Experts & Expertise

• Artificial intelligence
• Data mining
• Decision support systems
• Knowledge management
• Neural networks

• Ph D. thesis: Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen, February 1982.
• Master Degree: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Technology Eindhoven, December (1977), Cum Laude.

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• Project on Asset and Liability Management with Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Tilburg, ABN AMRO Amsterdam and European Computer Research Center Munich, sponsored by the Dutch Council for fundamental research in Eonomics, 1988-1992.
• Tempus project: University Network for Information Technologies Education in Economic Social and Political Sciences, JEP -07272-94, 26 European Universities, 1994-1998.
• Initiator and participant of the European SPES program: Artificial Intelligence in Econo-mics and Management, 1992-1995, met Heriot-Watt University, University degli studi Mi-laan, Digital Equipment Research Nice, ABN-AMRO Amsterdam.
• Joint project on Operation Research, University of Leipzig, Technical University of Eindhoven, and Erasmus University of Rotterdam 1986-1987.

• PROTECT, Security in Supply Chains met Douane Rotterdam, TNO, Buck consultants, EVO, 2005-2009.
• Current projects: METIS project: Management of Intellectual Capital with Telematika instituut Basell, Oce van der Grinten, ABZ en UvT, 2002-2005.
• Reject Inference with Missing Data, STW project with CWI, ABN-AMRO, Rabo- Bank, Universiteit van Tilburg.
• Assessment Software Factory Goudse Verzekeringen, CentER applied research.
• Finished:Employee Benefit Statement, Informatikum Services and ABP.

Fellowhips:

• Visiting professor University of Rennes1 Institute de Gestion, Rennes, France, february 2002.
• Visiting professor Heriot-Watt University Business School, grant of the British Council en NWO, April until July 1995.
• Invited lecturer in the Rotterdam School of Management, MBA- program, Curaçao.
• Visiting professor Washington University, St. Louis, Center for the Stu-dy of Data Processing, 3 months in 1990.
• Visiting professor at the University of Leipzig, Wirtschafts Informatik, with Professor Ehrenberg, two months in 1986.

• SIKS, school voor Informatiesystemen en Kennissystemen.
• CentER, Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University.
• ERIM, Erasmus Institute for Management Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
• TRAIL, onderzoekschool voor Transport, Infrastruktuur en Logistiek, Delft University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

PROMOTOR/PROMOTIECOMMISSI:

Promotions recently taken place:

• Promotor of W. Verkooijen (KUB), B. Kamp (KUB).
• Copromotor of R.J. Berndsen (KUB), A.F. Feelders (KUB).
• External examinar of the Ph. D. Thesis of Y.K. Wong, Department of Economics,Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.
• Member promotioncommission: A. Bialowas (EUR), O. de Troyer (KUB), A. Makarovic (UT), T.Spight (EUR), R.Potharst (EUR), P.Pompe (UT), W. Beers (UVT).
• PhD promotions under my guidance: Emiel Caron (EUR), Explanation in Finanial Diagnosis, starting date october 1, 2002,
• Marina Velikova (UvT): Information Systems for Credit Scoring, starting date april 1, 2002.

Seminars and Workshops:

Workshops:

• Worshops: Knowledge Discovery in Databases, doctoraal programma Bedrijfskunde, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
  

Seminars:

