Publications

Journal articles, conference papers and other contributions

A full and continuously updated list is available on Google Scholar and ORCID.

Journal articles

  1. Braun, M., Carlier, S., De Paepe, A., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., & Crombez, G. (2025). Development and Evaluation of the COntextualised and Personalised Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations (COPPER) Ontology. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 22(1).
  2. Tack, E., Braun, M., De Groef, A., Dams, L., De Backere, F., Van Overbeke, M., Crombez, G., & De Paepe, A. (2025). Preferences of Cancer Survivors and Healthcare Providers for a Physical Activity Application: A Group Concept Mapping Study. Psycho-Oncology, 34(4).
  3. Van Den Bossche, T., Bostyn, D., De Backere, F., & Bex, S. (2025). Creating a Supportive Academic Culture by Preventing and Responding to Transgressive Behavior. Nature Mental Health, 3(5), 481–482.
  4. Compernolle, S., Van de Velde, L., Cardon, G., Kastrinou, M., Vetrovsky, T., De Backere, F., & Van Dyck, D. (2025). Identifying Optimal Moments for Delivering Digital Prompts to Reduce Prolonged Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults: An Intensive Longitudinal Study Using Sensor-Triggered Ecological Momentary Assessment. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 22(10), 1231–1243.
  5. Braun, M., Carlier, S., De Backere, F., Van de Velde, M., De Turck, F., Crombez, G., & De Paepe, A. (2024). Identifying App Components That Promote Physical Activity: A Group Concept Mapping Study. PeerJ, 12.
  6. Braun, M., Crombez, G., De Backere, F., Tack, E., & De Paepe, A. (2024). An Analysis of Physical Activity Coping Plans: Mapping Barriers and Coping Strategies Based on User Ratings. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 12(1).
  7. Delobelle, J., Lebuf, E., Van Dyck, D., Compernolle, S., Janek, M., De Backere, F., & Vetrovsky, T. (2024). Fitbit's Accuracy to Measure Short Bouts of Stepping and Sedentary Behaviour: Validation, Sensitivity and Specificity Study. Digital Health, 10.
  8. Maes, I., Carlier, S., Latomme, J., De Backere, F., Cardon, G., & Van Dyck, D. (2024). Unveiling Digital Pathways to Active Aging: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of Older Adults' Experiences and the Impact of Person-level Factors on mHealth Intervention Engagement. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2024(1).
  9. Carlier, S., Naessens, V., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2023). A Software Engineering Framework for Reusable Design of Personalized Serious Games for Health: Development Study. JMIR Serious Games, 11.
  10. Braun, M., Carlier, S., De Backere, F., De Paepe, A., Van de Velde, M., Van Dyck, D., Marques, M., De Turck, F., & Crombez, G. (2023). Content and Quality of Physical Activity Ontologies: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 20(1).
  11. Maes, I., Mertens, L., Poppe, L., Vetrovsky, T., Crombez, G., De Backere, F., Brondeel, R., & Van Dyck, D. (2023). Within-Person Associations of Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity with Time-Varying Determinants in Older Adults: Time-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. JMIR Aging, 6.
  12. Schroé, H., Carlier, S., Van Dyck, D., De Backere, F., & Crombez, G. (2022). Towards more personalized digital health interventions: a clustering method of action and coping plans to promote physical activity. BMC Public Health, 22(1).
  13. Heyse, J., Depreeuw, B., Van Daele, T., Daeseleire, T., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2022). An adaptation algorithm for personalised virtual reality exposure therapy. Computer Methods & Programs in Biomedicine, 225.
  14. Heyse, J., Carlier, S., Verhelst, E., Vander Linden, C., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2022). From patient to musician: a multi-sensory virtual reality rehabilitation tool for spatial neglect. Applied Sciences, 12(3).
  15. Carlier, S., Coppens, D., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2021). Investigating the influence of personalised gamification on mobile survey user experience. Sustainability, 13(18).
  16. Vandewiele, G., Dehaene, I., Kovács, G., Sterckx, L., Janssens, O., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Roelens, K., Decruyenaere, J., Van Hoecke, S., & Demeester, T. (2021). Overly optimistic prediction results on imbalanced data: a case study of flaws and benefits when applying over-sampling. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 111.
  17. Carlier, S., Van der Paelt, S., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2020). Empowering children with ASD and their parents: design of a serious game for anxiety and stress reduction. Sensors, 20(4).
  18. Heyse, J., Torres Vega, M., De Jonge, T., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2020). A personalised emotion-based model for relaxation in virtual reality. Applied Sciences, 10(17).
