Marlon Dumas

Swedbank Professor of Software Engineering
Software Engineering Group
Institute of Computer Science
University of Tartu, Estonia

Address:
Institute of Computer Science
University of Tartu
J Liivi 2
Tartu 50409, Estonia

Telephone: +372 737 5473
Fax: +372 737 5468
E-mail: marlon.dumas@ut.ee

Teaching

Software Economics (Fall 2009)
Systems Modelling (Fall 2009)
Business Process Management (Spring 2009)
Enterprise System Integration (Fall 2008)
Software Engineering (Fall 2008)
Topics for Bachelor and Master theses

Research

I conduct research in the area of enterprise software. The problems I examine generally revolve around the following question: How to build and maintain integrated software systems that are aligned with business operations? My efforts are currently focused on two approaches:

Business Process Management: analysing and building software systems starting from models of how an organisation works, also called business process models
Service-Oriented Computing: analysing and building software systems based on the metaphor of "software as a service", usually on top of Web technology.

List of publications

Some of my past research output is showcased in the following sites:

Service Choreographies: This site outlines a method and a notation (namely Let's Dance) for designing service-oriented systems based on global models of service interactions, also known as choreographies.
Service Interaction Patterns: Catalogue of patterns related to the design and implementation of service-oriented applications.
Workflow Patterns: Repository of patterns and evaluations of standards and products related to workflow and business process management.
YAWL: A fully-featured open-source workflow management system based on the workflow patterns and built on a RESTful architecture.
BPMN-to-BPEL Eclipse Plugin: Open-source tool for transforming BPMN process models into readable BPEL code. Other tools for transforming between BPMN, BPEL and Petri nets are available in the BABEL project site.
BPMCenter: Portal aggregating various research activities in the area of business process management focusing on joint projects involving Eindhoven University of Technology and Queensland University of Technology.

Involvement in research forums

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About Me

I was born in Honduras, a relatively small country located in Central America, which caters visitors with uncrowded and magnificent beaches, tropical natural parks and vestiges of the Mayan culture. Curious? Check this travel guide! I studied in Grenoble, France and after graduating, spent a few years in Brisbane Australia. For reasons that I am yet to determine, I then decided to trade the sun for the gloom by moving to Tartu, Estonia. Where next?