2008-10-06: Web page set up
In this seminar, students will develop an in-depth understanding of the role of semantics in business process management. We will analyze existing approaches of using ontologies and ontological analysis in information systems research, evaluate the practical impact, and identify open research issues.
Monday, October 6, 2008, 6.15 - 7.45 p.m., room 36/1134
Monday, October 13, 2008, 6.15 - 7.45 p.m., room 36/1134
Monday, December 8, 2008, 6.15 p.m.
December 15, 2008, 6.15 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
You have to (1) submit an overview paper of 16-18 pages in Springer LNCS formatting and (2) give a presentation of 30 minutes (ca. 12-18 slides). Both the paper and the presentation must be submitted as PDF files to mheppATcomputer.org no later than December 8, 2008.
For guidance on how to write a paper, see [http://www.heppnetz.de/resources/.]<http://www.heppnetz.de/resources/>. Since the task is to write an overview paper, the necessary sections and structure can be modified as needed.
Your paper should be
As for the presentation: Please submit your presentation either as PowerPoint or PDF (one slide per page!).
A core part of any scholarly work is getting hold of related work by others. In this section you will find some hints on how to get hold of scientific publications.
Most University libraries provide electronic access to several journals and conference proceedings free of charge, as long as you are logged into the University network (i.e., if you work from home, you need to connect to the campus network using a VPN). This almost always includes full-text access to Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
2. ACM Journals, ACM Conference, and ACM Workshop Proceedings
You can access all ACM journals and conference/workshop proceedings using the ACM Digital library at <http://www.acm.org/dl>.
You need a log-in for that, since it is subscription service.
A guaranteed way to fail with a paper is to follow the paper style "In this paper, I tell you some selected thoughts about something".
Researchers read research papers not because they are interested in what you think (unless you are a famous visionary), but because your validated findings help them make progress in their work. Student and term papers are often meant to train mainly the skill of reviewing related work. In such a case, some sections are not relevant.
This is why the following structure should be followed:
Important: The given references are ONLY first pointers to relevant literature. Use those to carry out a proper search for related literature! It is not sufficient to just take into account the explicitly listed papers. Also check
* the Web pages of authors of listed papers,
* the references in the given papers, and
* the proceedings of ESWC, ISWC, BPM, and ER conferences.
4. Enterprise Ontology (Student: Deckert)
* Dietz, J. L. G. (2006). Enterprise Ontology. Berlin / Heidelberg, Springer.
* Fox, M. S. and M. Gruninger (1997). On Ontologies and Enterprise Modelling. International Conference on Enterprise Integration Modelling Technology (ICEIMT '97), Torino, Italy, Springer.
* Uschold, M., M. King, et al. (1998). "The Enterprise Ontology." The Knowledge Engineering Review 13(1): 31-89.
9. The Conceptual Model of ARIS(Student: Karl)''''''
* Scheer, A.-W. (2000). ARIS - Business Process Modeling. Berlin etc., Springer.
* Keller, G., M. Nüttgens, et al. (1991). Semantische Prozessmodellierung auf der Grundlage "Ereignisgesteuerter Prozessketten (EPK)". Veröffentlichung des Instituts für Wirtschaftsinformatik. Saarbrücken.
* Mendling, J. and M. Nüttgens (2005). EPC Markup Language (EPML). Vienna, Vienna University of Economis and Business Administration.
* Scheer, A.-W. (2000). ARIS - Business Process Modeling. Berlin etc., Springer.
* Simon, C. and J. Mendling (2007). Integration of Conceptual Process Models by the Example of Event-driven Process Chains. 8th international conference Wirtschaftsinformatik 2007, Karlsruhe, Universitaetsverlag Karlsruhe.
12. SAP Business by Design: Philosophy and Architecture (Student: Schley)
* http://www.sap.com/solutions/sme/businessbydesign/overview/index.epx
1. Ontologies for Business Processes: From TOVE to SUPER Ontologies for Organisational Aspects of Enterprises
* TOVE Ontology Project
* Hepp, M. and D. Roman (2007). An Ontology Framework for Semantic Business Process Management. 8th International Conference Wirtschaftsinformatik 2007, Karlsruhe, Universitaetsverlag Karlsruhe.
* SUPER D1.1 Deliverable
* Andersson, B., M. Bergholtz, et al. (2006). Towards a Reference Ontology for Business Models. 25th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER2006) Tucson, Arizona, USA, Springer.
2. Ontological Analysis of Information Systems
* Weber, R. (1997). Ontological Foundations of Information Systems. Melbourne, Australia, Coopers & Lybrand and the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand.
3. The REA Ontology: Initial Approach and Current Efforts
5. Declarative Process Modeling
* van der Aalst, W. M. P. and M. Pesic (2006). DecSerFlow: Towards a Truly Declarative Service Flow Language. BPM Center Technical Report.
6. Process Mining
7. Web 2.0 Approaches in Business Process Management
* http://www.google.com as a starting point :-)
9. The Conceptual Model of ARIS
* Scheer, A.-W. (2000). ARIS - Business Process Modeling. Berlin etc., Springer.
10. The e3Value Ontology
* Gordijn, J. and H. Akkermans (2001). "Designing and Evaluating E-Business Models." IEEE Intelligent Systems 16(4): 11-17.
* e3value home page
11. Business Process Modeling: Complexity vs. Community Size
* Michael zur Muehlen, Jan Recker: “How Much Language is Enough? Theoretical and Practical Use of the Business Process Modeling Notation”, 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2008), Montpellier, France, June 16-20, 2008., Springer LNCS.
* Hepp, M. (2007). "Possible Ontologies: How Reality Constrains the Development of Relevant Ontologies." IEEE Internet Computing 11(7): 90-96.
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