  19. Sterckx, L., Vandewiele, G., Dehaene, I., Janssens, O., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Roelens, K., Decruyenaere, J., & Demeester, T. (2020). Clinical information extraction for preterm birth risk prediction. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 110.
  20. Van Damme, S., Torres Vega, M., Heyse, J., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2020). A low-complexity psychometric curve-fitting approach for the objective quality assessment of streamed game videos. Signal Processing – Image Communication, 88.
  21. Mahieu, C., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., Bonte, P., De Turck, F., & Simoens, P. (2019). Semantics-based platform for context-aware and personalized robot interaction in the internet of robotic things. Journal of Systems and Software, 149, 138–157.
  22. Nauta, J., Mahieu, C., Michiels, C., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Khaluf, Y., & Simoens, P. (2019). Pro-active positioning of a social robot intervening upon behavioral disturbances of persons with dementia in a smart nursing home. Cognitive Systems Research, 57, 160–174.
  23. De Backere, F., Bonte, P., Verstichel, S., Ongenae, F., & De Turck, F. (2018). Sharing health data in Belgium: a home care case study using the Vitalink platform. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 43(1), 56–72. 1st author
  24. Vandewiele, G., De Backere, F., Lannoye, K., Vanden Berghe, M., Janssens, O., Van Hoecke, S., Keereman, V., Paemeleire, K., Ongenae, F., & De Turck, F. (2018). A decision support system to follow up and diagnose primary headache patients using semantically enriched data. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 18.
  25. De Backere, F., Bonte, P., Verstichel, S., Ongenae, F., & De Turck, F. (2017). The OCarePlatform: a context-aware system to support independent living. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 140, 111–120. 1st author
  26. De Backere, F., Van den Bergh, J., Coppers, S., Elprama, S., Nelis, J., Verstichel, S., Jacobs, A., Coninx, K., & De Turck, F. (2017). Social-aware event handling within the FallRisk project. Methods of Information in Medicine, 56(1), 63–73. 1st author
  27. Ongenae, F., Vanhove, T., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2017). Intelligent task management platform for health care workers. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 42(2), 122–134.
  28. Bonte, P., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., Schaballie, J., Arndt, D., Verstichel, S., Mannens, E., Van de Walle, R., & De Turck, F. (2017). The MASSIF platform: a modular and semantic platform for the development of flexible IoT services. Knowledge and Information Systems, 51(1), 89–126.
  29. De Backere, F., Ongenae, F., Vannieuwenborg, F., Van Ooteghem, J., Duysburgh, P., Jansen, A., Hoebeke, J., Wuyts, K., Rossey, J., Van den Abeele, F., Willems, K., Decancq, J., Annema, J., Sulmon, N., Van Landuyt, D., Verstichel, S., Crombez, P., Ackaert, A., De Grooff, D., Jacobs, A., & De Turck, F. (2016). The OCareCloudS project: toward organizing care through trusted cloud services. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 41(2), 159–176. 1st author
  30. De Backere, F., Ongenae, F., Van den Abeele, F., Nelis, J., Bonte, P., Clement, E., Philpott, M., Hoebeke, J., Verstichel, S., Ackaert, A., & De Turck, F. (2015). Towards a social and context-aware multi-sensor fall detection and risk assessment platform. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 64, 307–320. 1st author
  31. De Backere, F., Vanhove, T., Dejonghe, E., Feys, M., Herinckx, T., Vankelecom, J., Decruyenaere, J., & De Turck, F. (2015). Platform for efficient switching between multiple devices in the intensive care unit. Methods of Information in Medicine, 54(1), 5–15. 1st author
  32. Stroeken, K., Verdoolaege, A., Versichele, M., De Backere, F., Devos, D., Verstichel, S., & Van de Weghe, N. (2015). Zone-it before IT zones you: a location-based digital notice board to build community while preserving privacy. Journal of Location Based Services, 9(1), 16–32.
  33. Steurbaut, K., De Backere, F., Keymeulen, A., De Leenheer, M., Smets, K., & De Turck, F. (2013). NEOREG: design and implementation of an online neonatal registration system to access, follow and analyse data of newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infection. Information for Health & Social Care, 38(3), 223–235.
  34. De Backere, F., Moens, H., Steurbaut, K., Colpaert, K., Decruyenaere, J., & De Turck, F. (2012). Towards automated generation and execution of clinical guidelines: engine design and implementation through the ICU Modified Schofield use case. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 42(8), 793–805. 1st author
  35. Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., Steurbaut, K., Colpaert, K., Kerckhove, W., Decruyenaere, J., & De Turck, F. (2010). Towards computerizing intensive care sedation guidelines: design of a rule-based architecture for automated execution of clinical guidelines. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 10.

