an de Aals , Wil M. P.
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Ma hias Ja ke (1952–2024), A Pionee in In o ma ion
Sys ems and Da a Managemen
Business & In o ma ion Sys ems Enginee ing
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Sugges ed Ci a ion: an de Aals , Wil M. P. (2024) : Ma hias Ja ke (1952–2024), A Pionee in
In o ma ion Sys ems and Da a Managemen , Business & In o ma ion Sys ems Enginee ing, ISSN
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Ma hias Ja ke (1952–2024), A Pionee in In o ma ion Sys ems
and Da a Managemen
Wil M. P. an de Aals
Published online: 12 Ap il 2024
ÓThe Au ho (s) 2024
I is wi h deep eg e ha we announce P o . D . e . pol.
Ma hias Ja ke’s passing on Ma ch 21, 2024. P o . Ja ke
se ed as a Depa men Edi o o BISE o many yea s and
was one o he pionee s in In o ma ion Sys ems and Da a
Managemen . A e comple ing a double deg ee in Com-
pu e Science and Business Adminis a ion a he Uni e -
si y o Hambu g, Ja ke ea ned his doc o a e in Business
In o ma ics and held p o esso ships a he S e n School o
Managemen a New Yo k Uni e si y and a he Uni e si y
o Passau be o e joining RWTH Aachen Uni e si y in
1991. He played a key ole in de eloping he Compu e
Science Depa men in Aachen and was ounding di ec o
o he Bonn-Aachen In e na ional G adua e Cen e o
In o ma ion Technology (B-IT). He also se ed o many
yea s as he Di ec o o he F aunho e Ins i u e o Applied
In o ma ion Technology FIT, s ee ing he ins i u e owa ds
g oundb eaking achie emen s.
He wo ked on a wide a ie y o opics in Compu e
Science, including me ada a managemen , da a quali y,
concep ual modeling, equi emen s enginee ing, in o ma-
ion sys ems enginee ing, que y op imiza ion, ecom-
mende sys ems, and coope a i e in o ma ion sys ems. He
also played a key ole in connec ing he Wi scha sin o -
ma ik-communi y wi h o he b anches o Compu e Sci-
ence; see, o example, his a icle ‘‘Pe spec i es in he
In e play Be ween Business and In o ma ion Sys ems
Enginee ing and Compu e Science’’ in he inaugu al issue
o BISE om 2009. As P esiden o he Gesellscha u
¨
In o ma ik (GI), he o ganized he Compu e Science Yea
2006. He was a ellow o he ACM, a membe o he
Na ional Academy o Science and Enginee ing, and won
he Pe e Chen Awa d. These and many mo e awa ds
e lec he impac o his wo k.
Beyond his scien i ic and o ganiza ional achie emen s,
P o . Ja ke was a passiona e men o . He always had g ea
isions and, a he same ime, an open ea o o he
esea che s o all kinds – ega dless o hei ca ee s age,
o igin, o backg ound. We mou n he loss o a passiona e
scien is , a uly alued colleague wi h an excep ional g asp
o he key issues in and a ound ou ield. Ou hough s a e
wi h he amily o P o . Ma hias Ja ke, his wi e Sibylle
Hen sch-Ja ke, and hei child en du ing his di icul ime.
He will be deeply missed by he BISE communi y.
Wil M. P. an de Aals
and he Edi o ial Boa d o BISE
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