My research interests embrace the following topics in the area of Business Process Management:

• business process configuration
• variability management in process models
• reference process modeling
• business process modelling and automation
• workflow management systems
• application of business process management to the screen business
• service oriented architectures design and analysis
• collaborative process models

The updated list of my publications can be found here. Some of my publications (full-text) are also available from QUT ePrints archives. Some citations to my work can be found on Google Scholar.

Some of my research output is showcased in the following sites:

• Process Configuration: research findings and experiences in the area of business process configuration that have been obtained through my PhD.
• YAWL: a fully-featured open-source workflow management system based on the workflow patterns and built on a service-oriented architecture.
• YAWL4Film: a workflow system that extends the YAWL system to support the automation of film production processes.

I'm involved in the following research projects:

• ARC Discovery Grant "Next Generation Reference Process Models": this project partly supports my PhD study. It investigates techniques for increasing the productivity of business process analysts by allowing them to reuse as much as possible existing models rather than systematically desigining new ones from scratch. Specifically, as part of my PhD, I developed a language for designing highly configurable process models (involving multiple process perspectives), a questionnaire-based approach for its configuration and investigated correctness issues related to process configuration in the context of Petri Net and YAWL.
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovations "BPM for the Creative Industries": this project investigates the application of BPM technology to the field of screen business and its derived benefits. As part of my PhD, I developed and validated several case studies with the help of domain experts from the Australian Film Television & Radio School, and worked on a configurable reference process model for Post Production. As part of the YAWL Initiative, I worked on the development and deployment of the YAWL4Film platform, which aims to automate the production process.