On Oktober 5th, 2015, Rüdiger Pryss successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled 

Robust and Context-Based Execution of Mobile Activities in a Process Environment

at Ulm University, Germany. The DBIS team is pleased to congratulate Dr. Pryss  on his successful PhD defense and wishes him all the best for his future career. Rüdiger’s PhD advisor and promotor was Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert (DBIS).

The dissertation contributes the integration of process management technology with smart mobile devices. It examines how specific process activities can be executed on smart mobile devices in a robust and context sensitive fashion. Furthermore, the dissertation examines what additional challenges arise when executing processes on mobile devices when compared to their execution on stationary systems. A concrete framework for modeling mobile activities in a process environment, as well as their robust and context sensitive execution is presented. The framework was validated with a thorough prototypical implementation as well as multiple studies.

Members of the PhD committee:

• Prof. Dr. Uwe Schöning (Chairman)
• Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert (Promotor and First Referee)
• Prof. Dr. Franz Hauck (Second Referee)
• Prof. Dr. Franz Schweiggert (Core Committee Member)
• Prof. Dr. Enno Ohlebusch (Core Committee Member)