Thibaut Vandervelden
Postdoctoraal Onderzoeker at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gooik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolThibaut Vandervelden is a postdoctoral researcher and embedded systems engineer with a decade of experience specializing in low-power wireless communication, security for constrained devices, and Rust systems programming. He holds a PhD from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and now leads research on security in wireless communication for low-power devices at the same university. His open-source contributions include substantial enhancements to the popular smoltcp TCP/IP stack—adding IEEE802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN support, fragmentation and address resolution improvements—showing deep expertise in low-level networking protocols for IoT. Combining rigorous academic training with hands-on protocol implementation, he bridges theoretical security research and practical embedded deployments. Colleagues describe him as a meticulous engineer who brings research-grade rigor to production-constrained systems.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dutch, French, English
Github Skills (5)
embedded10
rust10
sys10
network-protocol10
6lowpan10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
smoltcp-rs/smoltcp
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
a smol tcp/ip stack
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:50 reviews, 76 commits, 182 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Thibaut primarily contributed to the development of the `smoltcp` networking stack, focusing on adding support for IEEE802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN protocols. Their work involved implementing fragmentation mechanisms, handling address resolving with context, and addressing various bugs and code quality issues. The contributions demonstrate a focus on low-level network protocols and their integration within embedded systems.
tcpnetworking-stackembedded
dot15d4-rs/dot15d4
Feb 2024 - Aug 2025
Implementation of the IEEE802.15.4 standard in Rust.
Contributions:12 reviews, 46 PRs, 111 pushes in 1 year 6 months
rustieee802154
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