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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*** SIMPDA 2018 ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>################################################################################<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US># SIMPDA 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>## SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### 12-14 DECEMBER, 2018 - SEVILLE, SPAIN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### http://simpda2018.di.unimi.it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>################################################################################<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### About SIMPDA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The increasing automation of business processes and the growing amounts of process data become available opens new research opportunities for business process data analysis, mining, and modeling. The aim of the IFIP 2.6 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis is to offer a forum where researchers from different communities and the industry can share their insight in this hot new field.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Symposium will feature a number of keynotes illustrating advanced approaches, shorter presentations on recent research, a competitive Ph.D. seminar and selected research and industrial demonstrations. This year the symposium will be held in Seville.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The IFIP International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis (SIMPDA 2018) offers a unique opportunity to present new approaches and research results to researchers and practitioners working in business process data modelling, representation, and privacy-aware analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The symposium will bring together leading researchers, engineers, and scientists from around the world. Full papers must not exceed 15 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions, not previously published or under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the LNCS Springer Verlag format. Templates can be downloaded from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted papers will be published in a pre-proceeding volume of CEUR workshop series. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit extended articles to a post-symposium proceedings volume which will be published in the LNBIP series (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, http://www.springer.com/series/7911), scheduled for late 2018 (extended papers length will be between 7000 and 9000 words). Around 10-15 papers will be selected for publication after a second round of review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Topics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Business process modeling languages, notations, and methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Lightweight process model<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Data-aware and data-centric approaches<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Big Data process representation and management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process mining with Big Data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Variability and configuration of process models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process simulation and static analyses<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process data query languages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process data mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process data visualization and reporting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Privacy-aware process data mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process metadata and semantic reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process patterns and standards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Foundations of business process models<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Resource management in business process execution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process tracing and monitoring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Process change management and evolution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Business process lifecycle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Case studies and experience <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Social process discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Crowdsourced process definition and discovery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Workshop Format:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In accordance to our historical tradition of proposing SIMPDA as a symposium, we propose an innovative format for this workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The number of sessions depend on the number of submissions but, considering the previous editions, we envisage to have four sessions, with 4-5 related papers assigned to each session. A special session (with a specific review process) will be dedicated to discuss research plan from Ph.D. students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Papers are pre-circulated to the authors that will be expected to read all papers in advance but to avoid exceptional overhead, two are assigned to be prepared with particular care, making ready comments and suggestions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The bulk of the time during each session will be dedicated to open conversations about all of the papers in a given session, along with any linkages to the papers and discussions within an earlier session. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The closing session (30 minutes), will include a panel about open challenges during which every participant will be asked to assemble their thoughts/project ideas/goals/etc… that they got out of the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Call for Ph.D. Research Plans<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The SIMPDA Ph.D. Seminar is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world. The goal of the Seminar is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on how to use their research results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Students interested in participating in the Seminar should submit an extended abstract describing their research. Submissions can relate to any aspect of Process Data: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, innovative applications, and social implications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Research plans should be at most of 5 page long and should be organised following the following structure: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Abstract: summarises, in 5 line, the research aims and significance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Research Question: defines what will be accomplished by eliciting the relevant the research questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Background: defines the background knowledge providing the 5 most relevant references (papers or books).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Significance: explains the relevance of the general topic and of the specific contribution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Research design and methods: describes and motivates the method adopted focusing on: assumptions, solutions, data sources, validation of results, limitations of the approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Research stage: describes what the student has done so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### SIMPDA Ph.D. award<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A doctoral award will be given by the SIMPDA Ph.D. Jury to the best research plan submitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Student Scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>An application for a limited number of scholarships aimed at students coming from emerging countries has been submitted to IFIP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In order to apply, please contact paolo.ceravolo@unimi.it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### CALL for Demonstrations and Posters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Demonstrations showcase innovative technology and applications, allowing for sharing research work directly with colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 10 pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Posters allow the presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted demonstrations and posters will be presented at the symposium. Abstracts will appear in the proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Paper Submission: 4 October 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Submission of Ph.D. Presentations: 4 October 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Notification of Acceptance: 19 November 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Submission of Camera Ready Papers: 28 November 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Second International Symposium on Process Data: 12-14 December 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Post-proceeding submissions: 30 March 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>## Keynote Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Josep Carmona, Department of Computer Science, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>#### Relating Event Data and Process Models: the Advent of Conformance Checking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>## Organizers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>### CHAIRS <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Maurice van Keulen, University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Maria Teresa Gomez Lopez, University of Seville, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>### ADVISORY BOARD <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Erich Neuhold, University of Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Philippe Cudré-Mauroux , University of Fribourg, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Robert Meersman, Graz University of Technology, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Wilfried Grossmann, University of Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>### Program Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Alexandra Mazak - University of Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Robert Singer - FH JOANNEUM, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Manfred Reichert - University of Ulm, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Schahram Dustdar - Vienna University of Technology, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Helen Balinsky - Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Valentina Emilia Balas - University of Arad, Romania<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Antonio Mana Gomez - Universidad de Malaga, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>- Karima Boudaoud - Ecole Polytechnique de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Jan Mendling - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Peter Spyns - Flemish Government, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Mohamed Mosbah - University of Bordeaux<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Chintan Mrit - University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Fabrizio Maria Maggi - University of Tartu, Estonia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Pnina Soffer - University of Haifa, Israel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Matthias Weidlich - Imperial College, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Roland Rieke - Fraunhofer SIT, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Edgar Weippl - TU Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Benoit Depaire - University of Hasselt, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Angel Jesus - Varela University of Seville, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Luisa Parody - University Loyola Andalucia, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Antonia Azzini - Consorzio C2T, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Jorge Cardoso - University of Coimbra, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Carlos Fernandez-Llatas - Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Chiara Di Francescomarino - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Faiza Bukhsh - University of Twente, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Mirjana Pejiƒá Bach - University of Zagreb, Croatia <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Tamara Quaranta - 40Labs, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Anna Wilbik - Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Yingqian Zhang - Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>