Workshop: Research Challenges in Data-Centric Workflows

由于工作流程设计和规范从以流程为中心转向以数据为中心，工作流程和业务流程管理领域正在经历重大转变。该项目的目标是通过举办一个将该领域主要研究人员和从业人员聚集在一起的讲习班，阐明应探讨的关键研究问题和方向，以最大限度地加快实现以数据为中心的新方法的实际和经济价值。重点将放在研究问题，可以导致适用于电子政务，医疗工作流程和科学工作流程的工作流程管理的新进展。该研讨会将编写一份报告，阐述（i）以数据为中心的方法可以显著提高工作流程的灵活性和效率的根本原因，（ii）实现这种方法需要追求的关键研究方向，以及（iii）在目标应用领域逐步实现这种方法的方法。欲了解更多信息，请访问项目网页：www.cs.ucsb.edu/~su/NSF/0842993。

The area of workflow and business process management is undergoing a significant transformation, because of a shift from process-centric to data-centric workflow design and specification. The goal of this project is to articulate key research questions and directions that should be explored in order to maximize and hasten the realization of the practical and economic value of the new data-centric approach, through a workshop that brings together leading researchers and practitioners in the area. Emphasis will be placed on research questions that can lead to new advances in workflow management applicable to e-government, medical workflow, and scientific workflow. The workshop will produce a report which articulates (i) the fundamental reasons why the data-centric approach can provide significant increases in the flexibility and efficacy of workflows, (ii) key research directions that need to be pursued to enable this approach, and (iii) ways to incrementally realize this approach in the targeted application areas. For further information see the project web page athttp://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~su/NSF/0842993.