J. Leon Zhao, Ph. D.

Eller Professor and Director
Lab on Enterprise Process Innovation and Computing (EPIC Lab)
Management Information Systems
Eller College of Management
The University of Arizona

CONTACT POINTS

Email: jlzhao [at] u [dot] arizona [dot] edu
Office Phone: +1 (520) 621-4546
Location: McClelland Hall 430N
FAX: +1 (520) 621-2433
Postal Address: Department of MIS, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Business Administration 1992, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA
M.S. in Business Administration, 1990, University of California, Berkeley, CA
M.S. in Engineering, 1985, University of California, Davis, CA
B.S. in Engineering , 1982, Beijing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Beijing, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Interim Head, Dept. of MIS, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, July 2007 to June 2008.
Eller Professorship, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, July 2007 to Present.
Professor, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, July 2005 to Present.
Honeywell Fellow of MIS, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, 2002 to June 2007.
Visiting Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July to August 2006.
Visiting Professor, School of Business, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, January to June 2006.
IBM Faculty Award on Business Process Management and Services Computing, 2005.
Associate Professor, Department of MIS, University of Arizona, August 1999 to June 2005.
Visiting Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, January 1999 to May 1999.
Assistant Professor, Department of Information and Systems Management, HKUST, January 1996 to August 1999.
Research Scientist, Data and Information Management, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, June to Dec. 1995.
Visiting Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, January 1994 to June 1994.
Assistant Professor, School of Business, College of William and Mary, August 1992 to June 1995.
Research Engineer, Corporate Systems Development Division, Honeywell Inc., June 1986 to July 1987.

RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS

PI, SAP Corporation Grant, "Development of a Methodology for Automating 4GL Program Transformation of Enterprise Information Systems via Service-Oriented Architectures," October 2007 - September 2008
PI, National Science Foundation Grant, "SOFTSIM - a Testbed for Process-Driven and Simulation-Based Knowledge Conglomeration in Enterprise Software Development," August 2007 - July 2010
Co-PI, Microsoft Research Grant, "Component-Based Office Process and Knowledge Management in E-Business," 2001-2002
PI, The University of Arizona Foundation Small Grant, 2001-2002

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

VP and Director of Communications, Association of Business Process Management Professionals (ABPMP), (A Promotional Message), 2004 to 2005.
Co-Founding Director, AIS Special Interest Group on Process Automation and Management (SIGPAM), 2001 to present.
Advisory Member to the Executive Committee, China Association of Information Systems (CNAIS), 2005 to present.
Assosicate Editor / Editorial Board Member:
- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Computer Society, since 2007.
- Information Systems Research, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, since 2005.
- Decision Support Systems and Electronic Commerce, Elsevier Science, since 2002.
- Journal of Database Management, Idea Group Publishing, since 2001.
- International Journal of Web Services Research, Idea Group Publishing, since 2003.
- International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, Interscience Publishers, since 2003.
- International Journal of Web and Grid Services, Interscience Publishers, since 2003.
- Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Elsevier Science, 2001-2006; 2008-Now.
Guest Editor:
- Decision Support Systems, Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Information Technology and Systems in the Internet-Era" for the 2005 Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, (Completed, with Taedong Han, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, 2007)
- Information Technology and Management, Special Issue on "Exploring New Patterns and Mechanisms for Advanced Information Technology and Systems in the Internet-Era" for the 2005 Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, (Completed, with Taedong Han, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, 2007)
- Information Systems Frontier, Special Issue on From Web Services to Services Computing: Technologies and Applications, Completed, 2006 (with Professor Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona and Dr. Liang-Jie Zhang, IBM Research).
- Information Systems and e-Business, Special Issue on the Second Workshop of E-Business, Volume 3, Number 3 / October, 2005 (with Dr. Hsing K. Cheng, University of Florida).
- Journal of Database Management, Special Issue on Knowledge Management in Organizations, Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2006 (with Dr. Dongsong Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County).
- International Journal on Internet and Enterprise Information Systems, Special Issue on Business Intelligence for Competitive Advantage, Vol. 3, No. 2, July 2005 (with Dr. Dmitri Rossinov, Arizona State University).
- Decision Support Systems, Special Issue on Web Services and Process Management, Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 1-141 (July 2005) (with Dr. Hsing K. Cheng, University of Florida).
- Information Technology and Management, Special Issue on Workflow and e-Business, July - October 2004, Volume 5, Issue 3-4 (with Professor Akhil Kumar, Penn State University)
- Information Systems Frontier, Special Issue on Workflow Automation and Business Process Integration, Vol. 3, No. 3, September, 2001 (with Professor Edward A. Stohr, New York University).
Steering/Advisory Committee Member:
- The 3rd IEEE Asia Pacific Services Computing Conference (IEEE APSCC 2008), December 9-12, 2008, Yilan, Taiwan.
- The Editorial Advisory Board of the Advances in Web Services Research Book Series.
- Workshop on Conceptual Modeling of Service-Oriented Software Systems, (CoSS2006), held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, November 6-9, 2006, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- The 2006 International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2006)
- IEEE International Conference on Web Services (2004)
- Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (2005, 2006, 2007)
Conference Chairing Duties:

