Research Forces  

Research Faculty

Michael zur Muehlen has over eight years of experience in the field of process automation and workflow management, and has conducted various reengineering projects in the utility, financial services, industrial, and telecommunications sector both in Germany and the US. Dr. zur Muehlen is a member of the Technical Committee of the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) and holds the chair of the WfMC working group “Resource Model”, and is a director of the AIS special interest group on process automation and management (SIGPAM)

In the area of process management and workflow automation his research areas include the use of workflow audit trail information for monitoring and controlling purposes, the management of human and technical resources as well as modeling methods for intra- and inter-organizational processes.

Jeffrey V. Nickerson is founder and director of the web services research laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to his appointment at Stevens Institute of Technology, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he ran a group focused on advanced technologies, and performed consulting related to software design with many companies. Dr. Nickerson has served on several corporate boards and advisory boards. He is a member of the executive board of the AIS Special Interest Group in process automation and management.

In the area of process management and workflow automation his research areas include the use of web services for process management purposes and the use of agent technology for monitoring complex processes.

Edward A. Stohr is currently Associate Dean for Research and Academics at the Howe School of Technology Management. He is the editor of two books on decision support systems and has published articles in many leading journals. He is on the editorial boards of a number of leading journals in the information systems field and has also acted as consultant to a number of major corporations. Professor Stohr is a member of the executive board of the AIS Special Interest Group in process automation and management.

In the area of process management and workflow automation his research interests are centered on the problems of developing computer systems to support work and decision making in organizations.

Maggie Bin Lai is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Howe School of Technology Management in the area of Information Systems. Her research in the area of process management and workflow automation focuses on the organizational impact of process automation technology.