Erik Mannens

Erik Mannens is Director @ imec UAntwerp IDLab & Professor @ UAntwerp (Sustainable AI) and @ Ghent University (Semantic Intelligence). Since 2005 he has successfully managed +160 "interdisciplinary" projects (amounting 30M euro of Funding for his team) and teams of 50 to 125 researchers. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science Engineering (2011) at UGent, his Masters degree in Computer Science (1995) at K.U. Leuven University & his Masters degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering (1992) at KAHO Ghent.

Being 50+, from now on I tend to only take on new projects who will have a positive & lasting impact on Society and "Spaceship Earth" as a whole! #SustainableDevelopmentGoals ... As such, I took on the Operational Lead of SOLID Lab Flanders for half a year in 2022 and now I am heading imec UAntwerp IDLab where we're working towards Sustainable AI. As such, I now head a Data Science team of +125 Wireless Communication & AI Experts that research all aspects of the Sustainability of AI.

Expertise: Sustainable AI & Ethical AI