The Beta Research School for Operations Management and Logistics is a national university research school that educates PhD students and in which several scientific disciplines contribute to a deeper understanding of the performance of operational processes. These disciplines range from mathematics and computer science to labor psychology and organizational behavior. Each of these disciplines provides additional scientific knowledge necessary for the analysis, design and control of operational processes. As operational processes only exist in practice, Beta emphasizes science-based engineering of solutions and empirical validation of these solutions. The Beta PhD education program reflects the multidisciplinary nature of research within Beta, while providing the disciplinary depth necessary to contribute to science.
In Beta researchers of two Dutch universities work together. The Beta Research School combines research by several groups of the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) and the department of Mathematics and Computer Science (MCS) at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and the Center for Telematica and Information Technology (CTIT) of the University of Twente (UT). About 80 researchers and over 70 PhD students participate in Beta.
Beta has officially been recognized by the Royal Dutch Academy for Sciences (KNAW) since 1998.
On Thursday February 16th 2012 Ricardo Seguel Pérez will defend his thesis 'Business Protocol Adaptors for Flexible Chain Formation and Enactment'.
This thesis has been approved by supervisor prof.dr.ir. P.W.P.J. Grefen and co-supervisor dr.ir. H. Eshuis.
The ceremony will take place at the Auditorium, Collegezaal 4 of the TU/e, at 16.00 hrs.
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On Friday January 27th 2012 Maartje Zonderland will defend her thesis 'Curing the Queue'.
This thesis has been approved by supervisor prof.dr. R.J. Boucherie and co-supervisors dr. F. Boer and dr. N. Litvak.
The ceremony will take place at Prof.dr. G. Berkhoff Zaal, De Waaier, UT, at 14.30 hrs.
For a summary of the thesis click here