Lai Xu

Dr Lai Xu

  • u_lxu at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Associate Professor in Business Processes and IT Alignment
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Biography

Dr. Lai Xu is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University, UK. She is the recipient of the EU Horizon SUSHEAS project (Sustainable Production of High Entropy Alloy from Secondary Metals), awarded in May 2025, in collaboration with 12 international partners. Previously, she coordinated the EU H2020 FIRST project (Virtual Factories: Interoperation Supporting Business Innovation, 2007–2022), a €1.2 million initiative involving seven global partners.

Previously, Dr Xu was a Senior Researcher at SAP Research, Switzerland (2008-2010), a Senior Research Scientist and Research Leader at CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia (2006-2007), and a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands (2004-2006) and the Department of Computer Science at the Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2003-2004). She received her PhD in Computerised Information Systems from Tilburg University, the Netherlands, in 2004...

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Research

My research explores new knowledge in the design and improvement of complex infrastructure systems to solve real-world problems. The application domains of my research include factories of the future, smart retail, logistics, smart city, health care, incident management, smart grid, e-commence, supply chain management, etc.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Quality education

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

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Decent work and economic growth

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Journal Articles

Books

  • Tarnay, K., Imre, S., Xu, L., 2013. Research and development in e-business through service-oriented solutions.
  • Research and Development in E-Business through Service-Oriented Solutions. IGI Global.
  • Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services - 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings. Springer.
  • Xu, L., 2008. Monitoring Multi-party Contracts for E-business: An approach to e-contracting that enables pro-active and reactive monitoring. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.
  • Development and Deployment of Product Software. US Education Service.

Chapters

  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2025. Digital Twin technologies in enhancing supply chain resilience. Digital Twin and Blockchain for Sensor Networks in Smart Cities.
  • Boese, S., Cabri, G., Eder, N., Lazovik, A., Mandreoli, F., Mecella, M., Phalp, K., De Vrieze, P., Xu, L., Yu, H., 2017. EU H2020 MSCA RISE Project FIRST - “virtual Factories: Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovation”. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES for European Projects. SCITEPRESS.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2016. Building Situational Applications for Virtual Enterprises. Encyclopedia of E Commerce Development Implementation and Management 3 Volumes.
  • de Vrieze, P., Xu, L., 2016. Internet Enterprise Service Design Based on Existing Architectural Knowledge. Encyclopedia of E Commerce Development Implementation and Management 3 Volumes.
  • de Vrieze, P., Xu, L., Xie, L., 2016. Situational Enterprise Services. Encyclopedia of E Commerce Development Implementation and Management 3 Volumes.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Wei, L., 2014. Supporting interoperability of virtual factories. 510-517.
  • Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., 2013. Service oriented business process modeling today and tomorrow. Research and Development in E Business Through Service Oriented Solutions.
  • Sofela, O., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., 2013. Context-Aware Process Modelling through Imperative and Declarative Approach. Collaborative Systems for Reindustrialization. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 191-200.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., Phalp, K.T., Jeary, S., Bouguettaya, A., Liang, P.. Service-oriented Collaborative Business Processes. In: Cardellini, V., Casalicchio, E., Castelo Branco, K., Estrella, J., Monaco, F., eds. Performance and Dependability in Service Computing: Concepts, Techniques and Research Directions. IGI Group.
  • de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L., Xie, L., 2010. Situational Enterprise Services. Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy. Idea Group Publishing, 892-901.
  • Xu, L.. Outsourcing and Multi-Party Business Collaborations Modeling. In: St Amant, K., eds. IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Business Science Reference.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T.. Business Process Outsourcing Modeling. In: Khosrow-Pour, M., eds. Consumer Behavior, Organizational Development, and Electronic Commerce: Emerging Issues for Advancing Modern Socioeconomies. Idea Group Publishing.
  • Xu, L., 2008. Outsourcing and Multi-Party Business Collaborations Modeling. In: Gupta, A., eds. Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services: Business Optimization in a Global Economy. Idea Group Publishing.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T.. E-Contracting Challenges. In: Khosrow-Pour, M., eds. Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. 2nd rev. ed.. IGI Global.
  • Xu, L., Brinkkemper, S.. De Concepten van Productsoftware (in Dutch). In: Brinkkemper, S., Worst, H., eds. Productsoftware. SDU.

