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Project Overview

Project Code: CIT 17

Project name:

Blockchain-Based Business Process Enactment

TUM Department:

CIT - Informatics

TUM Chair / Institute:

IT Service Management, Development and Operations

Research area:

Software Engineering, Applied Cryptography, Distributed Systems

Student background:

Computer ScienceComputer Science/ Informatics

Further disciplines:

Planned project location:

Institut für Informatik der
Technischen Universität München
Chair of IT Service Management, Development and Operations
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching

Project Supervisor - Contact Details


Title:

Prof Dr.

Given name:

Ingo

Family name:

Weber

E-mail:

ingo.weber@tum.de

Phone:

498928916931

Additional Project Supervisor - Contact Details


Title:

Given name:

Fabian

Family name:

Stiehle

E-mail:

fabian.stiehle@tum.de

Phone:

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Project Description


Project description:

Context
Blockchain has been proposed to facilitate the enactment of interorganisational business processes. For such processes, blockchain can guarantee the enforcement of rules and the integrity of execution traces—without the need for a centralised trusted party. However, the enactment of interorganisational processes pose manifold challenges. And while a wide range of proposed approaches increase traceability and correctness of a process, research focusing on confidentiality and scalability remains nascent---holding back adoption of this technology in industry.

Tasks
The student will focus on increasing the scalability and confidentiality of blockchain-based business processes. As part of this, the student will acquire a comprehensive overview of the research field. After, identified suitable approaches are implemented and comprehensibly evaluated, following a design science approach.

Outcomes
Contributing to the state of the art of scalable and confidential decentralised business process enactment by implementing an artefact which is then extensively evaluated. These findings are captured in a technical report.

Related Literature
Weber, Ingo, et al. "Untrusted business process monitoring and execution using blockchain." Business Process Management: 14th International Conference, BPM 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 18-22, 2016. Proceedings 14. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

Stiehle, Fabian, and Ingo Weber. "Blockchain for business process enactment: A taxonomy and systematic literature review." International Conference on Business Process Management. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022.

Working hours per week planned:

32

Prerequisites


Required study level minimum (at time of TUM PREP project start):

2 years of bachelor studies completed

Subject related:

Foundational knowledge in software engineering and distributed systems is required. Experience in engineering of blockchain applications is helpful.

Other:

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