Dr Lai Xu
- Associate Professor in Business Processes and IT Alignment
- Poole House P428, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography
Dr Lai Xu is an Associate Professor in the faculty of science and technology at Bournemouth University. She is the coordinator of EU H2020 FIRST project. Previously she was a senior researcher at SAP research, Switzerland, a research leader of the data management group and a senior research scientist at CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia, a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Information and computing science at Utrecht University, the Netherlands and the department of computer science at Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She received her Ph.D. in Computerized Information Systems from Tilburg University, The Netherlands in 2004. Dr. Xu has published over 120 papers in international journals and conferences such as European Journal of Information Systems, Future Generation Computer Systems, CAiSE, CoopIS, PRO-VE, etc. She is the member of the editorial board of International Journal of Simulation and Modelling and a member of the steering committee of the IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprise (PRO-VE)... She has been general chair and program committee chair of several international conferences. She is a guest editor of service oriented computing and applications (Springer). She is also a regular reviewer for journals such as IEEE Transactions on Service Computing, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, International Journal of Production Research, etc.
Dr. Xu is the coordinator of the EU H2020 FIRST (virtual Factories: Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion) project, a 1.2 mln Euros project with 7 international partners. She is also an assessor for Australia Research Council (ARC).
Her main research interests include smart technologies, factories of the future, service-oriented computing, big data and cloud computing, enterprise systems, business process management, business process collaboration and virtual enterprises.
moreResearch
My research explores new knowledge in the design and improvement of complex infrastructure systems to solve real-world problems. The application domains of my research include factories of the future, smart retail, logistics, smart city, health care, incident management, smart grid, e-commence, supply chain management, etc.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Quality education
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Decent work and economic growth
"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"
Journal Articles
- de Vrieze, P.T., Arshad, R. and Xu, L., 2024. Federated composite manufacturing process simulation using digital twins. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling.
- De Vrieze, P., Arshad, R. and Xu, L., 2023. Interoperable collaborative manufacturing process simulation for digital twins. Computers in Industry.
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2021. A Predictive Maintenance Model for Flexible Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0. Frontiers in Big Data, 4.
- Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Sang, G.M. and Sang, G., 2020. Mid-sized Companies in Virtual Factories a Strategy for Growth? IM&IO, 72-75.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Yu, H., Phalp, K. and Bai, Y., 2020. Interoperability of the future factory: An overview of concepts and research challenges. International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 13 (1), 3-27.
- Xu, L., Cai, G., Bei, Y. and De Vrieze, P., 2018. Does Alibaba limit Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises or enrich them? IM&IO.
- de Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2018. Resilience analysis of service-oriented collaboration process management systems. Service Oriented Computing and Applications, 12 (1), 25-39.
- Xu, L., Cabri, G., Aiello, M., Mecella, M. and De Vrieze, P., 2018. Twin Planning: Virtual and Real Factory Planning. IM&IO, 2017 (1), 70-73.
- Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2018. Supporting collaborative business processes: A BPaaS approach. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 13 (1), 57-72.
- De Vrieze, P. and xu, L., 2016. A UK Perspective at the Future of Manufacturing. IM&IO, 2016 (4).
- Xu, L., De Vrieze, P. and Jiang, N., 2015. Incident Notification Process as BPaaS for Electicity Supply Systems. International Journal of Cloud Computing, 2 (4), 33-44.
- Neaga, I., Liu, S., Xu, L., Chen, H. and Hao, Y., 2015. Cloud enabled big data business platform for logistics services: A research and development agenda. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 216, 22-33.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Phalp, K., Jeary, S. and Liang, P., 2013. Interoperative end-user process modelling for process collaborative manufacturing. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 26, 990-1002.
- Balla-Arabé, S., Gao, X. and Xu, L., 2013. Texture-aware fast global level set evolution. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 8261 LNCS, 529-537.
- Liang, P., Jansen, A., Avgeriou, P., Tang, A. and Xu, L., 2011. Advanced quality prediction model for software architectural knowledge sharing. Journal of Systems and Software, 84, 786-802.
- de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L., Bouguettaya, A., Yang, J. and Chen, J., 2011. Building enterprise mashups. Future Generation Computer Systems, 27, 637-642.