Conferences

  • Balogun, K., Xu, L., 2025. Data Pre-processing of Hard Disk Drive Data for Failure Prediction in the Context of Industry 4.0. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 759 IFIPAICT, 77-100.
  • Venumuddala, R., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2024. Do There Exist an Emotion Trend in Scientific Papers? PRO-VE Conference as a Case. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 726 IFIP, 118-133.
  • de Vrieze, P., Xu, L., 2023. Securing Collaborative Networks: Requirements of Supporting Secured Collaborative Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 688 AICT, 177-189.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Lu, X., Wang, W., 2022. Digital Twins Approach for Sustainable Industry. , 126-134.
  • Arshad, R., de Vrieze, P., Xu, L., 2022. Incorporating a Prediction Engine to a Digital Twin Simulation for Effective Decision Support in Context of Industry 4.0. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 662 IFIP, 67-76.
  • Oyekola, O., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2022. Meeting the Challenges of Collaborative Network Compliance – An Exemplary View. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 662 IFIP, 406-419.
  • Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Arshad, R., Oyekola, O., 2022. Enhance Supply Chain Resilience through Industry 4.0-A view of designing simulation scenarios. Proceedings 2022 IEEE International Conference on E Business Engineering Icebe 2022, 198-203.
  • Lu, X., Li, X., Wang, W., Chao, K.M., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Jing, Y., 2022. A generic and modularized Digital twin enabled human-robot collaboration. Proceedings 2022 IEEE International Conference on E Business Engineering Icebe 2022, 66-73.
  • Arshad, R., de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L., 2021. A Federated Simulation Framework for Cross-organisational Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 629 IFIPAICT, 267-279.
  • Oyekola, O., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2021. Compliance Checking of Collaborative Processes for Sustainable Collaborative Network. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 629 IFIPAICT, 301-310.
  • Sang, G.M., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2021. Supporting Predictive Maintenance in Virtual Factory. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 629 IFIPAICT, 151-160.
  • Wei, S., Bai, Y., Xu, L., 2020. Towards quality analysis of MES through CMM data interoperation. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 1693 (1).
  • Wei, S., Bai, Y., Xu, L., 2020. Study on interoperation and its' implementation of MES to support virtual factory. In: The Third International Conference on Mechanical, Electric and Industrial Engineering 23/05/2020 Kunming, China. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1633 (1).
  • Sang, G.M., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Bai, Y., Pan, F., 2020. Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
  • Oyekola, O., Xu, L., 2020. Selecting SaaS CRM Solution for SMEs. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
  • Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., Devrieze, P., Bai, Y., 2020. Process driven access control and authorization approach. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1041, 313-322.
  • Wei, S., Bai, Y., Xu, L., Mu, H., Liu, K., Wang, X., 2020. Integration Framework of MES Toward Data Security Interoperation. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 382 LNBIP, 41-52.
  • Sang, G.M., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Bai, Y., 2020. Towards Predictive Maintenance for Flexible Manufacturing Using FIWARE. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 382 LNBIP, 17-28.
  • Sang, G.M., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Bai, Y., 2020. Applying Predictive Maintenance in Flexible Manufacturing. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 598, 203-212.
  • Oyekola, O., Xu, L., 2020. Verification and Compliance in Collaborative Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 598, 213-223.
  • Bai, Y., Böse, S., Cabri, G., de Vrieze, P., Eder, N., Lazovik, A., Mandreoli, F., Mecella, M., Mu, H., Xu, L., 2020. The FIRST (vF Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion) Project: Service Management for Virtual Factories. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1115, 204-209.
  • Wei, S., Bai, Y., Wang, X., Kai, L., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Kasse, J.P., 2019. A new method for manufacturing process autonomous planning in intelligent manufacturing system. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 349, 51-63.
  • Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., deVrieze, P., Bai, Y., 2019. Verifying for Compliance to Data Constraints in Collaborative Business Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 568, 259-270.
  • Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., deVrieze, P., Bai, Y., 2018. The Need for Compliance Verification in Collaborative Business Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 534, 217-229.
  • Xu, L., de vrieze, P., phalp, K., Yu, H., 2017. EU H2020 FIRST- vF Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovation. In: Network Plus: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age Conference 2017 20/06/2017 Glasgow, UK.
  • Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2017. A comparative assessment of collaborative business process verification approaches. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 506, 355-367.
