The OMiLAB Node at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (UBB), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA), focuses on the operationalization of Purpose-Specificity Framework using domain-specific Knowledge Graphs as a technological enabler for digital innovation and automation.
About the OMILAB Node
The OMiLAB Node at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (UBB), Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA), focuses on the operationalization of Purpose-Specificity Framework using domain-specific Knowledge Graphs as a technological enabler for digital innovation and automation.
Instead of working within the traditional dichotomy of general purpose vs domain specific, we treat purpose and specificity as orthogonal dimensions. This generates a design space for modeling methods allowing them to shift agilely according to (possibly evolving) modeling method requirements that must be explicitly managed as a distinct category of requirements.
Knowledge Graphs can act as a mediator between the human oriented representations captured in diagrammatic models and machine behavior that becomes aware of those models.
Competences
About the Hosting Organisation
Babeș-Bolyai University is the largest and best ranked among Romanian universities, with the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration being the leading faculty of the country in the Business and Economics domain, with the most diverse network of international collaborations. We are committed to provide outstanding workforce as our university operates in one of the most vivid and dynamic region of Romania, from both a cultural and economic point of view.
The organization hosts the Business Information Systems Department and the Business Informatics Research Center, whose members are involved in the activities of OMiLAB@UBB-FSEGA.
Have a virtual look at the OMiLAB!
Get an overview what this OMiLAB has accomplised! Selected results are presented below as a contribution to the global community:
All further results of the OMiLAB Node are available at the portal provided and maintained by the organizer.
The following, selected activities are organized by the OMiLAB.
Business Modeling and Distributed Computing (master program with OMiLAB-focused educational activities)
Our English-language master program aims to consolidate the Digital Innovator educational profile discussed in the literature by including dedicated modules on Design Thinking, Business Process Modeling, Process Automation, Semantic Technology and IoT. These are complemented by other topics taught by our colleagues, (e.g. Data Science, Machine Learning, Distributed Systems) towards ensuring that students gain both a data-focused and a conceptual abstraction-focused perspective, extended with academic writing skills that enabled the publication of papers based on the most original student projects.
NEMO Summer School contributions (educational)
Since its initiation in 2014, the NEMO Summer School series has attracted a diverse international participation focusing on the value and application areas of Conceptual Modeling, covering topics such as Digital Twins, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Model-driven Engineering, Knowledge Graphs, Requirements Engineering etc. Prof. Buchmann has been involved since the first edition, with Dr. Ghiran joining in 2017 for offering lectures and exercises typically focusing on the interplay between knowledge graphs and diagrammatic models.
European Researcher's Night (Cluj Napoca, September 30, 2022)
This Europe-wide event aimed to popularize science for the general public and included a presentation space for us to promote the node's work on knowledge driven automation and the Digital Innovator educational profile fostered by our master program.
ISD 2022 - the 30th International Conference on Information Systems Development (Cluj Napoca, August 31-September 2, 2022)
The AIS-affilitated 30th International Conference on Information Systems Development was organized by the host organization of the OMiLAB@UBB-FSEGA and provided a formal occasion for the inauguration of the node. The conference included a keynote and a tutorial in collaboration with the University of Vienna node, as well as several OMiLAB-powered research papers presented during the conference.
ECIS 2022 - the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (Timișoara, June 18-24, 2022)
The first AIS conference to be held in Romania included, besides the now traditional Enterprise Modeling track at ECIS (co-chaired by Prof. Buchmann), a Conceptual Modeling tutorial in collaboration with the University of Vienna node, focusing on the research support provided by the BEE-UP tool.
ICEIS 2022 - the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (Virtual, June 18-24, 2022)
Prof. Buchmann contributed to the preparation of a Conceptual Modeling tutorial included in the ICEIS program and presented by the University of Vienna node.
