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Pieter Pauwels graduated from Ghent University as an engineer-architect in 2008 with a theoretical research on the ICT conception of an integrated architectural design environment. He is currently preparing a PhD dissertation at Ghent University, focusing on how information may be deployed within ICT applications to generate useful support for architectural designers in their design tasks.

Ronald De Meyer graduated from the Hoger Architectuurinstituut van het Rijk, Antwerp, in 1978 and received his PhD with a dissertation on the development of the 19th century Antwerp town district Het Zuid from Catholic University Leuven in 1993. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of Ghent University and a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg. His research involves 19th and 20th century construction history, more specifically, the role of concrete and iron structures in Belgium, and the intelligent deployment of ICT technology for architectural design thinking support.

Jan Van Campenhout received his degree in electromechanical engineering from the University of Ghent in 1972 and a MSEE and PhD from Stanford University in 1975 and 1978, respectively. He is Head of the Department of the Electronics and Information Systems Department (ELIS) of the Faculty of Engineering at Ghent University, where he teaches courses in digital design. His research interests are the development of information systems for architectural design thinking support and innovative techniques in information processing systems.