Professor Arthur ter Hofstede

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Principal Research Fellow, School of Information Systems

Ph.d (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen), M.Sc (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen)

Arthur ter Hofstede is a professor in the Faculty of Science and Head of the School of Information Systems. From 2010-2018 he was a Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. In 2010-2011 he was a Senior Visiting Scholar of Tsinghua University in China and in May 2010 a Visiting Professor of Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Since 2015 he is a Visiting Professor of Sun Yat-sen University. More about Arthur. Research area Conceptual, formal, and technological foundations of Business Process Automation (e.g. BPM in the cloud) as well as Process Mining, specifically data quality, comparative performance analysis,  process risk analysis, and visualisation. Work in the area of process automation centers on the YAWL (Yet Another Workflow Language) open source workflow management system, which is based on the well-known Workflow Patterns Initiative. This system is used in industry and provides a test bed for the application of new research ideas. More information about my research in process-data quality can be found at www.processdataquality.com. Supervision Arthur is interested in students that would like to contribute to research in the areas of business process automation and process mining. Of particular current interest are the topics of data quality and data governance.

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Over the past decades I have worked with industry in a variety of sectors (e.g. insurance, healthcare, screen business) on topics related to the area of business process management, notably process automation and process mining.

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Appointment to Prestigious Positions
Reference year
2010
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Professor (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
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Appointment to Prestigious Positions
Reference year
2010
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Senior Visiting Scholar (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
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Appointment to Prestigious Positions
Reference year
2010
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Visiting Professor (Sapienza - Università di Roma, Rome, Italy, May 2010).
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Other
Reference year
2010
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I was labelled a "Rising Star" in Computer Science by in-cites.com in May 2006 (http://www.in-cites.com/most_imp/may2006.html)and again in May 2007 (http://www.in-cites.com/most_imp/may2007.html). This means that during two bimonthly periods I had the highest percentage increase in citations among the top 1% of cited researchers in the field of Computer Science.
Title
Improved Business Decision-Making via Liquid Process Model Collections
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP150103356
Start year
2015
Keywords
process mining; process model collection; business process management
Title
Cost-aware business process management
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP120101624
Start year
2012
Keywords
Information System; Business Process Model; Workflow Management; Management Accounting
Title
Facilitating Business Process Standardisation and Reuse
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
LP110100252
Start year
2011
Keywords
Business Process Management; Open Source; Process Reuse; Process Standardisation; Process Governance
Title
Risk-Aware Business Process Management
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP110100091
Start year
2011
Keywords
Risk Management; Information System; Business Process Model; Workflow Management
Title
Rapidly Locating Items in Distribution Networks with Process-Driven Nodes
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP0773012
Start year
2007
Keywords
Information technology; Business process modelling; Workflow analysis techniques; Distribution networks; Physical security