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Rik Fransens
Location
Region
flanders
Role
co-founder, ceo
Company
LinkedIn
Expertise
computer-vision, artificial-intelligence, optical-flow, parametric-stereo
TLDR
Rik Fransens is a co-founder and CEO of Apixa, a KU Leuven computer-vision spin-off.
Overview
Fransens completed an engineering degree at KU Leuven (1988-1993) followed by an MSc in Artificial Intelligence (1997-1999) and PhD-level research at the ESAT-PSI group under Luc Van Gool, with publications on optical-flow super-resolution and parametric stereo. He co-founded Apixa (originally Vision++) in 2007 with Geert Caenen and Kurt Cornelis and leads the company as CEO from its Heverlee research-park office in Leuven.
His applied focus spans Computer Vision, AI & Machine Learning, hyperspectral imaging, and 3D scanning across industrial bin-picking, wood-industry scanning, and edge GPU processing.
Sources
- https://be.linkedin.com/in/rik-fransens-4bbb4815
- https://www.apixa.com/about
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rik-Fransens
- https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/psi/spin-offs/vision
See also
Co-founderKurt Cornelis
Co-founderGeert Caenen
FounderApixa
LocationLeuven
RelatedKU Leuven
RelatedAI & Machine Learning
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