• Caron E. and Daniels H.A.M.: Automated detection and explanation of exceptional values in a datamining environment, accepted for the 11th conference on Computing in Economics and Finance, Washington, USA, (2005).
• Fusion of prior knowledge and knowledge derived from data, seminar Tilburg University, February( 2003).
• Derivation of monotone decision models from noisy data, International Conference on Computational Management Science, Crete (2003).
• Risk Management based on Expert Rules and Data mining, presented at the 10th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Gdansk, (2002).
• Fusion of Expert Decision Rules and Knowledge derived from Data, application to Risk Management, European Conference on Operations Research, EURO 2001, Rotterdam.
• Fuzzy neural networks, a case study in Fraud detection, CentER colloquium, Tilburg University, March (2001).
• Fusion of expert decision rules and knowledge derived from databases, with applications in risk management, ERIM/SIKS Colloquium Intelligent Systems in Marketing and Finance (IMF), Erasmus University Rotterdam, March (2001)
• Combining Domain Knowledge and Data in Datamining Systems, presented at Aix en Provence Conference, conference on complexity in economics and finance, May. SIKS Masterclass I Business: Combining Data and Knowledge , Tilburg, October ( 2000 ).
• Knowledge Discovery in Practice, presented at the International Conference on Data Mining in Economics, Marketing and Finance, Chania, Greece, July (1999).
• Application of Monotonic neural networks to pricing models, CentER colloquium, TilburgUniversity(1999).
• Monotonic Neural Networks and Applications in Economics, International Conference on Computational Economics, Cambridge, UK, June (1998).
• Application of Neural Networks to Datamining, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, March (1997).
• Controlling the Flexibility of Neural Networks : An empirical study in Financial Modelling, Third International Conference on computing in Economics and Finan-ce, Stanford University , Palo Alto, USA, June (1997).
• Neural Networks for Datamining, Intern Colloquium Fakulteit Be-drijfskunde, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, November ( 1997).
• Plenaire voordracht: Application of Neural Networks to Economic Modelling, Conference Approches Connexionnistes en Sciences Economique et de Gestion, University of Nantes, France, October (1996).
• Modelling Non-Linearity in Economic Classification with Neural Networks, presentation at the second international conference in economics and finance, Geneva, August (1996).
• Symposium Rekenen aan Financiele Markten, Utrecht (1995).
• Design of Neural Networks for Prediction and Classification, IFAC 95, Conference on Modelling and Control of National and Regional Economics, Queensland, Australia (1995).

H.A.M. Daniels teaches the following subjects:

• Business Intelligence (346233) Further information
• Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (320075) Further information

Management and administration:

International

Editing:

• Associate Editor of the journal : Computational Management Science.
• Associate Editor of the journal : Computer Science in Economics and Management.
• Editor of the CentER DP series in Management Science.

Referee for Journals and Books:

Information Sciences, Computational Economics, Hand-book for Computational Economics, Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting and Finance, Kluwer Academic Publishers, several books on Information Management.

Organisation of conferences:

• Program Committee of the first International Conference on Evolutionary Computing in Economics, Valencia, Spain 2007.
• Program Committee of the first International Conference on Computational Management Science, Crete, 2003.
• Session Chair: session MC-14, Artificial Intelligence, Expertsystems and Neural Networks, EURO 2001, Rotterdam, 2001.
• Program Committee of the 8th International Conference on Connexionist Approaches in Economics and Management, ACSEG, Rennes, 2001.
• Program Committee chair BENELEARN 2000, The Tenth Dutch-Belgian Conference on Machine Learning, Tilburg University, 13 december 2000.
• Organising Committee and Session chair, Datamining in Financial Services, Society for Computational Econo-mics, Workshop on complexity in Economic Computing, Aix en Marseille, 4-6 May 2000.
• Program Committee International Conference on Connectionist Approaches in Economics and Management, Reus, Spain, 10-11 December, 1999.
• Conference Program Committee PACES , Los Angelos, USA, 11-13 February, 1999.
• Scientific Committee of the First International Meeting on Complex Data Modelling and Analysis, Louvain-La-Neuve November, 1998.
• Session chair Knowledge Management Workshop, Conference on Computational Econo-mics Stan-ford University, 1997.
• Symposium voortzitter "Neurale Netwerken", Studium Generale, KUB, 1996.
• International program committee of the Fourth International Conference on Con-nec-tio-nist Approaches in Economics and Finance, Tours, 1997.
• International program committee of the Third International Workshop on Connectionist Approaches in Economics and Finance, Nantes 1996.
• Session Chair Design Methodologies IFIP/IFORS/IFAC conference Brisbane, 1995.
• Organising committee of the IFAC International Workshop on Computing in Economics and Finance, Amsterdam

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