Dr Frank Thuijsman (F.)

Since 2016, I am a full professor of Strategic Optimization and Data Science at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences. 

My expertise is on (Dynamic and Evolutionary) Game Theory, Operations Research, Markov Decision Theory, Stochastic Processes, Data Science and Mathematics. As of 2023, I am the secretary and treasurer of the Game Theory Society. I have published on Game Theory in a wide range of domains and I have had visiting positions in the Departments of Mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2016, I served as the local chair for the 5th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, and from 2023 onwards I am serving this society as its secretary and treasurer.

On the educational side, I have been actively involved in organizing our Data Science and Artificial Intelligence bachelor program, as well as our Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Decision Making master programs. In 2014, I founded the KE@Work honors program, in which the best BSc students Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (formerly known as Knowledge Engineering) combine their studies during their full second and third year on a fifty-fifty basis with a half-time challenging assignment at a nearby business. Over 200 students and over 70 businesses have participated thus far.

As of 2025, I am leading a World Bank funded project in which Maastricht University is supporting the University of Burundi in setting up a Computer Science bachelor program using our Project Centered Learning (PCL) method.

Expertises

(Dynamic and Evolutionary) Game Theory, Operations Research, Markov Decision Theory, Stochastic Processes, Data Science, Mathematics

Career history

2016-present: Full Professor Strategic Optimization and Data Science, Department of Advanced Computing Sciences, Maastricht University.

1995-2016: Associate Professor. Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University.

2006-2007: Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Scholar on “Evolutionary Biology and Game Theory” (invited by S. Hart, A. Shmida).

1990-1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Maastricht University.

1991-1994: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Hogeschool Katholieke Leergangen Sittard.

1990: Visiting Researcher, Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Participant in “Ecoratio; application of game theory to ecology, evolution and behaviour”, Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (invited by A. Neyman, A. Shmida).

1989: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles (invited by T.S. Ferguson, L.S. Shapley).

1989: PhD in Mathematics. Maastricht University.

1985: MSc in Mathematics (with first grade teaching qualification). Radboud University, Nijmegen.