Background
Herik, Hendrik Jacob Van Den was born on October 8, 1947 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Arie and Jantje (Schreur) Van Den Herik.
researcher computer science educator
Herik, Hendrik Jacob Van Den was born on October 8, 1947 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Arie and Jantje (Schreur) Van Den Herik.
Master of Science in Applied Mathematics cum laude, Vrij University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Sciences, Delft University of Technology, 1983.
Assistant professor, Vrij U., 1974-1975;
assistant professor, Delft (The Netherlands) U. Technology, 1975-1984;
associate professor, Delft (The Netherlands) U. Technology, 1985-1987;
professor computer science, U. Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, since 1987;
professor of law and computer science, U. Leiden, The Netherlands, since 1988;
dean Faculty General Sciences, U. Limburg, 1994-1996. Consultant Westmount Technology, Delft, 1985-1988. Board directors Research Institute for Knowledge Systems, Maastricht, 1991-1996.
Science director Foundation Knowledge Based Systems, Rotterdam, 1991-1994, Maastricht, since 1994. Secretary, vice president National Computer Science Council, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1990-1993, president, 1993-1996. Member science advisory county WAR, Utrecht, 1988-1994.
Science director Maastricht's Technology Research Institute Knowledge and Systems, since 1995. Member Foundation Computer Science Research in the Netherlands, since 1996.
Curator Marnix Gymnasium, Rotterdam, 1985-1996, Foundation Socrates, Utrecht, since 1989, Foundation Science Education Limburg, Maastricht, since 1989, Mathematics Simulation, Maastricht, since 1991. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (affiliate), Dutch Association for Artificial Intelligence (president 1990-1995), Foundation for Legal Knowledge Systems (president since 1988), McLeod Institute Simulation Science (associate), American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Association for Computing Machinery (affiliate).
Married Maria Aletta Raaphorst, September 24, 1971. Children: Seada Nada, Larissa Jasmijn, Kirsten Jelena.