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	Ksenia (Ryndina) Wahler Office: +41 44 724 8442 E-mail: ryn_at_zurich.ibm.com LinkedIn profile IBM Research GmbH Zurich Research Laboratory Säumerstrasse 4 CH-8803 Rüschlikon Switzerland

About me:
I am a PhD student in the Business Integration Technologies group at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. My university advisor is Professor Harald Gall at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich. The topic of my PhD thesis explores the integration of process-driven and object-oriented paradigms for engineering process-aware information systems. Before coming to Zurich, I completed an MSc degree in Computer Science at the University of Cape Town in the Data Network Architectures group.

Topics that interest me include, but are not limited to:
- behavioral modeling, analysis, V&V
- business process modeling and management
- techniques supporting model-driven engineering, such as model transformations
- model consistency management and inconsistency resolution

Our tool:
Object Life Cycle Explorer for WebSphere Business Modeler, a tool implementing several techniques for the integration of process and object life cycle modeling developed during my PhD research, is available on IBM alphaWorks. The tool is a set of plug-ins to WebSphere Business Modeler. It allows you to model business processes and life cycles of business objects side-by-side, while developing your application.

User interface of WebSphere Business Modeler extended with Object Life Cycle Explorer plug-ins

Links to some of the other interesting projects that explore the relationship between processes and object life cycles:
- Reconciling Activity-centric and Business Object-centric Approaches in BPM by Queensland University of Technology
- Configuration-based Release Management Processes in the Automotive Sector by University of Twente in cooperation with DaimlerChrysler Research & Technology
- The Seven Fallacies of Business Process Execution by Jean-Jacques Dubray

Publications:

Journal Articles and Conference Papers:
2008:	K. Wahler, J. M. Küster. Predicting Coupling of Object-Centric Business Process Implementations. In proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM). 2008. To appear.
2007:	J. M. Küster, K. Ryndina, H. Gall. Generation of Business Process Models for Object Life Cycle Compliance. In proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM), volume 4714 of LNCS, pages 165 -181. Springer, 2007.
	J. M. Küster, K. Ryndina. Improving Inconsistency Resolution with Side-Effect Evaluation and Costs. In proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS), volume 4735 of LNCS, pages 136-150. Springer, 2007.
2005:	K. Ryndina, P. Kritzinger. Analysis of Structured Use Case Models through Model Checking. South African Computer Journal, Issue 35, pages 84-96, December 2005.
2004:	Ryndina, P. Kritzinger. Improving Requirements Specification for Communication Services with Formalised Use Case Models. In proceedings of the Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) 2004, Spier Wine Estate, South Africa, 2004.
2003:	M. Chetty, P. Kritzinger, J. Landman, M. Marconi, Ryndina. ChattaBox: A Case Study in using UML and SDL for Engineering Concurrent Communicating Software Systems. In proceedings of the Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) 2003, George, South Africa, 2003.
Workshop and Demo Papers:
2007:	K. Ryndina, J. M. Küster, H.Gall. A Tool for Integrating Object Life Cycle and Business Process Modeling. In proceedings of the BPM Demonstration Program at the 5th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM). CEUR-WS, 2007.
2006:	K. Ryndina, J. M. Küster, H.Gall. Consistency of Business Process Models and Object Life Cycles. In Workshops and Symposia at MoDELS 2006, volume 4364 of LNCS, pages 80-90, Springer, 2006. (extended version in the proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Quality in Modeling at MoDELS 2006)
	J. M. Küster, J. Koehler, K. Ryndina. Improving Business Process Models with Reference Models in Business-Driven Development. In proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Business Processes Design (BPD) co-located with the 4th International Conference on Business Process Management, Vienna, 2006.
	J. Koehler, R. Hauser, J. M. Küster, K. Ryndina, J. Vanhatalo, M. Wahler. The Role of Visual Modeling and Model Transformations in Business-driven Development. In proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Graph Transformation and Visual Modeling Techniques (GT-VMT), Vienna, 2006.
Master Thesis:
2005:	K. Ryndina. Improving Requirements Engineering: An Enhanced Requirements Modelling and Analysis Method. Master thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2005.
Technical Reports:
2006:	J. M. Küster, J. Koehler, J. Novatnack, K. Ryndina. A Classification of UML2 Activity Diagrams. IBM Research technical report RZ 3673, 2006.
	J. M. Küster, J. Koehler, R. Hauser, K. Ryndina, J. Vanhatalo, M. Wahler. Methodology and Tooling to Combine an Existing Legacy Business Process Model with Best-Practice Industry Reference Models for Business Transformation, IBM Research technical report RZ 3663, 2006.
2005:	J. M. Küster, K. Ryndina, R. Hauser. A Systematic Approach to Designing Model Transformations. IBM Research technical report RZ 3621, 2005.
	K. Ryndina, J. M. Küster. A Layered Approach to Defining a Transformation Language - Informal Description and Validation by Case Study. IBM Research technical report RZ 3547, 2005.

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