Peer-reviewed international conferences

  1. Cnudde, K., Maenhout, L., De Backere, F., Ongenae, F., & Van Dyck, D. (2025). A Holistic Approach to Multiple Health Behaviours and Their Determinants in Older Adults: Study Protocol. 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Book of Abstracts.
  2. Maes, I., Carlier, S., Latomme, J., De Backere, F., Cardon, G., & Van Dyck, D. (2024). Unveiling the Digital Pathways to Active Aging: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study in Older Adults. 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Book of Abstracts.
  3. Maes, I., Mertens, L., Poppe, L., Vetrovsky, T., Crombez, G., De Backere, F., & Van Dyck, D. (2023). Predictive Within-Day Associations of Emotions, Physical Complaints, Intention and Self-Efficacy with Subsequent Accelerometer-Assessed Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Time-Based EMA Study. ISBNPA Annual Meeting 2023, Abstract Book, 898.
  4. Lebuf, E., Delobelle, J., Vetrovsky, T., Crombez, G., De Backere, F., Van Cauwenberg, J., & Van Dyck, D. (2022). Individual and Environmental Determinants of Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in Older Adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment. ISBNPA Annual Meeting 2022, Abstract Book.
  5. Carlier, S., Braun, M., De Paepe, A., Crombez, G., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2022). The design of an ontology-driven mHealth behaviour change ecosystem to increase physical activity in adults. 15th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Vol. 431, 452–468.
  6. Van Damme, S., Heyse, J., Legrand, N., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., & Torres Vega, M. (2022). Effects of haptic feedback on user perception and performance in interactive projected augmented reality. 1st Workshop on Interactive eXtended Reality, 11–18.
  7. Heyse, J., De Jonge, T., Torres Vega, M., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2019). A personalized virtual reality experience for relaxation therapy. 11th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX), 1–3. IEEE.
  8. Carlier, S., Van der Paelt, S., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2019). Using a serious game to reduce stress and anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder. 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Technologies for HealthCare (PervasiveHealth), 452–461.
  9. Heyse, J., Ongenae, F., De Letter, J., All, A., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2019). Design of an ontology for decision support in VR exposure therapy. 13th EAI PervasiveHealth: Demos and Posters.
  10. Torres Vega, M., van der Hooft, J., Heyse, J., De Backere, F., Wauters, T., De Turck, F., & Petrangeli, S. (2019). Exploring New York in 8K: an adaptive tile-based virtual reality video streaming experience. 10th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys), 330–333.
  11. Heyse, J., Torres Vega, M., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2019). Contextual bandit learning-based viewport prediction for 360 video. IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 972–973.
  12. Vandewiele, G., Dehaene, I., Janssens, O., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Roelens, K., Van Hoecke, S., & Demeester, T. (2019). Time-to-birth prediction models and the influence of expert opinions. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME), Vol. 11526, 286–291.
  13. Vandewiele, G., Dehaene, I., Janssens, O., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Roelens, K., Van Hoecke, S., & Demeester, T. (2019). A critical look at studies applying over-sampling on the TPEHGDB dataset. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME), Vol. 11526, 355–364.
  14. Heyse, J., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2018). Personalisation of exercises in VRET. AI Applied to Assistive Technologies and Smart Environments Workshop at the 32nd AAAI Conference, 141–144.
  15. Steenwinckel, B., De Backere, F., Nelis, J., Ongenae, F., & De Turck, F. (2018). Self-learning algorithms for the personalised interaction with people with dementia. 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 153–158.
  16. Heyse, J., Torres Vega, M., Wauters, T., De Backere, F., & De Turck, F. (2018). Effects of adaptive streaming optimizations on the perception of 360° virtual reality video. 30th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC), 21–30.
  17. Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., Mahieu, C., De Pestel, S., Nelis, J., Simoens, P., & De Turck, F. (2017). Personalized robotic intervention strategy by using semantics for people with dementia in nursing homes. Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC).
  18. Elprama, S., Kilpi, K., Jewell, C., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Simoens, P., & Jacobs, A. (2016). Opportunities to use robots to alleviate behavioral disturbances of nursing home residents. 10th World Conference of Gerontechnology, 15, 14.
  19. Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., Nelis, J., De Pestel, S., Mahieu, C., Elprama, S., Jewell, C., Jacobs, A., Simoens, P., & De Turck, F. (2016). Personalized robot interactions to intercept behavioral disturbances of people with dementia. 15th International Semantic Web Conference, 1–4.
  20. Simoens, P., Mahieu, C., Ongenae, F., De Backere, F., De Pestel, S., Nelis, J., De Turck, F., Elprama, S., Kilpi, K., Jewell, C., & Jacobs, A. (2016). Internet of robotic things: context-aware and personalized interventions of assistive social robots. 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (IEEE CloudNet), 204–207.
  21. De Backere, F., Verstichel, S., Van den Bergh, J., Elprama, S., Ongenae, F., De Turck, F., Jacobs, A., & Coninx, K. (2015). Discovery of the potential role of sensors in a personal emergency response system: what can we learn from a single workshop? 9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 325–328. 1st author
  22. Ongenae, F., Gadeyne, B., De Backere, F., De Bus, L., Depuydt, P., Decruyenaere, J., & De Turck, F. (2015). Digital Dr. House: a semantic alerting platform for the ICU. Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences (SWAT4LS), 1–2.
  23. Van den Bergh, J., Luyten, K., Elprama, S., Jacobs, A., Aendekerk, B., & De Backere, F. (2014). Interdisciplinary design of a pervasive fall handling system. 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 1–4.
  24. De Backere, F., Hanssens, B., Heynssens, R., Houthooft, R., Zuliani, A., Verstichel, S., Dhoedt, B., & De Turck, F. (2014). Design of a security mechanism for RESTful web service communication through mobile clients. IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). 1st author
  25. Van den Abeele, F., Hoebeke, J., De Backere, F., Ongenae, F., Bonte, P., Verstichel, S., Carlier, T., Crombez, P., De Gryse, K., Danschotter, S., Moerman, I., & De Turck, F. (2014). OCareClouds: improving home care by interconnecting elderly, care networks and their living environments. 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 1–2.
  26. De Backere, F., Ongenae, F., Van den Abeele, F., Hoebeke, J., Verstichel, S., Ackaert, A., & De Turck, F. (2013). Social-aware and context-aware multi-sensor fall detection platform. Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences, 1–4. 1st author
  27. De Backere, F., De Turck, F., Colpaert, K., & Decruyenaere, J. (2012). Advanced pervasive clinical decision support for the intensive care unit. 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth). 1st author
  28. De Backere, F., Moens, H., Steurbaut, K., De Turck, F., Colpaert, K., Danneels, C., & Decruyenaere, J. (2010). Automated generation and deployment of clinical guidelines in the ICU. 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS). 1st author
  29. De Backere, F., Steurbaut, K., De Turck, F., Colpaert, K., & Decruyenaere, J. (2010). On the design of a management platform for antibiotic guidelines in the Intensive Care Unit. 5th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA), 406–411. 1st author

