Data Analytics Laboratory

The VUB Data Lab is a cross-disciplinary research group the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium. We focus on developing and adapting analytical tools and algorithms which retrieve valuable insights from data. We exploit the connection between data analysis and the properties of complex systems. In doing so, we develop data analysis tools based on information theory, nonlinear dynamics, ergodic theory, and statistical physics. The key technologies we currently focus on are data analytics, pattern mining, machine learning, deep learning, combinatorial optimization and process mining. The lab is headed by prof. Vincent Ginis, prof. Sam Verboven, prof. Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Prof. Marie-Anne Guerry. We have strong ties with the AI research center, doing interdisciplinary research on Artificial Intelligence, as well as with the Applied Physics research group. The lab performs both fundamental and applied research, always in close collaboration with a wide network of (inter)national academic and industrial partners.