About me

Maxim Van de Wynckel holds PhD in Computer Sciences specialising in hybrid and indoor positioning, interoperability, linked data, and service discovery. He graduated with great distinction from the Erasmushogeschool Brussels in 2016 and earned a Master’s in Applied Computer Science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2019.

Maxim contributes to the OpenHPS hybrid positioning system and designed the POSO ontology in 2022. In 2023, he introduced the SemBeacon Bluetooth Low Energy specification. He defended is PhD on the Discoverability and Interoperability of Indoor Positioning Systems in June of 2025 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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