Edge-Cloud VLM: Vision Encoder Quantization for On-Device Deployment
Quantizing a VLM vision encoder for a Qualcomm QCS8550 NPU. Eleven configurations were evaluated on GPU; four execute on target. The finding is less about what quantization costs than about which measurements survive the move from development to deployment.
Aug 28, 2026
SenseCity: 5000-Hour Real-World Acoustic Surveillance Study
A two-year industrial collaboration with AsaSense, deploying a context-aware acoustic surveillance system across Ghent and Rotterdam at 5000+ hour scale. The study surfaced concrete lab-to-field failure modes that anchored three subsequent PhD research lines.
Jun 30, 2021