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 three Ph.D. students with Prof. Chengfei Liu

 Supervising a Master student for the minor thesis subject

(2006 - 2007) Teaching/tutoring in Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Swinburne 

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

(2002 - 2003) Teaching in Faculty of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

• Database Technology

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. X. Zhao, C. Liu, and T. Lin, Incorporating Business Process Management into RFID-enabled Application Systems, Business Process Management Journal. Emerald Publisher. (accepted on Oct. 18, 2009)

2. X. Zhao, and C. Liu, Steering Dynamic Collaborations between Business Processes, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. (accepted on July 4, 2009)

3. X. Zhao, C. Liu, Y. Yang and W. Sadiq, Aligning Collaborative Business Processes: An Organisation-oriented Perspective, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol 39 (6), pp.1152-1164.

4. C. Liu, Q. Li, and X. Zhao (Corresponding Author), Challenges and Opportunities in Collaborative Business Process Management. (Editorial) Information System Frontiers, 11(3), pp.201-209, 2009. (link to Springer)

5. C. Liu, and X. Zhao, 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)

6. 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.

 

Invited Talks

1. X. Zhao and C. Liu, Process Views and Organisation Oriented Relative Views for Collaborative Business Processes, ITEE Department, Univeristy of Queensland, 23 Oct, 2008.

 

Book Chapters (refereed)

1. L. Li, C. Liu, X. Zhao, and J. Wang, Transactional Properties for Complex Web Services (Book Chapter). Service Intelligence and Service Science: Evolutionary Technologies and Challenges, IGI Group.

2. X. Zhao and C. Liu, Towards Dynamic Collaborations in Virtual Organisation Alliances, Handbook of Research on Complex Dynamic Process Management, IGI Group.

 

Conference/Workshop Papers (refereed)

1. S. Yongchareon, C. Liu, X. Zhao, and M. Kowalkiewicz, BPMN Process Views Construction. International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2010), (accepted), Tsukuba, Japan.

2. X. Zhao, C. Liu, and T. Lin, Enhancing Business Process Automation by Integrating RFID Data and Events. International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2009), pp.255-272, Vilamoura, Algarve-Portugal.

3. J. Xu, C. Liu, and X. Zhao, Resource Planning for Massive Number of Process Instances. International Conference on DCooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2009), pp.219-236, Vilamoura, Algarve-Portugal.

4. C. Liu, D. Werth, M. Kowalkiewicz, and X. Zhao, Introduction to the Third Workshop on Collaborative Business Processes (CBP 2009). Business Process Management Workshops 2009, Ulm, Germany.

5. X. Zhao, C. Liu, W. Sadiq, M. Kowalkiewicz, and S. Yongchareon, WS-BPEL Business Process Abstraction and Concretisation. International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2009), pp.555-569, Brisbane, Australia. (link to Springer)

6. X. Zhao, C. Liu, W. Sadiq, and M. Kowalkiewicz, Process View Derivation and Composition in a Dynamic Collaboration Environment. International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2008), pp.82-99, Monterrey, Mexico. (link to Springer)

7. 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), pp.228-243, Milan, Italy. (link to Springer)

8. C. Liu, W. Sadiq, and X. Zhao, Introduction to the Second Workshop on Collaborative Business Processes (CBP 2008). Business Process Management Workshops 2008, pp.536-539, Milan, Italy. (link to Springer)

9. 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)

10. 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)

11. 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)

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

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. 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)

18. 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)

19. 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.