This article chronicles the journey of translating Wil van der Aalst’s foundational process mining concepts into practical, market-ready applications through the collaborative efforts of Fraunhofer FIT’s Process Mining research group, the Center for Process Intelligence (CPI), and the Process Intelligence Solutions (PIS) spin-off. Since 2018, this three-dimensional ecosystem has generated over 2.5 million software downloads, many industry projects, and 100+ peer-reviewed publications while successfully bridging academic excellence with commercial impact. We demonstrate how van der Aalst’s theoretical contributions enabled not just scientific advancement but sustainable institution building, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of research, consulting, and commercialization that continues to advance the field of process mining.

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

From Theory to Practice: How Fraunhofer FIT and Its Ecosystem Brought Wil van der Aalst’s Process Mining Vision to Market

  • Humam Kourani,
  • Wolfgang Kratsch,
  • Christoph Lange-Bever,
  • Maximilian Röglinger,
  • Daniel Schuster,
  • Sebastiaan J. van Zelst,
  • Gyunam Park

摘要

This article chronicles the journey of translating Wil van der Aalst’s foundational process mining concepts into practical, market-ready applications through the collaborative efforts of Fraunhofer FIT’s Process Mining research group, the Center for Process Intelligence (CPI), and the Process Intelligence Solutions (PIS) spin-off. Since 2018, this three-dimensional ecosystem has generated over 2.5 million software downloads, many industry projects, and 100+ peer-reviewed publications while successfully bridging academic excellence with commercial impact. We demonstrate how van der Aalst’s theoretical contributions enabled not just scientific advancement but sustainable institution building, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of research, consulting, and commercialization that continues to advance the field of process mining.