  • Sang, G.M., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2017. Simplifying big data analytics systems with a reference architecture. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 506, 242-249.
  • Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., 2016. Big data Empowered Logistics Services Platform. In: 27th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) 07/09/2016 Cambridge, UK.
  • Sang, G.M., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., 2016. A reference architecture for big data systems. Skima 2016 2016 10th International Conference on Software Knowledge Information Management and Applications, 370-375.
  • Sofela, O., De Vrieze, P., Xu, L., 2016. Service identification requirements for enteprise information systems. Skima 2016 2016 10th International Conference on Software Knowledge Information Management and Applications, 454-459.
  • Sang, G., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2016. Data analysis supported decision making in insurance sector. In: THE EWG-DSS 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY 23/05/2016 Plymouth, UK. Proceedings of the EWG-DSS 2016 International Conference on Decision Support System Technology (ICDSST 2016).
  • Sofela, O., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., 2016. Needs of Service Identification for Service-Oriented Business Process Management. In: SQM 2016: 24th International Software Quality Management Conference, 21/03/2016 Bournemouth, UK.
  • Sang, G., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., 2016. Implementing a Business Intelligence System for small and medium-sized enterprises. In: SQM 2016: 24th International Software Quality Management Conference 21/03/2016 Bournemouth, UK.
  • de Vrieze, P., Xu, L., 2016. Resilience analysis of collaborative process management systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 480, 124-133.
  • De Vrieze, P., Xu, L., 2015. An analysis of resilience of a cloud based incident notification process. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 463, 110-121.
  • Jiang, N., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., 2013. A Consolidated DaaS Model for Situation-Informed Incident Management. Springer.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Jiang, N., 2013. Incident Notification Process as a Service for Electricity Supply Systems. In: IEEE Sixth International Conference on Cloud Computing 27/06/2013 Santa Clara Marriott, CA, USA.
  • Phalp, K., Grimm, F., Xu, L., 2012. Supporting Collaborative Work by Preserving Model Meaning When Merging Graphical Models. PRO-VE, 380, 262-269 Springer.
  • Jiang, N., xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Lim, M.G., Jarabo, O., 2012. A cloud based data integration framework. In: PRO-VE'12 13th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 01/10/2012 Bournemouth. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 380 AICT, 177-185.
  • Zhong, Y., Zhao, W., Yang, J., Xu, L., 2011. Peer-based relay scheme of collaborative filtering for research literature. In: Meersman, R., Dillon, T., eds. 19th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2011) 19/10/2011 Crete, Greece. Springer Verlag.
  • Wang, C., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., Liang, P., 2011. Process Modeling for Internet Scale Virtual Enterprise Collaborations. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Pereira-Klen, A., Afsarmanesh, H., eds. PRO-VE 2011: 12th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 17/10/2011 São Paulo, Brazil. , 325-332 Boston: Springer.
  • Xie, L., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., 2010. Lightweight Business Process Modelling. In: International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE2010) 07/05/2010 Guangzhou, China. IEEE.
  • Liang, P., Avgeriou, P., He, K., Xu, L., 2010. From Collective Knowledge to Intelligence: Pre-Requirements Analysis of Large and Complex Systems. In: Web2SE: First Workshop on Web 2.0 for Software Engineering 04/05/2010 Cape Town, South Africa. ACM.
  • Xie, L., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., 2010. Process Modelling in Process-oriented Enterprise Mashups. In: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information Management and Engineering (IEEE ICIME 2010) 16/04/2010 Chengdu, Sichuan, China. IEEE.
  • Phalp, K.T., Jeary, S., Xu, L., 2010. Support for Process Oriented Requirements Engineering. In: Invited talk to the BCS Software Process Improvement Network 04/03/2010 BCS Headquarters, London,.
  • Bin, W., Peng, L., Keqing, H., Xu, L.. Process semantic-enabled customisation for active service provisioning. In: 2nd International Workshop on Workflow Management in Service and Cloud Computing (WMSC2010) 11/12/2010 Hong Kong, SAR China.
  • Xu, P., 2010. Lightweight process modeling for virtual enterprise process collaboration. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 336 AICT, 501-508.
  • Jeary, P., 2010. A requirements framework for novice web developers. , 33-40.
  • Bin, W., Peng, L., Keqing, H., Xu, L.. Process semantic-enabled customisation for active service provisioning. In: 2nd International Workshop on Workflow Management in Service and Cloud Computing (WMSC2010) 11/12/2010 Hong Kong, SAR China.
