"The Art of Structuring - Bridging the Gap Between Information Systems Research and Practice" - this is the title of a recent publication in honor of Prof. Jörg Becker's 60th birthday. With 81 authors from 13 countries involved, the book gives various insights on how to structure models, data, processes, organizations, and technologies as well as visionary chapters on the topic. The publication was handed over during the WI conference in Siegen on the 25th of February.

The Liechtenstein Winter School on Business Process Management and Data Science, which was held this year from February 20^th - 22^th at the University of Liechtenstein (https://www.uni.li/de), Liechtenstein, was a great success once again. By now in its 9^th edition, the Winter School gave twelve undergraduate students from all over the world the chance to get a quite detailed impression of the topics Business Process Management (BPM) and Data Science.

The kickoff meeting of the new research project LearnIT took place on January 10^th 2019 at EWE TRADING in Bremen, Germany. Prof. Dr. Stephan Meisel of the Department of Information System leads the project. The main project goal is the development of an adaptive optimization approach for operational management of grid-level battery storage. The adaptive optimization approach aims at increasing the economic efficiency of storage, and thereby enabling the widespread adoption of grid-level battery storage.

In October Dr. Ann-Kristin Cordes, Assistant Professor at the chair for Information Systems and Information Management, gave a talk on the subject “10 Years of Partnership: QUT and University of Muenster” on the 3^rd Australian-German Science and Innovation Day as part of the 2018 Brisbane German Week at the Queensland University of Technology.

The Department of Information Systems welcomes the new Professor for IT-Security, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hupperich! Thomas joined the Department on the 1st of October with his appointment as Juniorprofessor. We are very happy having filled this open position again and so completed the fields of research and study of the department! We wish Thomas a good start in Münster and we are looking forward for a great collaboration!

The PIONEER students that spent their Summer Term in Münster were warmly welcomed in Tallinn, Estonia, where they will stay for the Winter Term. Jörg Becker, Head of the IS Department in Münster, Robert Krimmer, programme lead in Tallinn, as well as the Dean of the school.