• Software Testing
• Functional Safety of Embedded Software
• Embedded Software Resilience in Harsh Environments
• Autonomous Systems

Recent projects

• Low-Latency Dependable Distributed Edge Computing for Medical Applications (18/08/2025 - 09/07/2029) - Co-promotor
• Optimizing testing strategies to deal with software variability (26/10/2023 - 26/10/2027) - Promotor
• Cellular and IoT Base station for EM resilient communications (01/01/2023 - 31/12/2024) - Co-promotor
• Safety assurance of machine learning models in autonomous vessels (09/09/2022 - 09/09/2026) - Promotor
• Bridging Gaps in Co-Engineering of Safety and Security through the Semantic Web (08/02/2022 - 08/02/2026) - Promotor
• Assuring the safety of autonomous systems through human-centered executable assurance cases (01/10/2021 - 31/10/2026) - Co-promotor
• Integration of cyber security and safety standards in the development of digital systems (01/10/2021 - 30/11/2023) - Co-promotor
• Machine learning for failure identification and reliable mitigation of rotor eccentricity in electrical drives (06/09/2021 - 31/10/2026) - Co-promotor
• Verifiably Safe Autonomous Decision-Making (08/03/2021 - 11/06/2025) - Co-promotor
• Selective Implementation of Software Resilience Techniques to Increase Low-Level Code Reliability (11/02/2021 - 10/02/2025) - Promotor

Recent publications

• launch Buysse, L., Pissoort, D. (sup.), Vanoost, D. (cosup.), Boydens, J. (cosup.) (2026). Dynamic Safety Cases for Autonomous Systems: Enabling Continuous Safety Assurance in a Complex and Evolving Context.
• launch BRYON, K., VANKEIRSBILCK, J., BOYDENS, J. (2026). Replication Data for: Combining Constraint Programming and Simulated Annealing for Test Configuration Selection. KU Leuven RDR. doi: 10.48804/4PLFZO via repository
• launch Wang, Y., Verbeke, M. (sup.), Pissoort, D. (sup.), Boydens, J. (sup.) (2026). Safety assurance of machine learning models in autonomous vessels.
• launch Desenfans, P., Pissoort, D. (sup.), Gryllias, K. (cosup.), Boydens, J. (cosup.), Vanoost, D. (cosup.) (2026). Eccentricity Fault Modelling for the Monitoring and Control of Induction Motors using Physics-Based and Data-Driven Approaches.
• launch Desenfans, P. (corresp. author), Gong, Z., Vanoost, D., Gryllias, K., Boydens, J., Pissoort, D. (2026). Data-Driven Reduced Order Modeling of Induction Motors Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition and Deep Koopman Theory. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENERGY CONVERSION, 41 (1), 552-562. doi: 10.1109/TEC.2025.3599585 via repository
• launch Della Corte, A., François, S., Tsikas, A., Vankeirsbilck, J., Boydens, J., Anoyatis, G. (corresp. author) (2026). An analytical model for axial kinematic and inertial loading of single end-bearing piles embedded in generalised inhomogeneous soils. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 200 (Part A), Art.No. 109701. doi: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2025.109701 via repository
• launch De Blaere, B., Vankeirsbilck, J., Boydens, J. (2025). Using RISC-V Extensions to Support Software-Implemented Hardware Fault Tolerance. In: 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems (DFT). Presented at the 38th IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems (DFT), Barcelona, Spain, 21 Oct 2025-23 Oct 2025. ISBN: 979-8-3315-1489-1. doi: 10.1109/DFT66274.2025.11257504 via repository
• launch Buysse, L., Vanoost, D., Boydens, J., Pissoort, D. (2025). A Five-Dimensional Digital Twin Architecture for Real-Time and Non-Real-Time Safety Assurance of Autonomous Systems. In: 2025 20th European Dependable Computing Conference Companion Proceedings (EDCC-C), (195-200). Presented at the 2025 20th European Dependable Computing Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 08 Apr 2025-11 Apr 2025. ISBN: 979-8-3315-3741-8. doi: 10.1109/EDCC-C66476.2025.00057
• launch Wang, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, K., Caesar, H., Boydens, J., Pissoort, D., Verbeke, M. (2025). Enhancing the Dependability of Autonomous Surface Vehicles through Robustness Benchmarking of Real-time Object Detection Models. Expert Systems With Applications, Art.No. 129151. doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129151 via repository
• launch Della Corte, A., François, S., Tsikas, A., Vankeirsbilck, J., Boydens, J., Anoyatis, G. (2025). KINEMATIC RESPONSE OF END-BEARING PILES IN GENERALISED INHOMOGENEOUS SOILS UNDER P-WAVE EXCITATION. In: COMPDYN 2025 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, (Paper No. 25695). Presented at the COMPDYN 2025 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rhodes Island, Greece, 15 Jun 2025-18 Jun 2025. via repository