Inge van de Weerd

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Inge van de Weerd is a prominent researcher specializing in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and intelligent automation, whose work has significantly shaped academic and practical understanding of how organizations can leverage software robots to streamline operations. Her highly influential 2019 paper, "Robotic Process Automation: Contemporary themes and challenges," has amassed over 520 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in this rapidly evolving field and providing foundational insights into the opportunities and obstacles organizations face when adopting RPA technologies. Van de Weerd's research goes beyond introductory analysis, tackling critical operational concerns such as long-term maintainability of RPA deployments, as explored in her 2020 work on keeping RPA systems sustainable. More recently, she has pushed the boundaries of the discipline by investigating how Artificial Intelligence can be integrated with RPA to handle tasks of greater complexity — an important frontier given that traditional RPA struggles with unstructured or nuanced workflows. This conceptual framework positions her at the cutting edge of intelligent automation research. Collectively, her contributions offer both scholars and practitioners a comprehensive roadmap for understanding, implementing, and evolving automation technologies within modern organizations.