Today, an invited lecture was performed in my BPM course at the University of Maribor. I had the honor of hosting process mining experts from Celonis, one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe. The participants were Slovenian 2nd Bologna stage students and Erasmus students from different European countries, who attend the course. The invited …
AMISE’2020 Virtual workshop
The First Workshop on Academy Meets Industry in Information System Engineering brings the opportunity for academics, researchers, and practitioners, including vendors and developers to discuss their mutual collaboration challenges and lessons learned in the field of Information System Engineering. As you know, due to the COVID-19 situation, CAiSE’2020 and, therefore AMISE’2020, will be digitalized. This …
Guest Editor in a Special Issue on Business Process Management RITA
We are pleased to announce the special issue of the Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada (RITA), to be published in 2021, on Business Process Management. Full details of submission procedures and requirements are available at https://lnkd.in/ejjAZAj. In cooperation with Editors Lucineia Heloisa Thom and Encarna Sosa Sánchez.
The First Workshop on Academy Meets Industry in Information System Engineering
I am happy and honored to be one of the organizers of AMISE, the first workshop on academy meets industry in information system engineering. As a part of CAiSE'20, the workshop brings the opportunity for academics, researchers and practitioners, including vendors and developers to discuss their mutual collaboration challenges and lessons learned in the field …
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Best BPM CEE Forum Paper Award 2019
I am truly delighted and honored to receive the best paper award on BPM 2019 CEE forum for the paper entitled An Empirical Investigation of the Cultural Impacts on the Business Process Concepts Representations, co-authored by Pavlo Brin, Saša Kuhar, Gregor Jošt and Jernej Huber. The main idea of the paper is discussed in one …
BPMN and DMN applied in Clinical Information Systems domain
I've just reviewed a paper in the Clinical information systems domain, where BPMN and DMN were used for modeling of processes and decisions involved in initiating birth control according to the CDC’s MEC for birth control initiation with the objective to incorporate them into an electronic health records (EHR) system. Authors conclude that BPMN and …
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Visiting professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business
My three-months stay at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Information Systems and Operations, has finished "in the blink of an eye". Vienna’s skyline is a wonder to behold, whereas the Gloriette at the top of Schönbrunn's park is one of my favorites. The featured photo was taken with my mobile phone. …
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How effective is OCR of BPMN elements?
Despite of a variety of available modeling tools, several analysts still prefer to create process diagrams in a hand-written manner, especially in the initial phases of process discovery activities. Modeling diagrams "by pen" may be associated with similar benefits to handwriting, when compared to typing (infographics), as also investigated in one of my older posts. …
New process- related knowledge mastered
Currently I am working as a visiting professor at WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business), at the Department of Information Systems and Operations, where I've just completed lecturing the "Process Implementation" course consisting of the following main topics: Introduction to business process automation. Implementing processes with Bonita BPM. Simulating processes with BIMP. Theory …
“Noise” in process-related communication
A business process diagram serves several purposes including process analysis, process-related communication, and process automation. Considering communication, modelers must ensure that all participants understand a process diagram and the corresponding notation in the same way (i.e. effectiveness). The effectiveness of diagrammatic communication With globalization this might get challenging since different cultural environments may implicitly imply …