- Jeary, S., Phalp, K.T., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P.T., 2011. Introduction to a requirements framework for novice web developers. IET Software.
- Sun, H., Yang, J. and Xu, L., 2008. CoBTx-Net: A model for business collaboration reliability verification. Information Systems Frontiers, 11, 257-272.
- Xu, L., 2007. Outsourcing and Multi-party Business Collaborations Modeling. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 5, 77-96.
- Xu, L. and Brinkkemper, S., 2007. Concepts of product software. European Journal of Information Systems, 16, 531-541.
- Xu, L., Jeusfeld, M. and Grefen, P., 2005. Detection Tests for Identifying Violators of Multi-party Contracts. ACM SIGecom Exchanges, 5, 19-28.
- Xu, L., 2004. A Multi-party Contract Model. ACM SIGecom Exchanges, 5, 13-23.
- Xu, L., 2004. A framework for E-markets: Monitoring contract fulfillment. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 3095, 51-61.
Books
- Tarnay, K., Imre, S. and Xu, L., 2013. Research and development in e-business through service-oriented solutions.
- Research and Development in E-Business through Service-Oriented Solutions. IGI Global.
- Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services - 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings. Springer.
- Xu, L., 2008. Monitoring Multi-party Contracts for E-business: An approach to e-contracting that enables pro-active and reactive monitoring. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.
- Development and Deployment of Product Software. US Education Service.
Chapters
- Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2025. Digital Twin technologies in enhancing supply chain resilience. In: Nguyen, T.A., ed. Digital Twin and Blockchain for Sensor Networks in Smart Cities. Elsevier Inc.
- Boese, S., Cabri, G., Eder, N., Lazovik, A., Mandreoli, F., Mecella, M., Phalp, K., De Vrieze, P., Xu, L. and Yu, H., 2017. EU H2020 MSCA RISE Project FIRST - “virtual Factories: Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovation”. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES for European Projects. SCITEPRESS.
- Boese, S., Cabri, G., Eder, N., Mandreoli, F., Lazovik, A., Mecella, M., Phalp, K., de Vrieze, P., Xu, L. and Yu, H., 2017. EU H2020 MSCA RISE Project FIRST - “virtual Factories: Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovation”. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES for European Projects - EPS Portugal 2017/2018. ScitePress, 3-19.
- Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2016. Building Situational Applications for Virtual Enterprises. In: Lee, I., ed. Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management. Idea Group Publishing, 715-724.
- de Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2016. Internet Enterprise Service Design Based on Existing Architectural Knowledge. In: Lee, I., ed. Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management. Idea Group Publishing, 818-826.
- Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2016. Situational Enterprise Services,. Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy, 2nd Edition. Idea Group Publishing.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P. and Wei, L., 2014. Supporting Interoperability of Virtual Factories. 510-517.
- Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2013. Service oriented business process modeling today and tomorrow. Research and Development in E-Business through Service-Oriented Solutions. 113-133.
- Sofela, O., Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2013. Context-Aware Process Modelling through Imperative and Declarative Approach. Collaborative Systems for Reindustrialization. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 191-200.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., Phalp, K.T., Jeary, S., Bouguettaya, A. and Liang, P., 2011. Service-oriented Collaborative Business Processes. In: Cardellini, V., Casalicchio, E., Castelo Branco, K., Estrella, J. and Monaco, F., eds. Performance and Dependability in Service Computing: Concepts, Techniques and Research Directions. IGI Group, 116-132.
- de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L. and Xie, L., 2010. Situational Enterprise Services. Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy. Idea Group Publishing, 892-901.
- Xu, L., 2010. Outsourcing and Multi-Party Business Collaborations Modeling. In: St Amant, K., ed. IT Outsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Business Science Reference, 558-577.
- Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P.T., 2009. Business Process Outsourcing Modeling. In: Khosrow-Pour, M., ed. Consumer Behavior, Organizational Development, and Electronic Commerce: Emerging Issues for Advancing Modern Socioeconomies. Idea Group Publishing, 188-206.
- Xu, L., 2008. Outsourcing and Multi-Party Business Collaborations Modeling. In: Gupta, A., ed. Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services: Business Optimization in a Global Economy. Idea Group Publishing, 250-269.
- Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P.T., 2008. E-Contracting Challenges. In: Khosrow-Pour, M., ed. Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. 2nd rev. ed.. IGI Global, 1237-1243.
- Xu, L. and Brinkkemper, S., 2006. De Concepten van Productsoftware (in Dutch). In: Brinkkemper, S. and Worst, H., eds. Productsoftware. SDU.
Conferences
- Venumuddala, R., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2024. Do There Exist an Emotion Trend in Scientific Papers? PRO-VE Conference as a Case. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 726 IFIP, 118-133.
- de Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2023. Securing Collaborative Networks: Requirements of Supporting Secured Collaborative Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 688 AICT, 177-189.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Lu, X. and Wang, W., 2022. Digital Twins Approach for Sustainable Industry. , 126-134.
- Arshad, R., de Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2022. Incorporating a Prediction Engine to a Digital Twin Simulation for Effective Decision Support in Context of Industry 4.0. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 662 IFIP, 67-76.
- Oyekola, O., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2022. Meeting the Challenges of Collaborative Network Compliance – An Exemplary View. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 662 IFIP, 406-419.
- Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Arshad, R. and Oyekola, O., 2022. Enhance Supply Chain Resilience through Industry 4.0-A view of designing simulation scenarios. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2022, 198-203.
- Lu, X., Li, X., Wang, W., Chao, K.M., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P. and Jing, Y., 2022. A generic and modularized Digital twin enabled human-robot collaboration. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2022, 66-73.
- Arshad, R., de Vrieze, P.T. and Xu, L., 2021. A Federated Simulation Framework for Cross-organisational Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 629 IFIPAICT, 267-279.
- Oyekola, O., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2021. Compliance Checking of Collaborative Processes for Sustainable Collaborative Network. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 629 IFIPAICT, 301-310.
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2021. Supporting Predictive Maintenance in Virtual Factory. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 629 IFIPAICT, 151-160.
- Wei, S., Bai, Y. and Xu, L., 2020. Towards quality analysis of MES through CMM data interoperation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1693 (1).
- Wei, S., Bai, Y. and Xu, L., 2020. Study on interoperation and its' implementation of MES to support virtual factory. In: The Third International Conference on Mechanical, Electric and Industrial Engineering 23 May-25 September 2020 Kunming, China. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1633 (1).
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Bai, Y. and Pan, F., 2020. Predictive Maintenance in Industry 4.0. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
- Oyekola, O. and Xu, L., 2020. Selecting SaaS CRM Solution for SMEs. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.
- Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., Devrieze, P. and Bai, Y., 2020. Process driven access control and authorization approach. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1041, 313-322.
- Wei, S., Bai, Y., Xu, L., Mu, H., Liu, K. and Wang, X., 2020. Integration Framework of MES Toward Data Security Interoperation. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 382 LNBIP, 41-52.
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P. and Bai, Y., 2020. Towards Predictive Maintenance for Flexible Manufacturing Using FIWARE. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 382 LNBIP, 17-28.
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P. and Bai, Y., 2020. Applying Predictive Maintenance in Flexible Manufacturing. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 598, 203-212.
- Oyekola, O. and Xu, L., 2020. Verification and Compliance in Collaborative Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 598, 213-223.
- Bai, Y., Böse, S., Cabri, G., de Vrieze, P., Eder, N., Lazovik, A., Mandreoli, F., Mecella, M., Mu, H. and Xu, L., 2020. The FIRST (vF Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion) Project: Service Management for Virtual Factories. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1115, 204-209.
- Wei, S., Bai, Y., Wang, X., Kai, L., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P. and Kasse, J.P., 2019. A new method for manufacturing process autonomous planning in intelligent manufacturing system. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 349, 51-63.
- Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., deVrieze, P. and Bai, Y., 2019. Verifying for Compliance to Data Constraints in Collaborative Business Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 568, 259-270.
- Kasse, J.P., Xu, L., deVrieze, P. and Bai, Y., 2018. The Need for Compliance Verification in Collaborative Business Processes. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 534, 217-229.
- Xu, L., de vrieze, P., phalp, K. and Yu, H., 2017. EU H2020 FIRST- vF Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovation. In: Network Plus: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age Conference 2017 20-21 June 2017 Glasgow, UK.
