Novel cloud computing based workflow technology for managing large numbers of process instances

云计算是一种最新的计算模式，它可以通过互联网上的虚拟资源提供工作流和服务。该项目开发了一种新颖的云工作流架构及其相应的创新机制来开发新技术，以有效管理数百万个流程实例。该项目的成功将建立和促进与行业合作伙伴的长期合作。通过该项目进行的研究将使澳大利亚在这一领域处于世界领先地位。项目成果产生的知识产权可能会使许多性质相似的澳大利亚组织受益，这些组织的电子商务如保险和银行流程，以及电子政务如Medicare和Centrelink流程。

Cloud computing is a recent computing paradigm which can offer workflow with services via virtualised resources from the Internet. This project develops new technology with a novel cloud workflow architecture and its corresponding innovative mechanisms for managing millions of process instances effectively. The success of this project will build and foster long-term collaboration with the industry partner. The research conducted with this project will position Australia as a world leader in this area. The intellectual property resulting from project outcomes will potentially benefit many Australian organisations with similar nature for e-business like insurance and banking processes, and e-government like Medicare and Centrelink processes.