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Name Jan Claes
Position Lector
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How to address me Don't hesitate to address me with my first name!
Formally, use "dr. Claes"
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Personal website www.janclaes.be


Short bio. Jan Claes is a lector at the bachelor of International Business Management (IBM) at Arteveldehogeschool (University College) in Ghent. He holds a master in Industrial Engineering, Computer Science (HoGent) and in Business Economics (UGent) and a PhD in Applied Economic Sciences (UGent) and in Industrial Engineering Sciences (TUEindhoven). He has been teaching to thousands of students in economical programs. He published in several outstanding journals (including DSS, ESWA, and ISF) and conferences (including BPM, CAiSE, and ECIS). More info at www.janclaes.info.



Research areas

  • Differentiated Problem Solving
  • Business Process Modeling
  • Process Model Quality
  • Process of Process Modeling
  • Process Mining

Professional Experience

  • since 2019: Lector financial courses, Arteveldehogeschool
       Courses: Banking and finance, (Business) Economics, Accounting, International Trade, ICT (MS Excel)
  • 2015-2019: Postdoctoral researcher Management Information, Ghent University
  • 2009-2015: Teaching assistant Management Information, Ghent University
       Courses: Computer Science, Introduction to OO Programming, Business Informatics
       Software: MS Excel, MySQL, Java
  • 2008-2009: Analyst-programmer (Caché:M), SDP
  • 2008-2008: Business analyst, Attentia
  • 2006-2008: Analyst-programmer (C++), Attentia
  • 2005-2009: after the hours: Teacher informatics in centre for adult education, CVO Janitor
       Courses: Initiation, Word, Typing, PhotoPaint, Photoshop, Publisher, C#.NET

Education