Patrick van Bommel, short curriculum vitae

1. Patrick van Bommel received his Masters degree in Computer Science in 1990, and the degree of Ph.D in Mathematics and Computer Science, from the (Radboud) University Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1995. He is currently assistant professor at the Radboud University.
2. His main research interests include information modelling, databases and document systems. The focus is: foundations of models and their transformations in order to establish theoretical properties and practical tools.
3. Some examples:
   • modelling techniques for information systems and organizations
   • data models, process models and navigation models for complex documents and web sites
   • support for modelling processes
   • meta modelling
   • document characterization languages
   • digital libraries
   • equivalence and transformation of models
   • the transformation of conceptual data models into efficient database representations
   • the transformation of database contents, operations and integrity constraints