Summary
Tony Wauters is an Associate Professor at KU Leuven’s Ghent Technology Campus with a decade of experience translating advanced AI and operations research into practical optimization solutions. His research and teaching focus on intelligent optimization, scheduling, and cutting & packing, driving projects from postdoctoral work to current academic leadership. Tony combines rigorous PhD-level expertise in computer science and AI with hands-on project management experience in applied research groups, bridging theory and industry-relevant implementations. Based in Ghent, Belgium, he is known for improving complex systems step by step and for turning combinatorial challenges into deployable decision-support tools.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Industrial Sciences: Electronics-ICT, Master, Industrial Sciences: Electronics-ICT at Katholieke Hogeschool 'Sint-Lieven', Gent
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering (Computer science), Artificial intelligence, Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering (Computer science), Artificial intelligence, Operations Research at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
EDUGO campus Glorieux
Dutch, English