Jan Vanthienen
Encyclopedia
Jan Vanthienen is a Belgium organizational theorist and Professor of Information systems
at Leuven University
(K.U.Leuven), known for his contributions to Business Process Modeling
and Business Engineering
.
He started working as a Researcher at the Leuven University in 1979, where he became an Associate professor in 1987, a Professor in 1994, and a Full Professor in 1996. At the moment, in 2009, he is chairholder of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Chair on E-Business at K.U.Leuven and co-chairholder of the Microsoft Research Chair on Intelligent Environments. He has been a visiting professor at Loyola College in Maryland, Sellinger School of Business and Management, Baltimore, Md in 1991, at the University of Antwerp
since 1998 and at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School from 2000 to 2003.
Vanthienen has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Informatie" from 1995 to 1999, "International Journal of Digital Accounting" since 2001 and "Expert Systems with Applications" since 2002.
He is a founding member of the Leuven Institute for Research in Information Systems (LIRIS), and a member of the ACM
and the IEEE Computer Society
.
: Information systems analysis and design, business rules & business processes, business intelligence, knowledge-based systems, intelligent systems, object-oriented development, decision tables, e-learning
, information management
.
More specific research topics are Business rule modeling, rule-based business processes, E-business, business intelligence
, Artificial Intelligence Marketing
, knowledge based systems, V&V, decision tables, help desk and service automation.
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
at Leuven University
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
(K.U.Leuven), known for his contributions to Business Process Modeling
Business process modeling
Business Process Modeling in systems engineering is the activity of representing processes of an enterprise, so that the current process may be analyzed and improved. BPM is typically performed by business analysts and managers who are seeking to improve process efficiency and quality...
and Business Engineering
Business engineering
Business Engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex businesses should be designed and managed.- Overview :...
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Biography
Vanthienen received MA in Applied Economics and computer science at the Leuven University in 1979, and a PhD in Applied Economics at the Department of Applied Economics, Leuven University, in 1986.He started working as a Researcher at the Leuven University in 1979, where he became an Associate professor in 1987, a Professor in 1994, and a Full Professor in 1996. At the moment, in 2009, he is chairholder of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Chair on E-Business at K.U.Leuven and co-chairholder of the Microsoft Research Chair on Intelligent Environments. He has been a visiting professor at Loyola College in Maryland, Sellinger School of Business and Management, Baltimore, Md in 1991, at the University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp is one of the major Belgian universities located in the city of Antwerp. The name is sometimes abbreviated as UA.-History:...
since 1998 and at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School from 2000 to 2003.
Vanthienen has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Informatie" from 1995 to 1999, "International Journal of Digital Accounting" since 2001 and "Expert Systems with Applications" since 2002.
He is a founding member of the Leuven Institute for Research in Information Systems (LIRIS), and a member of the ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
and the IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is a professional society of IEEE. Its purpose and scope is “to advance the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology” and the “professional standing of its members.” The CS is the largest of 38 technical societies...
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Work
His research interests are in the field of Information systemsInformation systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
: Information systems analysis and design, business rules & business processes, business intelligence, knowledge-based systems, intelligent systems, object-oriented development, decision tables, e-learning
E-learning
E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...
, information management
Information management
Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information...
.
More specific research topics are Business rule modeling, rule-based business processes, E-business, business intelligence
Business intelligence
Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
, Artificial Intelligence Marketing
Artificial Intelligence Marketing
Artificial intelligence marketing is a form of direct marketing leveraging database marketing techniques as well as AI concept and model such as machine learning and Bayesian Network...
, knowledge based systems, V&V, decision tables, help desk and service automation.
Publications
Vanthienen has published numerous papers, articles and other publications. A selection:- 2006. "Designing compliant business processes with obligations and permissions. Business process management workshops". With S. Goedertier. In: Lecture notes in computer science. vol. 4103, pp. 5 – 14.
- 2007. "A new approach for discovering business process models from event logs". With S. Goedertier et al. DTEW - KBI_0716, pp. 1 – 20.
- 2007. "EM-BrA2CE v0.1: A vocabulary and execution model for declarative business process modeling". With S. Goedertier and R. Haesen. DTEW - KBI_0728.
- 2008. "Semantic decision tables: self-organizing and reorganizable decision tables". With Y. Tang, and R. Meersman. In: Lecture notes in computer science. pp. 434 – 449.
External links
- Jan Vanthienen Personal homepage.