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Rik Eshuis works as an Associate Professor of Intelligent Information Systems at Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (IE&IS), subgroup Information Systems. His key areas of expertise include business process modeling, business process management and business information systems engineering.
His main research interest is in improving data-driven business processes in which knowledge workers are involved. Such processes concern for instance technology development, configuration management, predictive maintenance etc. In his research and education, he focuses on intelligent, flexible process management for such knowledge-intensive business processes.
He is and has been involved in several national and EU research projects together with industry that focus on developing advanced, flexible business process support. Currently, he is involved in the Horizon 2020 iPSpine project to design and develop an open digital platform for managing medicinal product development processes from a regulatory point of view.
His research is embedded in the Process Engineering cluster of the Information Systems subgroup and is on the interface with the Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making (formerly known as Business Intelligence) cluster.
SUPERVISION
Rik Eshuis is co-promotor of:
- Zeynep Ozturk, MSc
- Simon Voorberg, MSc
Academic background
Rik Eshuis received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Twente, where he also received an MSc in Computer Science, with distinction. He was a visiting scholar at IBM Watson Research Center, NY, and a visiting PostDoc at CRP Henri Tudor and LIASIT, Luxembourg. He coordinated the TU/e IS research cluster on Process Engineering (2019-2022). He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in the area of Information Systems. Rik Eshuis acts as regular reviewer for several international ISI journals, including ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Information and Software Technology, Software and Systems Modeling, and Information Systems. He is a member of the program committee for recent international conferences including BPM, CoopIS, ICSOC. He has served as Programme Chair of IEEE EDOC 2020 and IEEE ECOWS 2008, and as General Chair of IEEE ECOWS 2009. Next, he has organized several workshops on innovative topics in Business Process Management, such as data-centric BPM.
He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM.
More information about Rik can be found in his CV.
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Knowledge workers need to take interdependent, data-driven decisions in their daily work processes. To improve the efficiency and quality of their work, I develop concepts and techniques for intelligent process management.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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iSpine: iPSpine
Eshuis, H., Eshuis, H., Ozturk Yurt, Z., Vanderfeesten, I. T. P., Aysolmaz, B., Ito, K., van Hooijdonk-Mouser, V. H. M. & Grefen, P. W. P. J.
1/01/19 → 30/06/24
Project: Research direct
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Operate European Digital Industry with Products and Services
Vanderfeesten, I. T. P., Eshuis, H., Traganos, K., Erasmus, J. & Grefen, P. W. P. J.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research direct
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Representing variability in enterprise architecture: a case study
Rurua, N., Eshuis, H. & Razavian, M., 8 Apr 2019, In: Business & Information Systems Engineering. 61, 2, p. 215-227 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Service outsourcing with process views
Eshuis, H., Norta, A. H., Kopp, O. & Pitkänen, E., 2015, In: IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 8, 1, p. 136-154Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Splitting GSM schemas : a framework for outsourcing of declarative artifact systems
Eshuis, H., Hull, R., Sun, Y. & Vaculin, R., 2014, In: Information Systems. 46, p. 157-187Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Constructing customized process views
Eshuis, H. & Grefen, P. W. P. J., 2008, In: Data & Knowledge Engineering. 64, 2, p. 419-438Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Symbolic model checking of UML activity diagrams
Eshuis, H., 2006, In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 15, 1, p. 1-38 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
167 Citations (Scopus)1 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Citation impact in 2019: ranked in top 2% of scholars worldwide
Eshuis, H. (Rik) (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Citation impact in 2020: ranked in top 2% scholars worldwide
Eshuis, H. (Rik) (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Citation impact in 2021: ranked in top 2% scholars worldwide
Eshuis, H. (Rik) (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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ER Best Paper Award
Eshuis, H. (Rik) (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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IEEE Senior Member
Eshuis, H. (Rik) (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other › Fellowships & memberships › Scientific
Activities
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Modeling Knowledge-intensive Processes
H. (Rik) Eshuis (Speaker)
18 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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41st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2022
H. (Rik) Eshuis (Member of programme committee)
17 Oct 2022 → 20 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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28th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems, CoopIS 2022
H. (Rik) Eshuis (Member of programme committee)
4 Oct 2022 → 7 Oct 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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20th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2022
H. (Rik) Eshuis (Member of programme committee)
13 Sept 2022 → 15 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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9th European Conference On Service-Oriented And Cloud Computing
H. (Rik) Eshuis (Member of programme committee)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific