Arthur Harry Maria ter Hofstede (born 1966) is a Dutch

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, and professor of information systems at the

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in Australia, and professor at the

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, known for his work in

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, and

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Biography

Born in Nijmegen, Hofstede received his MA in computer science in 1989 at the

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, and his PhD in computer science in 1993 with a thesis entitled "Information modelling in data intensive domains" under supervision of Eckhard D. Falkenberg. Hofstede had started his academic career in 1989 as researcher in the Software Engineering Research Centre of the Radboud University Nijmegen, where he published his first technical reports in cooperation with

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and others. In 1993 he was appointed associate professor at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In 1996 he started in Australia as a lecturer at the

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. In 1997 he switched to the

where he became senior lecturer in 1998, associate professor in 2000, and professor in 2008 in the faculty of science and engineering. In 2010 he is also appointed part-time professor at the

in the information systems group.

Publications

Hofstede has authored and co-authored numerous publications in the field of business process management, workflow, and e-services.Arthur H.M. ter Hofstede
Selected list of publications, December 2010. Books, a selection: * Arthur ter Hofstede. ''Information modelling in data intensive domains.'' Doctoral thesis Department of Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, 1993 *

Wil van Der Aalst Willibrordus Martinus Pancratius van der Aalst (born 29 January 1966) is a Dutch computer scientist and full professor at RWTH Aachen University, leading the Process and Data Science (PADS) group. His research and teaching interests include i ...

, Arthur ter Hofstede, and

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. ''Business process management: A survey.'' With Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003. *

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Wil M. Van der Aalst Willibrordus Martinus Pancratius van der Aalst (born 29 January 1966) is a Dutch computer scientist and full professor at RWTH Aachen University, leading the Process and Data Science (PADS) group. His research and teaching interests include inf ...

and Arthur ter Hofstede (eds.) ''Process-aware information systems: bridging people and software through process technology''. With . Wiley-Interscience, 2005. Articles, a selection: *

van Der Aalst, W. M. Willibrordus Martinus Pancratius van der Aalst (born 29 January 1966) is a Dutch computer scientist and full professor at RWTH Aachen University, leading the Process and Data Science (PADS) group. His research and teaching interests include inf ...

, Ter Hofstede, A. H., Kiepuszewski, B., & Barros, A. P. (2003). Workflow patterns. Distributed and parallel databases, 14(1), 5-51. *

Van Der Aalst, Wil MP Willibrordus Martinus Pancratius van der Aalst (born 29 January 1966) is a Dutch computer scientist and full professor at RWTH Aachen University, leading the Process and Data Science (PADS) group. His research and teaching interests include inf ...

, and Arthur HM Ter Hofstede. "YAWL: yet another workflow language." Information systems 30.4 (2005): 245–275. * Russell, Nick, Arthur HM Ter Hofstede, and Nataliya Mulyar. "Workflow controlflow patterns: A revised view." (2006).

References

External links

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