- Kasse, J.P., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2017. A comparative assessment of collaborative business process verification approaches. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 506, 355-367.
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2017. Simplifying big data analytics systems with a reference architecture. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 506, 242-249.
- Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2016. Big data Empowered Logistics Services Platform. In: 27th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) 7-9 September 2016 Cambridge, UK.
- Sang, G.M., Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2016. A reference architecture for big data systems. SKIMA 2016 - 2016 10th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications, 370-375.
- Sofela, O., De Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2016. Service identification requirements for enteprise information systems. SKIMA 2016 - 2016 10th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications, 454-459.
- Sang, G., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2016. Data analysis supported decision making in insurance sector. In: THE EWG-DSS 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY 23-25 May 2016 Plymouth, UK. Proceedings of the EWG-DSS 2016 International Conference on Decision Support System Technology (ICDSST 2016).
- Sofela, O., Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2016. Needs of Service Identification for Service-Oriented Business Process Management. In: SQM 2016: 24th International Software Quality Management Conference, 21-22 March 2016 Bournemouth, UK.
- Sang, G., Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2016. Implementing a Business Intelligence System for small and medium-sized enterprises. In: SQM 2016: 24th International Software Quality Management Conference 21-22 March 2016 Bournemouth, UK.
- de Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2016. Resilience analysis of collaborative process management systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 480, 124-133.
- De Vrieze, P. and Xu, L., 2015. An analysis of resilience of a cloud based incident notification process. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 463, 110-121.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P. and Wei, L., 2014. Supporting interoperability of virtual factories. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 434, 510-517.
- Jiang, N., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P., 2013. A Consolidated DaaS Model for Situation-informed Incident Management. In: PRO-VE'13 30 September-2 October 2013 Dresden, Germany.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P. and Jiang, N., 2013. Incident Notification Process as a Service for Electricity Supply Systems. In: IEEE Sixth International Conference on Cloud Computing 27 June-2 July 2013 Santa Clara Marriott, CA, USA.
- Phalp, K., Grimm, F. and Xu, L., 2012. Supporting Collaborative Work by Preserving Model Meaning When Merging Graphical Models. PRO-VE, 380, 262-269 Springer.
- Jiang, N., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P., Lim, M. and Jarabo, O., 2012. A Cloud Based Data Integration Framework. In: PRO-VE'12 13th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 1-3 October 2012 Bournemouth. Springer.
- Zhong, Y., Zhao, W., Yang, J. and Xu, L., 2011. Peer-based relay scheme of collaborative filtering for research literature. In: Meersman, R. and Dillon, T., eds. 19th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2011) 19-21 October 2011 Crete, Greece. Springer Verlag.
- Wang, C., Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T. and Liang, P., 2011. Process Modeling for Internet Scale Virtual Enterprise Collaborations. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Pereira-Klen, A. and Afsarmanesh, H., eds. PRO-VE 2011: 12th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 17-19 October 2011 São Paulo, Brazil. , 325-332 Boston: Springer.
- Xie, L., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P.T., 2010. Lightweight Business Process Modelling. In: International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE2010) 7-9 May 2010 Guangzhou, China. , 183-186 IEEE.
- Liang, P., Avgeriou, P., He, K. and Xu, L., 2010. From Collective Knowledge to Intelligence: Pre-Requirements Analysis of Large and Complex Systems. In: Web2SE: First Workshop on Web 2.0 for Software Engineering 4 May 2010 Cape Town, South Africa. , 26-30 ACM.
- Xie, L., Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P.T., 2010. Process Modelling in Process-oriented Enterprise Mashups. In: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Information Management and Engineering (IEEE ICIME 2010) 16-18 April 2010 Chengdu, Sichuan, China. , 650-654 IEEE.
- Phalp, K.T., Jeary, S. and Xu, L., 2010. Support for Process Oriented Requirements Engineering. In: Invited talk to the BCS Software Process Improvement Network 4 March 2010 BCS Headquarters, London,.
- Bin, W., Peng, L., Keqing, H. and Xu, L., 2010. Process semantic-enabled customisation for active service provisioning. In: 2nd International Workshop on Workflow Management in Service and Cloud Computing (WMSC2010) 11-13 December 2010 Hong Kong, SAR China.