Other contributions

  1. De Backere, F., Vullings, D., Khalaim, O., & Bader, C. (2025). Empowering Future Professionals: Integrating Green Competencies through the TOGETHER Simulation Game. ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2025, Uppsala, Sweden. Workshop.
  2. De Backere, F. (2025). Uncovering Approaches to Discovery and Experimentation in Challenge-Based Learning. ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2025, Uppsala, Sweden. Workshop.
  3. De Backere, F., Olsson, E., O'Sullivan, A., & Jaggo, J. (2024). Design Thinking in Challenge and Project-Based Learning: A Roundtable Discussion on Methodologies for Stimulating Creativity and Innovation. ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2024, Tartu, Estonia. Workshop.
  4. De Backere, F., Carlier, S., De Brouwer, M., Van Damme, S., Gielen, F., Stroobandt, D., & De Turck, F. (2023). Empowering students through Challenge-based & Project-based Group Work: what can we learn from each other? ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2023, Bordeaux, France. Workshop & round table.
  5. De Backere, F., Carlier, S., De Brouwer, M., Heyse, J., Gielen, F., Stroobandt, D., & De Turck, F. (2022). Implementing challenge-based learning in Higher Education. ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2022, Göttingen, Germany. Round table.
  6. De Backere, F., Carlier, S., De Brouwer, M., Heyse, J., Gielen, F., Stroobandt, D., & De Turck, F. (2021). Challenge-based & Project-based Learning and Group Work: What can we learn from each other? Onderwijsdag, Ghent University, Belgium. Interactive workshop.
  7. De Backere, F., Carlier, S., De Brouwer, M., Heyse, J., Gielen, F., Stroobandt, D., & De Turck, F. (2021). Applying Feedback & Reflection in Challenge-Based Learning: a case-study in engineering. ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2021, Ghent, Belgium. Presentation.
  8. De Backere, F. (2020). Games en gezondheid. EOS Wetenschap, Special Technologie en Gezondheid (Dutch).
  9. De Backere, F. (2020). Angststoornissen virtueel overwinnen. EOS Wetenschap, Special Technologie en Gezondheid (Dutch).