A/Prof Artem Polyvyanyy

Artem Polyvyanyy is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, at the University of Melbourne (Australia), where he leads the Process Science and Technology research group. He serves as a Deputy Head of School (Academic Quality) and as a Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Task Force on Process Mining. His research and teaching interests span computing, distributed systems, process mining, process science, artificial intelligence, and algorithms.

You can read Artem's academic story published in one of the newsletters of the IEEE Task Force on Process Mining here.

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Artem Polyvyanyy co-supervises/co-supervised 2 PostDocs and 11 PhD students, including 4 PhD students to completion. He is looking for talented and motivated candidates to perform PostDoc and PhD projects under his supervision in the research areas of process mining, computing, and artificial intelligence. Please get in contact for more information on available projects and scholarships.

EDITORSHIP

EDUCATION

• Jan 2015 - Dec 2015, "Queensland University of Technology," Brisbane, Australia.
  Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice.
  
• Oct 2007 - Mar 2012, "University of Potsdam," Potsdam, Germany.
  Doctor Rerum Naturalium (PhD). Dissertation - "Structuring Process Models."
• Apr 2005 - Apr 2007, "Hasso Plattner Institute," Potsdam, Germany.
  Master in IT-Software Engineering. Master's thesis - "Evaluation of a Novel Information Retrieval Model: eTVSM."
• Sep 2000 - Jul 2004, "National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy," Kyiv, Ukraine.
  Bachelor of Computer Science. Bachelor's thesis - "Error-correcting Codes in Redundant Data Storage Schemas."

KEY BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS

• Jan 2026 onwards, Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
• Jan 2025 onwards, Deputy Head of School (Academic Quality) of the School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
• Nov 2023 onwards, Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Task Force on Process Mining.
• Jan 2023 - Dec 2025, Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
• Oct 2021 onwards, Member of the Steering Committee of the IEEE Task Force on Process Mining.
• Mar 2018 - Dec 2022, Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
• Jan 2015 - Mar 2018, Lecturer as part of the Early Career Academic Recruitment and Development (ECARD) program at the Business Process Management Discipline, School of Information Systems, Science and Engineering Faculty, of the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
• an 2015 onwards, student of the Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (GCAP) part-time course for early career academics at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
• Apr 2012 - Jan 2015, research fellow at the Business Process Management Discipline, Information Systems School, Science & Engineering Faculty, of the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
• Oct 2007 - Mar 2012, member of the research school on Service-Oriented Systems Engineering at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
• Oct 2007 - Mar 2012, research assistant and a Ph.D. candidate at the Business Process Technology Group, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
• Mar 2007 - Sep 2007, internship at SAP Labs, imagineering department, Palo Alto, United States.
• Sep 2005 - Feb 2006, student assistant at the Business Process Technology Group, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
• Apr 2005 - Apr 2007, student of IT-Systems Engineering at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering at the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany; Master of Science degree.
• Jun 2004 - Nov 2004, internship at Wincor-Nixdorf International GmbH, software quality department, retail division, Hamburg, Germany.
• Sep 2001 - May 2003, student assistant at the Information Computer Center (ICC), National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine.
• Sep 2000 - Jul 2004, student of Computer Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine; specialization in Information Control Systems and Technologies; Bachelor of Science degree.
• Sep 1999 - May 2000, international exchange student at the Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, NJ, United States.
• Sep 1993 - May 1999, student at the Humanitarian Gymnasium, Rivne, Ukraine.

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GRANTS

• 2025, Best paper award at the 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE).
• 2024, Distinguished paper award at the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE).
• 2022, Knowledge and Information Systems Best Paper Award (KAIS).
• 2022-2024, Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Grant entitled "Embedding Enterprise Systems in IoT Fog Networks through Microservices," Australia.
• 2021-2024, Chief Investigator on the industry project with Data61, CSIRO, Australia, entitled "Evidence-based goal recognition using process mining techniques."
• 2021, Best paper, runner up award at the 3rd International Conference on Process Mining (ICPM).
• 2021, Best paper award at the 40th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER).
• 2021-2026, Chief Investigator on the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs Grant entitled "The ARC Research Hub for Digital Bioprocess Development," Australia.
• 2021, Best paper award at the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE).
• 2020, Sapienza University of Rome - Bando Visiting Professor.
• 2020, Best paper award at the Demonstration and Resources Track co-located with the 18th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM Demos).
• 2020, Teaser video accessit at the 41st International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency (Petri Nets).
• 2020, Best paper award nomination at the 32nd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE).
• 2020, Best paper award at the AAAI-20 Workshop on Intelligent Process Automation (IPA).
• 2019, Best paper award at the 1st International Conference on Process Mining (ICPM).
• 2018, Recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom.
• 2018-2021, Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Grant entitled "Diagnosis and Prediction of Business Process Deviances," Australia.
• 2016, Early Career Academic Recruitment and Development (ECARD)/Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow (VCRF) Travel Fellowship from the Queensland University of Technology.
• 2016-2017, Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme (UA-DAAD) grant together with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin entitled "The Foundations of Alignments of Process Models."
• 2015-2016, Early Career Academic Recruitment and Development (ECARD) grant from the Queensland University of Technology.
• 2007-2012, Research School on Service-Oriented Systems Engineering scholarship for conducting Ph.D studies at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany, Business Process Technology Group.
• 2010, Best paper award at the 8th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM).
• 2010, Best presentation award at the 2nd Central-European Workshop on Services and their Composition (ZEUS).
• 2007, Best IT-Systems Engineering master graduate at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany.
• 2005-2007, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst-DAAD) grant for conducting studies at the Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany.
• 2004, Best Computer Science bachelor graduate at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2000, Mathematics League Certificate of Merit for superior achievement, New Jersey, USA.
• 1999-2000, Freedom Support Act grant for international students exchange to the United States (FLEX-ACCELS).