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Institute of Databases and Information Systems (DBIS) is delighted to have won three well renowned researchers for the conference鈥檚 keynotes. Managed by Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert as the General Chair, this year鈥檚 main theme of the prestigious EDOC conference is "Utilizing Big Data for the Enterprise of the Future".
() will initially introduce the audience to the conference鈥檚 main theme through his keynote on . As one of the most cited computer scientists in the world, Prof. van der Aalst is recognized as a mastermind in the research field of Business Process Management. In particular, he is well known for long-lasting and profound research in the areas of Petri Nets, Workflow Management and Process Mining.
On Thursday, 4 September 2014, () will convey important practical insights to the conference participants through his keynote on . Dr. Ludwig is heading the Cloud Management Services team in IBM鈥檚 Computing-as-a-Service organization. While he has been doing research in the field of Service Management for a long time, he especially focuses on service and storage management at the moment.
Rounding off the conference on Friday, 5 September 2014, () will present her keynote to the audience. Leading the Business Process Management Research Cluster in Innsbruck, she has been carrying out long-term research on empirical methods to gain in-depth understanding of how business processes can be effectively supported.
The speakers鈥� r茅sum茅s as well as the keynote abstracts may be found on the corresponding .