Dr Wolfgang Mayer

Senior Lecturer School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Mawson Lakes Campus (D3-28)
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email Wolfgang.Mayer@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Artificial Intelligence
Conceptual Modelling
Software Engineering

I am working on applying knowledge representation, reasoning techniques, and data analysis to problems like information extraction from natural language text, diagnosis and fault localisation, intelligent product- and process configuration and optimisation, data integration and systems interoperability.

For more information about research projects please visit the AI & Sofware Engineering lab's pages.

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Research

Research themes

Transforming industries

Research focus

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Computer Software
Information Systems
Architecture
Artificial Intelligence

Highlights

Artificial Intelligence,Data Analysis,Model-based Reasoning and Diagnosis,Program Analysis and Debugging,Product and process configuration and optimisation,Data integration, Systems interoperability,Data Modelling

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2018	Mayer, W, Grossmann, G, Selway, M, Stanek, J & Stumptner, M 2018, 'Variety management for big data', in T Hope, B Humm & A Reibold (eds), Semantic applications: methodology, technology, corporate use, Springer, Germany, ch. 4, pp. 47-62.
2018	Sikos, LF, Philp, D, Howard, C, Voigt, S, Stumptner, M & Mayer, W 2018, 'Knowledge representation of network semantics for reasoning-powered cyber-situational awareness', in LF Sikos (ed.), AI in cybersecurity, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 2, pp. 19-45.
2014	Tiihonen, J, Mayer, W, Stumptner, M & Heiskala, M 2014, 'Configuring services and processes', in A Felfernig et al. (eds), Knowledge-based configuration: from research to business cases, Morgan Kaufmann, Massachusetts, ch. 21, pp. 251-260. 1

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2019	Derakhshanfar, H, Ochoa, JJ, Kirytopoulos, K, Mayer, W & Tam, VW 2019, 'Construction delay risk taxonomy, associations and regional contexts: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, online, pp. 1-25.
2018	Sikos, LF, Stumptner, M, Mayer, W, Howard, C, Voigt, S & Philp, D 2018, 'Representing network knowledge using provenance-aware formalisms for cyber-situational awareness', Procedia Computer Science, vol. 126, pp. 29-38. Open access 4
2018	Stumptner, M, Mayer, W, Grossmann, G, Liu, J, Li, W, Casanovas, P, De Koker, L, Mendelson, D, Watts, D & Bainbridge, B 2018, 'An architecture for establishing legal semantic workflows in the context of integrated law enforcement', Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10791, pp. 124-139.
2017	Selway, M, Stumptner, M, Mayer, W, Jordan, A, Grossmann, G & Schrefl, M 2017, 'A conceptual framework for large-scale ecosystem interoperability and industrial product lifecycles', Data and Knowledge Engineering, vol. 109, pp. 85-111. Open access 6 4 1
2017	Zhalama, Zhang, J & Mayer, WE 2017, 'Weakening faithfulness: some heuristic causal discovery algorithms', International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 93-104.
2015	Grossmann, G, Mafazi, S, Mayer, W, Schrefl, M & Stumptner, M 2015, 'Change propagation and conflict resolution for the co-evolution of business processes', International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, 24, no. 1, pp. 1-38. 6 3
2015	Mafazi, S, Grossmann, G, Mayer, WE, Schrefl, M & Stumptner, M 2015, 'Consistent abstraction of business processes based on constraints', Journal on Data Semantics, vol. 4, no.1, pp. 59-78. 3 3
2015	Selway, M, Grossmann, G, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2015, 'Formalising natural language specifications using a cognitive linguistic/configuration based approach', Information Systems, vol. 54, pp. 191-208. 18 10 2
2014	Cameron, A, Stumptner, M, Nandagopal, N, Mayer, W & Mansell, T 2014, 'Rule-based peer-to-peer framework for decentralised real-time service oriented architectures', Science of Computer Programming, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 202-234. 14 9
2011	Mayer, W, Stumptner, M, Killisperger, P & Grossmann, G 2011, 'A declarative framework for work process configuration', Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 143-162. Open access 7 3

