towards the eisb foundation
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Presentation @ICE 2011 regarding the initial work carried out by ENSEMBLE towards the EISB FoundationTRANSCRIPT
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TOWARDS THE EISBLANDSCAPE IDENTIFICATION AND ACTION PLAN
Workshop on “Future Internet Enterprise Systems”, ICE Conference 2011, Aachen, Germany, 22/06/2011
Dr. Sotiris Koussouris
NTUA
National Technical University of Athens
Agenda
0 What is EI?0 EI Scientific Areas0 What is the EISB0 EISB Waves and Action Plan0 Open Deliberation + Wiki
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Context
Enterprise Interoperability (EI)
Future Internet Enterprise Systems (FInES)
0 Future Internet revolutionizes the rules of the game in the European economy
0 New opportunities for innovation, collaboration and revenue generation open up for Enterprises (especially SMEs)
0 Enterprise Interoperability (EI) has been a thriving applied research domain during the last years
0 Yet, the scientific foundations that would permit its generalization and complete reuse, have not been established
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Fundamental EISB Questions
What is EI? What falls within the scope of EI? What is a Science Base?
Which are our offerings to the scientific communities /
researchers?
How will the industry be involved?
How can we effectively bridge the past and the future in the EI domain?
Which are the metrics measuring success in
building the Science Base?
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What is EI
Many Definitions throught the years……Various Classifications in Interoperability Layers…..
No consensus reached and often the various layers are interconnected among themselves…..
We define that:“Enterprise Interoperability is perceived as a capacity of two or more enterprises, including all the systems within their boundaries and the external systems that they utilize or are affected by, in order to cooperate seamlessly, in an automated manner, in depth of time for a common objective.”
"Future Internet Enterprise Systems" Workshop, Aachen, June 22nd, 2011
"Future Internet Enterprise Systems" Workshop, Aachen, June 22nd, 2011
Methodology for EISB Definition and SoTA Review
Structuring the EI Scientific Areas
For a proper structure for Enterprise Interoperability, one has to focus on the real object of observation
The “Enterprise”…. “…an organization designed to provide goods, services, or both to consumers...”0 Infrastructures referring to all the facilities and non-human assets 0 Data used for the business transactions within and outside the boundaries
of the enterprise. 0 Processes including all the related, structured activities or tasks that
produce a specific service or product.0 Policies embracing the different rules that are applied either due to external
or internal factors 0 People with all the human resources that are part of an enterprise system.
"Future Internet Enterprise Systems" Workshop, Aachen, June 22nd, 2011
"Future Internet Enterprise Systems" Workshop, Aachen, June 22nd, 2011
Enterprise Interoperability Areas12 areas4 Granularity LevelPromote more focused and concrete research attempts, as they belong to a smaller abstraction level of that of the fundamental interoperability layers adapted by EIF
Matching the Scientific Areas to the 4 Layers of EI
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Concepts & Positions
Formal Methods
Proof-of-concept
Tools
Experiments Case Studies Surveys – Empirical Data
Standards
Classifying the Work Performed in EI
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EISΒ - Objective
0 To document and catalogue domain knowledge0 To identify application areas for domain knowledge items0 To identify approaches for application 0 To identify domain related problems currently not resolved or addressed in
the knowledge base, and which should be prioritised for research 0 To identify related problems addressed in other sciences, directing attention
to the appropriate knowledge in the addressing domain.0 To support application of EI knowledge by clearly documenting the route
from domain problems to domain solution approaches0 To identify, structure and document fundamental axioms and consequent
theorems of interoperability, to form the foundation for establishment of EI as a new and self-standing science.
Without such an EISB there is danger of repeating research, and missing opportunities for application!!
