Department of Mathematics
& Computer Science
2015 Annual Address
2014
• Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) “Process Mining:
Data Science in Action”
• Started November 12
th
2014
and has already attracted over
40.000 participants from 180
countries.
coursera.org/course/procmin
“Process mining is the missing link between model-based process
analysis and data-oriented analysis techniques.”
The course offers a novel perspective on data (big and small) and provides the tools
necessary to analyze real behavior based on event data that can be found in organizations
We contributed to the 2014 Soccer World Championships
We proudly collected our grants and awards
Anne Driemel
Veni grant
Julia Komjáthy
Veni grant
2014: NWO TOP Grant
•
Information diffusion on random graphs, Remco van der Hofstad, Johan van Leeuwaarden
2014: Best Paper Awards
•
Data and Applications Security and Privacy, Sokratis Vavilis
•
Multivariate network exploration and presentation,
Stef van den Elzen
•
A Bottom-Up Quality Model for QVTo – Christine Gerpheide
•
Kangaroos in Side-Channel Attacks, Christine van Vredendaal
Bart Jansen
Veni grant
Jesper Nederlof
… and even hit the jackpot
We have outstanding teachers
Emiel van Berkum
was the best
post-propedeuse teacher of 2014 at IE&IS
GEWIS awarded the best teachers
2014 Nominees
• Mathematics:
Martijn Anthonissen, Onno Boxma, Remco van der Hofstad,
Rudi Pendavingh,
Georg Prokert
, Hans Sterk.
• Computer Science:
Kevin Buchin
, Boudewijn van Dongen, George
Fletcher, Kees Huizing, Bas Luttik, Tanir Ozcelebi.
We provide great student support
• Computer facilities
• Student services
• Student coaching
• Informal staff contacts
• Study association GEWIS
We honored our distinguished employees 2014
Congratulations to: Corlien van Dam, Boudewijn van Dongen, Stef van Eijndhoven, Ellen van Hoof,
We educated engineers for the future
240
Total degrees awarded
69 BSc
120 MSc
30 PDEng
19 PhD
90%
of the graduated students find a job within
one year
We obtained the best possible scores in education
National Student Survey
TU/e No.1 university
CWTS Leiden
Ranking
TU/e
NO.1
University-Industry
Research
Cooperation
National Student
Survey
TU/e
No.1
university
Elsevier Faculty Rating
(professors)
• TU/e
NO.1
• BSc Computer Science
NO.1
• MSc Computer Science and
Engineering
NO. 1
Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs
• TU/e
NO.1 of 3TU
for 11
th
time in a row
• BSc Computer Science
NO.1
• BSc Industrial and Applied
Mathematics
NO.1
of 3TU
2014
Keuzegids Master
• MSc Computer Science
and Engineering NO.2
• MSc Industrial and Applied
Mathematics NO.1
We leveraged our research portfolio
Impulse Program
FLagships
: Data Science, Lighting
DSC/e; ILI; HTSC
205
Journal articles
255
Conference papers
31
Book chapters
We told our stories to the public
REMCO vd HOFSTAD
We attracted new talent
Kids College, May 2014 Information Days, September 2014 Information Days, December 2014 Experience Day, May 2014