In this episode of A Side of Data, I interviewed Wil van der Aalst. He is among the most cited computer science researchers in the world with over 100.000 citations on google scholar and an h-index of 147. He published papers, books, founded conferences, and holds positions at several institutions including RWTH Aachen University, Technical University of Eindhoven, Queensland University of technology, Fondazione Bruno Kessler and others. In addition to academic success, he is also very well known in the industry. The companies that brought his research to the industry are Celonis, Fluxicon Disco, Process Gold, and many others. Because of his influence, he is called a godfather of process mining. The questions range from the history of process mining, the process mining challenges and solutions, to the future, and various topics connected to the real-world use of process mining. The episode of long, so here are some time ticks to guide you: Resources mentioned in the episode:Wil's book: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662498507MOOC: https://www.coursera.org/learn/process-mining  Find A SIDE OF DATA on twitter: https://twitter.com/ASideOFDataAnd on the web: asideofdata.comSEND us an email with suggestions: [email protected]