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Flanders AI Research Program

The Flanders AI Research Program stands for strategic basic research into artificial intelligence, based on the needs and demands of companies, organizations, the government, and citizens.

Our goal is the successful adoption of AI in Flanders. In this way, we contribute to a sustainable and prosperous human-centered digital future in Flanders, as well to economic growth and innovation in our region. All our research is also aligned with the European ambition and strategies for AI and the digital agenda for 2030.

Domain/sector

  • Government & Administration
  • Business & management
  • Human resources (HR)

Permanent courses

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence

book - De Gruyter, KBC, Flanders AI Research Program

Seizure Detection with Wearable Devices and AI

Webinar - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS

Distribution-free prediction intervals for time series forecasting

Webinar AI for Times Series with Willem Waegeman - Online - VAIA, KU Leuven ESAT Stadius & Flanders AI Research

Statistical Learning of Knowledge from Sequence Data

Webinar AI for Times Series webinar with Nick Harley - Online - VAIA, KU Leuven ESAT Stadius & Flanders AI Research

Decision Support for the Low Voltage Distribution Grid; the Role of Electricity Consumption Time Series

Webinar AI for time series with Koen Vanthournout - online - KU Leuven STADIUS & Flanders AI Research & VAIA

Kernel Based Transfer Function Estimation with Enhanced Prior Knowledge

Webinar AI for time series with John Lataire - Online - KU Leuven STADIUS & Flanders AI Research & VAIA

Integrating Subspace Identification and Prediction Error Methods

Webinar AI for Times Series with Michel Verhaegen (TU Delft) - Online - VAIA, Flanders AI Research & KU Leuven STADIUS

Scheduled courses

Flanders AI Forum 2024

20 October 2026

event - Ghent - VLAIO, Agoria, Voka, Department of Economy, Science & Innovation, imec, Flanders AI Research Program

Building Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

8 December 2026

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, UZ Antwerpen

Past courses

Flanders AI Forum 2024

11 June 2024

event - Ghent - VLAIO, Agoria, Voka, Department of Economy, Science & Innovation, imec, Flanders AI Research Program

The AI booth at the FTI Closing Festival

23 March 2024

booth - Antwerp Sportpaleis - VAIA, imec, Flanders AI Research & amai!

Highway: connecting industry with state of the art in AI research

21 May 2026 - 21 May 2026

seminar series - Flanders - VAIA & Flanders AI Research, Flanders AI EDIH

Innovative AI Solutions for Personalized Healthcare

3 October 2023

symposium - Kortrijk - VAIA, Flanders AI Research Program, Barco, Flanders AI EDIH

Making sense of cells. The role of AI in advancing biomedical and computational biology

12 June 2024

Highway seminar - Ghent - BioLizard, Flanders AI Research Program, VAIA

Powering the future: AI innovations in the energy sector

26 November 2024

presentation of state of the art research for business - Gent - Flanders AI Research Programme, VAIA & Flanders AI EDIH

The AI-driven Factory: Optimizing Industrial Performance

12 June 2025

business presentation of state of the art in research - Marke - Flanders AI Research Program, Vandewiele, VAIA & Flanders AI EDIH

Beyond Text: Multimodal LLM Integration

25 November 2025

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, Cerence, Flanders AI EDIH

Practical AI for time series, small data and engineering design

21 May 2026

study day on the state of the art in Flemish research - Gent - Flanders AI Research, VAIA, delaware

Bart De Moor De Moor

Bart De Moor

Voorzitter VAIA (Vlaamse AI Academie), Co-auteur van het Vlaamse Beleidplan Artificiële Intelligentie, Gewoon hoogleraar - KU Leuven

Sabine Demey V Demey

Sabine Demey

imec - Flanders AI Research Program

Kevin Dhooghe D'hooge

Kevin D'hooge

Flanders AI Research Program