Kenneth Hoste, a.k.a. ‘boegel’, is a computer scientist and FOSS enthusiast from Belgium. He holds a Masters (2005) and PhD (2010) in Computer Science from Ghent University. His dissertation topic was “Analysis, Estimation and Optimization of Computer System Performance Using Machine Learning”.

Since October 2010, he is a member of the HPC team at Ghent University (Belgium) where he is mainly responsible for user support & training. As a part of his job, he is also the lead developer and release manager of EasyBuild, a software build and installation framework for (scientific) software on High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. He’s also actively involved in the development of the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI).

In his free time, he is a family guy and a fan of loud music, frequently attending gigs and festivals.

He enjoys helping people & sharing his expertise, and likes joking around. He has a weak spot for stickers.

If you run into him at FOSDEM, buy him a beer!