Master 2022/2023

Research Seminar "Software Engineering: Development Management"-2

Type: Compulsory course (System and Software Engineering)

Area of studies: Software Engineering

Delivered by: School of Software Engineering

Where: Faculty of Computer Science

When: 2 year, 2, 3 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Hadi Saleh

Master’s programme: Software and Systems Engineering

Language: English

ECTS credits: 7

Contact hours: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Modern information systems accumulate significant amounts of event data, which include, for instance, transaction logs, message logs and different records of user activity. These data are commonly referred to as event logs consisting of ordered event sequences called traces. Event logs use in process mining to discover models of real processes. The expected behavior of an information system is usually specified at the beginning stages of the life cycle. Discovering the real behavior of processes from event logs is an important problem, since manually created models do not reflect changes made during the operation period of an information systems. A wide range of algorithms for the automated discovery of process models have been proposed over recent years. The behavior of processes can be represented in various notations, including different classes of Petri nets, heuristic and causal nets, or Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). The quality of process discovery algorithms is determined by the quality of discovered process models. Conformance checking is another important part of process mining. Conformance checking offers quality dimensions, which measure the correspondents between an event log (observed behavior) and a process model as well as the complexity of discovered models. Data acquired during conformance checking form the basis for the further enhancement and the reliability improvement of processes, occurring in information systems. During this research seminar, students will familiarize themselves with the fundamental principles and key application areas of process discovery, conformance checking and process enhancement by presenting and reviewing reports based on conference and journal papers.