Conferences

Year	Output
2018	Feng, Z, Mayer, W, Stumptner, M, Grossmann, G & Huang, W 2018, 'Relationship matching of data sources: A graph-based approach', 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2018, Springer, pp. 539-553. Open access
2018	Li, W, Feng, Z, Mayer, W, Grossmann, G, Kashefi, AK & Stumptner, M 2018, 'FEDSA: A data federation platform for law enforcement management', 22nd IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, EDOC 2018, IEEE, article no. 8536144. pp. 21-27.
2018	Mayer, W, Casanovas, P, Stumptner, M, De Koker, L & Mendelson, D 2018, 'Semantic workflows in law enforcement investigations and legal requirements', 1st Workshop on Technologies for Regulatory Compliance, TERECOM 2017, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, vol. 2049, pp. 51-63. Open access
2018	Selway, M, Owen, KR, Dexter, RM, Grossmann, G, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2018, 'Automated techniques for generating behavioural models for constructive combat simulations', 24th Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research (ASOR) Conference, Springer, pp. 103-115. Open access
2018	Sikos, LF, Philp, D, Voigt, S, Howard, C, Stumptner, M & Mayer, W 2018, 'Provenance-aware LOD datasets for detecting network inconsistencies', Joint International Workshops on Contextualized Knowledge Graphs, and Semantic Statistics, CKGSemStats 2018, Lehrstuhl Informatik V, vol. 2317, pp. 1-6. Open access
2018	Sikos, LF, Stumptner, M, Mayer, W, Howard, C, Voigt, S & Philp, D 2018, 'Automated reasoning over provenance-aware communication network knowledge in support of cyber-situational awareness', in W Liu, F Giunchiglia & B Yang (eds), 11th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, pp. 132-143. 3
2017	Derakhshanfar, H, Elmualim, A, Ochoa, JJ, Mayer, W & Gunawan, I 2017, 'Causes of delays in Iranian gas and combined cycle power plant projects', 22nd International conference on advancement of construction management and real estate, CRIOCM, pp. 61-68.
2017	Derakhshanfar, H, Elmualim, A, Ochoa, JJ, Mayer, W & Gunawan, I 2017, 'Projects risk management using artificial neural networks based on lessons learned', 22nd International conference on advancement of construction management and real estate, CRIOCM, pp. 69-76.
2017	Mayer, W, Stumptner, M, Casanovas, P & De Koker, L 2017, 'Towards a linked information architecture for integrated law enforcement', in M Poblet, P Casanovas & E Plaza (eds), 2017 Workshop on Linked Democracy: Artificial Intelligence for Democratic Innovation, LINKDEM 2017, RWTH Aachen, vol. 1897, pp. 15-27. Open access 2
2017	Zhalama, Zhang, J, Eberhardt, F & Mayer, W 2017, 'SAT-based causal discovery underweaker assumptions', 33rd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, UAI 2017, AUAI Press, paper no. 234, pp. 1-10. Open access
2015	Selway, M, Stumptner, M, Mayer, W, Jordan, A, Grossman, G & Schrefl, M 2015, 'Multilevel mapping of ecosystem descriptions', in C Dubruyne et al. (eds), International Conferences on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2015, Springer International Publishing, pp. 257-266. Open access 1
2015	Selway, M, Stumptner, M, Mayer, WE, Jordan, AA, Grossmann, G & Schrefl, M 2015, 'A conceptual framework for large-scale ecosystem interoperability', in P Johannesson et al. (eds), 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2015), Springer, pp. 287-301. 6 2 1
2015	Wang, X, Tinati, R, Mayer, W, Rowland-Campbell, A, Tiropanis, T, Brown, I, Hall, W, O'Hara, K, Stumptner, M & Koronios, A 2015, 'Building a web observatory for South Australian government: supporting an age friendly population', 3rd International Workshop on Building Web Observatories (BWOW), University of Southampton, pp. 1-10. Open access
2014	Jordan, A, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2014, 'Multilevel modelling for interoperability', in C Atkinson et al. (eds), Proceedings of the Workshop on Multi-Level Modelling co-located with {ACM/IEEE} 17th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MoDELS 2014), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, pp. 93-102. Open access 1
2014	Jordan, AA, Selway, MR, Grossmann, G, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2014, 'Re-engineering the ISO 15926 data model: a multi-level metamodel perspective', in A Lomuscio et al. (eds), ICSOC 2013: International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, Springer, pp. 248-255. 1
2014	Jordan, AA, Selway, MR, Mayer, WE, Grossmann, G & Stumptner, M 2014, 'An ontological core for conformance checking in the engineering life-cycle', in P Garbacz & O Kutz (eds), FOIS 2014: 8th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems, IOS Press, pp. 358-371.
