He received his M.Sc. degree in Computer Science Engineering in 2002 and PhD in 2007, both from Ghent University. He is co-author of over 80 published articles in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, as well as 7 submitted patent applications. Currently he is conducting research on solutions for realizing the IoT encompassing amongst others wireless connectivity (802.11/802.15.4/BLE/LoRa), standard-based solutions (IETF CoAP, LWM2M, etc.) and application enablers, distributed intelligence, robust and diagnosable wireless communication, deployment and self-organization of smart objects. He is the recipient of 4 best paper awards.