PoEM 2021 - the 14th IFIP Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (Riga/Virtual, November 24-26, 2021)
Prof. Buchmann contributed to the Conceptual Modeling tutorial focusing on the BEE-UP tool, in collaboration with the University of Vienna node. The conference also traditionally includes research papers on the OMiLAB topics of interest and from various OMiLAB network members.
https://poem2021.rtu.lv/workshop/tutorial-how-develop-and-realize-conceptual-models-bee-case
BIR 2020/2021 - the 19th and 20th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (Vienna/Virtual, September 22-24, 2021)
Prof. Buchmann collaborated with the nodes at University of Vienna and University of Camerino in organizing the joint 2020-2021 BIR conference, which included the ILOG workshop managed by the node at University of Rostock, a BEE-UP tutorial presented by Prof. Buchmann and research papers on OMiLAB's topics of interest.
PoEM 2018 - the 11th IFIP Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (Vienna, October 31-November 2, 2018)
Prof. Buchmann collaborated with the node at University of Vienna in organizing PoEM 2018 which included research papers on OMiLAB's topics of interest as well as the OMiLAB-focused PrOse workshop.
The following cyber-physical resources are available at the OMILAB node:
Dobot Magician
Robot arm for educational purposes
Makeblock mBot
Coding robot to practice model driven IoT
OMiLAB software
BEE-UP, Scene2Model, ADOxx, CoChaCo
Various Raspberry Pis and webcams
Access to HPC Cluster @ UBB
GraphDB Standard Edition available at UBB
https://graphdb.ontotext.com/
Research space offered at Cluj Innovation Park
Relevant publications of the OMILAB node:
Publications derived from our students' projects
Floruț, C.I. and Buchmann, R.A., 2022. Semantic Bridging between Conceptual Modeling Standards and Agile Software Projects Conceptualizations. In Proceedings of ISD 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Lixandru, B., Buchmann, R.A. and Ghiran, A.M., 2022. Towards a Modeling Method for Managing Node. js Projects and Dependencies. In Proceedings of ISD 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Uifălean, Ș., Ghiran, A. M. and Buchmann, R. A., 2022. User Experience Modeling Method for a Vision of Knowledge Graph-based Process Automation. In Proceedings of ISD 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Chiș, A. and Ghiran, A. M., 2022. A Suite of Modelling Tools for Developing Cyber-Physical Systems and Digital Twins Implementations. In Proceedings of ISD 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Floruț, C. and Buchmann, R.A., 2022. Modeling Tool for Managing Requirements and Backlogs in Agile Software Development. Joint Proceedings of REFSQ 2022 Workshops, Doctoral Symposium, and Poster & Tools Track, Birmingham, UK
Chiș, A. and Ghiran, A. M., 2022. BPMN Extension for Multi-Protocol Data Orchestration. In Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling. Springer
Deme, A. and Buchmann, R. A., 2021. A Technology-Specific Modeling Method for Data ETL Processes. In Proceedings of AMCIS 2021, Montreal, Canada
Chiș, A. 2020. A Modeling Method for Model-Driven API Management. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly, No 25 (2020)
Gog, C.I. 2020. Agile Development of PHP Websites. A Model-Aware Approach. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly, No 25 (2020)
Cinpoeru, M., Ghiran, AM., Harkai, A., Buchmann, R.A. and Karagiannis, D., 2019. Model-Driven Context Configuration in Business Process Management Systems. An Approach Based on Knowledge Graphs. In Proceedings of BIR 2019, Katowice, Poland
Harkai, A., Cinpoeru, M. and Buchmann, R.A., 2018. The “What” Facet of the Zachman Framework – A Linked Data-Driven Interpretation. In Proceedings of CAISE 2018 Workshops, Tallinn, Estonia
Harkai, A., Cinpoeru, M. and Buchmann, R.A., 2018. Repurposing Zachman Framework Principles for "Enterprise Model"-Driven Engineering. In Proceedings of ICEIS 2018, Madeira, Portugal
Chiș-Rațiu A. and Buchmann, R.A., 2018. Design and Implementation of a Diagrammatic Tool for Creating RDF graphs. In Proceedings of PrOse workshop at PoEM 2018, Vienna, Austria
Joint works with other OMiLAB nodes