Stefan Driessen

Ph.D. Candidate at JADS

Jheronimus Academy of Data Science

Biography

Stefan Driessen is a Ph.D. Candidate at the JADE Lab of the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science. His research interests include blockchain technology, data markets, data products and data meshes. Stefan works regularly on Data Engineering methods and techniques for sharing and exchanging data in a distributed and decentralised manner.

Interests

Data Markets
Data Products
Data Mesh
Blockchain
Smart Contracts

Education

MSc in Data Science & Entrepreneurship, 2019

Jheronimus Academy of Data Science
BSc in Physics & Astronomy, 2017

Radboud University
BSc in Mathematics, 2017

Radboud University Nijmegen

Recent & Upcoming Talks

KPN Data Champions Day: Dare to Share

As an invited speaker at KPN’s Data Champions day I presented a deep-dive into the concept of data products. Within spitting distance of the Erasmus bridge, we had interactive discussion on the different perspectives and definitions of data products. Throughout the presentation, we came to a better understanding of how to build, maintain and evaluate data products in decentralised data architectures such as data meshes and data markets.

17 Mar, 2023 14:15 — 15:00 KPN Headquarters Rotterdam

Stefan Driessen

Data Product Metadata Management: an Industrial Perspective

At the Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications and Cloud Services, I presented my insights on the transition that is happening in industry. From monolithic data architectures to decentralised, data product-based alternatives. This transition presents many challenges, in particular, our paper focuses on the changes to traditional metadata management and how we can learn from the microservice movement in software development.

29 Nov, 2022 12:00 — 12:30 ICSOC 2022

Stefan Driessen

Invited Speaker at Mercedes-Benz

As an invited speaker at Mercedes-Benz’s internal architect conference ‘Hey Architect! 22’, I presented my insights on internal data markets, data meshes, data products and in particular how to design metadata management solutions within these new approaches.

22 Sep, 2022 11:15 — 11:15 online

Stefan Driessen

Data Market Design

As invited speaker at the 16th Symposium and Summer School On Service-Oriented Computing I presented my research on decentral data exchanges and data markts in general.

08 Jul, 2022 11:15 — 12:00 Aldemar Knossos Royal Conference Center

Stefan Driessen

Data Bites Lunch Lecture

As an invited speaker at the Data Bites Lunch lectures series, we will present our paper on Data Market Design.

24 May, 2022 12:00 — 13:00 JADS

Stefan Driessen, Geert Monsieur, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

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Projects

Discoverable Data Products at KPN

In a six month collaboration with major Dutch telecom provider KPN we will address the challenges of creating and maintaining discoverable, interoperable data products. Our goal is to create a tool-suite for easy metadata management in the KPN data catalogue.

Collaboration on Interoperable Data Product Standards

Over the past six months, I and some colleagues have collaborated on a project at a large German automotive manufacturer. The project’s goal has been to develop a methodology for creating metadata for data products in an internal data exchange market that addresses the challenges of interoperability, reusability, and findability as data products evolve.

Investigation on low-code blockchain platforms with AstraKode

In collaboration with the AstraKode platform, we investigated different (low-code) solutions for deploying and customising permissioned blockchains. This ultimately helped the developers at AstraKode to better position their solution and outshine competitors in an emerging market.

Publications

SolAR: Automated test-suite generation for solidity smart contracts

Stefan Driessen, Dario Di Nucci, Damian Tamburri, Willem-Jan van den Hevuvel

Data Product Metadata Management: An Industrial Perspective

Stefan Driessen, Geert Monsieur, Willem-Jan van den Hevuvel

Data Mesh: a Systematic Gray Literature Review

Abel Goedgebuure, Indika Kumara, Stefan Driessen, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel, Geert Monsieur, Damian Tamburri, Dario Di Nucci

Data Market Design

Stefan Driessen, Geert Monsieur, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel

Validated Data Quality Assessment with "Skin in the Game: A Smart Contract Approach

Stefan Driessen, Geert Monsieur, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel, Damian Tamburri

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Contact

s.w.driessen{at}jads.nl
Sint Janssingel 92
5211 DA 's-Hertogenbosch
the Netherlands
Enter the building through the main entrance at the Sint-Janssingel. After the reception, proceed to the right and go up two floors when you see the stairs on your left. My office is in room MDB 2.10.