Architecture at Ghent University
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (68)
wizard10
ontologies10
leiningen10
sketchup10
spf10
linked-data10
1c10
parse10
class-library10
ifc9
semantics9
vdm9
metadata9
ontology9
orientdb9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
pipauwel/product
Nov 2017 - Dec 2020
Product Ontology
Contributions:1 release, 17 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 1 month
tuplesplitjsonldowlsemantics
pipauwel/ifcParserLib
Sep 2016 - Oct 2020
ifcParserLib is a set of reusable Java components that implement functionality for IFC file parsing.
Contributions:3 releases, 32 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 1 month
ifcparsingparserjavajava-components
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