Tom Francart
Strategic Advisor
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolTom Francart is an engineer, entrepreneur and professor in auditory neuroscience who blends 11+ years of academic leadership with hands-on product creation, having founded two companies and spun research into commercial hearing technologies. Based at KU Leuven, he built a large internationally recognized research group focused on cochlear implants, hearing aids, EEG/biosignal interfaces and applied ML for audio, while maintaining cross-stack software and systems expertise. He moves fast from concept to tangible outcomes, combining signal-processing depth with practical experience in web, ops, security and app development to deliver integrated solutions. Known for cultivating collaborative team cultures, he pairs scientific rigor with entrepreneurial drive to translate complex neuroscience into real-world diagnostics and rehabilitation products. An understated strength is his track record in bimodal hearing research—linking cochlear implant and hearing-aid innovation with measurable clinical and commercial impact.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hearing technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hearing technology at KU LeuvenSALCO
Dutch, English, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (23)
volumio9
latex7
legend6
music6
player6
audio6
nodejs6
ggplot6
r6
raspberry-pi5
apex5
markdown5
cpp4
cmake3
build-system3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tomfrancart/kuleuven-templates
Mar 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
r-markdownlatexplainmarkdownlatex-templates
tomfrancart/clebs
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:4 pushes in 6 months
cppcmakestructuredbuild-systemqmake
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