Conference Co-Chair: IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises, September 28-29, 2008, Tianjin, China.
Conference Co-Chair: Arizona Exposium on Frontiers of Information Technology and Systems, February 29 - March 1, 2008, Tucson Arizona, USA.
Conference Co-Chair: The First China Summer Workshop on Information Management, July 22-23, 2007, Shanghai, China.
Program Co-Chair: IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2006), September 18-22, 2006, Chicago, IL, USA.
Program Co-Chair: Workshop on Process Automation and Management in collaboration with AMCIS 2005, August 11, 2005, Omaha, NE, USA
Program Co-Chair: The 2005 International Symposium on Business Excellence through Services-oriented Transformation (BEST 2005) in Collaboration with ICEC 2005, August 15, 2005, Xi'An ChinA.
Program Co-Chair: The 15th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS 2005), December 10-11, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Program Co-Chair: Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2003), December 13, 2003, Seattle, WA, USA.
Panel Chair: IEEE International Conference on Web Services (2005)
Panel Chair: IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (2005)
Tutorial Chair: IEEE International Conference on Web Services (2004)

Conference Organizing Committee Member: Symposium on Intelligence and Security Informatics (2003, 2004).
Conference Track Co-Chair: Americas Conference on Information Systems: SIGPAM Track on Process Automation and Management (2004).
Conference Minitrack Co-Chair:
- Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
- Americas Conference on Information Systems (2000, 2004)
Conference Associate Editor: International Conference on Information Systems (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006)
Conference Program Committee Member:
- The International Workshop on Collaborative Business Processes held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2007), 24-27 September 2007, Brisbane, Australia.
- The 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, May 15-19, 2005, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- International Workshop on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’05) Porto, Portugal 13-14 June, 2005
- The 7th International IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology, July 19-22, 2005, Technische Universität München, Germany
- International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- International Conference on Business Process Management (2003, 2004, 2005)
- The 5th Annual International Conference on Object-Oriented and Internet-based Technologies (2004)
- The 5th VLDB Workshop on Technologies for E-Services (TES-04), August 29-30, 2004, Toronto, Canada
- IEEE International Conference on Web Services (2004, 2005, 2007)
- IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (2005)
- The First International Conference on Web Services (2003)
- International Conference on Electronic Commerce (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
- Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- International Computer Sciences Conference (1999)
- The First International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (2000)
- International Conference on Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce (1998, 1999)
- International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (1995, 2002, 2003)
- The First International Workshop on Web Agent Systems and Applications (WASA-2000)
Panel Member:
- Services Science: Services Research Innovation and Education, IEEE Conferences on Web Services and IEEE Conference on Services Computing, July 11-15, 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA.
- Email Management: A Techno-Managerial Research Perspective, International Conference on Information Systems, December 11-14, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

TEACHING

MIS 611A: Design Science Research Methodologies in MIS, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
MIS 428/528: Workflow Technologies and E-Commerce Applications, University of Arizona, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Spring 2005.
MIS 331: Database Management Systems, University of Arizona, Fall 1999 through Spring 2004.
MIS 477/577: Supply Chain Management under E-Commerce, University of Arizona, Spring 2000.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Modeling and Analysis Methodologies for Business and Workflow Processes
E-Business Workflow Management
Collaborative Process Management
Workflow Modeling and Verification
Organizational Knowledge Distribution
E-Market Security and Role-Based Access Control
Web Services Technology and Applications Integration
Embeded Facilitation in Distributed Group Systems
Distance Learning and Distributed Education Systems

