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Rik Van de Walle is rector of Ghent University, one of the largest universities in Belgium. He obtained the degrees of Master of Science in Engineering Physics and Doctor of Engineering at Ghent University.
In 2001 after a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona, Rik returned to Ghent, became a full-time assistant professor, and set up the Multimedia Lab, one of the founding research groups of iMinds (since 2016: imec).
In 2004 he became full professor, and in 2010 senior full professor. After a merger with two other research groups across departmental and even university boundaries, the Multimedia Lab was renamed in 2016 as Internet and Data Lab (IDLab), which encompasses about 300 members.
After five years as dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Rik became rector in 2017. In 2019, he was elected president of CESAER, one of the most important associations of universities in Europe.