  • de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L., Bouguettaya, A., Yang, J., Chen, J., 2009. Process-oriented Enterprise Mashups. In: Grid and Pervasive Computing Conference, 2009. GPC '09. 4th International Workshop on Workflow Management (ICWM2009) 04/05/2009 Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva, Switzerland: IEEE.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., Bouguettaya, A., Yang, J., 2009. Adaptation Driven Change Management. In: Azevedo, L., Londral, A.R., eds. HEALTHINF 2009: International Conference on Health Informatics 14/01/2009 Porto, Portugal.
  • Xie, L., de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L., 2009. When Social Software Meets Business Process Management. In: ICCIT09: International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology 24/11/2009 Seoul, Korea. , 238-243 IEEE.
  • Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., 2007. Fundaments of Virtual Organization E-contracting. In: PRO-VE 2007: 8th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 10/09/2007 Guimaraes, Portugal. , 209-216 Boston, MA, USA: Springer.
  • Xu, L., 2006. E-contracting. In: Invited talk to the e-Contracting and Negotiation workshop for ECOLEAD EU Project FP6-IS-2004-506958 07/04/2006 Milan, Italy.
  • Xu, L., Wang, X., Xue, X.. A Framework for Peer-to-Peer E-Business Collaboration. In: First International Workshop on Network Architecture and Service Models (NASM2005) 21/11/2005 Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Xu, L., Brinkkemper, S., 2005. Modelling Multi-party Web-based Business Collaborations. In: IFIP WG 2.12 & WG 12.4 Workshop on Web Semantics (SWWS 05) 01/11/2005 Agia Napa, Cyprus. , 866-875 Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
  • Xu, L., Binkkemper, S.. Concepts and Research Framework of Product Software. In: Binkkemper, S., Xu, L., eds. Development and Deployment of Product Software, First International Workshop, DDoPS 2005 27/06/2005 San Diego, CA, USA. US Education Service.
  • Xu, L., Brinkkemper, S.. Concepts of Product Software: Paving the Road for Urgently Needed Research. In: CAiSE’05: 1st International Workshop on Philosophical Foundations of Information Systems Engineering (PHISE’05) 13/06/2005 Porto, Portugal.
  • Hoogedoorn, M., Jonker, C., Popova, V., Sharpanskykh, A., Xu, L.. Formal Modelling and Comparing of Disaster Plans. In: ISCRAM’05: The Second International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 18/04/2005 Brussels, Belgium.
  • Xu, L., Jeusfeld, M.A., 2004. Detecting violators of multi-party contracts. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 3290, 526-543.
  • Xu, L., Jeusfeld, M., 2004. Pro-active Monitoring of Electronic Contracts. In: The Sixteenth Belgium-Netherlands Artificial Intelligence Conference (BNAIC 2004) 21/10/2004 Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Hoogendoorn, M., Jonker, C., Konur, S., van Maanen, P.P., Popova, V., Sharpanskykh, A., Treur, J., Xu, L., Yolum, P., 2004. Formal Analysis of Empirical Traces in Incident Management. In: AI 2004: The Twenty-fourth SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence 13/12/2004 Queens' College, Cambridge. Springer Verlag.
  • Abbink, H., van Dijk, R., Dobos, T., Hoobendoorn, M., Jonker, C., Konur, S., van Maanen, P.P., Popova, V., Sharpanskykh, A., van Tooren, P., Treur, J., Valk, J., Xu, L., Yolum, P.. Automated Support for Adaptive Incident Management. In: First International Workshop on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM’04 05/2004 Brussels, Belgium.
  • Xu, L., Jeusfeld, M.. Detecting Violators of Multi-party Contracts. In: The 12th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS04) 25/10/2004 Larnaca, Cyprus. Springer Verlag.
  • Abbink, H., van Dijk, R., Dobos, T., Hoobendoorn, M., Jonker, C., Konur, S., van Maanen, P.P., Popova, V., Sharpanskykh, A., van Tooren, P., Treur, J., Valk, J., Xu, L., Yolum, P.. Automated Support for Adaptive Incident Management. In: AI 2004: The Twenty-fourth SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence 13/12/2004 Queens' College, Cambridge. Springer-Verlag.
  • Xu, L., Jeusfeld, M.. Pro-active Monitoring of Electronic Contracts. In: The 15th Conference On Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2003) 16/06/2003 Klagenfurt, Austria. Springer-Verlag.
  • Xu, L., 2003. A Framework for E-markets: Monitoring Contract Fulfillment. In: The CAiSE’03 workshop “Web Services, e-Business, and the Semantic Web: Foundations, Models, Architecture, Engineering and Applications (WES03) 16/06/2003 Klagenfurt, Austria. , 51-61 Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
  • Xu, L., 2003. Monitorable Electronic Contract. In: The 2003 IEEE Conference on E-Commerce (CEC’03) 24/06/2003 Newport Beach, CA, USA. , 92-99 IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Xu, L., Weigand, H., 2001. The Evolution of the Contract Net Protocol. In: The 2nd International Conference on Web-Age Information management(WAIM2001) 09/07/2001 Xi'an, China. , 257-264 Springer Verlag.
  • Dignum, V., Weigand, H., Xu, L.. Agent Societies: towards frameworks-based design. In: The Second International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2001) 29/05/2001 Montreal, Canada. Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
  • Weigand, H., Xu, L.. Contracts in E-commerce. In: The 9th IFIP 2.6 Working Conference on Database Semantic (DS-9) Semantic Issues in E-Commerce Systems 25/04/2001 Hong Kong, China. Kluwer.
  • Yang, J., Xu, L., 2001. Describing Capabilities of Internet Data Sources for Information Discovery and Sharing. In: The 12th Australasian Database Conference (ADC2001) 29/01/2001 Bond University, Queensland, Australia. IEEE Computer Society Press.

