Jefrey Lijffijt is a professor of Data Science at Ghent University - IDLab and, together with Tijl De Bie , leads the AI & Data Analytics research group. The AI & Data Analytics research group designs, implements, and analyzes algorithms and systems to extract knowledge and insights from data. Nearly all of our tools and articles are open source and open access. Jefrey Lijffijt chairs the AI working group at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and is a member of the AI core group at Ghent University. He actively contributes to (Gen)AI education at Ghent University and previously at VAIA.

His expertise includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge discovery, data visualization, data mining, data exploration, visual analytics, computational complexity analysis, algorithm design, information theory, statistical hypothesis testing, interactivity, and tools and applications. For an overview of recent research, see https://aida.ugent.be/