Herwig Mannaert (born April 23, 1965) is a Belgian academic and Professor at the University of Antwerp, Dean of the Management Information Systems Department, and Executive Professor at the University of Antwerp Management School, known for his work on digital image processing,[1] software architecture,[2] and open source software.
[3] Mannaert received his Msc in Electrical Engineer in 1988 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where in 1993 he also received his PhD for a thesis on the "design of object recognition algorithms for image interpretation.
"[citation needed] After his graduation in 1993 the University of Antwerp appointed Mannaert Associate Professor at the Management Information Systems Department.
Since 2000 is founding director of Cast4All, that supply scalable and transactional software management systems.
[citation needed] Mannaert authored and co-authored many publications in his field of expertise.