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

J. Leon Zhao, Cheng Hsu, Hemant K. Jain, Jim C. Spohrer, Mohan Tanniru, and Harry Jiannan Wang, " ICIS 2007 Panel Report: Bridging Service Computing and Service Management: How MIS Contributes to Service Orientation ," Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Volume 22, Article 22, pp. 413 - 428, March 2008 (Copyright is owned by AIS).
J. Leon Zhao, Michael Goul, Sandeep Purao, Padmal Vitharana, and Harry Jiannan Wang, "Impact of Service-Centric Computing on Business and Education," Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Volume 22, Article 16, pp. 295-310, March 2008 (Copyright is owned by AIS).
Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao, "Pattern-Based Knowledge Workflow Automation: Concepts and Issues," Information Systems and e-Business Management, (Accepted, October 2007).
J. Leon Zhao, Mohan Tanniru, and Liang-Jie Zhang, "Services computing as the foundation of enterprise agility: Overview of recent advances and introduction to the special issue," Information Systems Frontiers, Volume 9, Number 1 / March, 2007, Pages 1-8.
Sherry X. Sun, J. Leon Zhao, Jay F. Nunamaker, Olivia R. Liu Sheng, "Formulating the Data Flow Perspective for Business Process Management", Information Systems Research, Vol. 17, No. 4, December 2006, pp. 374-391.
James Kwok and J. Leon Zhao, "Content-based object organization for efficient image retrieval in image databases", Decision Support Systems, Volume 42, Issue 3, December 2006, Pages 1901-1916.
Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Qian Candy Tang, J. Leon Zhao, "Web Services and Service-Oriented Application Provisioning: An Analytical Study of Application Service Strategies", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Nov. 2006, 53, 4, pages: 520-533.
Dongsong Zhang and J. Leon Zhao, "Preface -- Knowledge Management in Organizations", Journal of Database Management: Special Issue on Knowledge Management in Organizations, Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages i-viii.
Ashish Gupta, Ramesh Sharda, Nicolas Ducheneaut, J. Leon Zhao, Ron Weber, "E-Mail Management: A Techno-Managerial Research Perspective", Communications of the AIS, May 2006, Vol. 17, Article no. 43.
J. Leon Zhao, Henry H. Bi, Hsinchun Chen, Daniel D. Zeng, Chienting Lin, Michael Chau, "Process-Driven Collaboration Support for Intra-Agency Crime Analysis", Decision Support Systems: Special Issue on Intelligence and Security Informatics, Volume 41, Issue 3, March 2006, Pages 616-633.
Daniel Zeng and J. Leon Zhao, "Effective Role Resolution in Workflow Management", INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2005, pp. 374-387.
Hsing Kenneth Cheng and J. Leon Zhao, "Editorial on the special issue for the second Workshop on e-Business", Information Systems and E-Business Management, Volume 3, Number 3 / October, 2005, Pages 219-220.
J. Leon Zhao and Hsing K. Cheng, "Web Services and Process Management: A Union of Convenience or a New Area of Research? (Editorial)," Decision Support Systems: Special Issue on Web Services and Process Management, Volume 40, Issue 1, July 2005, Pages 1-8.
Dmitri Roussinov and J. Leon Zhao, "Text Clustering and Summary Techniques for CRM Message Management", Enterprise Information Management: Special Issue of E-Commerce Relationship Marketing, 17(6), 2004, pp. 424-429.
Therani Madhusudan, J. Leon Zhao, and Byron Marshall, "A Case-based Reasoning Framework for Workflow Model Management", Data and Knowledge Engineering: Special Issue on Business Process Management, 50 (1): 87-115 (2004).
Dongsong Zhang, J. Leon Zhao, Lina Zhou, and Jay F. Nunamaker, "Can e-learning replace traditional classroom learning? - evidence and implication of the evolving e-learning technology", Communications of the ACM, 47(5), May 2004, Pages: 75 - 79.
Henry H. Bi and J. Leon Zhao, "Applying Propositional Logic to Workflow Verification", Information Technology and Management: Special Issue on Workflow and E-business, 5 (3-4) 293-318, 2004.
Jinyoung Jang, Yongsun Choi and J. Leon Zhao, "An Extensible Workflow Architecture through Web Services", International Journal of Web Services Research, 1(2), 1-15, April-June 2004.
Harry J. Wang, Hsing K. Cheng, and J. Leon Zhao, "Web Services Enabled e-Market Access Control Model", International Journal of Web Services Research, 1(1), 21-40, Jan-Mar 2004.
Arie Segev, Ajit Patankar, and J. Leon Zhao, "e-business Process Interleaving: Managerial and Technological Implications", Information Systems and e-Business Management, Vol. 1(4): 331-352, December 2003.
Arie Segev, Shin-Chung Shao, and J. Leon Zhao, "A data analysis model for business intelligence", International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, Pages: 7-30, Winter 2003.
Dmitri Roussinov and J. Leon Zhao, "Automatic Discovery of Similarity Relationships through Web Mining", Decision Support Systems: Special Issue on Web Retrieval and Mining, 35 (1): 149-166 April, 2003.
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "Workflow Support for Electronic Commerce Applications", Decision Support Systems, 32(2002), 265-278. PDF
Edward A. Stohr and J. Leon Zhao, "Workflow Automation: Overview and Research Issues", Information Systems Frontiers: Special Issue on Workflow Automation and Business Process Integration, Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2001, p. 281-96.
J. Leon Zhao and Vincent H. Resh, "Internet Publishing and Transformation of Knowledge Processes", Communications of the ACM, December 2001, 44(12), 103-109.
Ramayya Krishnan, Xiaoping Li, David Steier, and J. Leon Zhao, "On heterogeneous database retrieval: a cognitively-guided approach", Information Systems Research, 12(3), 286-303, September 2001.
J. Leon Zhao and Hsing K. Cheng, "Graph Indexing for Spatial Data Traversal in Road Map Databases", Computers and Operations Research 28 (3), 2001, pp. 223-241.
J. Leon Zhao, Akhil Kumar, and Edward A. Stohr, "Workflow-centric Information Distribution through Email", Journal of Management Information Systems, Winter 2000-2001, Volume 17, No. 3, pp. 45-72. PDF
Karl R. Lang and J. Leon Zhao, "The Role of Electronic Commerce in the Transformation of Distance Education", Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Vol. 10 (2), 103-28, 2000.
J. Leon Zhao and Akhil Kumar, "Data Management Issues for Large Scale, Distributed Workflow Systems on the Internet", ACM SIGMIS Data Base, December 1999, Vol. 29, No. 4, 22-32.
J. Leon Zhao and Edward A. Stohr, "Temporal workflow management in a claim handling system", SIGSOFT: Software Engineering Notes, March 1999, vol.24, (no.2):187-95.
J. Leon Zhao, Doron Rotem, and Su-Shing Chen. "Data management for multiuser access to digital video libraries", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, March 1999, vol.56, (no.3):208-34. PDF
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "Dynamic Routing and Operational Controls in Workflow Management Systems", Management Science, Volume 45, No. 2, February 1999, pp 253-272. PDF
Martin Bichler, Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "Component-Based E-Commerce: Assessment of Current Practices and Future Directions", ACM SIGMOD Record: Special Section on Electronic Commerce, 27(4): 7-14 (1998). PDF
Edward A. Stohr and J. Leon Zhao, "The Expanding Mission of Workflow Technology", Document World, Oct.-Nov. 1998, vol.3, (no.5):21-6.
Kishore Sengupta and J. Leon Zhao, "Improving the Communicational Effectiveness of Virtual Organizations through Workflow Automation", International Journal of Electronic Commerce: Special Issue on Virtual Organizations, Fall 1998, Vol. 3, (no.1):49-69.
Karl R. Lang and J. Leon Zhao, "Designing Computer Supported Collaborative Work Environments for Distance Learning", International Journal of Design Science and Technology: Special Issue on Computer Supported Cooperative Design, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1998, pages 85-102.
J. Leon Zhao, "Schema coordination in federated database management: a comparison with schema integration", Decision Support Systems, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 243-257, July 1997.
Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "Rule activation techniques in active database systems", Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, Vol.7, (No.2): 173-94, October 1996.
Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "A framework for join pattern indexing in intelligent database systems", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 941-954, December, 1995.
Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "Rule management in expert database systems", Management Science, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 685-707, June 1994.