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Setting the Foundations for a new Science
0 From the EI landscape and the neighbouring sciences paradigms
0 To.. an Action Plan elaborating or even redefining the 3 high-level Waves
"Future Internet Enterprise Systems" Workshop, Aachen, June 22nd, 2011
"Future Internet Enterprise Systems" Workshop, Aachen, June 22nd, 2011
Formulation of the EISB Action Plan
The three “Waves” towards the EISB
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Wave 1 – Basic Elements
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Action Line Action
AL1.1 - EISB structure and terminology
Definition of a common terminology for EISB
Taxonomy construction and desk based research for initial contents
Detail documentation of the underlying research sub-areas and finalisation of the taxonomy
Wiki population / utilization for constant documentation and sustainability of findings
AL1.2 – EISB relations to other disciplines
Elaboration of the EISB-SRDT in relation to the EISB structure
Identification of shared content and solutions with other disciplines
AL1.3 – EISB theoretical foundations
Collection of formal methods for problems and solutions definition
Definition of a problem and solution description framework
AL1.4 – EISB problem and solution space
Collection of major problems/issues per domain through discussions in the FInES cluster and desk based review
Collection of major solutions per domain through discussions in the FInES cluster and desk based review
AL1.5 – EISB community building
Construction of 12 scientific community groups, focused in specific scientific areas
Creation and publication of specific journals targeting at specific scientific areas under EI
AL1.6 – Validation of results
Online validation through the FInES Supportive Systems deployed by ENSEMBLE
Continuous updates of the Wave 1 Elements in the FInES wiki
Wave 2 – Hypothesis and Experimentation
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Action Line Action
AL2.1 – EISB hypothesis Define the core EISB hypothesis that will be elaborated on the actions related to problem / solution space
AL2.2 – EISB problem and solution space
Matching known solutions (from EI or scientific domains) to identified problems for sorting out solved issues
Consultation and evaluation of identified issues
AL2.3 – Impact AssessmentCollection of methods for EI impact assessment
Formulation of the EISB Assessment Framework
AL2.4 – Test Solutions
Selection of specific cases, Study of the needs and requirements of the specific cases
Testing of selected hypothesis for the specific cases
Experimentation on problem-solution paths for the specific cases
AL2.5 – Generalise Solutions
Large-scale experimentations of specific problem-solution paths in various contexts and industries
Creation of an open case repository for large experimentations
Generalization of methods and tools
Identification of practices, followed in result-oriented approaches and real-life projects
AL2.6 – Extension of the EISB
Porting of identified practices to the solution space & Continuous updates of the Wave 2 Elements in the FInES wiki
AL2.7 - Training Curricula Initiation
Gather and sort out existing training material
Orchestration of existing training material into curricula
Wave 3 – Empowerment
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Action Line Action
AL3.1 – Scientific Community Empowerment
Development of a systematic framework for training
Design of postgraduate programmes dedicated to EI
AL3.2 – Broader Community Empowerment
Conduction of focused training sessions for industry/SME personnel
Identify and collaborate with key stakeholders from industry and SMEs
AL3.3 – EI solutions take-up
Creation of feasibility and sustainability studies for product opportunities
Detail results towards complete system solutions
Generate marketing plans for the EISB, Identify market opportunities and develop business plans
Populate convincing solution scenarios
AL3.4 – EI Standardization
Identification of Existing Standards and Mapping them with results
Specification of EI targeted standards
Mapping solutions to EI standards
AL3.5 – EI Documentation Define the EI cookbook with the most common problem / solution paths
AL3.6 – Research priorities and recommendations
Study of current research trends, challenges and of major interoperability issues
Ranking of research issues and prioritisation
Issuing recommendations for researchers, industry and SMEs
Open Public Consultations0 EI Science Base - State of Play0 EI Science Base - Action Plan0 FInES Research - Landscape
Accessible fromwww.fines-cluster.eu(registration needed)
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FINES Wiki
Accessible from www.fines-cluster.eu(registration needed)
Includes:EI Scientific AreasLiteratureTask Forces…..
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Dr. Sotiris Koussouris
NTUA
National Technical University of Athens
Workshop on “Future Internet Enterprise Systems”, ICE Conference 2011, Aachen, Germany, 22/06/2011