{"id":424,"date":"2026-10-12T08:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/?p=424"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:46:17","slug":"a-new-chapter-for-he2b-bringing-it-engineering-technology-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/a-new-chapter-for-he2b-bringing-it-engineering-technology-together\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Chapter for HE2B: Bringing IT, Engineering &amp; Technology Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 14 September, three educational entities \u2014 ESI (Computer Science), ISIB (Industrial Engineering) and BAPSIE (Industrial Prevention) \u2014 have joined forces to create D2IT (Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology), under the leadership of Beno\u00eet Bottin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/bag.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Affiche-institutionnelle-D2IT-et-HE2B-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Affiche-institutionnelle-D2IT-et-HE2B-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/bag.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Affiche-institutionnelle-D2IT-et-HE2B-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/bag.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Affiche-institutionnelle-D2IT-et-HE2B-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/bag.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Affiche-institutionnelle-D2IT-et-HE2B.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\ude80 Bringing together more than 1,300 students, this new department combines expertise in computer science, cybersecurity, industrial engineering, prevention, safety and environmental technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative opens the door to new synergies, interdisciplinary collaboration and stronger connections between education, research and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83e\udd1d Connecting Education and Industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For companies, this new structure also represents an opportunity to strengthen ties with the next generation of engineers and technology professionals through internships, student projects, recruitment opportunities and collaborative initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At BAG \u2013 Brussels Aerospace &amp; Defence Group, we welcome this development, which aligns with our commitment to fostering innovation, developing technological skills and strengthening collaboration between academia and industry within the Brussels aerospace and defence ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 14 September, three educational entities \u2014 ESI (Computer Science), ISIB (Industrial Engineering) and BAPSIE (Industrial Prevention) \u2014 have joined forces to create D2IT (Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology), under the leadership of Beno\u00eet Bottin. \ud83d\ude80 Bringing together more than 1,300 students, this new department combines expertise in computer science, cybersecurity, industrial engineering, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bag-news-announcements-community-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bag.brussels\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}