BOOKS/PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises, Tianjin, China, September 28-29, 2008 (with Jian Chen, Paul Hofmann et al.).
Proceedings of the China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Shanghai, China, July 22-23, 2007 (with Han Zhang, Lihua Huang).
Proceedings of the Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, Las Vegas, December 9-10, 2005 (with Kar Yan Tam).
Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Services, Las Vegas, USA, June 23-26, 2003 (with Liang-Jie Zhang and Jen-Yao Chung).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Wang, H.J., Zhao, J.L., and Cheng, H.K. "Web Services Enabled E-Market Access Control Model," in: Modern Technologies in Web Services Research, L.J. Zhang (ed.), Idea Group Pub 2007 (forthcoming).
Vojislav B. Misic and J. Leon Zhao, E-Business Reference Models, in Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis, Idea Group Publishing, 2007, pp. 241-265.
Yongsun Choi, J. Leon Zhao, "Decomposition-Based Verification of Cyclic Workflows", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3707, October, 2005, Pages 84 - 98.
Therani Madhusudan and J. Leon Zhao, "A Case-based Framework for Workflow Model Management", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2678, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2003, Pages 354-369.
J. Leon Zhao, Henry H. Bi and Hsinchun Chen, "Collaborative Workflow Management for Interagency Crime Analysis", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2665, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2003, Pages 266-280.
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "EROICA: A Rule-based Approach to Organizational Policy Management in Workflow Systems", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2419, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2002, Page 201.
Vojislav B. Misic and J. Leon Zhao, "Evaluating the Quality of Reference Models", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 1920, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2000, Pages 484-498.
J. Leon Zhao, Arie Segev, and Abhirup Chatterjee, "A Schema Coordination Approach for International Database Processing", Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Volume 66, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000, pp. 300-323.
J. Leon Zhao, "Managing Derived Data in Intelligent Database Systems: An Implementation Study", Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, Volume 720, published by SPRINGER Verlag, 1993, Pages 201-212.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

