Prof. dr. ir. Wim ECTORS
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Prof. dr. ir. Wim ECTORS
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Prof. dr. ir. Wim ECTORS
Research
Discipline codes: Intelligent transportation systems (02010701), Infrastructure, transport and mobility engineering not elsewhere classified (02010799), Transport planning (02010706), Environmental and sustainable planning (02011101), Smart cities (02011103)
Supervised PhDs
Enhancing Road Safety through UAV captured Aerial Footage and Deep Learning: Object Detection, Risk Prediction, and Real-time Analysis
Muhammad Waqas Ahmed for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Generative AI application in transportation
Thi Tran for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Road user profiling using multimodal data of naturalistic driving databases
Shi Qiu for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
AI for proactive safety detection using conflict techniques
Nimra Jabeen for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
The contribution of standardization to the approval process of new transport technologies under EU transport legislations: a comparative analysis of road transport and railway applications
Marc-Antoine Carreira da Cruz for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Reducing Traffic Violations with Deep Learning Based Detection and Gamified Personalized Coaching
Satria Bagus Wicaksono for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Leveraging Generative AI for Integrated Traffic Accident Scene Analysis and Reconstruction
Mirza Asad Ullah Baig for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Multi-Dimensional Internet of Drones Framework for Smart City Applications
Hana Gharrad for the title Doctor of Transportation Sciences in 2025
Supervised as Copromotor
Projects
32 research projects have been found
STRIKE - Identifying and improving subjective traffic safety in an innovative way (Research)
01/04/2021 - 31/12/2023
Search and Rescue :Emerging technologies for the Early location of Entrapped victims under Collapsed Structures and Advanced Wearables for risk assessment and First Responders Safety in SAR operations (Research)
01/07/2020 - 30/06/2023
Design and Development of an Adaptive Digital Coaching Avatar Using Large Language Models for a School Ecosystem. (Research)
18/06/2026 - 30/06/2030
Connected and Adaptive Maintenance for Safer Urban and Secondary Roads (Research)
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027
Enhancing Road Safety through UAV captured Aerial Footage and Deep Learning: Object Detection, Risk Prediction, and Real-time Analysis. (Research)
19/12/2023 - 31/10/2027
Safety First: drone-based analysis for safer school zones and active stakeholder engagement (Education)
01/09/2025 - 31/08/2027
AI-ASSIST: Advancement and pilot validation of a domain-specific generative AI assistant framework (Research)
15/03/2026 - 14/03/2027
Towards Safer Riding: Modeling Motorcyclists Behavior and Risk Perception using a Dynamic Simulator for Innovative Safety Interventions (Research)
01/04/2024 - 01/01/2027
Innovative traffic models and generative AI for sustainable mobility transition and improved traffic safety (Research)
15/12/2023 - 31/01/2026
Development, implementation, and evaluation of a plaTfOrm using evidence-based inTervEntions for (Mental) health' (TOTEM) (Research)
01/08/2023 - 31/12/2025
MILESTONE: MobILe and tEchnological SoluTions for OccupatioNal drivErs (Research)
01/12/2021 - 30/11/2025
Development of an application for inventorying the quality of footpaths in Flanders (Research)
01/07/2023 - 30/06/2025
I-Change: Individual Change of Habits Needed for Green European transition (Research)
01/11/2021 - 30/04/2025
The deployment of a pathway coordinator/business developer to strengthen entrepreneurship in care tourism (Research)
14/10/2022 - 30/09/2023
VLAIO Development project - TakeASeat, A behavioural Based Seats Matching Platform (Research)
01/01/2021 - 30/06/2023
Travel Behaviour Research Flanders and Brussels-Capital Region (control and analysis) (Research)
01/03/2020 - 05/06/2023
Development of an intelligent platform to offer personalized vacations to people with a care need (Research)
01/03/2021 - 31/12/2022
Evaluation of the new driver training to obtain a category B driving license - Specifications number: MOW/aVHV/19/03 (Research)
27/01/2021 - 31/03/2022
Education
Involved in the following courses
Academic year 2026 - 2027
Academic year 2026 - 2027
Academic year 2025 - 2026
Academic year 2025 - 2026
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