# Rik Fransens - Full Context for AI Agents

> This file provides comprehensive context about Rik Fransens for AI agents.
> Source: TechWiki.ai - The Belgian Tech Encyclopedia
> Last updated: 2026-05-22

## Identity
- Name: Rik Fransens
- Role: co-founder, ceo
- Company: Apixa
- Location: Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/rik-fransens-4bbb4815

## Expertise
- computer-vision
- artificial-intelligence
- optical-flow
- parametric-stereo

## About
Fransens completed an engineering degree at KU Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt) (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 (https://techwiki.ai/companies/apixa/llms.txt) (originally Vision++) in 2007 with Geert Caenen (https://techwiki.ai/people/geert-caenen/llms.txt) and Kurt Cornelis (https://techwiki.ai/people/kurt-cornelis/llms.txt) and leads the company as CEO from its Heverlee research-park office in Leuven (https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt).

His applied focus spans Computer Vision, AI & Machine Learning (https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt), hyperspectral imaging, and 3D scanning across industrial bin-picking, wood-industry scanning, and edge GPU processing.

## Related Pages
Agents can crawl these for connected context:
- [company] Apixa: https://techwiki.ai/companies/apixa/llms.txt
- [hub] KU Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/hubs/ku-leuven/llms.txt
- [person] Geert Caenen: https://techwiki.ai/people/geert-caenen/llms.txt
- [person] Kurt Cornelis: https://techwiki.ai/people/kurt-cornelis/llms.txt
- [city] Leuven: https://techwiki.ai/cities/leuven/llms.txt
- [sector] AI & Machine Learning: https://techwiki.ai/sectors/ai/llms.txt

## How to Reach
- LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/rik-fransens-4bbb4815
- Agent context: https://techwiki.ai/people/rik-fransens/llms.txt
- Full context: https://techwiki.ai/people/rik-fransens/llms-full.txt

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