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29th ER Conference 2010 in Vancouver

Enterprise Modelling, Information Systems, Photo, SYSLAB

The premier conceptual modeling conference. Birger Andersson and I participated in the 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 1 – 4, 2010. The ER conference series is a forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which the major emphasis is on conceptual modeling. Topics of interest span the entire spectrum of conceptual modeling including research and practice in areas such as theories of concepts and ontologies underlying conceptual modeling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, and techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations.

The conference included some useful keynotes, one of them discussing how modeling has moved from representing systems and software specifications to describing the enterprise and its services.

I participated in a doctoral consortium together with Colette Rolland and Antoni Olive, see also photos below.

SISA – Svenska informationssystemsakademin

Information Systems, Networking, SYSLAB

Idag hölls det första årsmötet för SISA – Svenska informationssytemsakademin. SISA är en förening för svenska universitet, högskolor och forskningsinstitutioner som arbetar med informationssystem. Informationssystem “är det vetenskapliga ämne som utvecklar kunskap om människors design och bruk av IT i individuella, organisatoriska och samhälleliga sammanhang. Inom denna ram finns vid svenska universitet och högskolor ett antal olika inriktningar.” Föreningen syftar till att samordna och uppmärksamma forskning och utbildning inom informationssystem.

A Presentation on Social Media

Information Systems, Presentation, Slides, SYSLAB

Last week I gave an invited presentation on social media at KTH X, which is the alumni association at KTH. The presentation covered the basics of social media and raised questions about the use of social media in work, the future of personal integrity, the emerging topology of Internet and many other issues. About 40 people had come to listen and particpate in the discussion.

Seminar on Business Process Management and Enterprise Architecture

Business Processes, Information Systems, Presentation, Slides, SYSLAB

Jens Ohlsson from IDS Scheer gave a lunch seminar on Business Process Management and Enterprise Architecture. Jens discussed the differences between an industrial and an academic view on these topics. He also presented the view of IDS Scheer on the future development in these areas. Thanks Jens for a nice presentation and a lively discussion!

Ambjörn Naeve on Provocative Modelling

Enterprise Modelling, Information Systems, Presentation, Prototype, Slides, SYSLAB

Ambjörn Naeve held a seminar on Provocative Modelling on 12 February. Ambjörn is presently a guest lecturer at DSV. Here follows Ambjörn’s summary and documentation of the seminar.

Provocative Modeling is a term that I came up with a while ago to describe models that provoke “engagement by disagreement” by exposing controversial ideas, beliefs and assumptions – often called prejudice. Since we can process only up to about 30 bits per second in our conscious mind, while we are at the same time receiving about 3 million bits per second through our senses, this information needs to be compressed about 100.000 times before we can deal with it on the conscious level. Hence, without pre-judging there can be no effective judging, and therefore it is not an option to be without prejudice. The question is only which prejudices you have. Also, by exposing your underlying beliefs and assumptions related to an issue, they become visible and therefore amenable to change. This is what Peter Senge calls Mental Modeling (http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5034656.html), which is one of the five disciplines of organizational learning (http://www.solonline.org/organizational_overview).In my talk I will display (what I think is) some of my more “provocative models” on terrorism, religion, gender, education, economics, and promotion strategies within a large organization. These models have been developed in our modeling tool Conzilla (www.conzilla.org) and the links to the presented models will be made available for the participants.

Some slides on Disagreement Management:
Ambjorn on Disagreement Management (Innsbruck, Febr 2009), Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/EagleBear/ambjrn-on-disagreement-managment-988233

In order to navigate the Conzilla-URLs below, you must first download Conzilla. Point your web browser to www.conzilla.org and click ’Download’ (to the left) and then ’Launch’ (under Conzilla 2.2 at the top of the page).

Below are the Conzilla-URLs for the maps that I discussed during my talk – and for some other ones that are related. Remember that these “Conzilla-URLs” have to be copied and pasted into the Conzilla address window (called Context-Map URI). To learn how to navigate Conzilla maps, go to www.conzilla.org/wiki/Doc/Navigation

Here are the Conzilla-URLs for:

the models that I discussed in my talk:

Terrorism (Dialogue map – Compendium-style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/religion/presentation/CM#52ded2112b5e07658

Religious Interoperability (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/religion/layoutCM#77e8ce1135e14f936

Discriminator questions (Decision tree style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#78eca60011df3732a88

Large Bureaucracies (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#70fa7d8911db90cc08e39c

Penetrating the Glass Ceiling (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#-5532ba2611dc8e76cb33b5

Militarism-Terrorism (Peter Senge, The 5th Discipline) (mixture of ULM + Systems modeling styles):
http://org/conzilla/people/amb/systems-modeling/CM#b52041113a08ce406