Daning Hu, Zhu Zhang, J. Leon Zhao, "Expert Recommendation in Social Networks: Development and Comparison of three Approaches," Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, December 13-14, 2008, Paris, France.
J. Jason Li, Harry J. Wang, Zhu Zhang, J. Leon Zhao, "Relation-Centric Task Identification for Policy-Based Process Mining," International Conference on Information Systems, December 14-17, 2008, Paris, France.
Manlu Liu, Bradley Wheeler, J. Leon Zhao, "On Assessment of Project Success in Community Source Development," International Conference on Information Systems, December 14-17, 2008, Paris, France.
Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, "Expert Recommendation via Semantic Social Networks," International Conference on Information Systems, December 14-17, 2008, Paris, France.
Noyan Ilk, J. Leon Zhao, Paul Hofmann, "On Reuse of Source Code Components in Modernizing Enterprise Systems," IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises, September 28-29, 2008, Tianjin, China.
Shaokun Fan, Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, "Integrating Workflow and Forum via Event Management," IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises, September 28-29, 2008, Tianjin, China.
Manlu Liu, J. Leon Zhao, "On Outsourcing and Offshoring in Community Source: The Case of Kuali," IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises, September 28-29, 2008, Tianjin, China.
Manlu Liu, Daniel Zeng, and J. Leon Zhao, "A Cooperative Analysis Framework for Investment Decisions in Community Source Partnerships," Proceedings of the 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS'08), Toronto, Canada, August 14-17, 2008.
Daning Hu and J. Leon Zhao, "A Comparison of Evaluation Networks and Collaboration Networks in Open Source Software Communities," Proceedings of the 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS'08), Toronto, Canada, August 14-17, 2008.
Shaokun Fan, Manlu Liu, and J. Leon Zhao, "Transformation of Conceptual to Logical Business Process Models,. Proceedings of the China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Kunming, Yunnan, China, June 29-30, 2008.
Jason Li, Harry Wang, Zhu Zhang, and J. Leon Zhao, "Process Component Identification from Business Policy Documents," Proceedings of the China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Kunming, Yunnan, China, June 29-30, 2008.
Q. Althea Liang and J. Leon Zhao, "Verification of Unstructured Workflows via Propositional Logic," Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Science, May 14 - 16, 2008, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Sherry X. Sun and J. Leon Zhao, "Developing a Workflow Design Framework Based on Dataflow Analysis," Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 7-10, 2008, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii.
J. Leon Zhao, Cheng Hsu, Hemant K. Jain, Jim Spohrer, Mohan Tanniru, "Bridging Service Computing and Service Management: How MIS Contributes to Service Orientation?" (Panel Synopsis) Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, Canada, December 9-12, 2007.
Daning Hu, Surendra Sarnikar, and J. Leon Zhao, "Towards a Process-driven Intelligent Forum System for Efficient Organizational Knowledge Transfer," (RIP) the International Conference on Information Systems, Montreal, Canada, December 9-12, 2007.
Surendra Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao, "On Statechart based Modeling of Knowledge Workflows," Proceedings of the 2007 Workshop on E-Business, Montreal, Canada, December 9, 2007.
Jiexun Li, Harry J. Wang, Zhu Zhang, and J. Leon Zhao, "Mining Business Policy Texts for Discovering Process Models: A Framework and Some Initial Results," Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on E-business, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 9, 2007. (Nominated for Best Paper Award - 4 nominations out of 90 accepted papers).
J. Leon Zhao, Michael Goul, Sandeep Purao, Tony Shan, Mohan Tanniru, "Impact of Service-Centric Computing on Business and Education (Panel Synopsis)," Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 9-12, 2007, Keystone, Colorado, USA.
Padmal Vitharana, Kumar Bhaskaran, Hemant Jain, Harry J. Wang, and J. Leon Zhao, "Service-Oriented Enterprises and Architectures: State of the Art and Research Opportunities" Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 9-12, 2007, Keystone, Colorado, USA.
Manlu Liu, Harry J. Wang, and J. Leon Zhao, "Achieving Flexibility via Service-Centric Community Source: The Case of Kuali," Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 9-12, 2007, Keystone, Colorado, USA.
Surendra Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao, "Automating Knowledge Flows by Integrating Workflow and Knowledge Discovery Techniques," The 2007 Winter Conference on Business Intelligence, February 22-24, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Dan Zhu, Qiang Meng, J. Leon Zhao, "Outsourcing Resource Selection: A Rough Set Approach," Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 3-6, 2007, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii.
Surendra Sarnikar, Zhu Zhang, and J. Leon Zhao, "Predicting Query Performance in Domain-Specific Corpora", Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 3-6, 2007, Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii.
