Seppe vanden Broucke works as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include business data mining and analytics, machine learning, process management and process mining. His work has been published in well-known international journals and presented at top conferences. He is also author of the book Beginning Java Programming (2015) of which more than 4000 copies were sold and which was also translated in Russian. Seppe's teaching includes advanced analytics, big data and information management courses. He also frequently teaches for industry and business audiences.