| Joris Hulstijn |
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dr. J. Hulstijn
Assistant professor
Delft University of Technology,
Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management --
ICT Section,
Jaffalaan 5, NL-2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-15-2781266, Fax: +31-15-2783741
E-mail: j.hulstijn@tudelft.nl
Compliance Management At the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management we are setting up a two-year Master's programme in Compliance Management. The degree is intended for people with several years of experience in government or industry, who want to learn about the role of information systems in complying with laws and regulations. We show how accountability data can be shared between partners in a network organization through standards such as XBRL and SBR. We focus on the design and audit of information systems which help to enforce or demonstrate compliance (compliance by design) and deal with regulatory developments such as responsive regulation, system-based audit and continuous control monitoring. Throughout the course we take a network perspective, dealing with decision making and managing collaboration in public-private networks. The programme is being developed in close collaboration with partners from government (Tax Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs) and industry (accounting firms, insurance agencies). For more information (lecturers, schedule, fees) please visit the website: www.delfttoptech.nl/compliance or contact me or contact Marijn Janssen (director).
Compliance reporting My latest research is about the role of information systems in compliance reporting. We study development methods for handling the decision making concerning standards and implementation, in a network of participants with often divergent interests. See DG0 2011 . We are also interested in ways of using continuous control monitoring for regulatory purposes (CMM-R). The case study is concerned with food safety in the meat processing domain. See CAISE GRIS workshop.
Integrity of Information One of the quality aspects in information security is integrity of information. How can we ensure the reliability (i.e. accuracy and completeness), timeliness and validity of information in an organization? With Rob Christiaanse (Vrije Universiteit and Nyenrode) I am developing a Neo-classical approach to integrity, based on principles of administrative organization and internal control, which are still valid for network organizations (report). With Jan van der Jagt and Pieter Heijboer I have investigated two strategies: a defensive strategy, aimed at preserving the current integrity level and an offensive strategy, aimed at reducing the current number of human errors. See EGOV.
Self-Regulation With Brigitte Burgemeestre (Vrije Universiteit) and Yao-Hua Tan (TU Delft) I investigate forms of self-regulation in regulatory compliance. The idea is that a company must demonstrate to the regulator that it is `in control': it must provide evidence to show that it has identified its business risks, has taken control measures to address those risks, and that those measures are effectively implemented. Our case study is concerned with AEO certifications, for those companies which can show to the customs authorities to be `in control' of safety and security in international trade. We use value-based argumentation theory to assess the trade-offs made in designing control measures. See CaiSE Forum, COIN 2009, ESAW 2009, JURIX 2009, DEON 2010.
Governance and Control When I was at Vrije Universiteit, I worked on conceptual models of the governance and control of network organizations together with Vera Kartseva, Jaap Gordijn and Yao-Hua Tan. We have developed a generic set of control patterns. The presence of control mechanisms may influence trust. The control patterns have been evaluated on health care regulations in the FRUX project. In the ITAIDE project, we investigated the control aspect of the re-design of customs procedures. See EJIS article and ICEIS 2010.
Multi-agent Systems At Utrecht University I used to work on development methods for multi-agent systems. Before that I was a member of the artificial intelligence group at the Vrije Universiteit. With Leon van der Torre, Zhisheng Huang, Mehdi Dastani and Jan Broersen, I developed the BOID, a cognitive agent architecture with beliefs, obligations, intentions and desires. Together with Leon van der Torre and Guido Boella I continue to work on so called normative multi-agent systems (NMAS): multi-agent systems regulated by norms. NMAS can be used as a conceptual tool to understand the governance and control of network organizations. With Régis Riveret, Nino Rotolo and Guido Governatori, a have developed an conceptual model of deadlines. See AUSTAI 2007 and JURIX 2007.
Dialogue My PhD thesis, written at the University of Twente, describes formal models of dialogue, to be applied in the design and testing of natural language dialogue systems. I am programme committee member of the yearly workshops on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue.
Nyenrode Several courses in Accounting Information Systems and Internal Control, in the School of Accounting and Controlling, of Nyenrode Business University.
Supervision of graduate students Various projects about accounting information systems, AI and Law and IT Auditing.
Open Norms Lecture series for the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration about Dealing with Open Norms (With Brigitte Burgemeestre).