EPL master theses schedule : January 2026 Current schedule of theses to be defended in January 2026 (excluding the CPME program). Order within sessions may change.

Room Day TimeHidden Time Code Title Commission Students Supervisors Readers Chairman Confidential CPME OpenHub
BARB 11 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-001 HubOS: Improving and Redesigning a Local-First, Privacy-by-Design Operating System for Smart Home Applications CYSE valentin.kola@student.uclouvain.be etienne.riviere@uclouvain.be lionel.metongnon@uclouvain.be francois.dekeersmaeker@uclouvain.be francois.glineur@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 10 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-015 CubeSats in formation for Earth observation - Synchronization experiments ELME natan.ghyoot@student.uclouvain.be christophe.craeye@uclouvain.be dimitri.lederer@uclouvain.be luc.vandendorpe@uclouvain.be laurent.paucot@uclouvain.be evangelos.nastas@gmail.com Jerome.louveaux@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 08:00-10:30 08:00-10:30 EPL26-050 Numerical and experimental characterization of an axisymmetric supersonic air ejector ELME mathis.modave@student.uclouvain.be yann.bartosiewicz@uclouvain.be gregoire.winckelmans@uclouvain.be vincent.legat@uclouvain.be romain.debroeyer@uclouvain.be thomas.pardoen@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 11 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-058 Study of the generalization abilities of feedforward fully connected affine neural networks used in regression tasks trained with gradient descent DATA pietro.gavazzi@student.uclouvain.be benoit.legat@uclouvain.be christian.hafner@uclouvain.be estelle.massart@uclouvain.be geovani.grapiglia@uclouvain.be adeline.colson@uclouvain.be francois.glineur@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-060 Uncovering Platform Usage Insights at moveUP; A Journey from Data Visualization to AI-Driven Analysis DATA michael.alarcon@student.uclouvain.be pa.absil@uclouvain.be andries@moveup.care john.lee@uclouvain.be ramin.sadre@uclouvain.be Yes No No
BARB 10 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-080 Design of a harmonic radar for Asian hornet tracking ELEC hugo.damme@student.uclouvain.be dimitri.lederer@uclouvain.be jerome.louveaux@uclouvain.be theo.denis@uclouvain.be david.bol@uclouvain.be Christophe.craeye@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-084 Deep Learning Approach for Crowd Monitoring Using Radar Maps ELEC sara.eskelinen@student.uclouvain.be jerome.louveaux@uclouvain.be christophe.devleeschouwer@uclouvain.be anne-sophie.collin@uclouvain.be martin.willame@uclouvain.be benoit.gerin@uclouvain.be David.bol@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-095 QR and datamatrix codes detection with deep learning in an industrial context ELEC benjamin.mallefait@student.uclouvain.be benoit.moedts@student.uclouvain.be christophe.devleeschouwer@uclouvain.be sebastien.jodogne@uclouvain.be sarra.laksaci@uclouvain.be David.bol@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-103 Efficient implementation of an ultra-low-power seizure detection algorithm based on vagus nerve signals ELEC ilija.todorovic@student.uclouvain.be david.bol@uclouvain.be martin.andraud@uclouvain.be sylvain.favresse@uclouvain.be Jerome.louveaux@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-114 Laser cooling and magneto-optical trapping of Calcium atoms FYAP laurent.carlier@student.uclouvain.be matthieu.genevriez@uclouvain.be benoit.hackens@uclouvain.be xavier.urbain@uclouvain.be benoit.hackens@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 08:00-10:30 08:00-10:30 EPL26-120 Characterization of polydisperse samples: from their rheology to their composition KIMA jeanne.delvaux@student.uclouvain.be evelyne.vanruymbeke@uclouvain.be vincent.legat@uclouvain.be charles-andre.fustin@uclouvain.be celine.hannecart@uclouvain.be thomas.pardoen@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-123 State Estimation and Fixed-Horizon Prediction for an Industrial Polypropylene Polymerization Reactor KIMA gauthier.dewalque@student.uclouvain.be denis.mignon@totalenergies.com juray.dewilde@uclouvain.be claire-eloise.carels@totalenergies.com benoit.hackens@uclouvain.be Yes No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 08:00-10:30 08:00-10:30 EPL26-126 Mechanical and Thermal Properties of CFRP Recycled via a Sustainable Mild Solvolysis Process KIMA ryota.kasai@student.uclouvain.be bernard.nysten@uclouvain.be thomas.pardoen@uclouvain.be wael.ballout@uclouvain.be evelyne.vanruymbeke@uclouvain.be vincent.destoop@uclouvain.be Vincent.legat@uclouvain.be No No Yes
BARB 92 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-134 High-fidelity calculations of charge transition levels and defect formation energies in strontium and barium titanate KIMA anton.volodin@student.uclouvain.be gian-marco.rignanese@uclouvain.be albe@mm.tu-darmstadt.de benoit.hackens@uclouvain.be wei.chen@uclouvain.be benoit.hackens@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 93 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 (second) EPL26-163 What are the best renovation scenarios in terms of environmental impact and costs for office buildings, based on a life-cycle analysis? Insights from Brussels case studies. GCE h.chapelle@student.uclouvain.be francesco.contino@uclouvain.be nicolas.ghuys@uclouvain.be herve.jeanmart@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 93 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 (third) EPL26-171 Mise en évidence des règles de conception des planchers composés de grumes à l’aide d’un code numérique Python GCE vivian.demuyser@student.uclouvain.be pierre.latteur@uclouvain.be benjamin.dardenne@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be justin.goosse@uclouvain.be charles.pecheur@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 93 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-183 