Reports

Posters

PhD Students

  • Oyepeju Oyekola, 2024. Compliance checking for Collaborative Process, (In progress)
  • Kazeem Balogun, 2024. Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics of Predictive Maintenance in the context of Industry 4.0, (In progress)
  • Frank Grimm, 2012. Enabling Collaborative Modelling for a multi-site model-driven software development appraoch for electronic control units, (Completed)
  • Olaolu Sofela, 2017. Service Identification for Business Process Management, (Completed)
  • Shamim, Saqib, 2018. Investigating the influence of leader’s behaviour on employee innovative work behavior, through employee job attitudes, and knowledge management practices, in hospitality sector, (Completed)
  • John-Paul Kasse, 2019. Supporting Compliance Verification for Collaborative Business Processes, (Completed)
  • Oluwetoyin Fakorede, 2020. SNACH a new framework to support business process improvement, (Completed)
  • Go Sang, 2021. Predictive Maintenance for Industry 4.0, (Completed)
  • Rushan Arshad, 2024. Simulation of manufacturing processes, (Completed)
  • Saleh Alamro. E-government, (Completed)
  • Oluwatoyin Fakorede. Sematic Enabled Service based Business Process Management

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Enterprise Information Systems
  • Web Systems
  • Enterprise Information Systems
  • Web Systems

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Management in Computing
  • Project Management and Teamworking
  • Management in Computing
  • Web Information Systems
  • Project Management and Team Working

Invited Lectures

  • EU H2020 Virtual Factory, Schoneck, Germany, 28 Aug 2017 more
  • Factories of the Future: EU H2020 FIRST project, Fudan University, China, 24 Jul 2017 more
  • EU H2020 FIRST series, Shanghai, China, 21 Jun 2017 more
  • Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, Wuhan, China, 12 Apr 2017 more
  • Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, KM Information Tehcnology Co. Ltd, Wuhan China, 11 Apr 2017 more
  • Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, Xidian University Xi'an, China, 10 Apr 2017 more
  • Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, Wuhan University, China, 06 Apr 2017 more
  • Virtual Manufactguring, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 09 Sep 2016 more
  • Supporting Collaborative Business Processes, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 08 Sep 2016 more
  • Incident Notification Process as a Service, University of Groningen, 14 Jan 2014 more
  • Lightweight Business Process Management, Wuhan University, 31 May 2010 more
  • Situational Applications, BCS Headquarters, London, 04 Mar 2010 more

