The story of the Godfather of Process Mining w/Prof. Wil van der Aalst

Episode notes

Some questions we discussed: How did you get into Process mining, and what led to people calling you the Godfather of Process Mining? What was your first inspiration, driver, and reason to purpose Process Mining? What drove you forward? Live transactional processing and execution management is core to achieving digital transformation. How do you see the process mining evolving over the years not to be only a tool but a product that touches each stage of the process transformation journey? How do you see Process Mining's intersection with transactional processing within the blockchain? There is a great use case to track, monitor, and report the activities happening in the chain with PM and perhaps run some forecasts to identify fraudulent activities? The announcement of the Innovation Lab in the Aachen Campus is an excellent example of you pioneering the open-source and accessibility culture for Process intelligence. What are you most excited about this? Why should you care? Hear Prof.