2014	Mafazi, S, Grossmann, G, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2014, 'Towards a reference architecture for the co-evolution of business processes', 18th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops and Demonstrations; EDOCW 2014, IEEE, pp. 389-396. 3
2014	Mafazi, S, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2014, 'Conflict resolution for on-the-fly change propagation in business processes', 10th Asia-Pacific conference on conceptual modelling (APCCM 2014), Australian Computer Society, vol. 154, pp. 39-48. Open access 4
2014	Selway, M, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2014, 'Semantic interpretation of requirements through cognitive grammar and configuration', 13th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Springer, pp. 496-510. 3 1
2013	Cameron, A, Stumptner, M, Nandagopal, N, Mayer, W & Mansell, T 2013, 'A rule-based platform for distributed real-time SOA with application in defence systems', MilCIS 2013 : Military Communications and Information Systems Conference, IEEE, pp. 1-7. 2
2013	Cameron, A, Stumptner, M, Nandagopal, N, Mayer, WE & Mansell, T 2013, 'Performance analysis of a rule-based SOA component for real-time applications', 28th Annual ACM aymposium on applied computing, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1877-1884. 1
2013	Mafazi, S, Grossmann, G, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2013, 'On-the-fly change propagation for the co-evolution of business processes', Confederated International Conferences on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, Springer, vol. 8185, pp. 75-93. 9 6 1
2013	Mayer, W, Stumptner, M, Grossmann, G & Jordan, A 2013, 'Semantic interoperability in the oil and gas industry: a challenging testbed for semantic technologies', Semantics for big data: papers from the AAAI symposium, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, pp. 40-43. 3
2013	Selway, M, Grossmann, G, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2013, 'Formalising natural language specifications using a cognitive linguistics/configuration based approach', 17th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 59-68. 4
2013	Selway, M, Mayer, W & Stumptner, M 2013, 'Configuring domain knowledge for natural language understanding', in M Aldanondo & A Falkner (eds), 15th International Configuration Workshop, École des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, pp. 63-70. Open access 1
2012	Cameron, A, Stumptner, M, Nandagopal, N, Mayer, W & Mansell, T 2012, 'Rule-based control of decentralised asynchronous SOA for real-time applications', 2012 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, IEEE, pp. 241-248.
2012	Jordan, A, Grossmann, G, Mayer, W, Selway, M & Stumptner, M 2012, 'On the application of software modelling principles on ISO 15926', ACM/IEEE 15th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages & Systems (MoDELS 2012), Association for Computing Machinery, paper no. 3, pp. 1-6. 9
2012	Mafazi, S, Mayer, W, Grossmann, G & Stumptner, M 2012, 'A knowledge-based approach to the configuration of business process model abstractions', in AHM ter Hofstede et al. (eds), 1st International Workshop on Knowledge-intensive Business Processes, The editors, pp. 60-74. Open access 3
2012	Mayer, W, Friedrich, G & Stumptner, M 2012, 'On computing correct processes and repairs using partial behavioral models', in L De Raedt et al. (eds), 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IOS Press, pp. 582-587. Open access 4 4
2011	Beeson, M, Halcomb, J & Mayer, W 2011, 'Inconsistencies in the process specification language (PSL)', in P Höfner, A McIver & G Struth (eds.), First Workshop on Automated Theory Engineering (ATE-2011), NICTA ; University of Sheffield, vol. 760, pp. 9-19. Open access 1
2010	Friedrich, G, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2010, 'Diagnosing Process Trajectories Under Partially Known Behavior', in Helder Codlho, Rudi Studer, Michael Wooldridge, 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IOS Press, pp. 111-116. 3 2
2010	Grossmann, G, Stumptner, M, Mayer, WE & Barlow, M 2010, 'A Service Oriented Architecture for Data Integration in Asset Management', in Dimitris Kiritsis, Christos Emmanouilidis, Andy Koronios & Joseph Mathew, 4th World Congress on Engineerng Asset Management, Springer, pp. 785-795. 1
2010	Mayer, WE, Friedrich, G & Stumptner, M 2010, 'Diagnosis of service failures by trace analysis with partial knowledge', in Paul Maglio, Mathias Weske, Jian Yang & Marcelo Fantinato, Service-oriented computing, Springer, pp. 334-349. 19 7
2010	Mayer, WE, Pucel, XT & Stumptner, M 2010, 'Diagnosing component interaction errors from abstract event traces', in Jiuyong Li, 23rd Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Springer, pp. 496-505. 1
