Raf Berkvens
Assistant Professor at imec
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolRaf Berkvens is an assistant professor and researcher with 12 years of experience in low-power wireless localization, integrated sensing-communication, and intelligent transportation systems, bridging academic research at the University of Antwerp and technology transfer at imec. He progressed from doctoral research on biologically inspired SLAM and entropy-based fingerprinting to postdoctoral work and now leads teaching and coordination in the Electronics-ICT faculty. Raf chairs the communications subject group, supervises master's projects, and coordinates a postgraduate programme in innovation and entrepreneurship, combining deep technical expertise with educational leadership. He also serves as faculty ombudsperson, reflecting a commitment to student advocacy and academic governance. An active IEEE Communications Society member, he focuses on perception through ambient wireless signals—a niche that blends signal processing, networking and applied machine intelligence.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Applied Engineering - PhD, Applied Engineering: Electronics-ICT, Doctor of Applied Engineering - PhD, Applied Engineering: Electronics-ICT at University of AntwerpBachelor of Science (BSc), Applied Engineering: Electronics-ICT, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Applied Engineering: Electronics-ICT at Artesis Hogeschool AntwerpenMaster of Science (MSc), Applied Engineering: Electronics-ICT, Master of Science (MSc), Applied Engineering: Electronics-ICT at Universiteit Antwerpen
Dutch, English, French
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Github Skills (28)
ros8
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modem7
projector7
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kdevelop6
opencv6
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gateway5
parser5
python-modules4
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SD-Robot-Vision/PioneerModel
Sep 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:15 commits in 20 days
adjustedrospioneer
RafBerkvens/wifi_scan
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
Contributions:5 commits in 3 months
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