- Xu, P., 2010. Lightweight process modeling for virtual enterprise process collaboration. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 336 AICT, 501-508.
- Jeary, P., 2010. A requirements framework for novice web developers. , 33-40.
- Bin, W., Peng, L., Keqing, H. and Xu, L., 2010. Process semantic-enabled customisation for active service provisioning. In: 2nd International Workshop on Workflow Management in Service and Cloud Computing (WMSC2010) 11-13 December 2010 Hong Kong, SAR China.
- de Vrieze, P.T., Xu, L., Bouguettaya, A., Yang, J. and Chen, J., 2009. Process-oriented Enterprise Mashups. In: Grid and Pervasive Computing Conference, 2009. GPC '09. 4th International Workshop on Workflow Management (ICWM2009) 4-8 May 2009 Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva, Switzerland: IEEE.
- Xu, L., de Vrieze, P.T., Bouguettaya, A. and Yang, J., 2009. Adaptation Driven Change Management. In: Azevedo, L. and Londral, A.R., eds. HEALTHINF 2009: International Conference on Health Informatics 14-17 January 2009 Porto, Portugal.
- Xie, L., de Vrieze, P.T. and Xu, L., 2009. When Social Software Meets Business Process Management. In: ICCIT09: International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology 24-26 November 2009 Seoul, Korea. , 238-243 IEEE.
- Xu, L. and de Vrieze, P.T., 2007. Fundaments of Virtual Organization E-contracting. In: PRO-VE 2007: 8th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 10-12 September 2007 Guimaraes, Portugal. , 209-216 Boston, MA, USA: Springer.
- Xu, L., 2006. E-contracting. In: Invited talk to the e-Contracting and Negotiation workshop for ECOLEAD EU Project FP6-IS-2004-506958 7 April 2006 Milan, Italy.
- Xu, L., Wang, X. and Xue, X., 2005. A Framework for Peer-to-Peer E-Business Collaboration. In: First International Workshop on Network Architecture and Service Models (NASM2005) 21-23 November 2005 Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Xu, L. and Brinkkemper, S., 2005. Modelling Multi-party Web-based Business Collaborations. In: IFIP WG 2.12 & WG 12.4 Workshop on Web Semantics (SWWS 05) 1-2 November 2005 Agia Napa, Cyprus. , 866-875 Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
- Xu, L. and Binkkemper, S., 2005. Concepts and Research Framework of Product Software. In: Development and Deployment of Product Software, First International Workshop, DDoPS 2005 27-28 June 2005 San Diego, CA, USA. , 1-11 US Education Service.
- Xu, L. and Brinkkemper, S., 2005. Concepts of Product Software: Paving the Road for Urgently Needed Research. In: CAiSE’05: 1st International Workshop on Philosophical Foundations of Information Systems Engineering (PHISE’05) 13 June 2005 Porto, Portugal.
- Hoogedoorn, M., Jonker, C., Popova, V., Sharpanskykh, A. and Xu, L., 2005. Formal Modelling and Comparing of Disaster Plans. In: ISCRAM’05: The Second International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 18-20 April 2005 Brussels, Belgium.
- Xu, L. and Jeusfeld, M., 2004. Pro-active Monitoring of Electronic Contracts. In: The Sixteenth Belgium-Netherlands Artificial Intelligence Conference (BNAIC 2004) 21-22 October 2004 Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Hoogendoorn, M., Jonker, C., Konur, S., van Maanen, P.P., Popova, V., Sharpanskykh, A., Treur, J., Xu, L. and Yolum, P., 2004. Formal Analysis of Empirical Traces in Incident Management. In: AI 2004: The Twenty-fourth SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence 13-15 December 2004 Queens' College, Cambridge. Springer Verlag.
- Abbink, H., Xu, L. et al., 2004. Automated Support for Adaptive Incident Management. In: First International Workshop on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM’04 May 2004 Brussels, Belgium.
- Xu, L. and Jeusfeld, M., 2004. Detecting Violators of Multi-party Contracts. In: The 12th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS04) 25-29 October 2004 Larnaca, Cyprus. , 50-73 Springer Verlag.
