1st International Workshop on Empirical Research in Process-Oriented Information Systems

Organisers

Workshop Co-Chairs

(1) Prof. Dr. Bela Mutschler:

University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten
P.O. Box 1261
88241 Weingarten, Germany
Email: bela.mutschler@hs-weingarten.de

Bela Mutschler received his diploma in computer science from the University of Ulm, Germany, in 2003. After working as a research assistant at the University of Ulm for sixth months, he joined Daimler AG (Group Research), Germany as a process engineer in 2004. During his time at Daimler, Bela was also an external Ph.D. student in the Information Systems Group at the University of Twente (UT), The Netherlands, where he completed his Ph.D. thesis in January 2008. In his dissertation, Bela investigated causal dependencies and resulting cost effects in projects dealing with the introduction of process-aware information systems. Since November 1st 2008, Bela is a full professor at the University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany. Bela is an expert in the fields of (automotive) process management and the design and development of process-aware information systems. His particular research interest is the performance of empirical and experimental research in the field of BPM and process-aware information systems as well as the design and introduction of enterprise (process) portals.

Find more information at http://www.mutschler.info.

(2) Dr. Jan Recker:

Business Process Management Group
Queensland University of Technology
126 Margaret Street
Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia

Tel: +61 7 3138 9479
Fax: +61 7 3138 9390

Email: j.recker@qut.edu.au

Jan Recker is Senior Lecturer at the Business Process Management group at the Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia. His research interests include Adoption of BPM Standards, User Understanding of BPM Technology, and Business Process Flexibility. Findings from his research have appeared in more than 70 research papers. Jan is member of the editorial board of journals such as the Journal of Database Management, and the Journal for Information Systems Modeling and Simulation. Jan is also a member of the program committee of several conferences and workshops, and co-chaired the 2009 International Workshop on Empirical Research in Business Process Management (ER-BPM 2009). He serves as a guest editor on journals such as Information Systems and e-Business Management, and Information Systems.

Find more information at http://sky.scitech.qut.edu.au/~recker/.

(3) Prof. Dr. Roel Wieringa:

University of Twente
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 53 489 4283
Fax: +31 53 489 2927

Email: roelw@cs.utwente.nl

Roel Wieringa is Chair of Information Systems at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. His research interests include value-based requirements engineering, business process modeling, conceptual modeling, and research methodology for requirements engineering. He is scientific director of the School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS) that provides advanced education to all Dutch Ph.D. students in information and knowledge systems. He has written two books, “Requirements Engineering: Frameworks for Understanding” (Wiley, 1996) and “Design Methods for Reactive Systems: Yourdon, Statemate and the UML” (Morgan Kaufmann, 2003). He has been Associate Editor in Chief of IEEE Software for the area of requirements engineering. He serves on the board of editors of the Requirements Engineering Journal and of the Journal of Software and Systems Modeling.

Find more information at http://www.cs.utwente.nl/~roelw.