About Us

About Us

To provide transparent, ubiquitous knowledge that can be semantically processed by IT systems is the main research goal of the Research Group Knowledge Engineering. The group develops concepts for modeling languages and methods as well as step models and realizes concrete models. The contri- butions herewith advert to the research paradigm of design science in business informatics.
Thereby realized results are de- ployed primarily within the research field of modeling methods and find its applicability in the form of information systems in the economy.

According to the development plan of the University of Vienna and the Faculty of Computer Science the scientific work of the research group is associated to the overall defined research focus “Knowledge-based Process Management”. Within this core area the work accomplished by the group provides novel research results in the areas of Meta Modeling, Meta Data and Ontologies, Hybrid Method Engineering and Business Intelligence.

Based on mathematical and statistical foundations, theoretical approaches are adapted and applied. The fundamental research paradigm relies on concepts of meta modeling that are
further developed and deployed to derive knowledge out of (un)structured data on the one side and to provide transparent knowledge with formal and semi-formal modeling methods on the other side. The developed meta models are realized with open technologies in form of web based user and context speific applications and made available to the community.
In order to promote the exchange in regards to content and technological advancements in the method engineering com- munity, the group has established the Open Models Laboratory (OMiLAB). The dissemination of established know how, the exploitation of recent research results and their further development assures a sustainable impact on the community. The strategic goal of the initiative is to offer modeling methods and their applications freely available for subject matter experts. Technologically the Open Models Laboratory is supported by the Open Models Platform, that provides open interaction and discussion for its users, as well as the exchange and advancements of modeling methods and specific models (see www.omilab.org).

In the context of international cooperation the group provides research-guided teaching on an advanced scientific level with practical relevance mainly in the area of business informatics.