- Abbink, H., Xu, L. et al., 2004. Automated Support for Adaptive Incident Management. In: AI 2004: The Twenty-fourth SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence 13-15 December 2004 Queens' College, Cambridge. Springer-Verlag.
- Xu, L. and Jeusfeld, M.A., 2004. Detecting violators of multi-party contracts. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 3290, 526-543.
- Xu, L. and Jeusfeld, M., 2003. Pro-active Monitoring of Electronic Contracts. In: The 15th Conference On Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2003) 16-20 June 2003 Klagenfurt, Austria. Springer-Verlag.
- Xu, L., 2003. A Framework for E-markets: Monitoring Contract Fulfillment. In: The CAiSE’03 workshop “Web Services, e-Business, and the Semantic Web: Foundations, Models, Architecture, Engineering and Applications (WES03) 16-20 June 2003 Klagenfurt, Austria. , 51-61 Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
- Xu, L., 2003. Monitorable Electronic Contract. In: The 2003 IEEE Conference on E-Commerce (CEC’03) 24-27 June 2003 Newport Beach, CA, USA. , 92-99 IEEE Computer Society Press.
- Xu, L. and Weigand, H., 2001. The Evolution of the Contract Net Protocol. In: The 2nd International Conference on Web-Age Information management(WAIM2001) 9-11 July 2001 Xi'an, China. , 257-264 Springer Verlag.
- Dignum, V., Weigand, H. and Xu, L., 2001. Agent Societies: towards frameworks-based design. In: The Second International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE-2001) 29 May 2001 Montreal, Canada. , 33-49 Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
- Weigand, H. and Xu, L., 2001. Contracts in E-commerce. In: The 9th IFIP 2.6 Working Conference on Database Semantic (DS-9) Semantic Issues in E-Commerce Systems 25-28 April 2001 Hong Kong, China. Kluwer.
- Yang, J. and Xu, L., 2001. Describing Capabilities of Internet Data Sources for Information Discovery and Sharing. In: The 12th Australasian Database Conference (ADC2001) 29 January-1 February 2001 Bond University, Queensland, Australia. IEEE Computer Society Press.
Reports
- Xu, L. et al., 2023. FIRST Consolidated results for all Work Packages D7.5. European Commission. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5fa615ddb&appId=PPGMS.
- Medema, M. et al., 2023. Interoperability Framework of Virtual Factory and Business Innovation D5.1. European Commission. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5f620559d&appId=PPGMS.
- Xu, L., De Vrieze, P., Kasse, J.P. and Oyekola, O., 2021. On-the-fly service-oriented process verification and implementation D4.1. European Community. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5d6479c9a&appId=PPGMS.
- Xu, L. et al., 2020. Overview existing interoperability of virtual factory D1.3. European Community. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5c663d6a6&appId=PPGMS.
- Xu, L. et al., 2019. Manufacturing asset/service description languages D2.1. European Community. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5c1df2e18&appId=PPGMS.
- Xu, L. and De Vrieze, P., 2018. Overview of service-oriented business process verification D1.2. European Community. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5bd71f583&appId=PPGMS.
- Xu, L., De Vrieze, P. and Kasse, J.P., 2017. Overview of manufacturing assets/services classification and ontology D1.1. European Community. Available from: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e5b6221602&appId=PPGMS.
- Rey, G.A., Cekov, L., Mehandjiev, N., Xu, L., Abels, S. and Vogel, J., 2009. Service Modelling Tools Design. D2.1.2, SOA4All EU project FP7-ICT-2008-215219. EC.
- Vogel, J. et al., 2009. State of the Art Report and Requirements for Service Construction. D6.1.1, SOA4All EU project FP7-ICT-2008-215219. EC.
- Born, M., Xu, L. et al., 2009. Advanced Specification Of Lightweight, Context-aware Process Modelling Language. D6.3.2, SOA4All EU project FP7-ICT-2008-215219. EC.
- Schnabel, F., Born, M., Xu, L., Nitto, E., Ripa, G., Zuccala, M., Gonzales-Cabero, R., Lecue, F., Mos, A. and Villa, M., 2009. Lightweight Process Modelling for Service Composition, Open Architecture Specification Process Open Construction Cycle #2. EC.
