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) 58801-18804 (secretary), fax: +43 (1) 58801-18896 office@big.tuwien.ac.at, www.big.tuwien.ac.at
What is Business Informatics? Created with Wordle based on abstracts of all published articles in BISE 2009/2010 2
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
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
Interdisciplinary Research in the Field of CS and Economics Behavior Research Design Science Information Systems Information Systems Business Informatics Based on [10] 5
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
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
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, 2010. Software / System Ambient Intelligence, Security, Based on [5] 8
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, 2009. Based on [5] 9
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. http://www.modelversioning.at 10
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, http://www.sm4all-project.eu. 11
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
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. http://vsem.ec.tuwien.ac.at 13
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. http://www.erpel.at 14
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.
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, 2011. 16
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
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
Foundations of Business Informatics Lecturer: Gerti Kappel et. al. This course gives an in-depth introduction into the research areas of Business Informatics @ TUV Topics: Business Informatics @ 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, 2010 https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/course/coursedetails.xhtml?windowid=5a3&coursenr=195012&se mester=2011w 19
Used Literature (1) Wissenschaftliche Kommission Wirtschaftsinformatik im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaftslehre (WKWI): Wirtschaftsinformatik, volume 36, pages 80-81, 1994. (2) Mertens et al.: Grundzüge der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Springer, 2000. (3) Scheer: Wirtschaftsinformatik: Referenzmodelle für industrielle Geschäftsprozesse, Springer, 1997. (4) Fink et al.: Grundlagen der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Physica Verlag, 2005. (5) Werthner et al.: Wirtschaftsinformatik - Versuch einer Positionierung, Vienna University of Technology, 2008. (6) Teubner: Geschichte der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Lecture Slides, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. (7) Fuller and McHale: World Design Science Decade, 1965-1975, Southern Illinois University, 1963. (8) March and Smith: Design and natural science research on information technology, Decision Support Systems, 15, Elsevier Science, 1995. (9) Hevner et al.: Design Science in Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, volume 28(1), pages 75-105, 2004. (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, 2010. (12) Becker and Niehaves: Epistemological perspectives on IS research: a framework for analysing and systematizing epistemological assumptions, Information Systems Jounral, volume 17, pages 197-214, 2007. (13) Gehlert et al.: Towards A Research Method For Theory-driven Design Research, Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik, pages 441-450, 2010. (14) Heinrich: Geschichten der Wirtschaftsinformatik ODER Elemente der Geschichte einer Wirtschaftsinformatik?, Emeritierungsvortrag, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2004. (15) Hansen: Wirtschaftsinformatik I, Grundlagen betrieblicher Informationssysteme, Lucius & Lucius, 2001. 20