Shifting the Burden (The 5th Discipline , Systems modeling style):
http://org/conzilla/people/amb/systems-modeling/CM#95afdb1139d16ecc2476

Workload-Stress-Alcohol (Peter Senge, The 5th Discipline) (Systems modeling style):
http://org/conzilla/people/amb/systems-modeling/CM#7421ff112010afd4f

Gender modeling (ULM + mathematical style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/gender/layoutCM#b89c061139b60fb95

The Financial Crisis (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#-55dd4cc111dfd7ca38d


models that are related – but were not discussed in my talk:

Knowledge Emulation (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/trends/layoutCM#7925ae115b9ec94862d4

Globalization (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/humanity-inc/layoutCM#c126b31157ea353aa8b3

Global Climate Change (Peter Senge) (Systems modeling style):
http://org/conzilla/people/amb/systems-modeling/CM#c36b2a113afe2c1df

The Stock Market (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#-182d208411d950e3a84

Soros’ Boom-Bust model (Special style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/KLM/layout/contextmap#-1c4314fc11d8bcf072a

Political power systems – the Cracy Ontology (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/politics/presentation/CM#76358a113b9b34bf3

Ideologies (Timeline style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/politics/presentation/CM#cbbdf310ac7b5259a5b3

Selfish and Unselfish Knowledge (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/humanity-inc/layoutCM#76358a115a4478b6c

Swedish Asylum Policy (Process modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/humanity-inc/layoutCM#ecdb1b11702d608cf

Corporate Greed (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#60563f8811dafaa95256b3

Aiding Africa – corruption of foreign aid (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#3bcb8ca411dcb9b02ca1fa6

Advertise-Consume (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/humanity-inc/layoutCM#83484811883528013184b

Mass(age) media (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/trends/layoutCM#f6e3e9115adc3e27b

Automatization by Computers (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/trends/layoutCM#f15f7f115aaa59b29

Automatization and LifeLong Learning (ULM style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/trends/layoutCM#e40f4c115a8cd6e0e

Problem – Solution (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#78eca60011df1b9ca71

Problem – Solution applied to crime (Systems modeling style)::
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#78eca60011df1dd250e

Problem – Solution applied to early mathematics education (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#78eca60011df1ed8110

Problem – Solution applied to academic mathematics education (Systems modeling style):
http://www.conzilla.org/people/amb/layout/contextmap#78eca60011df2132b32

Göran Goldkuhl guest professor

Employee, Information Systems, SYSLAB

Göran Goldkuhl is guest professor since 1 Jan 2010. From Görans’s profile:

I am guest professor (10%) in information systems since Jan 1 2010. This is actually a comeback to both DSV and SYSLAB. I was employed at DSV 1973-1982. I got my PhD 1980 on information models. Since I left DSV 1982 I have been assistant professor at Göteborg university (1982-86), associate professor at Linköping university (1986-1996), professor at Jönköping International Business School (1996-2008) and professor at Linköping university (1999-). I am the research director of research group VITS since 1991. You can read more about my research career from early days at Stockholm university (ISAC group) via SYSLAB & research group HUMOR (in Göteborg to research group VITS (in Linköping and other universities) at http://www.vits.org/?pageId=10&pubId=600.

Conference on the History of Nordic Computing

SYSLAB

The first and second conferences on the history of Nordic computing, organized in Trondheim (2003) and Turku (2007) respectively, were very successful and acquired a great deal of interest from information and communication technology (ICT) professionals and academics as well as from historians of technology. Therefore, these conferences will now be followed by a third one, which will take place in Stockholm, October 2010.

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NESSI National Platforms Meeting

Information Systems, Networking, SYSLAB

Today the NESSI National Platforms had a meeting to further develop their cooperation. Europe will in the coming years face a multitude of challenges caused by profound changes in social attitudes, economic conditions, global relationships, and the business environment. The overall goal of the NESSI National Platforms is to promote the development and application of service and ICT technologies for addressing these challenges.

Next to the societal and business needs for services delivered through ICT, there is the practical need within Europe to know what is happening in these fields in the various countries. At this moment NESSI, and the European Commission, lack an overview of what is happening in the field of ICT and services. The national platforms are closer to the source of information and in that way they are more able to provide the information needed. This is one of the main motives to set up a network of platforms. The platforms can learn from each other: best and worst practices can be exchanged. Which government projects succeeded, which failed? What is the state of E-health, and E-Government in the various countries, which countries are ahead and which countries need to improve ICT services? Working together will increase knowledge management in this field considerably.

Eva Söderström. Petia Wohed and I are in the process of setting up a Swedish NESSI platform.

NESSI National Platforms Web Site