- Schnabel, F., Born, M., Xu, L., Gonzalez, R., Lecue, F. and Mehandjiev, N., 2009. First Specification of Lightweight Process Modelling Language. D6.3.1, SOA4All EU project FP7-ICT-2008-215219. EC.
- Ripa, G., Zuccala, M., Gonzales-Cabero, R., Schnabel, F., Xu, L., Lecue, F., Mos, A. and Villa, M., 2009. Runtime Service Composition, Open Architecture Specification Process Open Construction Cycle #2. EC.
- Xu, L. et al., 2008. SOA4All Baseline and State of the Art. D0.1, SOA4All EU project FP7-ICT-2008-215219. EC.
- Nitto, E.D., Conzalez-Cabero, R., Hamerling, C., Kopecky, J., Shafiq, O., Vitvar, T., Ripa, G., Xu, L. and Zuccala, M., 2008. Design Principles for a Service Web v1. D1.1.1, SOA4All EU project FP7-ICT-2008-215219. EC.
Posters
- Xu, L., De Vrieze, P. and Balogun, K., 2022. Data Pre-processing Methods of Hard Disk Drive Data for Industrial Data Center.
PhD Students
- Kazeem Balogun, 2024. Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics of Predictive Maintenance in the context of Industry 4.0, (In progress)
- Oyepeju Oyekola, 2024. Compliance checking for Collaborative Process, (In progress)
- Frank Grimm, 2012. Enabling Collaborative Modelling for a multi-site model-driven software development appraoch for electronic control units, (Completed)
- Olaolu Sofela, 2017. Service Identification for Business Process Management, (Completed)
- Shamim, Saqib, 2018. Investigating the influence of leader’s behaviour on employee innovative work behavior, through employee job attitudes, and knowledge management practices, in hospitality sector, (Completed)
- John-Paul Kasse, 2019. Supporting Compliance Verification for Collaborative Business Processes, (Completed)
- Oluwetoyin Fakorede, 2020. SNACH a new framework to support business process improvement, (Completed)
- Go Sang, 2021. Predictive Maintenance for Industry 4.0, (Completed)
- Rushan Arshad, 2024. Simulation of manufacturing processes, (Completed)
- Saleh Alamro. E-government, (Completed)
- Oluwatoyin Fakorede. Sematic Enabled Service based Business Process Management
Profile of Teaching PG
- Enterprise Information Systems
- Web Systems
- Enterprise Information Systems
- Web Systems
Profile of Teaching UG
- Management in Computing
- Project Management and Teamworking
- Management in Computing
- Web Information Systems
- Project Management and Team Working
Invited Lectures
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Factories of the Future: EU H2020 FIRST project, Fudan University, China, 24 Jul 2017 more
Fudan University, China -
Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, Wuhan, China, 12 Apr 2017 more
Invited lecture at International school of software, Wuhan University, China -
Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, KM Information Tehcnology Co. Ltd, Wuhan China, 11 Apr 2017 more
It is a part of EU H2020 FIRST project. Introduction of Industry 4.0 -
Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, Xidian University Xi'an, China, 10 Apr 2017 more
Invited lecture at state key lab. on ISN, Xidian University, China -
Factories of the Future: a view of EU H2020 FIRST, Wuhan University, China, 06 Apr 2017 more
Invited lecture at State Key Lab. on Software Engineering, Wuhan University China -
Virtual Manufactguring, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 09 Sep 2016 more
I was invited to introduce to our co proposal of EU H2020 RISE 2016 -
Supporting Collaborative Business Processes, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 08 Sep 2016 more
I was invited to give a talk to NWO BIGS workshop -
Incident Notification Process as a Service, University of Groningen, 14 Jan 2014 more
I was invited to introduce my research of distirbuted collaborative business processes -
Lightweight Business Process Management, Wuhan University, 31 May 2010 more
I was invited by Prof. Liang -
Situational Applications, BCS Headquarters, London, 04 Mar 2010 more
I was invited by BCS Software Process Improvement Network
Grants
- Developing Sustainable and resilience Intelligent supply chain (BU industrial Match Funding project, 01 Sep 2022). Awarded
- FIRST (European Commission, 01 Jan 2017). Awarded
- Supporting SMEs’ Business Process Modelling a view of end-user perspective (Makerere University, Uganda, 01 Jan 2016). In Progress
- Strengthening Service Computing Research in Bournemouth University (Fusion Funding, 15 Nov 2012). In Progress
- Prime Ministers Initiative for International Education Project (British Council, 06 Jun 2010). Completed
- Partnership development between Wuhan University, China and Bournemouth University (British Council, 01 Jun 2010). Completed
- EU FP7 OEPI (Exploring and Monitoring any Organisations Environmental Performance Indicators) (EU, 01 Feb 2010). Completed
- EU FP7 SOA4All(Service Oriented Architectures for All) (EU, 01 Mar 2008). Completed
External Responsibilities
- Macquarie University, Australia, PhD Examiner (2017)
