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Prof. dr. Willem-Jan van den Heuvel is a full professor in Information Systems and managing director of the European Research Institute of Services Science (ERISS). His research interests are at the cross-junction of software service systems and business process management with an emphasis on (global) networked enterprises. In particular, his expertise revolves around the following three major research themes: business process management, service engineering (including service governance) and legacy system modernization.

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  • ERISS Inaugural Conference
        ERISS will be officially opened with the ERISS Inaugural Conference to be held at Tilburg University on November 30th, 2009. Currently, we are finalizing a tantalizing programme of world-class leaders in Services Science, which is to be announced over summer.

Publications

Most recent publications

  • Di Nitto, E., Karastoyanova, D., Metzger, A., Parkin, M.S., Pistore, M., Pohl, K., Silvestri, F., & Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den (2009). S-Cube: Addressing multidisciplinary research challenges for the internet of services. In G. Tslentis, J. Domingue, A. Galis, A. Gavras, D. Hausheer, S. Krco, V. Lotz, & T. Zahariadis (Eds.), Towards the Future Internet: A European Research perspective (pp. 263-272). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Further information
  • Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den (2009). Changing the Face of the Global Digital Economy: What Smart Service Systems Means for people's Everday Life, Enterprises and Societies. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press. Further information
  • Bitsaki, M., Danylevych, O., Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den, Koutras, G., Leymann, F., Mancioppi, M., Nikolaou, C., & Papazoglou, M. (2008, 5377). An architecture for managing the lifecycle of business goals for partners in a service network. Proceedings of ServiceWave 2008 (pp. 196-207), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Further information
  • Hiel, M., Weigand, H., & Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den (2008). An adaptive service oriented architecture. International Journal of Interoperability in Business Information Systems, 2(3), 37-51. Further information
  • Mancioppi, M., Carro, M., Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den, & Papazoglou, M. (2008, 5364). Sound multi-party business protocols for service networks. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2008) (pp. 302-316), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Further information

Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

 

Education

2002: Ph.D. Computer Science (cum laude)

Career

1998-2000: Part-time Assistant-Professor at the Faculty of Management of Erasmus University

1999-2003: Assistant-Professor at the department of Information Management

2004-2006: SAP Sponsored Research Professor ERP (0.1 FTE)

2003-2008: Associate-Professor at the department of Information Management

2004-2008: Program Director Bachelor and Master in Information Management

Current position: Professor in Information Systems

  • 2007 - now: Member of Management Team of Department of IM

    • 2009 - now: Program Director Master in Information Management

    2009 - now: Managing Director of the European Research Institute in Services Science

    Publications

    Most recent publications

    • Di Nitto, E., Karastoyanova, D., Metzger, A., Parkin, M.S., Pistore, M., Pohl, K., Silvestri, F., & Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den (2009). S-Cube: Addressing multidisciplinary research challenges for the internet of services. In G. Tslentis, J. Domingue, A. Galis, A. Gavras, D. Hausheer, S. Krco, V. Lotz, & T. Zahariadis (Eds.), Towards the Future Internet: A European Research perspective (pp. 263-272). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Further information
    • Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den (2009). Changing the Face of the Global Digital Economy: What Smart Service Systems Means for people's Everday Life, Enterprises and Societies. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press. Further information
    • Bitsaki, M., Danylevych, O., Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den, Koutras, G., Leymann, F., Mancioppi, M., Nikolaou, C., & Papazoglou, M. (2008, 5377). An architecture for managing the lifecycle of business goals for partners in a service network. Proceedings of ServiceWave 2008 (pp. 196-207), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Further information
    • Hiel, M., Weigand, H., & Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den (2008). An adaptive service oriented architecture. International Journal of Interoperability in Business Information Systems, 2(3), 37-51. Further information
    • Mancioppi, M., Carro, M., Heuvel, W.J.A.M. van den, & Papazoglou, M. (2008, 5364). Sound multi-party business protocols for service networks. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2008) (pp. 302-316), Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Further information

    Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)

    Direct and indirect funding

    • EU FP-7 NoE S-Cube (Software Services and Systems Network): Steering Committee Member, Activity leader and Workpackage leader (Business Process Management). See: http://www.s-cube-network.eu/.
    • EU FP-7 STrEP COMPAS (Compliance-driven Models, Languages, and Architectures for Services): WP leader (Compliance Request Language)
    • SAPIENSA: NWO project on transforming pre-existing enterprise assets into modern applications relying on service oriented technologies

    External accreditation

       
    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). member since 1996
    • SIKS Research School on Knowledge and Information Systems; member since 1997
    • Member evaluation committee Open Competition Exact Sciences: 2009

     

    Teaching

    Over the past ten years, I have been teaching several (under-/post) graduate courses in the area of software engineering, object-oriented modelling, business process analysis, service-oriented computing, software architecture and software project management. In addition, I have been coordinating and teaching courses at summer schools, research schools and MBAs, including SIKS, the Rotterdam Business School, the Antwerp Business School, and TIAS/NIMBAS.


    W.J.A.M. van den Heuvel teaches the following subjects:

    Other activities

    • 2009 - now: Managing Director European Research Institute in Services Science
    • 2008 - now: Deputy member Jacquard Governing Board
    • 2008 - now: Member NWO - Free Competition Program Board
    • 2007 - now: Member of Management Team of Department of IM

    Contact details
    Room K 728
    PO Box 90153
    5000 LE Tilburg 
    Telefoon +31 13 466 2767
    Secretary(013) 466 3020
    Fax +31 13 466 3069
    Email w.j.a.m.vdnheuvel@uvt.nl

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