Extension of HybriDFEM for Coupling with Two-Dimensional Finite Elements: Surface Elements, Coupling Methods and Code Refactoring GCE theo.legros@student.uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be michele.godio@ri.se igor.bouckaert@uclouvain.be jean-francois.remacle@uclouvain.be nicolas.beyne@uclouvain.be sandra.soares-frazao@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 93 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-184 Numerical and experimental modeling of mudflows GCE simon.liesse@student.uclouvain.be hadrien.rattez@uclouvain.be sandra.soares-frazao@uclouvain.be jens.niclaes@uclouvain.be nathan.delpierre@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 16:45-19:15 16:45-19:15 EPL26-187 Analyse par imagerie de la rupture de digue et mesure du débit à travers la brèche GCE lucien.maron@student.uclouvain.be sandra.soares-frazao@uclouvain.be masoumeh.ebrahimi@uclouvain.be hadrien.rattez@uclouvain.be benoit.macq@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-206 Prediction-based Propagation in Constraint Programming: A Focus on the AllDifferent Constraint INFO corentin.deruyck@student.uclouvain.be helene.verhaeghe@uclouvain.be charles.packo@uclouvain.be amaury.guichard@uclouvain.be quentin.cappart@uclouvain.be quentin.cappart@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 93 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-230 Enhancing Ground Modeling Through Artificial Intelligence INFO jean-pierre.sagdic@student.uclouvain.be hadrien.rattez@uclouvain.be jean-francois.vandenberghe@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be ioannis.kostis@uclouvain.be sandra.soares-frazao@uclouvain.be Yes No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-236 Graphical Game Design Interface: Game Board and Setup INFO sebastien.vercammen@student.uclouvain.be eric.piette@uclouvain.be helene.verhaeghe@uclouvain.be alice.burlats@uclouvain.be achille.morenville@uclouvain.be quentin.cappart@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 08:00-10:30 08:00-10:30 EPL26-239 Machine Learning Approaches for Skin Cancer Detection: A Study Based on the ISIC 2024 Competition INFO wei.zhou@student.uclouvain.be charles.pecheur@uclouvain.be quentin.cappart@uclouvain.be helene.verhaeghe@uclouvain.be peter.vanroy@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 11 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-244 Exploiting Low-Rank Constraints in the Optimization of Performance Estimation Problems SINF pedro.cafi@student.uclouvain.be benoit.legat@uclouvain.be julien.hendrickx@uclouvain.be francois.glineur@uclouvain.be estelle.massart@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-248 Porting Ludii to Android SINF alexandre.desalle@student.uclouvain.be eric.piette@uclouvain.be achille.morenville@uclouvain.be julien.lienard@uclouvain.be ramin.sadre@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 08:00-10:30 08:00-10:30 EPL26-263 Plug-in to support music composition with constraint programming SINF cedric.niyikiza@student.uclouvain.be peter.vanroy@uclouvain.be jean.vanderdonckt@uclouvain.be damien.sprockeels@uclouvain.be charles.pecheur@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 08:00-10:30 08:00-10:30 EPL26-283 Ensemble Learning for Optimizing Adaptable Gesture Recognition SINF alexandre.denys@student.uclouvain.be jean.vanderdonckt@uclouvain.be arthur.sluyters@sluyters.be nuwan.attygalle@uclouvain.be quentin.cappart@uclouvain.be charles.pecheur@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 93 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 (first) EPL26-286 Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Low-Resource Weather Predictions SINF lorenzo.dintino@student.uclouvain.be charles.pecheur@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be juliette.vanderhaeghen@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 92 23/01/2026 14:00-16:30 14:00-16:30 EPL26-300 Automatic AND/OR search-tree building in constraint programming SINF victor.jonniaux@student.uclouvain.be helene.verhaeghe@uclouvain.be amaury.guichard@uclouvain.be augustin.delecluse@uclouvain.be quentin.cappart@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 16:45-19:15 16:45-19:15 EPL26-306 Soft Actor-Critic for Data Center Cooling Optimization Using EnergyPlus INFO bastien.logeot@student.uclouvain.be benoit.macq@uclouvain.be francesco.contino@uclouvain.be melanie.ghislain@uclouvain.be christophe.devleeschouwer@uclouvain.be sandra.soares-frazao@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-312 Quality of Geolocation Information in Smartphones SINF romain.mottet@student.uclouvain.be ramin.sadre@uclouvain.be yinan.cao@uclouvain.be corentin.libert@uclouvain.be eric.piette@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 91 23/01/2026 16:45-19:15 16:45-19:15 EPL26-338 Determination of the Correlation Length of Geophysical Data and its Application to Pile Foundation Design : How many cpt test are needed to caracterize the soil, have a realistic probability of failure ? MAP mariam.damiri@student.uclouvain.be hadrien.rattez@uclouvain.be jean-francois.vandenberghe@uclouvain.be joao.almeida@uclouvain.be a.boleve@fugro.com benoit.macq@uclouvain.be Yes No No
BARB 11 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-402 Innovating driving solution for numerical multibody systems oriented towards bikes MECA max.opdecam@student.uclouvain.be nicolas.docquier@uclouvain.be paul.fisette@uclouvain.be gianluca.bianchin@uclouvain.be bruno.dehez@uclouvain.be No No No
BARB 11 23/01/2026 10:45-13:15 10:45-13:15 EPL26-407 Designing and prototyping an MRI compatible and temperature controlled gustometer MECA rafael.senincordo@student.uclouvain.be benoit.herman@uclouvain.be eloise@brainimpact.eu ron.kupers@uclouvain.be bruno.dehez@uclouvain.be bruno.dehez@uclouvain.be Yes No No
Room Day TimeHidden Time Code Title Commission Students Supervisors Readers Chairman Confidential CPME OpenHub