Surendra Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao, "A Pattern-based Approach to Automating e-Business Knowledge Flows", Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on E-business, December 9, 2006, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Surendra Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao, "Task-Centric Document Recommendation via Context-Specific Terms", the 2006 AAAI Workshop on Modeling and Retrieval of Context, July 16-20, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harry J. Wang, J. Leon Zhao, "A Formal Approach to Verification of Process Constraints", Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'06), December 8-9, 2006, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Harry J. Wang, J. Leon Zhao, and Liang-Jie Zhang, "Policy-Driven Process Mapping (PDPM): Towards Process Design Automation ", Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Information Systems, December 10-13, 2006, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Sherry X. Sun and J. Leon Zhao, "Activity relations: A Dataflow Appraoch to Workflow Design", Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Information Systems, December 10-13, 2006, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Harry J. Wang and J. Leon Zhao, "Policy-based Business Process Modeling in E-Business", The 4th Workshop on E-Business, December 10, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Surendra Sarnikar and J. Leon Zhao, "A Bayesian Framework for Just-in-Time Knowledge Delivery in Web-based Business Processes", The 4th Workshop on E-Business, December 10, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Ming Yuan, J. Leon Zhao, Jay F. Nunamaker, "Handling Uncertainty in Workflow Modeling for Collaborative E-Business Processes", The 4th Workshop on E-Business, December 10, 2005, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Yongsun Choi, J. Leon Zhao, "Decomposition-Based Verification of Cyclic Workflows", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3707, October, 2005, Pages 84 - 98.
Dimitri Roussinov, J. Leon Zhao, Weiguo Fan, "Mining Context Specific Similarity Relationships Using The World Wide Web", Proceedings of Human Language Technology Conference and Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (HLT/EMNLP), Vancouver, October 2005, Pages 499-506.
Harry Wang and J. Leon Zhao, "A Logic-based Modeling Approach to Managing Workflow Policy Changes", 2005 Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 11-14, 2005, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Surendra Sarnikar, J. Leon Zhao, and Amar Gupta "Medical Information Filtering Using Rule-based and Content-based Approaches", 2005 Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 11-14, 2005, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Sherry Sun, J. Leon Zhao, and Jay Nunamaker, "On the Theoretical Foundation for Data Flow Analysis in Workflow Management", 2005 Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 11-14, 2005, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Ming Yuan, Jay Nunamaker, and J. Leon Zhao, "Towards Personalized Assistance in Distributed Group Facilitation", 2005 Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 11-14, 2005, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Harry J. Wang and J. Leon Zhao, "Change Management of Workflow Security Policies", The Pre-ICIS Workshop on Business Process Management and Information Systems, Washington, D.C., December 12th, 2004.
Sherry X. Sun and J. Leon Zhao, "A Dataflow Approach to Workflow Design", the 14th Workshop on Information Technoogy and Systems (WITS'04), Washington, D.C., December 11-12, 2004.
Henry H. Bi and J. Leon Zhao, "Process logic for verifying the correctness of business process models, Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2004), Washington, D.C., December 12-15, 2004.
Yongsun Choi and J. Leon Zhao, "Feedback Partitioning and Decompostion-Oritented Analysis of Cyclic Workflow Graphs (Poster)", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2004) Agia Napa, Cyprus, 25-29 Oct, 2004.
Surendra Sarnikar, J. Leon Zhao, and Akhil Kumar, "Organizational Knowledge Distribution: An Experimental Evaluation", Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, August 5-8, 2004.
Sherry X. Sun, J. Leon Zhao, and Olivia R. Liu Sheng, "Data Flow Modeling and Verification in Business Process Management", Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, August 5-8, 2004.
Harry J. Wang, J. Leon Zhao, Jay Nunamaker, Jr., and Mohan Tanniru, "AC-Composer: An Access Control System for Web Services Orchestration" Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, August 5-8, 2004.
J. Leon Zhao and Henry H. Bi, "On the Completeness of Logic-Based Workflow Verification", the 13th Workshop on Information Technoogy and Systems (WITS'03), December 13-14, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
Henry H. Bi and J. Leon Zhao, "A Formal Classification of Process Anomalies for Workflow Verification", the 13th Workshop on Information Technoogy and Systems (WITS'03), December 13-14, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
J. Leon Zhao and Daniel Zeng, "Push versus Pull: A Comparison of Workflow Role Resolution Policies", the Second Workshop on e-Business (WEB 2003), December 13-14, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
