Testimonial

Completing the same information over and over again in questionnaires and project applications is a familiar frustration across education and research institutions. With EXPATS (Explainable Autofill for Trustworthy Surveys), PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts has developed an AI-powered tool that significantly simplifies this process. Thanks to funding from the GÉANT Innovation Programme, the project has evolved from an idea into a fully functional prototype.

What if your organisation is hit by a cyberattack and your IT systems suddenly stop working? How do you ensure business continuity, and how do you make sure your stakeholders are informed quickly and accurately? Over the past few months, around ten universities of applied sciences have put their cyber crisis preparedness to the test. Kristof Van Doorsselaere, Network & Security Project Manager at HOGENT, looks back on the programme.

HOGENT student and rope skipper Mike De Decker had the unique opportunity to give a Lightning Talk about his bachelor's thesis in computer science at the recent international TNC25 conference. His project focuses on developing an AI model designed to assist judges in this sport with increasingly complex evaluation criteria. Mike’s project was promoted by Belnet through the GÉANT Future Talent Programme and was selected - along with 24 others - from 96 international submissions.

In today's digital world, government agencies are increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks. To defend itself more effectively against this, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister called upon Belnet's expertise to implement DNS Anycast Premium. David Van Dromme, Service Manager ICT Infrastructure, and Jan Kerstens, Enterprise Architect, share their experiences while implementing this solution and discuss the benefits of DNS Anycast Premium.

Since 2016, Belnet has been connecting the Federal Scientific Institutions (FSIs) with the internet and each other using the ScienceMAN network. One of the best known member organisations is undoubtedly the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI).

The Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) called upon Belnet's expertise to host its podcast service 'EZcast'. We spoke to Michel Jansens and Fatima El Fakih from the SISC (Shared ICT Services Center of the ULB-VUB) about the successful collaboration.