Administration

Positions held:

  • 2016-present: Full Professor, Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (formerly known as Data Science and Knowledge Engineering), Maastricht University.
  • 1995/2016: Associate professor, Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University.
  • 2006/07: Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Invited scholar on “The interface between evolutionary biology and game theory”.
  • 2005/06: Director of Studies for Knowledge Engineering (currently known as Data Science and Artificial Intelligence), Maastricht University.
  • 1990/95: Assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, Maastricht University.
  • 1991/94: Visiting professor (evening courses), Department of Mathematics, HKLS, Sittard.
  • 1990: Post-doc, Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Participant in “Ecoratio; application of game theory to ecology, evolution and behavior”, Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  • 1989: Visiting assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles.
  • 1987/89: Scientific assistent, Department of Mathematics, Maastricht University.
  • 1985/87: Scientific assistent, Department of Mathematics, Nijmegen University.

Present administrative activities:

Former administrative activities:

  • Head of the research group Networks and Strategic Optimization (NSO).
  • Member Management Team Regitel (network of IT-businesses).
  • Coordinator KnowledgeEngineering@Work.
  • Vice-Chair of the Committee Studium Generale Maastricht.
  • Representative for Maastricht University in the Netherlands AI Coalition, member of work group 2 on Human Capital.
  • Chair local organizing committee GAMES 2016, the 5-th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, and of EC’16, the 17th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, held simultaneously at Maastricht, July 24-28, 2016 (press release).
  • Co-chair Lorenz Workshop Understanding Cancer through Evolutionary Game Theory, Lorentz Center, Leiden, January 29 to February 2, 2018.
  • Co-chair of Game Theory and Evolutionary Biology: Exploring Novel Links, Lorentz Workshop, Leiden, April 18-22, 2016.
  • Member Recommendation Committee, CIO Platform Netherlands (embedding Information Technology in the private and public sector).
  • Member of the Dutch Chamber for Mathematics (2006-2012).
  • Member of the Committee Studium Generale Maastricht (2008-2012).
  • Associate editor of Mathematics of Operations Research (1998-2003).
  • Member of the Management Team of the Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research LNMB (2009-2017).
  • Member of the Board of the Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research LNMB (2005-2009).
  • Member of the WebSciences Programme Development Committee, Maastricht University
  • Director of Studies for the Bachelor program on Knowledge Engineering (currently known as Data Science and Artificial Intelligence), Maastricht University (2004-2006).
  • Director of Studies for the related Master programs on Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research (currently know as Data Science for Decision Making), Maastricht University / Transnational University of Limburg (2004-2006).
  • Member of the Board of the Maastricht ICT Competence Centre, Maastricht University (2005-2006).
  • Member of the Education Platform of Maastricht University (2005-2006).
  • Member of the Board of Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University (1993-1999).
  • Member of the PR-committee for Knowledge Engineering (2003-2005).
  • Member of the Board of the Faculty of General Sciences, Maastricht University (1999-2000).
  • Chair of the Council of the Faculty of General Sciences, Maastricht University (1998-1999).
  • Member of the Council of the Faculty of General Sciences, Maastricht University (1992-1993).
  • Member of the Board of the School for Information Technology, Transnational University of Limburg (2003-2006).
  • Member of the Council of the School for Information Technology, Transnational University Limburg (2002-2003).
  • Organizer of the Mathematics Research Evaluation, Maastricht University (2001-2004).
  • Member of the Maastricht University Library Committee (1992-1994).
  • Member of the Council for Exams, Maastricht University (1992-2004).
  • Member of the India Team, Maastricht University (2007-2008).
  • Academic advisor, University College Maastricht (2003-2004).
  • Chair of a Van Gogh Project on Game Theory, Maastricht University – Ecole Polytechnique Paris (1997-1999).
  • Co-organizer of the annual Mathematics Modeling competition Maastricht, 3M.
  • Co-organizer of the 8-th Intl. Symposium on Dynamic Games, Maastricht (1998).
  • Co-organizer of the 36-th Netherlands Mathematics conference, Maastricht, (2000).
  • Member of the Program Committee, 9-th Intl. Symposium on Dynamic Games, Adelaide (2000).
  • Member of the Program Committee, 10-th Intl. Symposium on Dynamic Games, St. Petersburg (2002).
  • Member of the Program Committee, 11-th Intl. Symposium on Dynamic Games, Tucson (2004).
  • Member of the Program Committee, 12-th Intl. Symposium on Dynamic Games, Sophia-Antipolis (2006).
  • Member of the Program Committee, first Spain-Italy-Netherlands Conference on Game Theory, Maastricht (2005).
  • Co-organizer of the Symposium Sex and the Signal: Evolution and Game Theory, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2007.
  • Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2012 China International Conference on Game Theory and Applications, Qingdao, August 29-30.
  • Co-Chair of the scientific committee for the 16-th Symposium of the International Society for Dynamic Games, held at Amsterdam, July 9-12, 2014 (poster).