J. Leon Zhao and Dan Zhu, "A Rough-Set-Based Agent Framework for Resource Selection from UDDI Repositories", the Second Workshop on e-Business (WEB 2003), December 13-14, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
Henry H. Bi, Arie Segev, and J. Leon Zhao, "Verification of Inter-organizational Workflow Models in Supply Chain Management", the Second Workshop on e-Business (WEB 2003), December 13-14, 2003, Seattle, Washington.
Therani Madhusudan and J. Leon Zhao, "A Case-based Framework for Workflow Model Management", BPM 2003, International Conference On Business Process Management, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 26-27, 2003.
Jinyoung Jang, Yongsun Choi, and J. Leon Zhao, "Adaptive Workflow Management with Open Kernel Framework Based on Web Services", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Services, June 23 - 26, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Harry J. Wang and J. Leon Zhao, "Web Services Enabled E-Market Access Control (EMAC)", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Services, June 23 - 26, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yongsun Choi and J. Leon Zhao, "Handling Cycles in Workflow Verification by Feedback Identification and Partition", Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, June 23 - 26, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada.
J. Leon Zhao, Henry H. Bi, and Hsinchun Chen, "Collaborative Workflow Management for Interagency Crime Analysis", Proceedings of the first NSF/NIJ Symposium on Intelligence and Security Informatics, June 2-3, 2003, Tucson, Arizona.
Henry H. Bi and J. Leon Zhao, "Mending the Lag between Commerce and Research: A Logic-based Workflow Verification Approach", Proceedings of the Eighth INFORMS Computing Society Conference, January 8-10, 2003. Chandler, Arizona.
Daniel D. Zeng and J. Leon Zhao, "Batching Techniques for Task Allocation in Workflow Systems? Towards Effective Role Resolution", Proceedings of the Eighth INFORMS Computing Society Conference, January 8-10, 2003. Chandler, Arizona.
Dmitri Roussinov and J. Leon Zhao, "Message Sense Maker: Engineering a Tool Set for Customer Relationship Management", Proceedings of the 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 6-9, 2003.
J. Leon Zhao, Harry J. Wang, S. Sharon Huang, and Guoqing Chen, "Relationship Driven Access Control in a Supply Web", Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS'02), December 14-15, 2002, Barcelona, Spain.
Yongsun Choi and J. Leon Zhao, "Matrix-Based Abstraction and Verification for e-Business Processes", Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on e-Business, December 14-15, 2002, Barcelona, Spain.
Arie Segev, Ajit Patankar, Jinbaek Kim, and J. Leon Zhao, "Active Collaboration and Content Management Requirements in Enabling Interleaved eBusiness Processes", Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on e-Business, December 14-15, 2002, Barcelona, Spain.
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "EROICA: A Rule-based Approach to Organizational Policy Management in Workflow Systems", Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Web-Age Information Management, Beijing, China, August 11 - 13, 2002.
Dmitri Roussinov and J. Leon Zhao, "Making Sense of CRM Messages: an Interactive Toolset", Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, Dallas, August 9-11, 2002.
J. Leon Zhao, "Workflow-Centric Distribution of Organizational Knowledge: the Case of Document Flow Coordination", Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 7-10, 2002.
J. Leon Zhao, Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., and Robert O. Briggs, "Intelligent Workflow Techniques for Distributed Group Facilitation", Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 7-10, 2002.
Daniel D. Zeng and J. Leon Zhao, "Achieving Software Flexibility via Intelligent Workflow Techniques", Proceedings of the 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 7-10, 2002.
J. Leon Zhao, Akhil Kumar, and Edward A. Stohr, "A Dynamic Grouping Technique for Distributing Codified-Knowledge in Large Organizations", Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS'00), December 9-10, 2000, Brisbane Australia PDF.
Vojislav B. Misic and J. Leon Zhao, "Evaluating the Quality of Reference Models", Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, October 9-12, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
J. Leon Zhao and Edward A. Stohr, "Building Workflow Engines for Commerce Logic Automation", Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, August 10-13, 2000.
J. Leon Zhao, Akhil Kumar, and Edward A. Stohr, "A Workflow-centric Study of Organizational Knowledge Distribution", Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 4-7, 2000.
J. Leon Zhao, "Interoperability Requirements for Cooperative Workflows in Electronic Commerce", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce (ICTEC99), Nashville, TN, USA, October 6-8, 1999.
Vojislav B. Misic and J. Leon Zhao, "Reference Models for Electronic Commerce", Proceedings of the 9th Hong Kong Computer Society Database Conference - Database and Electronic Commerce, Hong Kong, 1999, May, pp. 199--209. PDF
J. Leon Zhao and Edward A. Stohr, "Temporal Workflow Management in a Claim Handling System", Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Work Activities Coordination and Collaboration, February 22-25, 1999, San Francisco, USA. PDF