Grants

  • Sustainable Production of High Entropy Alloys from Secondary Metals (Horizon Europe MSCA, 01 Jan 2026). Awarded
  • Developing Sustainable and resilience Intelligent supply chain (BU industrial Match Funding project, 01 Sep 2022). Awarded
  • FIRST (European Commission, 01 Jan 2017). Awarded
  • FIRST (European Commission, 01 Jan 2017). Awarded
  • Supporting SMEs’ Business Process Modelling a view of end-user perspective (Makerere University, Uganda, 01 Jan 2016). In Progress
  • Strengthening Service Computing Research in Bournemouth University (Fusion Funding, 15 Nov 2012). In Progress
  • Prime Ministers Initiative for International Education Project (British Council, 06 Jun 2010). Completed
  • Partnership development between Wuhan University, China and Bournemouth University (British Council, 01 Jun 2010). Completed
  • EU FP7 OEPI (Exploring and Monitoring any Organisations Environmental Performance Indicators) (EU, 01 Feb 2010). Completed
  • EU FP7 SOA4All(Service Oriented Architectures for All) (EU, 01 Mar 2008). Completed

External Responsibilities

  • University of Westminster, External Adviser (2025-)
  • Macquarie University, Australia, PhD Examiner (2017-2152017)
  • International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Member of Journal Editorial Board (2017-), http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJSPM
  • Service Oriented Computing and Application, Guest editor (2016-15102017)

Internal Responsibilities

  • Output Champion, REF Committee
  • Global Engagement Leader, Global Engagement
  • Chair of PhD candidate Interview, Chair of PhD candidate Interview
  • REF Champion, Department of Computing

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 01 Aug 2017
  • Service oriented computing and applications, Anonymous peer review, 15 Jan 2017
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 01 Jan 2017
  • Journal of Universal Computer Science, 02 May 2016
  • International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 06 Apr 2016
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 02 Feb 2016
  • Distributed and Parallel Databases, 11 Jan 2016
  • International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2016
  • Journal of Universal Computer Science, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2016
  • International Journal of Production Research, 29 Oct 2015
  • IEEE Systems Journal, 21 Sep 2015
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 28 Jul 2015
  • International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 07 Jun 2015
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 07 May 2015
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2015
  • IEEE Systems Journal, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2015
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 10 Mar 2014
  • International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 01 Jan 2014
  • International journal of computer integrated manufacturing, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2014
  • IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, 01 Jan 2014
  • IEEE transactions on service computing, 04 Feb 2013
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 09 Oct 2012
  • Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 07 May 2012
  • International Journal of Production Research, 17 Aug 2011
  • International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 06 Mar 2011
  • Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 03 Mar 2011
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 10 Jan 2011
  • International journal of production research, 01 Jan 2011
  • International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 19 Dec 2010
  • Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 25 Oct 2010
  • ACM Transactions on the Web, 23 Aug 2010
  • Distributed and Parallel Databases, 19 Jul 2010
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 09 Mar 2010
  • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 04 Jan 2010
  • IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 01 Jan 2010
  • Distributed and Parallel Databases, 01 Jan 2010
  • Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 01 Jan 2010
  • International journal of information technology and management, 01 Jan 2010
  • International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications, 01 Jan 2010
  • ACM Transactions on the Web, 14 May 2008
  • International Journal of Production Research, 03 Apr 2008
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 11 Mar 2008
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 01 Jan 2008
  • ACM Transactions on the Web, 05 Apr 2007
  • Data and Knowledge Engineering, 29 Aug 2006
  • Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 10 Aug 2006
  • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 21 Mar 2006
  • Electronic Markets, 19 Mar 2006
  • Journal of Internet Commerce, 09 Feb 2006
  • Journal of Internet Commerce, 27 Oct 2005
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 10 May 2005
  • Electronic Commerce Research, 14 Mar 2005
  • Data and Knowledge Engineering, 17 Jan 2005
  • Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 12 Sep 2004
  • Data and Knowledge Engineering, 23 Apr 2004
  • Electronic Commerce Research, 14 Sep 2003
  • Electronic Markets, 15 May 2003

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Assessor for the Australia Research Council (ARC)

Qualifications

  • PhD in Computerized Information Systems (Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 2004)
  • MSc in Telecommunication and Information Systems (Xidian University, China, 1999)
  • BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (Wuhan University of Technology, China, 1992)

Honours

  • Coordinator of EU H2020 FIRST Project (EU Commission, 2017)

Memberships

  • Society of Collaborative Networks (SOCOLNET), Member (2007-),
  • Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS), the Netherlands, Research Fellow (2003-2010),
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member (2001-),
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Member (2001-),
  • Editorial Board of International Journal of Simulation and Modelling, Member,
  • Steering Committee Member of IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprise, Member,
The data on this page was last updated at 05:00 on February 18, 2026.