Since December 2004 I have been a research staff member in the Business Integration Technologies group. Before joining IBM Research as a post-doctoral researcher in July 2004, I was a researcher in the Database and Information Systems group at University of Paderborn, Germany and C-LAB, a joint research and development laboratory operated by Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH & Co OHG and the University of Paderborn.

I studied Computer Science with Mathematics at University of Paderborn, with stays at Carleton University, Canada, and University College London, UK. I received my Diploma (Dipl. Inf.) and my Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Computer Science in 2000 and 2004, respectively, both from the University of Paderborn.

My research interests are in business process management and software engineering with a focus on model-driven development, model transformations and modeling tool engineering. Current research interests include process model change management, versioning of models and software engineering for model transformations.

Invited Talks

• 15.06.2013, Coverage Analysis for Model Transformations, University of Leicester, UK
• 05.10.2010, Process Model Change Management, University of Waterloo, Canada.
• 03.10.2010, Process Model Change Management, CASCON'10 workshop on Effective Collaboration and Consistency Management in BPM.
• 15.03.2010, Process Model Change Management, IT University of Copenhagen, DK.
• 23.01.2008, Business Process Merging, University of Leicester, UK.
• 14.09.2006, Business-Driven Development-Process Merging and Business Object Life Cycle Integration, University of Paderborn, Germany.
• 06.09.2006, Business-Driven Development-Process Merging and Business Object Life Cycle Integration, University of Vienna, Austria.

Recent PC Memberships

• European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA 2013), Steering Committee Member
• 10th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2012)
• ACM/IEEE 14th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS'11)
• 1st International Workshop on Process Model Collections (PMC 2011)
• Seventh European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA 2011), PC Chair, Applications Track
• 10th International Workshop on Graph Transformation and Visual Modeling Techniques (GT-VMT 2011), PC co-chair
• Applications on Graph Transformation with Industrial Relevance (AGTIVE 2011)
• 10. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2011), Associate Editor

Education, Awards and Scholarships

• October 2010
  ACM Distinguished Paper Award Models 2010 for the paper "Precise Detection of Conflicting Change Operations using Process Model Terms" by C. Gerth, J. M. Kuester, M. Luckey and G. Engels.
• March 2010
  IBM Technical Accomplishment "Richer Flow Models and Improved Lifecycle Support in WebSphere BPM", IBM Research
• April 2006
  Technical Group Award "MDBT CEO Milestone Accomplishment", IBM Research
• March 2004
  Ph.D. from University of Paderborn, Germany, Department of Computer Science.
  Thesis title: Consistency Management of Object-Oriented Behavioral Models.
• Received Best Dissertation Award from University of Paderborn and invited for GI-Dissertationspreis 2004.
• January 2000
  Diplom-Informatiker from University of Paderborn, Germany, Department of Computer Science.
  Thesis title: Modeling Agent-Based Systems with UML.
• September 1998
  Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for pursueing studies at Carleton University, Canada.

Supervision PhD Theses

• Christian Gerth. Change Management for Business Process Models. University of Paderborn, January 2012. Mentor at IBM Research.
• Ksenia Wahler. A Framework for Integrated Process and Object Life Cycle Modeling in Business Process Management. University of Zurich, March 2009. Mentor at IBM Research.

Supervision Master Thesis

• Eduard Bauer. Analyzing Test Suites for Model Transformation Chains. University of Paderborn, December 2010.
• Masud Fazal-Baqaie. Structural Matching of Process Models for Change Detection. University of Paderborn, October 2009.
• Christian Gerth. Business Process Merging. An Approach based on Single-Entry-Single-Exit Regions. University of Paderborn, October 2007.
• Felix Feger. Business Process Merging and Refactoring in Business-Driven Development. Otto-Friedrich-Universitaet Bamberg, January 2007
• Mohamed Abd-El-Razik Business Process Normalization using Model Transformation. The American University in Cairo School of Sciences and Engineering, December 2006.
• Jan Stehr. Semantische Konsistenzpruefung von UML-Verhaltensdiagrammen zur Modellierung von Eingebetteten Systemen. University of Paderborn, January 2003.
• Markus Raschke. Ueberpruefung der zeitlichen Konsistenz von UML-Sequenzdiagrammen und UML-Zusatzdiagrammen mit Timed Automata. University of Paderborn, 2003.

Supervision Bachelor Theses

• Karsten Fischer. Vergleich von Stateflow-Diagrammen und UML-Statecharts und Abbildungen in eine gemeinsame Zwischensprache. University of Paderborn, 2001
• Aurelien Monot. Object Life Cycle Explorer pour WebSphere Business Modeler. Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy, France, September 2008.

Teaching

• Lecture Business-Driven Software Engineering (BDSE), University of Zurich, 2013
• Lecture Model-Driven Software Engineering (MDSE), University of Zurich, 2011.
• Lecture Business-Driven Software Engineering (BDSE), University of Zurich, 2011.
• Lecture Business-Driven Software Engineering (BDSE), University of Zurich, 2010.
• Lecture Business-Driven Software Engineering (BDSE), University of Zurich, 2009.
• Lecture Business-Driven Software Engineering (BDSE), University of Zurich, 2008.
• Seminar "Qualitaet von Software und Software-Modellen". In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Engels and Prof. Dr. Schaefer. University of Paderborn, 2004.