Introduction to Business Informatics

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1 Introduction to Business Informatics Wirtschaftsinformatik = Business Informatics Gerti Kappel Business Informatics Group Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems Vienna University of Technology Favoritenstraße 9-11/188-3, 1040 Vienna, Austria phone: +43 (1) (secretary), fax: +43 (1) [email protected],

2 What is Business Informatics? Created with Wordle based on abstracts of all published articles in BISE 2009/2010 2

3 What is Business Informatics? From a Computer Science (CS) perspective Part of Applied Computer Science? From an Economics perspective Part of Economics? Information as a resource and as a factor of production Business Informatics Interdisciplinary discipline interfacing Economics and CS BI > Economics CS Discipline on its own 3

4 Interdisciplinary Research in the Field of CS and Economics Behavior Research Design Science Reality Behaviorism Explanation Instantiations Open Problems Constructivism Solution Theory Construct Based on [8,9,10] 4

5 Interdisciplinary Research in the Field of CS and Economics Behavior Research Design Science Information Systems Information Systems Business Informatics Based on [10] 5

6 Interdisciplinary Research in the Field of CS and Economics Behavior Research Design Science Anglo-American IS Research Information System Information Systems Business Informatics European IS Research Based on [10] 6

7 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Business Services Data / Knowledge Information Systems Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, Based on [5] 7

8 Software Integration For Flexible Automation Systems Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Model Services Business Business Social Economics Economics Data / Knowledge Information Systems Stefan Biffl, Opening Presentation of the CD Laboratory SE-Flex-AS, Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, Based on [5] 8

9 Heterogeneous Data Integration Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Model Business Services Data / Knowledge Information Systems Economics Networks Services Social Networks Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, M.I. Ali et al., DeXIN: An Extensible Framework For Distributed XQuery Over Heterogeneous Data Sources. In Proceedings of the ICEIS'09, Based on [5] 9

10 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Developer 1 Business Services Data / Knowledge Repository Collaborative Modeling Social Networks Information V o V r1 Systems Check Out Check Out Check In Operation Detection Operation-based Conflict Detection Software / System Check In Conflict-tolerant Merge Merge Process State-based Conflict Detection Resolution Ambient Intelligence, Security, Versioning Process Based on [5] Developer 2 V o t 0 t 1 V r2 t 2 t 3 G. Kappel et al., The AMOR Project. 10

11 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Business Services Smart Homes For All (SM4ALL) Embedded middleware platform for pervasive and immersive environments for all. Data / Knowledge Information Systems Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, Based on [5] S.Dustdar et al., The SM4ALL Project, 11

12 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Based on [5] Business Services Data / Knowledge Information Systems Social Networks Ambient Intelligence, Security, Electronic Negotiation Support Systems (ens) e-nego-motion Goals: Design guidelines for effective ens, considering socio-emotional, analytical, and technological aspects; design for a new best-of system including: Individual decision support Software / System Negotiation support Electronic mediations upport S. Köszegi et al., The e-nego-motion Project, funded by FWF under P21062-G14. 12

13 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Business Services The Virtual 3D Social Experience Museum Data / Knowledge Information Systems Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, Based on [5] D. Merkl et al., The VSEM Project. 13

14 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Business Services Data / Knowledge Dorn B2B E-Commerce Information Systems Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, C. Huemer et al., The ERPEL Project. 14

15 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Business Services Data / Knowledge Information Systems Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, Fertility and Social Development Alexia Prskawetz et al., Persistent low fertility since the 15 mid- 1980s. Demographic Research: Volume 19, Article 12, 2008.

16 Business Informatics at the Vienna University of Technology Economics Model Business Services Security of Cloud Storage Services (e.g., Dropbox) Data / Knowledge Information Systems Social Networks Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, M. Mulazzani et al., Dark Clouds on the Horizon: Using Cloud Storage as Attack Vector and Online Slack Space. USENIX Security,

17 Conceptual Framework and Topics Computer Science with topics such as Data / Knowledge e.g., Semantic Web and Integration Technologies (SOA) Systems and Software, Requirements, Model-driven Business Business process engineering as well as Business Intelligence e-commerce, e-marketing, e-government as well as Mobile Commerce Services Services Science with Service Inter-organisational systems Networks Business networks and structures Societal Issues 17

18 Groups and Persons Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems Stefan Biffl: Requirements / Quality Software Jürgen Dorn: Competence / Knowledge Christian Huemer: Business / Business Process Gerti Kappel: Model / Web Wolfdieter Merkl: Virtual worlds / Social Computing Andreas Rauber: Neural Networks / Digital Preservation A Min Tjoa: Business Intelligence / Data Mining / Security Hannes Werthner: e-commerce / (Service) Modeling Institute of Design and Assessment of Technology Geraldine Fitzpatrick: HCI, CSCW Hilda Tellioglu: CSCW Institute of Information Systems Schahram Dustdar: Enterprise / SOA / Cloud Computing Institute of Science Walter Schwaiger: IT-based Enterprise, Risk, Institute of Mathematical Methods in Economics Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz: Population Economics, Dynamic Macroeconomics, 18

19 Foundations of Business Informatics Lecturer: Gerti Kappel et. al. This course gives an in-depth introduction into the research areas of Business TUV Topics: Business TU Vienna (Gerti Kappel) Model-based Decision Support (Josef Haunschmied) The Political Economy of Information (Gerhard Hanappi) Model (Gerti Kappel) Business Process (Christian Huemer) Social Software (Wolfdieter Merkl) Research Methods in Software (Stefan Biffl) Start: October 28, mester=2011w 19

20 Used Literature (1) Wissenschaftliche Kommission Wirtschaftsinformatik im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (WKWI): Wirtschaftsinformatik, volume 36, pages 80-81, (2) Mertens et al.: Grundzüge der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Springer, (3) Scheer: Wirtschaftsinformatik: Referenzmodelle für industrielle Geschäftsprozesse, Springer, (4) Fink et al.: Grundlagen der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Physica Verlag, (5) Werthner et al.: Wirtschaftsinformatik - Versuch einer Positionierung, Vienna University of Technology, (6) Teubner: Geschichte der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Lecture Slides, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. (7) Fuller and McHale: World Design Science Decade, , Southern Illinois University, (8) March and Smith: Design and natural science research on information technology, Decision Support Systems, 15, Elsevier Science, (9) Hevner et al.: Design Science in Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, volume 28(1), pages , (10) Robra-Bissaantz: Wissenschaft und Forschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Lecture Slides, Technische Universität Braunschweig. (11) Österle, Winter, and Brenner (eds.): Gestaltungsorientierte Wirtschaftsinformatik: Ein Plädoyer für Rigor und Relevanz, (12) Becker and Niehaves: Epistemological perspectives on IS research: a framework for analysing and systematizing epistemological assumptions, Information Systems Jounral, volume 17, pages , (13) Gehlert et al.: Towards A Research Method For Theory-driven Design Research, Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik, pages , (14) Heinrich: Geschichten der Wirtschaftsinformatik ODER Elemente der Geschichte einer Wirtschaftsinformatik?, Emeritierungsvortrag, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, (15) Hansen: Wirtschaftsinformatik I, Grundlagen betrieblicher Informationssysteme, Lucius & Lucius,