J. Leon Zhao, Hongjun Lu, and Vojislav Misic, "Towards Electronic Commerce Management Systems: Concepts and Architecture", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce, Nashville, USA, November 20-22, 1998. PDF
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "XRL: An Extensible Routing Language for Electronic Commerce Applications", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce, Nashville, USA, November 20-22, 1998. PDF
J. Leon Zhao and S. H. Kwok, "Multidimensional Indexing for Content-Based Image Retrieval", Proceedings of the Conference on Electronic Imaging and Multimedia Systems II, Photonics China '98, Beijing, China, September 16-19, 1998.
J. Leon Zhao, "Intelligent Agents for Flexible Workflow Systems", Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, August 14-16, 1998.
J. Leon Zhao, "Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning in Workflow Systems", Proceedings of the AIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, August 14-16, 1998. PDF
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "XRL: An Interoperable Routing Standard for E-Commerce Applications", International Workshop on Component-based Electronic Commerce, Berkerley, California, July 25, 1998 (http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/~citm/cec/).
J. Leon Zhao, Joseph K. K. Ho, Olivia R. Liu Sheng, and Kar Yan Tam, "Supporting Global Operations via Internet Workflow Technologies", Proceedings of the 1998 Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, June 7-11, 1998.
Karl R. Lang and J. Leon Zhao, "Reengineer the Distance Learning Industry through Electronic Commerce", Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronic Commerce, April 6-9, 1998, Seoul, Korea.
Kishore Sengupta and J. Leon Zhao. "Designing workflow management systems for virtual organizations: an empirically grounded approach", Proceedings of the 31th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January, 1998. Postscript
J. Leon Zhao and Akhil Kumar, "Architectures and Techniques for Large Scale, Distributed Workflow Management on the Internet". Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS'97), December 13-14, 1997, Atlanta, USA.
Karl R. Lang and J. Leon Zhao, "An Application of Workflow Technology to a Distance Learning Environment", Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on CSCW in Design, November 26-28, 1997, Bangkok, Thailand.
Karl R. Lang and J. Leon Zhao, "Workflow Management and Distance Learning: A Case Study and Prototype Implementation", Proceedings of APEC Education Forum, 21st Century Challenge: Technological and Vocational Education Curriculum and Instruction, pp. 20-27, Taipei, Taiwan, November 1997.
J. Leon Zhao and Jun Yuan, "On the Theoretical Foundation for Multi-database Query Graph", Proceedings of the 3rd Americas Conference on Information Systems, Indianapolis, August 1997.
Edward A. Stohr and J. Leon Zhao, "A Technology Adaptation Model for Business Process Automation", Proceedings of the 30th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Hawaii, January 7-11, 1997.
Doron Rotem and J. Leon Zhao, "Extendible Arrays for Statistical Databases and OLAP Applications", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, Stockholm, Sweden, June 18-20, 1996.
Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao, "A Framework for Dynamic Routing and Operational Integrity Controls in a Workflow Management System", Proceedings of the 29th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 1996, Hawaii.
J. Leon Zhao, Arie Segev, and Abhirup Chatterjee, "A Universal Relation Approach to Federated Database Management", Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Data Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, March 6-10, 1995.
Doron, Rotem and J. Leon Zhao, "Buffer Management in Video Database Systems", Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Data Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, March 6-10, 1995.
J. Leon Zhao, "Schema Coordination in Federated Database Systems", Proceedings of the 1994 Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'94), Vancouver, Canada, December 17-18, 1994.
J. Leon Zhao and Ahmed Zaki, "Spatial Data Traversal in Road Map Databases: A Graph Indexing Approach", Proceedings of the Third ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Mnagement, Gaithersburg, MD, November 29 - December 2, 1994.
Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "Efficient Management of Rule-Derived Data through Join Pattern Indexing", Proceedings of the Second ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Washington D.C., November 2-5, 1993.
J. Leon Zhao, "Managing Derived Data in Intelligent Database Systems: An Implementation Study", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA'93, Prague, Czech Republic, September 6-8, 1993.
Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "Data Management for Large Rule Systems", Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, Barcelona, Spain, September 1991.
Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao, "Evaluation of Rule Processing Strategies in Expert Databases", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Data Engineering, Kobe, Japan, April 1991.