Wil van der Aalst

Wil M.P. van der Aalst
Wil van der Aalst and the process mining science, 2016
Born	(1966-01-29) 29 January 1966 (age 58) Eersel, North Brabant
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Workflow patterns, ProM framework, YAWL, software tools such as Declare, Woflan, XRL,
Scientific career
Fields	Information systems, Workflow management, Petri nets, Process mining, Specification languages, and Simulation.
Institutions	RWTH Aachen University
Thesis	"Timed colored Petri nets and their application to logistics"  (1992)
Doctoral advisor	Jaap Wessels and Kees van Hee
Website	http://www.padsweb.rwth-aachen.de/wvdaalst/

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 information systems, workflow management, Petri nets, process mining, specification languages, and simulation.^[1] He is also known for his work on workflow patterns.