Koen Vervloesem

Current

Owner at Bits & komma's
Freelance journalist at Self-employed (Self-employed)

Past

Blogger at Filosofie.be
Private teacher at Memento

Education

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Linux Professional Institute

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Koen Vervloesem’s Summary

I'm a freelance journalist with a broad technical and scientific background, writing in Dutch and English.

My specialties are IT, science and mathematics, about which I'm writing for Belgian, Dutch and international magazines and websites. This varies from news items, interviews and columns to background stories, technical articles and tutorials.

You can find more information on my website: http://www.vervloesem.eu/journalist/

Koen Vervloesem’s Specialties:

* Information technology: open source software, open standards, operating systems (Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows), embedded systems, computer security, web development, semantic web, programming (Java, Ruby), XML, geographical information systems;

* Computer science: artificial intelligence, algorithms, cryptography;

* Mathematics: number theory, discrete mathematics, applied mathematics, fractals, cellular automata, logic, history and philosophy of mathematics.

Koen Vervloesem’s Experience

Owner

Bits & komma's

(Writing and Editing industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

As owner of Bits & komma's I write about information technology, mainly about open source and open standards, Linux, Unix, security, software development and geographical information systems. I also do editorial consulting about these topics.
Freelance journalist
Self-employed (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

April 2000 — Present (9 years 9 months)

I have been writing articles as a freelance journalist for:

* magazines: Bits & Chips, Linux Magazine, PC-Active, Mechatronica Magazine, GeoPlatform, Data News, IT Beheer Magazine, Het Bedrijf, NetOpus, Vi Matrix, VILv-blad, Bres, ComputerPartner, MacFreak Magazine, MacFan, Computer Magazine
* websites: Kennislink, Webwereld, InfoWorld, hcc!magazine, NewsForge, Linux.com, Livre Magazine, Filosofie.be, The Inquirer, MacDevCenter.com, ONJava.com, XML.com, IBM developerWorks, NetOnline, Kwadratuur.be, LinuxDevices.com
* encyclopedias: Dutch Encarta (Winkler Prins)

A full list of my publications can be found on http://www.vervloesem.eu/journalist/docs/publicaties.html
Blogger

Filosofie.be

(Online Media industry)

November 2005 — April 2009 (3 years 6 months)

I was a blogger at filosofie.be, an online community about philosophy in Belgium and the Netherlands. For a time I was also the supervisor of the blog network, consisting of some twenty bloggers, and editor of the monthly newsletter of filosofie.be.
Private teacher

Memento

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2004 — September 2005 (11 months)

Private teacher for university students. Courses: physics, numerical mathematics, statistics, calculus, Java programming.

Koen Vervloesem’s Education

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Postgraduate certificate of Science Communication and Education (part-time) , 2007 — 2012 (expected)

I started this postgraduate study in 2007, but as I combined it with a fulltime freelance job I have not finished it (yet).
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Master of Artificial Intelligence (part-time) , Cognitive Science , 2005 — 2012 (expected)

Specialisation: cognitive science

I took all courses in 2005-2007, while studying for my philosophy degree. Combining AI and philosophy was intellectually very fruitful, but as I combined these two with a fulltime freelance job I have not finished my AI thesis (yet).
Linux Professional Institute

Junior Level Linux Professional (LPIC-1) , 2009 — 2009

Passed exams 101 and 102 in December 2009 after self-study.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Master of Philosophy (Licentiaat in de wijsbegeerte) , 2004 — 2007

Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Specialisation: logic, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science
Thesis: "Computer proofs and mathematical practice"
I presented a part of my thesis at the Perspectives on Mathematical Practices 2007 conference in Brussels.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Master of Engineering in Computer Science (Burgerlijk ingenieur in de computerwetenschappen) , 1999 — 2004

Graduated Cum Laude
Specialisation: artificial intelligence and natural language processing
Thesis: "Determining the meaning of words using Constraint Logic Programming"

Additional Information

Koen Vervloesem’s Websites:

Koen Vervloesem’s Interests:

philosophy (philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, eastern philosophy), science, mathematics, music, computer science, natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, languages, psychology, cooking, movies

Koen Vervloesem’s Groups:

Association for Automated Reasoning (AAR),
Academische Stichting Leuven (ASL),
Belgian Journalists on Information Technology (BJIT),
Belgian Mathematical Society (BMS),
Belgian Society for Logic and Philosophy of Science (BSLPS),
BNVKI (Belgium-Netherlands Association for Artificial Intelligence),
Genootschap Onze Taal,
Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieursvereniging (KVIV),
Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap (KWG),
Vereniging van burgerlijk ingenieurs uit de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (VILv),
Vlaams netwerk van ondernemingen (VOKA),
Vlaamse Vereniging Wiskunde Leraars (VVWL),
Wijsgerig Gezelschap te Leuven (WGL)