• Foundations of Process Mining (2AMI10) 2026-2027 - Objectives After taking this course students should: Content Data science is the profession of the future, because organizations that are unable to use (big) data in a smart way will not survive. It is not sufficient to focus on data storage and data analysis. The data scientist also needs to relate data to process analysis. Read More ...
• Capita Selecta Process Analytics (2IMI05) 2026-2027 - Objectives Acquire state-of-the-art scientific knowledge of a particular topic in the information systems domain. Typical topics are process modeling, workflow management, process mining, web services, service oriented architectures, language transformations, etc. Content People interested in the ‘process side’ of information systems can take the course ‘Capita selecta architecture of information systems’. This course will be Read More ...
• Foundations of Process Mining (2AMI10) 2025-2026 - Objectives After taking this course students should: Content Data science is the profession of the future, because organizations that are unable to use (big) data in a smart way will not survive. It is not sufficient to focus on data storage and data analysis. The data scientist also needs to relate data to process analysis. Read More ...
• Capita Selecta Process Analytics (2IMI05) 2025-2026 - Objectives Acquire state-of-the-art scientific knowledge of a particular topic in the information systems domain. Typical topics are process modeling, workflow management, process mining, web services, service oriented architectures, language transformations, etc. Content People interested in the ‘process side’ of information systems can take the course ‘Capita selecta architecture of information systems’. This course will be Read More ...

Recent external assignments

• Improving quality processes of Philips business units - Problem statement Important feedback on the quality status of Philips equipment in the field comes from customer complaints, software logs, service notes, and replaced parts. Millions of records are collected worldwide. To identify improvement opportunities, data is captured, monitored, and analysed. Philips has started using AI agents to make such data analysis more effective and Read More ...
• Speed up data engineering for process mining in practice - You’ve learned about process mining during your courses, but how much do you know about creating the event log for process mining? In business, creating the event log required for process mining is one of the most time-intensive, most complex parts of a process mining project. At Konekti, we’ve built a platform that simplifies and Read More ...
• Workflow mining bij GGZNHN (in Dutch) - GGZNHN is een specialistische ggz-instelling die behandelingen biedt aan mensen met ernstige psychiatrische aandoeningen[1]. Deze opdracht heeft betrekking op de groep mensen (volwassenen) die wordt aangemeld door de huisarts voor een ambulante ggz-behandeling.  Cliënten worden rechtstreeks via de huisarts aangemeld, via externe ketenpartners of via de aan GGZNHN verbonden basis-ggz (Amici).  Een ambulante behandeling wordt Read More ...

Recent presentations

• Advances in Alignments - Download as PDF
• Aligning Observed and Modeled Behavior - Download as PDF
• Efficiency of Alignment-based algorithms - Download as PPTX
• Efficient implementations of Alignment-based algorithms - Download as PPTX

Recent projects

• Certif-AI - Certif-AI: Certification of production process quality through Artificial Intelligence Description Production processes can be made ‘smarter’ by exploiting the data streams that are generated by the machines that are used in production. In particular these data streams can be mined to build a model of the production process as it was really executed – as Read More ...
• Process Mining in Logistics - Process Mining in Logistics is a joint project of the Data Science Center Eindhoven and Vanderlande industries. Description Logistics processes are notoriously difficult to design, analyze, and to improve. Where classical processes are scoped around the processing of information associated to a specific unique case, logistics deals with physical objects that are grouped and processed Read More ...
• Philips Flagship - Description The Data Science Centre Eindhoven (DSC/e) is TU/e’s response to the growing volume and importance of data and the need for data & process scientists (http://www.tue.nl/dsce/). The DSC/e has recently started a long-term strategic cooperation with Philips Research Eindhoven on three topics: data science, health and lighting. As a first concrete action, 70 PhD Read More ...
• DeLiBiDa - Desire Lines in Big Data Description The goal of process mining is to extract process-related information from event logs, e.g., to automatically discover a process model by observing events recorded by some information system. Despite recent advances in process mining there are still important challenges that need to be addressed. In particular with respect to Read More ...
• BPR4GDPR - Business Process Re-engineering for General Data Protection Regulation Description The goal of BPR4GDPR is to provide a holistic framework able to support end-to-end GDPR-compliant intra- and interorganisational ICT-enabled processes at various scales, while also being generic enough, fulfilling operational requirements covering diverse application domains. To this end, proposed solutions will have a strong semantic foundation Read More ...
• 3TU.BSR - 3TU – Big Software on the Run Description Millions of lines of code – written in different languages by different people at different times, and operating on a variety of platforms – drive the systems performing key processes in our society. The resulting software needs to evolve and can no longer be controlled a priori Read More ...

