Retrospective and prospective views on information systems engineering contributions in honor of Barbara Pernici on the occasion of her retirement Cinzia Cappiello, Marco Comuzzi, Massimo Mecella, Pierluigi Plebani, Monica Vitali, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cappiello, Cinzia, editor.

Comuzzi, Marco, editor.

Mecella, Massimo, editor.

Plebani, Pierluigi, editor.

Vitali, Monica (Of Politecnico di Milano), editor.

Pernici, Barbara, dedicatee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information storage and retrieval systems--Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland Springer [2026]

Summary:

"It is difficult to precisely define Information Systems Engineering. Roughly speaking, it is an interdisciplinary field focusing on designing, developing, implementing, and managing complex IT systems that meet specific organizational needs, bridging the gap between technology and business by applying engineering principles to create efficient, reliable solutions for data processing, decision-making, and operations, integrating software, hardware, data, processes and people. It emphasizes understanding business requirements, managing databases, ensuring system security, and creating holistic solutions that integrate various technologies for effective problem-solving. This collection of selected papers provides a comprehensive and extremely readable overview of what constitutes Information Systems Engineering and presents retrospective and prospective views on making it increasingly relevant in our society. It covers topics including information systems design; how to articulate research in Information Systems Engineering; the management of time in processes; the management of data quality, both on the Web and in social contexts, and its impact on the AI applications; the servitization of systems and their adaptiveness; the evolution of business process management; cybersecurity; sustainability and energy management in information systems; and the concept of sovereignty in the AI era. Overall, this book is a source of inspiration for everybody working on the vision of creating a strong, fruitful and creative community of information systems engineers. With this book, the editors and authors wish to honor Prof. Barbara Pernici for her enormous and ongoing contributions to the discipline of Information Systems Engineering. It was presented to her on the occasion of her retirement, celebrated during CAiSE 2026 in Verona; CAiSE being a conference that she has contributed to and supported for over 30 years. Thank you very much to Barbara for so many years of inspiration, cooperation, and friendship"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

An inspiring journey in information systems design / Carlo Batini, Valeria De Antonellis, Silvana Castano, Mariagrazia Fugini, and Gaetano Santucci

Articulating information systems engineering research contributions / Oscar Pastor, John Krogstie, Selmin Nurcan, Steven Alter, Johann Eder, Xavier Franch, Monique Snoeck, and Jolita Ralyté

Time in business process management : some research activities / Carlo Combi and Giuseppe Pozzi

When data betrays you : from the early web to the age of AI / Sonia Bergamaschi, Cinzia Cappiello, Tiziana Catarci, Monica Scannapieco, and Letizia Tanca

Flexible service compositions / Danilo Ardagna, Luciano Baresi, Sara Comai, Gianpaolo Cugola, Carlo Ghezzi, Giovanni Meroni, Raffaela Mirandola, Giovanni Quattrocchi, and Chiara Sandionigi

From adaptive information systems to modern service architectures : the legacy of the MAIS project / Devis Bianchini, Andrea Maurino, and Enrico Mussi

Barbara Pernici and the evolution of BPM : from the early BPM conferences to today’s research and practice / Fabio Casati and Mathias Weske

Vanilla-converter : a tool for converting Camunda 7 BPMN models into Camunda 8 models / Dragana Sunaric, Charlotte Verbruggen, Dominik Bork, and Gerti Kappel

Quality control model for the crowdsourced task of vulnerability discovery / Mortada Al-Banna, Carlos Rodríguez, Boualem Benatallah, and Moshe Chai Barukh

Environmental sustainability in information systems engineering / Xavier Franch

Beyond GAMES : energy efficiency in information systems / Alexandre Mello Ferreira, Monica Vitali, and Kyriakos Kritikos

Rethinking personal sovereignty in the age of AI-mediated ecosystems / Carlo Alberto Bono and Edoardo Ramalli

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed July 7, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Retrospective and prospective views on information systems engineering

ISBN:

9783032195784

3032195780

OCLC:

1601944506

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