Jochen Küster

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Dr. Jochen M. Küster                                                Tel.: +41-1-724-8565
IBM Research Zurich                                                 Fax: +41-1-724-8953
Säumerstrasse 4                                                         Email: jku@zurich.ibm.com
CH-8803 Rüschlikon / Switzerland                           

Research and Positions

Since December 2004 I am a research staff member  in the Business Process Integration and Automation group. Before joining IBM Research as a post-doctoral researcher in July 2004, I was a researcher in the Database and Information Systems group at Universität Paderborn, Germany and C-LAB, a joint research and development laboratory operated by Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH & Co OHG and the University of Paderborn.

I studied Computer Science with Mathematics at University of Paderborn, with stays at Carleton University, Canada, and University College London, UK. I received my Diploma (Dipl. Inf.) and my Doctorate  (Dr. rer. nat.) in Computer Science  in 2000 and 2004, respectively, both from the University of Paderborn.

My current research interests include Business-Driven Development which aims at closing the gap between business and IT. I am particularly interested in techniques for business process merging and customization, modeling and analysis of risk in process models and model transformations for reconciling different views of processes.

Selected Recent Publications

1. E.W. Cope,  J. M. Küster, D. Etzweiler, L. Deleris, and B. Ray.  Incorporating Risk into Business Process Models. To appear in IBM Journal of Research and Development  54 (1), 2010.
   
2. J. M. Küster, T. Gschwind, and O. Zimmermann. Incremental Development of Model Transformation Chains using Automating Testing. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS'09). Springer (Berlin/Heidelberg), LNCS, vol. 5795, October 2009.
   
3. C. Gerth, J. M. Küster, and G. Engels. Language-Independent Change Management of Process Models. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS'09). Springer (Berlin/Heidelberg), LNCS, vol. 5795, October 2009.
4. J. M. Küster, C. Gerth, and G. Engels. Dependent and Conflicting Change Operations of Process Models, ECMDA-FA'09, Springer (Berlin/Heidelberg), LNCS, vol. 5562, pp. 158-173, June 2009.
   
5. J. M. Küster, C. Gerth, and G. Engels. Dependent and Conflicting Change Operations of Process Models. IBM Research Report 3727, February 2009.
   
6. K. Ehrig,  J. M. Kuester, and G. Taentzer. Generating Instance Models from Meta Models. Software and Systems Modeling (SOSYM).
   
7. J. M. Küster, C. Gerth, A. Förster and G. Engels. Detecting and Resolving Process Model Differences in the Absence of a Change Log. In Proceedings 6th International Conference on Business Process Management,  LNCS 5240, pages 244-260, Springer, September 2008.
8. K. Wahler and J. M. Küster. Predicting Coupling of Object-Centric Business Process Implementations. In Proceedings 6th International Conference on Business Process Management, LNCS 5240, pages 148-163, Springer, September 2008.
9. J. M. Küster and K. Ryndina. Improving Inconsistency Resolution with Side-effect Evaluation and Costs. In G. Engels, B. Opdyke, D. C. Schmidt, F. Weil (Eds.): Proceedings ACM/IEEE 10th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, LNCS 4735, Springer, pages 136-150, October 2007.
   
10. J. M. Küster and K. Ryndina and H. Gall. Generation of Business Process Models for Object Life Cycle Compliance. G. Alonso, P. Dadam and M. Rosemann (Eds.), Proceedings 5th International Conference on Business Process Management, LNCS 4714, Springer, pages 165-181, October 2007.
    
11. J. Koehler, T. Gschwind, J. Küster, C. Pautasso, K. Ryndina, J. Vanhatalo, H. Völzer. Combining Quality Assurance and Model Transformations in Business-Driven Development. Proceedings Applications of Graph Transformations with Industrial Relevance 2007 (AGTIVE 2007), pages 1-16, October 2007.
    
12. O. Zimmermann, T. Gschwind, J. M. Küster, F. Leymann, N. Schuster. Reusable Architectural Decision Models for Enterprise Application Development. Proceedings Third International Conference on the Quality of Software-Architectures, July 2007.
    
13. J. M. Küster and M. Abd-El-Razik. Validation of Model Transformations - First Experiences using a White Box Approach. Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Model Design and Validation (MoDeV2a), pages 62-77, October 2006 (Best Workshop Paper Award).
    
14. K. Ryndina and J. M. Küster and H. Gall. Consistency of Business Process Models and Object Life Cycles. Proceedings 1st Workshop Quality in Modeling, October 2006.
15. J. M. Küster. Definition and Validation of Model Transformations, Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), Volume 5, Number 3, pages 233-259, September 2006.
16. J. M. Küster, J. Koehler, K. Ryndina. Improving Business Process Models with Reference Models in Business-Driven Development. 2nd Workshop on Business Processes Design (BPD'06), LNCS, Springer-Verlag, September 2006.
    
17. R. Hauser, M. Friess, J. M. Küster, J. Vanhatalo. Combining Analysis of Unstructured Workflows with Transformation to Structured Workflows. Tenth IEEE International EDOC Conference (EDOC 2006), pages 129-140, IEEE Computer Society 2006.
    
18. K. Ehrig, J. Küster, G. Taentzer, J. Winkelmann. Generating Instance Models from Meta Models. Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems, 8th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, FMOODS 2006, Bologna, Italy, June 14-16, 2006, Proceedings, pages 156-170, LNCS, Springer-Verlag, 2006.
19. J. Koehler, R. Hauser, J. Küster, K. Ryndina, J. Vanhatalo, M. Wahler. The Role of Visual Modeling and Model Transformation in Business-Driven Development.  Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Graph Transformation and Visual Modeling Techniques, 2006.
20. J. M. Küster. Konsistenzmanagement von objektorientierten Verhaltensmodellen. In D. Wagner et al. (Eds.) Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2004. GI-Edition, Lecture Notes in Informatics D5, Gesellschaft für Informatik 2005

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