DrPeter Leijdekkers
Industry Fellow
School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
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- Industry FellowSchool of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG
- + 61 (2) 95147871 (Work)
- University of Technology, Sydney, FEIT/SOCS CB11.08.117, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia
BIO
Peter Leijdekkers received his Master’s degree and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Peter Leijdekkers has been a researcher for more than 20 years in both industry and academia, with interests in Telecommunications, IT and Mobile applications. His current research is in the e-health domain. He founded the company myFitnessCompanion.com that focuses on health and fitness apps.
Prior to his appointment at UTS in 2004, Peter Leijdekkers worked as R&D Team leader at Lucent Bell Labs. He participated in several European funded projects working with many research institutes, universities and companies. In these European funded projects his role was that of Technical Manager responsible for the technical coherence and direction of the project as well as contributing to technical aspects.
Before joining Lucent Technology in 2000, Peter Leijdekkers worked as a Senior Engineer and Team Leader in four ICT companies in Australia, and he was a Research Scientist at KPN Research in The Netherlands and USA.
Research Domains
- Mobile Health
- Health informatics
- Design of mobile applications
- Health social media
- Health and serious game
Peter Leijdekkers has been a researcher for more than 20 years in both industry and academia, with interests in Telecommunications, IT and Mobile applications. His current research is in the e-health domain. He founded the company myFitnessCompanion.com that focuses on health and fitness apps.
Prior to his appointment at UTS in 2004, Peter Leijdekkers worked as R&D Team leader at Lucent Bell Labs. He participated in several European funded projects working with many research institutes, universities and companies. In these European funded projects his role was that of Technical Manager responsible for the technical coherence and direction of the project as well as contributing to technical aspects.
Before joining Lucent Technology in 2000, Peter Leijdekkers worked as a Senior Engineer and Team Leader in four ICT companies in Australia, and he was a Research Scientist at KPN Research in The Netherlands and USA.
Research Domains
- Mobile Health
- Health informatics
- Design of mobile applications
- Health social media
- Health and serious game
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Twente, The Netherlands15 May 1991 - 15 May 1997
LANGUAGES
- Dutch; FlemishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision