[AISWorld] CfP - RPA Forum at the 21st International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2023)

Tue May 9 10:37:20 EDT 2023

*Apologies for cross and multiple postings*

Call for Papers: RPA Forum at the 21st International Conference on Business
Process Management (BPM) BPM 2023
September 11-15, 2023
Utrecht, The Netherlands
https://bpm2023.sites.uu.nl/calls-and-dates/call-for-rpa-forum/

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a maturing technology in the field of
Business Process Management that enables the office automation of
repetitive tasks. In essence, it relates to software agents (so-called
software robots) that mimic how humans use computer applications when
performing rule-based and well-structured tasks in a business process.
Examples of those tasks include data transfer between applications,
automated email query processing, and collation of payroll data from
different sources.

However, RPA is much more than just technological innovation. It enables a
digital taskforce and, what is more important, a control mechanism over it.
Its objectives also extend beyond cutting costs: RPA directly addresses the
digital transformation of companies by creating new value, improving the
quality of services and products, reducing and controlling execution times,
and improving work satisfaction by liberating employees from repetitive and
tedious tasks.

At this point in time, RPA has reached a certain level of technological
maturity and organizational adoption. This means that researchers now have
the chance to look at RPA in a larger context. In particular, two aspects
are emerging:

1)   Low-code automation: RPA is part of a development towards low-code
automation aimed at building and automating processes with off-the-shelf
software solutions that do not require extensive programming skills.

2)   RPA for smart automation: RPA can be combined with other technologies,
such as process mining, AI, ML, OCR, or chatbots, with the goal of a more
flexible, holistic process automation.

The capabilities and opportunities of RPA challenge a broad set of research
communities. Computer scientists are attracted to its various technical
aspects. Economists study the impact of RPA on labor and organizational
effectiveness. Engineers are enabled to connect different data sources,
improve the quality of the data and accelerate data analysis. RPA is
particularly interesting for information systems scholars because it
constitutes a technological innovation that impacts how individuals
interact with software, it contributes to the digital transformation of
organizations, and it has social implications since it may reduce work
opportunities for those people who are carrying out simple, manual work.

This forum aims to bring together researchers from various communities and
disciplines to discuss challenges, opportunities, and new ideas that relate
to RPA and its application to business processes in private and public
sectors. It is a unique setting where technical, business-oriented, and
human-centered perspectives will come together. The forum will incorporate
presentations of research papers and a panel discussion.
*Topics*

The forum solicits contributions related to RPA including, but not limited
to, the following topics:

·       Management of RPA and process automation in general, e.g.,
organizational expectations on RPA, RPA and digital
transformation/innovation, organizational/social impact of RPA
·       Technology for RPA-powered process automation, e.g., technological
advances such as AI in combination with RPA, novel paradigms for employing
RPA, RPA architectures and platforms
·       Application of RPA-powered process automation, e.g., use cases in
various industries or business functions

*Important dates*

·       Abstract submission: May 23rd, 2023

·       Paper submission: May 30th, 2023

·       Author notification: June 30th, 2023

·       Camera-ready submission: July 14th, 2023

·       Conference / RPA Forum: September 12th – 14th, 2023
*Paper submission*

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers on
any of the topics of the forum. Papers must be written in English and must
not simultaneously be submitted to another journal, conference, or
workshop. We invite papers that (i) focus on technical aspects, (ii)
describe new research positions or approaches (exploratory papers), or
(iii) focus on evaluating existing problem situations (experience papers).
The maximum length of the paper is 15 pages (including title page,
references, appendices, etc.). Shorter papers are explicitly welcomed.

Submissions must be prepared according to the format of Lecture Notes in
Business Information Processing (LNBIP) specified by Springer
<http://www.springer.com/series/7911>. The title page must contain a short
abstract and a list of keywords.

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the BPM 2023
EasyChair submission site (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bpm2023).
In order to facilitate a quick review process, authors are required to
submit their (preliminary) abstract a week earlier.

Selected papers will be considered for a fast-track publication option in
the EMISA Journal (https://emisa-journal.org).
*RPA Forum Chairs*

Ralf Plattfaut, Fachhochschule Südwestfalen, Germany
Jana Rehse, Universität Mannheim, Germany

-- 
Dra. Ing. Andrea Delgado
Profesora Agregada
Instituto de Computación
Facultad de Ingeniería, UdelaR
J. Herrera y Reissig 565
Montevideo, 11300, Uruguay

ubicación: Edificio anexo InCo oficina 123
teléfono: +598 2 714 27 14 int. 12123
mail: adelgado [at] fing.edu.uy
web: https://www.fing.edu.uy/~adelgado