[AISWorld] Vacancy: Post-doctoral researcher working on Process Mining in ACSI FP7 project

[Aalst, W.M.P. van der]

The Architecture of Information Systems (AIS) of the Department 
of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Technische Universiteit 
Eindhoven (TU/e) is looking for a

***** Postdoc working on Process Mining for the EU project on *****  
*****      Artifact-Centric Service Interoperation (ACSI)     ***** 

The Artifact-Centric Service Interoperation (ACSI) project is a
so-called STREP project in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
of the EU. The project involves IBM Israel, Università degli Studi 
di Roma La Sapienza, Libera Università di Bolzano, Imperial College 
of Science, Technology and Medicine, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,
Tartu Ulikool, Indra Software Labs, and Collibra. 

Interoperation between electronic services is one of the most 
challenging and pressing issues in today's increasingly globalized 
and de-centralized economy. The ACSI project tackles this challenge 
with a unified research program based on two key notions: "interoperation 
hubs", that enable flexible, scalable support for service collaborations 
in an open network, and "dynamic artifacts", that provide an approach 
to modeling and deploying business processes that simplifies the
management of "hand-offs" of data and process between different services
and organizations.

Process mining plays an important role in this project. The objective is
the development of techniques and tools for process mining of services 
and artifact-centric interoperation hubs, to support on-line compliance 
checking, auto-generation of adapters, and the discovery of 
artifact-centric models that underlie a service's behavior. 

The AIS group is one of the leading groups in the exciting new
field of process mining (www.processmining.org). Process mining
techniques focus on process discovery (extracting process models
from event logs), conformance checking (comparing normative
models with the reality recorded in event logs), and extension
(extending models based on event logs). The work resulted in 
the development of the ProM framework that is widely used
in industry and serves as a platform for new process mining
techniques used by research groups all over the globe. Moreover,
many of the techniques developed in the context of ProM have
been embedded in commercial tools.

The Postdoc will be working in the AIS group under the
supervision of prof.dr. Wil van der Aalst. The Architecture of 
Information Systems group is doing research in the area of process 
modeling and analysis. The group is rated as one of the leading 
computer science groups in the Netherlands and TU/e often seen 
as the epicenter of BPM research. The group uses 
formal methods such as Petri nets to design, analyze, and implement 
dynamic systems. The group is well-versed in workflow management, process 
mining, and process verification. See www.workflowpatterns.com, 
www.workflowcourse.com, www.processmining.org, www.yawl-system.com, 
www.win.tue.nl/ais/, www.wvdaalst.com, and www.tue.nl for more
information.


Requirements:

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements: 
- a solid background in Computer Science and interested in 
systems for process support (demonstrated by a relevant PhD);
- knowledge of data mining and machine learning and/or process modeling 
and formal methods;
- candidates from non-Dutch or non-English speaking countries should be 
prepared to prove their English language skills;
- good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and in writing; 
- moreover, candidates are expected to realize research ideas in terms of software. 

Note that we are looking for candidates that really want to make a difference
and like to work on things that have a practical relevance. Therefore, we expect
people to be able to develop software for ProM in such a way that it can be used
in industrial settings.

Appointment and salary:

See http://w3.tue.nl/en/services/dpo/conditions_of_employment/formal_conditions_of_employment/
for more information on working at TU/e, salary, etc.


Application:
Interested candidates are requested to send an application by e-mail 
to Ine van der Ligt (e-mail: wsinfsys at tue.nl) with the subject field
"PhD Vacancy in ACSI project".

The application should consist of the following parts: 
- motivational letter;
- a curriculum vitae;
- copies of diplomas;
- proof of English language skills (if applicable). 

Applications should be received by April 1st. Moreover, candidates should relate 
their expertise to process mining research (cf. www.processmining.org) and indicate
when they are available.