He is leading the IDLAB Antwerp research group (50 members). He received a Master of Science degree in computer science from Ghent University, Belgium and a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from the same university. His research expertise focuses on management and control of both networking and computing applications. He currently focuses on the management of large-scale Internet of Things environments and the interplay with cloud computing. He has also been involved in several national and European research projects. He is the recipient of the IEEE COMSOC award for best PhD in network and service management 2012, the IEEE NOMS Young Professional award 2014 and the IEEE COMSOC Young Professional Award 2015.