Boudewijn Haverkort

Boudewijn Haverkort is Dean of the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences at Tilburg University, with a distinguished career spanning over 30 years in academia and research leadership. He has held professorships at the University of Twente and RWTH Aachen, focusing on cyber-physical systems, and led major institutions like the Embedded Systems Institute (ESI) and the Dutch national research program Commit2Data.

Education:

• PhD in Performability Modelling (University of Twente, 1991)
• Master’s in Computer Science (University of Twente, 1986; thesis work at University of Dortmund, Germany)

Research centers on cyber-physical systems, including their application to sustainability, smart grids, wearable systems, and industrial security. His work combines technical rigor with societal impact and is funded by national (NWO) and international (EU) grants.

Scientific contributions span performance evaluation, model checking, stochastic Petri nets, and digital twin development. His recent publications address temperature-aware scheduling, virtual entity modeling, and safety-critical system verification.

Scientific leadership:

• Chairman of Commit2Data (2016–present)
• Chair of 3TU Centre of Excellence CeDICT (2005–2009)
• Scientific Director of Embedded Systems Institute (2009–2013)
• Head of Computer Science Department (University of Twente, 2008–2009, 2017–2018)

Awards:

• Harvey Rosten Award for Excellence (2019)

Collaborations include roles at the Fraunhofer Project Centre (2018) and advisory positions for regional innovation policies. He has supervised over 30 PhD students and taught courses on cyber-physical design, computer networking, and smart industry modules.