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BPM'12 Tutorial on Large Process Models and Process Model Collections

In the context of the  BPM 2012 conference conference, which took place from September 5-7 in Tallinn, Estonia, Manfred Reichert (DBIS), Barbara Weber (University of Innsbruck) and Victoria Torres Bosch (University of Valencia) successfully organized a tutorial on large process models (i.e., large process model trees or complex inter-related process structures) and large process model collections. The tutorial discussed the challenges that arise both in respect to the... [more]

Book Presentation at the BPM'12 Conference in Tallinn, Estonia

Barbara Weber and Manfred Reichert introduced their new book on flexibility in process-aware information systems at the BPM'12 conference in Tallinn, Estonia. The book complements existing textbooks on business process management and is a must-read for anyone interested in flexible process support within information systems. The book shows that BPM is not just about making diagrams. The real challenge is to realize information systems that support business processes without... [more]

Keynote by Manfred Reichert at BPM'12 Workshop in Estonia

Manfred Reichert is invited keynote speaker of the Int'l Workshop on Theory and Applications of Process Visualization (TaProViz'12), which takes place in the context of the BPM'12 conference in Tallinn, Estland. In his keynote, Manfrd addresses the visualization of large and complex process models. He discusses the core challenges to be tackled in this context followed by a presentation of concrete techniques and application examples, e.g., for abstracting complex process models. The... [more]

New Book: Enabling Flexibility in Process-Aware Information Systems by Manfred Reichert and Barbara Weber

Manfred Reichert and Barbara Weber are co-authors of a Springer book that will be published in September 2012: Enabling Flexibility in Process-Aware Information Systems: Challenges, Methods, Technologies Contents of the book:In today’s dynamic business world, the success of a company increasingly depends on its ability to react to changes in its environment in a quick and flexible way. Companies have therefore identified process agility as a competitive advantage to address business... [more]

Tutorial at Annual Meeting of German Informatics Socienty (GI)

Prof. Dadam will run a half-day tutorial at Informatik 2012, the Annual Meeting of the German Informatics Society (GI). The tutorial is entitled "Next Generation Process Management Systems - Fascinating Facilities of a new Technology". Among other topics he will address "correctness by construction" and "ad hoc deviations at process instance level" and demonstrate these features using the AristaFlow BPM Suite. Further information (in German) on this tutorial can be... [more]

Kick-off meeting of the C³Pro Research Project at the University of Vienna

With a kick-off meeting at the University of Vienna the C³Pro research project was launched in November 2011. C³Pro is a joint Austrian-German research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, Project No. RE 1402/2-1) and  the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, Project No. I743). The total grant is 540.000 EUR and the project runs over a period of 36 months. Project partners are the Institute of Databases and Information Systems (Prof. Manfred Reichert, David Knuplesch) from the... [more]

Grant for DFG Project on "Enabling Change and Compliance for Collaborative Processes"

The DFG, which is Germany's largest research funding organisation, grants a research project on "Enabling Change and Compliance for Collaborative Processes" to Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert and the University of Ulm. This project was proposed together with Prof. Dr. Stefanie Rinderle-Ma from the University of Vienna, Austria. The total funding of this D-A-CH project will be 540 kEUR, whereby the University of Ulm will receive up to 239 kEUR for a period of 36 months.  [more]