On December 1, 2023,  Sebastian Steinau successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled

Engineering Process Enactment and Coordination in Data-Centric Process Management Systems

at Ulm University, Germany. The DBIS team is pleased to congratulate Sebastian on his successful PhD defense (Dr. rer. nat.) and wishes him all the best for his future career.

Sebastian’s PhD advisor and promotor was Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert. Prof. Dr. Mathias Weske (Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, University of Potsdam) acted as external examiner at the doctoral colloquium.  Until 2022 Prof. Weske was chairman of the steering committee of the BPM conference series.

Sebastian carried out his research work in the PHILharmonicFlows. He has also made a significant contribution to setting up the DBIS Business Process Modelling Lab and has contributed to several third-party funded projects (BMWK, State of Baden-Württemberg).

Members of the PhD committee:

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Tichy (Ulm University, Chairman)
• Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert (Ulm University, Promotor & Referee)
• Prof. Dr. Mathias Weske (Hasso-Plattner-Institute, University of Potsdam, External Referee)
• Prof. Dr. Birte Glimm (Ulm University, Committee Member)
• Prof. Dr. Mathias Klier (Ulm University, Committee Member)