I’m currently a PhD student at DistriNet - KU Leuven.
My PhD focusses on secure software engineering for medical devices.

I like playing CTFs with my team, and we consistently ranked in the top 10 among approximately 275 competing teams at the Cybersecurity Challenge Belgium for three consecutive years (2023-2025). I mostly focus on the web and forensic categories. I’ve also reported security vulnerabilities to two popular websites with more than 1M yearly visits.

If you’d like to reach me, send me an email at: hi at seppe dot io

Volunteering #

Board Member @ Infogroep (2022 - 2025) #

Board member of the student association for Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Treasurer from 2023 to 2024, secretary from 2024 to 2025.

• Head of IGTool development.
• Part of the server team, maintaining our Kubernetes cluster and deploying new services.
• Part of the CTF organisation team, and a challenge contributor.
• Implemented several R&D projects, like a central API, a new website, a library platform, etc.
• Deployed Keycloak, an open source identity and access management platform and worked with the VUB’s ICT department to integrate it with Office 365 SSO. The VUB Department of Computer Science now uses this to authenticate students and staff.

Student Representative in the Study Programme Committee @ VUB (2022 - 2025) #

I was as a Student Representative in the Study Programme Committee for the Bachelor of Computer Science (2022-2023) and the Study Programme Committee for the Master of Computer Science (2023 - 2025).

• Improving the quality of the programme by discussing student concerns with faculty members.
• Giving feedback on course content and programme workload.

Education #

Doctoral Programme in Engineering Technology @ KU Leuven (2025 - Present) #

PhD student at DistriNet - KU Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dave Singelée.
I’m focussing on secure software engineering for medical devices.

Master’s in Computer Science @ VUB (2023 - 2025) #

Specialization: Software Languages and Software Engineering.
Graduated with greatest distinction.

DARE 2024 Summer School @ TU Darmstadt (2024) #

Participated in the second ACM Europe Summer School on Distributed and Replicated Environments (DARE 2024). The summer school focussed on techniques for supporting mixed consistency systems.

Bachelor in Computer Science @ VUB (2020 - 2023) #

Graduated with greatest distinction.