ITEE seminar: Dr Shazia Sadiq, 01.00PM, Tue 28 Oct 2003

Pockets of Flexibility in Workflow Specification

Speaker: Dr Shazia Sadiq, ITEE

When: 01.00PM, Tuesday 28 Oct 2003

Venue: 78-622

Host: Professor Maria Orlowska

Abstract:

  Workflow systems have traditionally focused on the so-called
  production processes which are characterized by pre-definition, high
  volume, and repetitiveness. Recently, the deployment of workflow
  systems in non-traditional domains such as collaborative
  applications, e-learning and cross-organizational process
  integration, have put forth new requirements for flexible and
  dynamic specification. However, this flexibility cannot be offered
  at the expense of control, a critical requirement of business
  processes.

  In this seminar, I will present a framework for flexible workflow
  specification which attempts to strike a balance between flexibility
  and control. This framework is based on the concept of "Pockets of
  Flexibility". I will discuss the specification, verification and
  deployment aspects of this approach.

Biography:

 
  Shazia Sadiq is currently a Lecturer (Data and Knowledge Engineering
  Group) at the School of Information Technology and Electrical
  Engineering, The University of Queensland. Her research interests
  include Business Process Management, Workflow Systems, Message based
  Integration, Conceptual Modelling and e-Learning. She has made
  significant research contribution in the field of dynamic and
  flexible workflows and has published several papers on this topic.

Contact:

Professor Maria Orlowska, seminar host (maria@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator) (guido@itee.uq.edu.au)

ITEE seminar web page: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~seminar

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