Recent publications

• Mining a Scientist’s Process: Essays Dedicated to Wil van der Aalst on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday - Mendling, J., Leemans, S. J. J., Dongen, van, B. F., & Reijers, H. A. (Eds.) (2026). Mining a Scientist’s Process: Essays Dedicated to Wil van der Aalst on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 16480). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-17618-9
• Object-centric process management: A research manifesto - Seidel, A., Weske, M., Montali, M., Rivkin, A., Reichert, M., van der Werf, J. M. E. M., van der Aalst, W. M. P., Breitmayer, M., Liss, L., van Detten, J. N., Jalali, A., Khayatbashi, S., König, M., Lichtenstein, T., Rinderle-Ma, S., Weber, B., Soffer, P., Rossi, L., Calegari Garcia, D., Delgado, A., Dijkman, R., Winkler, Read More ...
• Explainable conformance checking: Understanding patterns of anomalous behavior - Mozafari Mehr, A. S., M. de Carvalho, R., & van Dongen, B. (2023). Explainable conformance checking: Understanding patterns of anomalous behavior. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 126(Part B.), Article 106827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106827 Abstract Anomaly detection in the execution of business processes in the organizations has a high level of complexity due to the consideration of various Read More ...
• In system alignments we trust! Explainable alignments via projections - Sommers, D., Sidorova, N., & van Dongen, B. (2026). In system alignments we trust! Explainable alignments via projections. Information Systems, 136, Article 102631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2025.102631 Abstract Alignments are a well-known process mining technique for reconciling system logs and normative process models. Evidence of certain behaviors in a real system may only be present in one representation Read More ...
• A Ground Truth Approach for Assessing Process Mining Techniques - Sommers, D., Sidorova, N., & van Dongen, B. F. (2025). A Ground Truth Approach for Assessing Process Mining Techniques. arXiv.org. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.14345 Abstract The assessment of process mining techniques using real-life data is often compromised by the lack of ground truth knowledge, the presence of non-essential outliers in system behavior and recording errors in event logs. Read More ...
• Timed Anti-Alignments for Acyclic Marked Graphs - Bavaro, S., Chatain, T., & van Dongen, B. F. (2025). Timed Anti-Alignments for Acyclic Marked Graphs. In M. Köhler-Bußmeier, D. Moldt, H. Rölke, R. Bergenthum, A. Rivkin, J. M. E. M. van der Werf, J. Desel, & L. Petrucci (Eds.), PN-WS 2025 : Joint Workshop Proceedings of PNSE, ATAED, and PeNGE at PETRI NETS 2025: Read More ...
• Why Do Users Struggle to Get Insights from Process Mining? - Tentina, I., Zerbato, F., Mannhardt, F., & van Dongen, B. F. (2025). Why Do Users Struggle to Get Insights from Process Mining? In J. De Weerdt, J.-R. Rehse, & H. Reijers (Eds.), 2025 7th International Conference on Process Mining, ICPM 2025 Article 11220617 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPM66919.2025.11220617 (best student paper award) Abstract Read More ...
• Can Users Trust Process Mining? - Tentina, I., Mannhardt, F., Zerbato, F., & van Dongen, B. (2025). Can Users Trust Process Mining? In K. Wecel (Ed.), Business Information Systems: 25th International Conference, BIS 2025, Poznań, Poland, June 25–27, 2025, Proceedings (pp. 137-151). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP); Vol. 554). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94193-1_11 Abstract Process mining enables organizations to gain insights Read More ...
• A Novel Way to Evaluate Medical Discharge Predictions: A Research Paper - van der Haas, Y., Medeiros de Carvalho, R., van Dijk, T., van Dongen, B. F., & Plas, R. (2025). A Novel Way to Evaluate Medical Discharge Predictions: A Research Paper. Paper presented at2st International Workshop on Process Mining Applications for Healthcare, PM4H25, Pavia, Italië.
• Extending Genetic Process Discovery to Reveal Unfairness in Processes - Muskan, Mannhardt, F., & van Dongen, B. (2025). Extending Genetic Process Discovery to Reveal Unfairness in Processes. In A. Delgado, & T. Slaats (editors), Process Mining Workshops: ICPM 2024 International Workshops, Lyngby, Denmark, October 14–18, 2024, Revised Selected Papers (blz. 751-763). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP); Vol. 533). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82225-4_55 Abstract Fairness is an essential Read More ...

Recent awards

• Best Paper Award for Irina Tentina, Iris Beerepoot, Xixi Lu, Hajo Reijers, Boudewijn van Dongen and Vinicius Stein Dani - Irina Tentina, Iris Beerepoot, Xixi Lu, Hajo Reijers, Boudewijn van Dongen and Vinicius Stein Dani have received the Best Paper Award At the EduPM 2025 workshop at ICPM 2025 with the paper titled “Challenges in Teaching Process Mining: Insights from Process Mining Educators”. Congratulations to Irina, Iris, Xixi, Hajo, Boudewijn and Vinicius!
• Best Student Paper Award for Irina Tentina, Francesca Zerbato, Felix Mannhardt and Boudewijn van Dongen - Irina Tentina, Francesca Zerbato, Felix Mannhardt and Boudewijn van Dongen have received the Best Student Paper Award at ICPM 2025 for their paper titled “Why do users struggle to get insights from Process Mining?“. Congratulations to Irina, Francesca, Felix and Boudewijn!