Forwarded message from [vanderal@cs.colorado.edu (vanderal@cs.colorado.edu)] sent originally on Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:01:45 -0700: : International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering : : Call for Papers : : Special Issue on Flexible Workflow Technology : Driving the Networked Economy : : Guest editors : : Wil van der Aalst : Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of : Technology, P.O. Box 513, NL-5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. : wsinwa@win.tue.nl : : Stefan Jablonski : Department of Computer Science VI, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat : Erlangen-Nurnberg, Martenstra?e 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany. : jablonski@informatik.uni-erlangen.de : : Scope : : The new millennium is characterized by speed and distribution in every : aspect of most business and organization undertaking. Organizations are : challenged to bring ideas and concepts to products and services in an : ever-increasing pace. Companies distributed by space, time, and : capabilities come together to deliver products and solutions for which : there is any need in the global marketplace. The trends for virtual : corporations and e-commerce, and increasing global networking of economies : are real and will accelerate. Enterprise information systems using : workflow technology will play an increasingly critical role in providing a : competitive edge to organizations in the networked economy. The : interorganizational nature of workflow processes in the DNE (Dynamic : Networked Economy) poses all kinds of interesting issues, e.g., How to : agree on a common business process without considering local : particularities? The coordination between processes in different : organizations is fundamentally different from the situation where the whole : process and all of the participating resources are contained within one : organization. Another critical challenge for workflow technology in the DNE : is the ability to respond effectively to changes. Changes may range from : ad-hoc modifications of the process for a single customer to a complete : restructuring for the workflow process to improve efficiency. Today's : WFM/ERP systems are ill-suited to deal with change; they typically support : a more or less idealized version of the preferred process and the real : run-time process is often much more variable than the process specified at : design-time. The only way to handle changes is to go behind the system's : back. If users are forced to bypass the workflow management system quite : frequently, the system is more a liability than an asset. The biggest : challenge we are facing is to develop concepts, techniques, and tools to : support adaptability. Adaptability has become one of the major research : topics in the area of workflow management and is characterized by notorious : problems such as the 'dynamic change bug' (How to migrate workflow : instances from the old to the new process if the degree of parallelism is : reduced?). : : This special issue of the International Journal of Computer Systems Science : & Engineering seeks to shed light on the state-of-the-art and the future of : workflow technology in the dynamic networked economy. : : Topics of interest include: : Interorganizational workflows : Adaptive/ad-hoc workflows : Dynamic schema evolution and workflow migration : Workflow distribution and interoperability : Object-oriented concepts (e.g., inheritance) to support workflow : flexibility and distribution : Process mining and AI-based techniques : Extensions of workflow modeling techniques (Petri nets, state-charts, : speech acts, etc.) : Merging of groupware and workflow into workware : Case studies and prototypes : : See http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~wsinwa/csse_special_issue.html for more : information. : Important dates : Paper Submission Deadline: March 1, 2000 : Feedback to Authors: May 1, 2000 : Final Manuscripts to Publisher: July 1, 2000 : Publication of Special Issue: September 2000 : : Authors should carefully read the submission guidelines of the : International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering : http://www.dircon.co.uk/crl/CSSE.htm. Papers must be in a standard : non-proprietary format such as HTML, PostScript, or PDF. Authors should : send an email to Wil van der Aalst (wsinwa@win.tue.nl) with a URL pointing : to the paper submission. If this is not possible, submissions may be an : HTML, PostScript, or PDF email attachment. : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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