2009	Abreu, R, Mayer, WE, Stumptner, M & Gemund, A 2009, 'Refining Spectrum-based Fault Localization Rankings', in Dongwan Shin, 2009 ACM symposium on applied computing, ACM, pp. 409-414. 20
2009	Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2009, 'Modeling Context-Dependent Faults for Diagnosis', in Erik Frisk, Marrias Nyberg, Mattias Krysander & Jan Ausland, 20th International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis (DX-09), Linkoping University, pp. 211-218. Open access
2009	Mayer, WE, Bettex, M, Stumptner, M & Falkner, A 2009, 'On Solving Complex Rack Configuration Problems using CSP Methods', in Markus Stumptner & Patrick Albert, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJAI-09), International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 53-60.
2009	Mayer, WE, Thiagarajan, RK & Stumptner, M 2009, 'Service Composition as Generative Constraint Satisfaction', in Ernesto Damiani, Rong Chang & Jia Zhang, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, IEEE, pp. 888-895. Open access 22 8
2009	Pucel, XT, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2009, 'Diagnosability analysis without fault models', in Erik Frisk, Mattias Nyberg, Mattias Krysander & Jan Auslund, 20th International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis (DX-09), Linkoping University, pp. 67-74. Open access
2009	Thiagarajan, RK, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2009, 'A Generative Framework for Service Process Composition', in Luciano Baresi, Chi-Hung Chi & Jun Suzuki, 7th international joint conference, ICSOC-Servicewave 2009, Springer, pp. 358-363. 3 1
2009	Thiagarajan, RK, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2009, 'Generative Composition of Web Services', in Eric Yu, Johann Eder & Colette Rolland, 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems (CAiSE'09), CEUR, vol. 453, pp. 49-54. Open access
2009	Thiagarajan, RK, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2009, 'Semantic service discovery by consistency-based matchmaking', in Q Li, L Feng, J Pei, S Wang, X Zhou and Q Zhu, Joint International Conference on Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb) and Web age Information, Springer, vol. 5446, pp. 492-505. 6 1
2008	Maier, FT, Mayer, WE, Stumptner, M & Muehlenfeld, A 2008, 'Ontology-Based Process Modelling for Design Optimisation Support', in John S Gero & Ashok K Goel, Springer Science and Business Media B.V, pp. 513-532. 2
2008	Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Evaluating Models for Model-Based Debugging', in Paola Inverdi, Andrew Ireland, Willem Visser, 23rd IEEE/ACM international conference on automated software engineering (ASE 2008), IEEE, pp. 128-137. Open access 41
2008	Mayer, WE, Abreu, R, Stumptner, M & Gemund, A 2008, 'Prioritising Model-Based Debugging Diagnostic Reports', in Albran Grastien, Wolfgang Mayer, Markus Stumptner, pp. 127-134.
2008	Mayer, WE, Muehlenfeld, A & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Knowledge-Intensive Process Modelling in Engineering Design', in A M. Tjoa & R. R Wagner, 19th international conference on database and expert systems applications, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 90-94. Open access
2008	Mayer, WE, Muehlenfeld, A & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Using Ontologies to Optimise Design-Driven Development Processes', in Richard Curran, Shuo-Yan Chou, Amy Trappey, Springer, pp. 451-459.
2008	Muehlenfeld, A, Maier, FT, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Modelling and Management of Design Artefacts in Design Optimisation', in Richard Curran, Shuo-Yan Chou, Amy Trappey, Springer, pp. 513-520. 1
2008	Muehlenfeld, A, Mayer, WE, Maier, FT & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Ontology-Based Process Modeling and Execution using STEP/EXPRESS', in Daniel Cooke, Taghi M Khoshgoftaar, SEKE 2008, Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School, pp. 935-940.
2008	Schumann, A, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2008, 'A Jointree Algorithm for Diagnosability and its Application to Verification of Distributed Software Systems', in Albran Grastien, Wolfgang Mayer, Markus Stumptner, pp. 165-172.
2008	Schumann, A, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Distributed Repair of Nondiagnosability', in Malik Ghallab, Constantine D. Spyropoulos, Nikos Fakotakis, Nikos Avouris, IOS Press, vol. 178, pp. 795-796.
2008	Thiagarajan, RK, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2008, 'Synthesis and Partial Execution of Service Processes for Matchmaking', in Sadayappan P., Parashar M., Badrinath R., Prasanna V.K., Springer-Verlag, pp. 25-33.

