Here you can find an overview of all my publications, including papers, posters and other artefacts. Click on the publications to read more about them or to find supplemental material. For more information about my academic achievements, you can read more on the profile page of my research lab or the research portal of my university.

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  1. Chemical Identity Lost in Regulation: A Study of Semantic Interoperability in European Chemical Substance Data
    posterIn press Van Haute, G., Goedertier, S., Fannes, P., & Van de Wynckel, M. (2026). Chemical Identity Lost in Regulation: A Study of Semantic Interoperability in European Chemical Substance Data. Posters, Demos, Blue Sky, and Tutorials at SEMANTiCS 2026.
  2. ODDToolkit: An Open-Source Toolkit to Help Bridge the Developer Gap in Ontology Driven Design
    posterIn press Van de Wynckel, M., & Van Haute, G. (2026). ODDToolkit: An Open-Source Toolkit to Help Bridge the Developer Gap in Ontology Driven Design. Posters, Demos, Blue Sky, and Tutorials at SEMANTiCS 2026.
  3. OWL-SDA: A Multi-Agent System for Generating Synthetic Data to Support Ontology Evaluation
    posterIn press Van de Wynckel, M., & De Roock, E. (2026). OWL-SDA: A Multi-Agent System for Generating Synthetic Data to Support Ontology Evaluation. Posters, Demos, Blue Sky, and Tutorials at SEMANTiCS 2026.
  4. Interoperable indoor positioning systems can determine locations of people or objects inside buildings
    press Also in: Français (Nesdoo) · Français (Info HighTech) TechXplore — Maxim Van de Wynckel, a researcher at the WISE lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), successfully defended his Ph.D. in computer science on 30 June 2025. Over six years, he explored a major challenge facing many modern technologies: how can indoor positioning systems — which determine the location of people or objects inside buildings — work better together?
  5. Researcher Maxim Van De Wynckel Defends Ph.D. on Indoor Positioning Systems
    press Life Technology — Researcher Maxim Van de Wynckel from Vrije Universiteit Brussel defends Ph.D. in computer science, focusing on improving indoor positioning systems collaboration.
  6. VUB researcher teaches systems that determine the location of people or objects within buildings to work together
    press Also in: Nederlands Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) — Maxim Van de Wynckel aims to make indoor positioning technology as universal as GPS, with a focus on interoperability, adaptability, and privacy
  7. Interoperable and Discoverable Indoor Positioning Systems
    phd Van de Wynckel, M. (2025). Interoperable and Discoverable Indoor Positioning Systems [PhD thesis]. Vrije Universiteit Brussel – WISE lab.
  8. OpenHPS: A Modular Framework to Facilitate the Development of FAIR Positioning Systems
    journal Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2025). OpenHPS: A Modular Framework to Facilitate the Development of FAIR Positioning Systems. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(110), 8113. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08113
  9. Survey on the Privacy and Transparency of Location Data
    dataset Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2025, May). Survey on the Privacy and Transparency of Location Data. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15564050
  10. Jong Talent: Maxim Van de Wynckel (30) zoekt oplossingen om gebruikers meer controle te geven over hun locatiegegevens
    press Knack — 'Locatiegegevens zijn big business', zegt doctoraatsonderzoeker Maxim Van de Wynckel. Zulke data worden door een hele rist aan applicaties en andere diensten opgeslagen. 'Denk aan navigatie- en fitnessapps, maar ook aan wifi- en bluetooth-signalen. Gebruikers zijn zich vaak niet bewust van die onzichtbare vormen van dataverzameling'. Recente gebeurtenissen tonen aan hoe kwetsbaar locatiegegevens zijn.
  11. Sphero Dead Reckoning and CV Tracking Dataset
    dataset Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2025). Sphero Dead Reckoning and CV Tracking Dataset. Kaggle. https://doi.org/10.34740/KAGGLE/DS/6760212
  12. Garage Positioning Dataset
    dataset Van de Wynckel, M. (2025). Garage Positioning Dataset. Kaggle. https://doi.org/10.34740/KAGGLE/DS/6654647
  13. FidMark: A Fiducial Marker Ontology for Semantically Describing Visual Markers
    conference Van de Wynckel, M., Valadez, I., & Signer, B. (2024). FidMark: A Fiducial Marker Ontology for Semantically Describing Visual Markers. Proceedings of The Semantic Web (ESWC 2024), 235–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60635-9_14
  14. Discoverable and Interoperable Augmented Reality Environments Through Solid Pods
    poster Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2024). Discoverable and Interoperable Augmented Reality Environments Through Solid Pods. Proceedings of SoSy 2024 (Poster), 2nd Solid Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, May 2024, 3947. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/short2.pdf
  15. Towards Distributed Intelligent Tutoring Systems Based on User-owned Progress and Performance Data
    poster Malaise, Y., Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2024). Towards Distributed Intelligent Tutoring Systems Based on User-owned Progress and Performance Data. Proceedings of the 2nd Solid Symposium (SoSy’24), 3947. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3947/short3.pdf
  16. SemBeacon: A Semantic Proximity Beacon Solution for Discovering and Detecting the Position of Physical Things
    conference Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2023). SemBeacon: A Semantic Proximity Beacon Solution for Discovering and Detecting the Position of Physical Things. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Internet of Things, IoT ’23, 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3627050.3627060
  17. Object Tracking on a Monopoly Game Board
    dataset Hoebeke, N., Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2023). Object Tracking on a Monopoly Game Board. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7990434
  18. 802.11 Managemement frames from a public location
    dataset Vermunicht, B., Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2023). 802.11 Managemement frames from a public location. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8003771
  19. POSO: A Generic Positioning System Ontology
    conference Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2022). POSO: A Generic Positioning System Ontology. The Semantic Web – ISWC 2022, 231–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19433-7_14
  20. A Solid-based Architecture for Decentralised Interoperable Location Data
    conference Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2022). A Solid-based Architecture for Decentralised Interoperable Location Data. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN’22), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3248. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3248/paper11.pdf
  21. Indoor Positioning Using the OpenHPS Framework
    conference Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2021). Indoor Positioning Using the OpenHPS Framework. 2021 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPIN51156.2021.9662569
  22. OpenHPS: Single Floor Fingerprinting and Trajectory Dataset
    dataset Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2021, May 9). OpenHPS: Single Floor Fingerprinting and Trajectory Dataset. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4744380
  23. OpenHPS: An Open Source Hybrid Positioning System
    tech-report Van de Wynckel, M., & Signer, B. (2020). OpenHPS: An Open Source Hybrid Positioning System (WISE-2020-01). Vrije Universiteit Brussel. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2101.05198
  24. Master thesis: Indoor Navigation by Centralized Tracking
    thesis Van de Wynckel, M. (2019). Indoor Navigation by Centralized Tracking [Master’s thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel]. https://researchportal.vub.be/en/studentTheses/indoor-navigation-by-centralized-tracking
  25. Bachelor thesis: eID IO - Applicatie besturing
    other My bachelor thesis was to provide remote actions for eID authentication. It was awarded the best thesis of the class of 2016.
  26. Final work: WisaReg
    other WisaReg is an application that provides newly registered students from the Wisa database with accounts for various services. It was awarded the best final work of 2013.