Xiaohui Zhao (PhD, ME, BE)

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Information Technology (07/2004-07/2007)

　

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Thesis Title: "On Supporting Collaborative Business Processes - An Organisation-oriented Perspective"

M.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology (09/2001-07/2003)

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology (09/1997-07/2001)

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Work Experience

(07/2007-present)  Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

　

 ARC Linkage Grant with SAP Australia "An Organisation Oriented Framework for Collaborative Business Processes" ( LP0669660 )

(2003 - 2004) Research Assistant, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Teaching Experience

(07/2007-present)  Research Student Supervision

　

 Co-supervising two Ph.D. students with Associate Prof. Chengfei Liu

 Supervising a Master student for the minor thesis subject

(2006 - 2007) Tutoring in Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Swinburne 

• Internet Technologies
• Programming in Java
• XML Technologies
• Introduction to Business Information System

Research Interests

Business Process Management

　

 Business Process Modelling

 Process Evolvement Management

　

Service Computing

  Service Continuity Management

　

Participated Projects

(07/2007-present)  ARC Linkage Grant with SAP Research, Australia ( LP0669660 ) "An Organisation Oriented Framework for Collaborative Business Processes"

 Faculty of ICT, Swinburne

(2004 - 2007) "Supporting Inter-organisational Business Processes in Web Service Environments"

　

  Faculty of ICT, Swinburne

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

　

1. C. Liu, Q. Li, and X. Zhao (Corresponding Author), Challenges and Opportunities in Collaborative Business Process Management. (Editorial) Information System Frontiers, 2008. (link to Springer)

2. C. Liu, X. Zhao and Z. Yang, Towards Flexible Compensation for Business Transactions in Web Service Environment. Journal on Service Oriented Computing and Applications, 2 (2-3), pp.79-91, 2008. (link to Springer)

3. X. Zhao and C. Liu, Process Integration Based on Interoperability across Multiple Workflow Domains, International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, Vol.3, No.2. pp.199-213. 2005.

 

Conference/Workshop Papers (refereed)

1. X. Zhao , C. Liu, W. Sadiq, and M. Kowalkiewicz, Role-Based Process View Derivation and Composition. International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2008), Monterrey, Mexico.

2. J. Xu, C. Liu and X. Zhao, Resource Allocation vs. Business Process Improvement: How They Impact on Each Other? International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2008), Milan, Italy.

3. X. Zhao and C. Liu, Version Management in the Business Process Change Context. International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2007), pp.198-213, Brisbane, Australia. (link to Springer)

4. C. Liu, Q. Li, Y. Zhang, M. Indulska and X. Zhao, Introduction to the First Workshop on Collaborative Business Processes (CBP 2007). Business Process Management Workshops 2007, pp.181-184, Brisbane, Australia.(link to Springer)

5. X. Zhao, C. Liu, Y. Yang and W. Sadiq, Handling Instance Correspondence in Inter-Organisational Workflows, International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2007), pp.51-65, Trondheim, Norway.(link to Springer)

6. X. Zhao, On Supporting Collaborative Business Processes, PhD Consortium with International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2007), pp.881-888, Trondheim, Norway.

7. X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, Specifying Instance Correspondence in Collaborative Business Processes, International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2006), pp.1-2, Montpellier, France. (link to Springer)

8. X. Zhao and C. Liu, Tracking over Collaborative Business Processes, International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2006), pp.33-48, Vienna, Austria. (link to Springer)

9. X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, Supporting Virtual Organisation Alliances with Relative Workflows, Asia Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2006), pp.115-124, Hobart, Australia. (link to ACM)

10. X. Zhao and C. Liu, Supporting Relative Workflows with Web Services, Asia Pacific Web Conference (APWeb 2006), pp.680-691, Harbin, China. (link to Springer)

11. X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, An Organisational Perspective on Collaborative Business Processes, International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2005), pp.17-31, Nancy, France. (link to Springer)

12. X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, A Web Services Based Architecture for Workflow Management Systems. International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2004), pp.34-43, Zaragoza, Spain, Aug. 2004. (link to Springer)

13. X. Zhao, Workflow Simulation across Multiple Workflow Domains. International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2002), pp.50-59, Aix en, France, Sept., 2002.(link to Springer)

Other Publications

1. X. Zhao, Towards Collaborative Business Processes: Strategies, Trends and Technologies for Business Agility. Victorian Association of Chinese PhD Students and Scholars Research Report Seminar (VACPS'07), pp.25-26, Melbourne, Australia, 2007.

　

Professional Activities

Organiser of

•  International Workshops on Collaborative Business Processes (CBP 2007, CBP 2008) in conjunction with BPM 2007, 2008 

Editor of

• Special issue on collaborative business processes, Information System Frontiers

• Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL)

Program committee member of

• the International Workshop on Intelligent Services and Process Management (ISPM 2008) in conjunction with ICSOC 2008

• the 3rd International Workshop on Services Engineering (SEIW 2008) in conjunction with VLDB 2008

• the 2nd International Workshop on Services Engineering (SEIW 2007) in conjunction with ICDE 2007

• The International Workshops on Collaborative Business Processes (CBP 2007, 2008) in conjunction with BPM 2007, 2008

Reviewer of

• IEEE Transaction on Automation Science and Engineering, Special issue on Scientific Workflows

• Journal of Database Management (2007-present)

• International Journal of Web Service Research (2006-present)

• International Journal of Electronic Business (2006-2008)

• International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management (2006-present)

• Journal of Electronic Commerce Research (2006-present)

• the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008)

• the 9th Asia-Pacific Web Conference and the 8th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (APWeb/WAIM 2007)

• the 2nd International Workshop on Grid and Peer-to-Peer based Workflows (GPWW 2006) in conjunction with BPM 2006

• the 7th Web-Age Information Management Conference (WAIM 2006)

• the 7/8/9th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2006/2007/2008)

• International Workshop on Workflow Systems in Grid Environments (WSGE 2006) in conjunction with GCC 2006

Awards and Honours

• Organiser of the best cheer squad, Swinburne cheer squad, for 2007 Australia/China Gymnastics Game

• Scholarship for EII PhD School 2005

• Faculty scholarship for Ph.D study in Swinburne Univ. (2004-2007)

• Best Student Scholarship in HIT. (1997-2001)

Professional Training

• "Supervisor Workshop: Preparing for the Examination" (05/08/2008)

• "Supervisor Workshop: Managing Supervisor - Candidate Relationships" (03/06/2008)

• "Supervisor Workshop: for New Postgraduate Research Supervisors" (22/04/2008)

• "Equal Employment Opportunity & Working with Others" (12/03/2008)

• "Manage Effective Workplace Relationships" (29/10/2007)