Other

Year	Output
2008	Grastien, A, Mayer, WE & Stumptner, M 2008, DX-08. 19th International Workshop on Pronciples of Diagnosis.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Aalto University	FINLAND
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation	AUSTRALIA
Autonomous University of Barcelona	SPAIN
California Institute of Technology	UNITED STATES
Data to Decisions CRC	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Group	AUSTRALIA
Defence Science and Technology Organisation	AUSTRALIA
Delft University Of Technology	NETHERLANDS
Department of Defence	AUSTRALIA
H&S Information Systems	UNITED STATES
Intersticia Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Johannes Kepler University of Linz	AUSTRIA
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Lingnan University	HONG KONG
San Jose State University	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Klagenfurt	AUSTRIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southampton	UNITED KINGDOM
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2017
Member Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)	2017

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A complex adaptive system model representing the behaviour of a systems engineering driven organisation	Current
A knowledge management framework for enhancing construction projects' delay risk management	Current
Ontology matching algorithms for data model alignment in Big Data	Current
Reducing loneliness with immersive technologies (mixed reality) in older adults	Current
Semantic data model matching via intermediate domain axiomatisation	Current
Weakening the faithfulness assumption in causal discovery	Current
A conceptual framework for the consistent management of process views	Completed
A decentralised rule-based peer-to-peer framework for real-time SOA systems	Completed
Constraint-based automated service discovery and composition	Completed
ERP institutionalisation: the confluence of environmental, organisational, and technological institutional mechanisms	Completed
Formal models from controlled natural language via cognitive grammar and configuration	Completed
Ontology-driven integration and representation of engineering design processes and artefacts	Completed
Understanding information security risk in Australian real estate sectors	Completed

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