- International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Member of Journal Editorial Board (2017-), http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJSPM
- Service Oriented Computing and Application, Guest editor (2016-2017)
Internal Responsibilities
- Output Champion, REF Committee
- Global Engagement Leader, Global Engagement
- Chair of PhD candidate Interview, Chair of PhD candidate Interview
- REF Champion, Department of Computing
Journal Reviewing/Refereeing
- International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 01 Aug 2017
- Service oriented computing and applications, Anonymous peer review, 15 Jan 2017
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 01 Jan 2017
- Journal of Universal Computer Science, 02 May 2016
- International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 06 Apr 2016
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 02 Feb 2016
- Distributed and Parallel Databases, 11 Jan 2016
- International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2016
- Journal of Universal Computer Science, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2016
- International Journal of Production Research, 29 Oct 2015
- IEEE Systems Journal, 21 Sep 2015
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 28 Jul 2015
- International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 07 Jun 2015
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 07 May 2015
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2015
- IEEE Systems Journal, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2015
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 10 Mar 2014
- International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 01 Jan 2014
- International journal of computer integrated manufacturing, Anonymous peer review, 01 Jan 2014
- IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, 01 Jan 2014
- IEEE transactions on service computing, 04 Feb 2013
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 09 Oct 2012
- Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 07 May 2012
- International Journal of Production Research, 17 Aug 2011
- International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 06 Mar 2011
- Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 03 Mar 2011
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 10 Jan 2011
- International journal of production research, 01 Jan 2011
- International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 19 Dec 2010
- Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 25 Oct 2010
- ACM Transactions on the Web, 23 Aug 2010
- Distributed and Parallel Databases, 19 Jul 2010
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 09 Mar 2010
- ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 04 Jan 2010
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 01 Jan 2010
- Distributed and Parallel Databases, 01 Jan 2010
- Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 01 Jan 2010
- International journal of information technology and management, 01 Jan 2010
- International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications, 01 Jan 2010
- ACM Transactions on the Web, 14 May 2008
- International Journal of Production Research, 03 Apr 2008
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 11 Mar 2008
- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 01 Jan 2008
- ACM Transactions on the Web, 05 Apr 2007
- Data and Knowledge Engineering, 29 Aug 2006
- Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 10 Aug 2006
- ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 21 Mar 2006
- Electronic Markets, 19 Mar 2006
- Journal of Internet Commerce, 09 Feb 2006
- Journal of Internet Commerce, 27 Oct 2005
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 10 May 2005
- Electronic Commerce Research, 14 Mar 2005
- Data and Knowledge Engineering, 17 Jan 2005
- Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 12 Sep 2004
- Data and Knowledge Engineering, 23 Apr 2004
- Electronic Commerce Research, 14 Sep 2003
- Electronic Markets, 15 May 2003
Public Engagement & Outreach Activities
- Assessor for the Australia Research Council (ARC)
Qualifications
- PhD in Computerized Information Systems (Tilburg University, the Netherlands, 2004)
- MSc in Telecommunication and Information Systems (Xidian University, China, 1999)
- BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (Wuhan University of Technology, China, 1992)
Honours
- Coordinator of EU H2020 FIRST Project (EU Commission, 2017)
Memberships
- Society of Collaborative Networks (SOCOLNET), Member (2007-),
- Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS), the Netherlands, Research Fellow (2003-2010),
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Member (2001-),
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member (2001-),
- Editorial Board of International Journal of Simulation and Modelling, Member,
- Steering Committee Member of IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprise, Member,
