Lachlan James Aldred

BBE (QUT) 1995

MIT (QUT) 2001

Current Projects

YAWL Project Based on a rigorous analysis of existing workflow management systems and workflow languages, we have developed a new workflow language: YAWL (Yet Another Workflow Language).

JDecouple finding some simple truths about coupling in distributed systems. It is supported by the Babel project and has strong relevance to the YAWL project.

BABEL Project Supported by an ARC Discovery Grant, the Babel Project is aimed at supporting interprocess communication, and tranformations. YAWL is expected to play a vital role in this.

Past Projects

redcone project REDCONE (Resource Discovery, Contract Negotiation and Execution) is a collaborative research project involving GBST Holdings Pty Ltd (GBST) and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Aiming to design and implement innovative platforms for trading goods and services over the Internet.

Publications

Journal Article

M. Dumas, L. Aldred, G. Governatori, and A. ter Hofstede. Probabilistic Automated Bidding in Multiple Auctions. Electronic Commerce Research 15(1):25-49, January 2005. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Book Chapter

M. Dumas, L. Aldred, and A. ter Hofstede. From Conceptual Models to Constrained Web Forms. In V. Kashyap and L. Shklar (Eds): Real-World Semantic Web Applications. December 2002. IOS Press. ISBN 1-58603-306-9

International Conference Papers

L. Aldred, W. van der Aalst, M. Dumas, and A. ter Hofstede On the Notion of Coupling in Communication Middleware Proc. of DOA 2006.

W. van der Aalst, L. Aldred, M. Dumas, and A. ter Hofstede Design and Implementation of the YAWL System Proc. of CAiSE 2004.

M. Dumas, L. Aldred, G. Governatori, A. H.M. ter Hofstede, and N. Russell. A Probabilistic Approach to Automated Bidding in Alternative Auctions Proc. of the 11th International Conference on the World Wide Web (WWW). Honolulu HI, USA, May 2002. ACM Press.

M. Dumas, L. Aldred, M. Heravizadeh, and A. H.M. ter Hofstede. Ontology Markup for Web Forms Generation Proc. of the WWW Workshop on Real-World Applications of RDF and the Semantic Web. Honolulu HI, USA, May 2002. ACM Press.

Short Bio

Lachlan began his professional career as an Architectural Drafter beginning in 1992. He continued to do this until he began to find an aptitude and interest in designing the built environment through the use of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). As time went by he continued learning more about IT until in 1996 he was made the IT manager for the Brisbane Chapter of the Belt Collins design group. This led to his appointment as IT manager for Stephen Pate Landscape Architects in 1998. In 2001 Lachlan was conferred with a Masters of Information Technology and began working on several research projects based around e-trading and Workflow BPM. The YAWL project is definitely the most well known one, and Lachlan continues to play a key role in the design, development, and promotion of the YAWL BPM solution.

In 2004 Lachlan began working on a PhD regarding more direct support for issues related to inter-organisational workflow based on his research into coupling patterns in middleware.