Paper accepted at ICLR 2026: DIVERSE: Disagreement-Inducing Vector Evolution for Rashomon Set Exploration

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DIVERSE: Finding the Many Faces of AI Decision-Making

Our paper “DIVERSE: Disagreement-Inducing Vector Evolution for Rashomon Set Exploration” () has been accepted at ICLR 2026, one of the top venues for machine learning research. This is joint work with my PhD student Gilles Eerlings, Brent Zoomers, Jori Liesenborgs, and Gustavo Rovelo Ruiz at the Digital Future Lab (UHasselt - Flanders Make). More details on the publication page.

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Paper accepted at CHI 2026: Helping Humans Control Robots on the Moon

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Every Move You Make: Helping Operators See Where Their Robot Will Go

Our paper "Every Move You Make: Visualizing Near-Future Motion Under Delay for Telerobotics" () has been accepted at CHI 2026 in Barcelona — the premier conference for human-computer interaction research. This is joint work with my PhD student Dries Cardinaels, Raf Ramakers, Tom Veuskens, Thomas Pietrzak (Univ. Lille, Inria), and Gustavo Rovelo Ruiz at the Digital Future Lab (UHasselt - Flanders Make). More details on the publication page.

→ Paper page on driescardinaels.be

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Two student projects from the UHasselt Human-AI Interaction course featured in SAI Update

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The SAI Update magazine (Nov 2025 , sia.be) selected two projects from our Human–AI Interaction (HAII) course for its Next Technology Generation special. Proud of our students Linsey Helsen and Xander Vervaecke who turned their Human-AI Interaction project ideas into concrete, useful systems.

1) A Multi-Agent Approach to Fact-Checking (, ) — Xander Vervaecke (UHasselt) Xander’s LieSpy.ai coordinates multiple LLMs (e.g., GPT, Gemini, Mistral) to verify claims, compare reasoning, and aggregate evidence into a transparent verdict. The interface exposes sources, trust scores, and model rationales, moving fact-checking beyond a single-model answer. Key ideas: multi-agent collaboration, cross-validation, explainability.

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LLMQuery for Slidev: Integration of on-the-fly LLM Queries during your Presentation

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I wanted to show my students appropriate ways of using LLMs for and during coding, so I started building (with some LLM help) a Slidev component, LLMQuery.vue, that adds LLM interactions to slides. It feels important to actively show students how these tools can amplify human knowledge and skill building rather than replace it altogether, even if I’m far from an expert. So with a bit of LLM help , I put together a sli.dev component in Vue that integrates LLMQuery right into my Slidev presentation. Maybe it’s useful for others too, so I’m sharing it here for download and further tinkering—people who are much better at web dev (there are many!) can probably turn it into something truly polished.

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Launch of the Digital Future Lab: Toward Intelligible, Trustworthy and Human-Centered Digital Systems

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The official launch of the Digital Future Lab (DFL) marks an exciting step forward for Hasselt University and for the ecosystem of digital innovation in Flanders. With over 80 researchers across various interdisciplinary groups, DFL focuses on creating well-designed, human-centered, trustworthy, and useful digital systems that address both industrial and societal challenges. We did an interview (in Dutch, with Ann T’Syen) that can be found here.

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Master thesis Maties Claesen nominated for the EOS thesis award!

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Very proud of my thesis student Maties Claesen, who has been nominated for the EOS thesis award! His work, “ZeroTraining: Extending Zero-Gravity Objects Simulation in Virtual Reality Using Robotics,” combines virtual reality and robotics to simulate weightless objects more realistically – crucial for astronaut training and space exploration. Maties demonstrated some impressive creative problem-solving skills, especially in combining diverse fields to tackle complex challenges with limited hardware resources.

Special thanks to Andreas Treuer, Martial Costantini, and Lionel Ferra at ESA for their support, valuable insights and feedback on this work. Andreas was particularly instrumental for this work by sharing his experiences and providing feedback throughout the project which was crucial in refining both the scope as well as the implementation of this work.

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