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<h1> Hi! </h1>
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My name is Simon Vandevelde.
I'm a post-doc researcher at the <a href="https://iiw.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/eavise">Eavise research group</a> at KU Leuven, as part of the <a href="https://dtai.cs.kuleuven.be/">Declarative Languages and Artifical Intelligence</a> unit.
Welcome to my website!
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At one point in my life, I decided it'd be fun to put a lot of effort into making my webpage seem as low effort as possible.
Unfortunately, I have now gotten too attached to it and refuse to change it to a more "professional" look.
I hope you enjoy! :-)
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In my research, I specialise in symbolic AI, or more specifically in knowledge representation and reasoning.
My main research focus is on making knowledge representation more <i>user-friendly</i>, as this could make our unique approach more accessible for non-experts.
You can find a full list of my publications and presentations <a href="https://simonvandevelde.be/pages/Publications.html">on the following page.</a>
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A bit about me:
I like making stuff. I love coding stuff.
I also have <a href="https://simonvandevelde.be/pages/Hobbies.html">hobbies and interests</a>.
When I'm really in the mood, I sometimes create <a href="https://simonvandevelde.be/posts">blogposts</a>!
Besides these things, I also volunteer at the local <a href="https://coderdojo.com/">CoderDojo</a>, where children come together to learn programming in a playful manner, using Scratch, CodeCombat, ...
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I try to be an open source software advocate.
I always try to use software that's open source, and my own projects are always open source as well.
Maybe if I keep repeating "open source" you'll be brainwashed into seeing the light.
Open source open source open source.
That being said, I keep a list of all the open source programs that I use and can recommend, so if you're interested in that you can find those <a href="https://simonvandevelde.be/pages/FOSS.html">here</a>.
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Some of my biggest achievements in no particular order are:
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<li class="listitem"> My PhD dissertation, "Simplifying Knowledge Base Creation for Domain Experts".</li>
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