The IDS project - Intelligent Data Sets
Research Challenges
There are several research challenges for this project. They include the following:
• Deriving implicit information from data sheets and incorporating them into product models.
• Investigate automatic testing and evaluation of software interfaces
• Develop a template for work process-to-work process interface design
• Establish a methodology for seamless work process-to-work process communication and
optimization of integrated work processes
• Testing the product models for completeness to support implicit information
• Testing the product models for ability to support new work processes
A generic work process formally illustrates the underlying logic for data and work flow, and defines typical decision points, set of activities, and reference data / documents. These work processes can differ from process to process and from business to business. Notably, there is continuous formal or informal work process-to-work process (W2W) communication within and between organizations. Such communication constantly involves active exchange of data (mostly back and forth). In the current conventional setting, this W2W exchange is mostly ‘serial’ and ‘point-to-point’. In an active integrated setting this needs to be ‘simultaneous’ and ‘multi point – to – multi point’.
Two PhD’s will be initiated at the University of Stavanger (UiS) to support the research that is required for this project. This project aims to cover core R&D activities for migrating from conventional to new highly-collaborative integrated work processes using competencies and resources of UiS and its University-Industry cooperation networks.
These PhD projects cover the following R&D tasks:
• Investigate and map relational dynamics between distinctive work processes within and
between organizations in an integrated environment (refer to G1 and G2 levels).
• Develop process-to-process (P2P) and business-to-business (B2B) data and work flow
configuration models based on data exchange requirements, decision loops,
and shared-activities.
• Define technical criteria for active work process integration to migrate into new
collaborative work processes. Develop a template for work process-to-work process
(W2W) interface design within and between organizations (refer to G1 and G2).
• Establish a methodology for seamless W2W communication and optimization of
integrated work processes (IWP).
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