{"id":2341,"date":"2024-10-11T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/?page_id=2341"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:00:31","slug":"ml4prom-machine-learning-and-drift-detection-methods-for-predictive-prevention-technologies-in-process-mining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/?page_id=2341","title":{"rendered":"ML4ProM: Machine Learning and Drift Detection Methods for Predictive Prevention Technologies in Process Mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-ub-styled-box ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-b5bb8a3d-fbd9-4cad-9180-35ba7fa53ee6\">\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"ub-styled-box-bordered-content-\">The faces behind project ML4ProM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ali_Norouzifar_CR_private-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2761\" style=\"width:180px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ali_Norouzifar_CR_private-1.png 787w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ali_Norouzifar_CR_private-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ali_Norouzifar_CR_private-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ali_Norouzifar_CR_private-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/pads\/der-lehrstuhl\/team\/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiter\/~nvxrd\/ali-norouzifar\/\">Ali Norouzifar<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">RWTH Aachen University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2561\" style=\"width:180px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Riza-Velioglu_CR_privat-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rizavelioglu.github.io\">Riza Velioglu<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bielefeld University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Future of Business: Improving Processes and Customer Experiences with AI<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-10-11-12.55.51-A-simple-image-representing-AI-improving-business-processes-and-customer-experiences.-Show-a-flowchart-with-data-points-connected-to-a-central-AI-syst.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-10-11-12.55.51-A-simple-image-representing-AI-improving-business-processes-and-customer-experiences.-Show-a-flowchart-with-data-points-connected-to-a-central-AI-syst.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-10-11-12.55.51-A-simple-image-representing-AI-improving-business-processes-and-customer-experiences.-Show-a-flowchart-with-data-points-connected-to-a-central-AI-syst-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-10-11-12.55.51-A-simple-image-representing-AI-improving-business-processes-and-customer-experiences.-Show-a-flowchart-with-data-points-connected-to-a-central-AI-syst-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DALL\u00b7E-2024-10-11-12.55.51-A-simple-image-representing-AI-improving-business-processes-and-customer-experiences.-Show-a-flowchart-with-data-points-connected-to-a-central-AI-syst-768x768.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Organizations and companies store vast amounts of data about their processes and operations. Take, for example, the process of handling applications at a state insurance agency. The goal is to evaluate applicants who seek social support during difficult times, such as unemployment or disability. Our job is to dive into the recorded data from thousands of insurance cases and develop automated methods to gain insights, identify problems, and help companies improve their processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, business processes have a planned structure, but in reality, things often don\u2019t go exactly as planned. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research focuses on identifying unwanted behaviors by analyzing the available historical data. To achieve this, we use prior knowledge and common sense to highlight the differences between good and bad cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, we compare different cases and provide diagnoses that help experts better understand problems in their workflows. These valuable insights not only shed light on historical patterns but also serve as a guide for companies to improve their processes by learning from their own experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also use our findings from process modeling to ensure businesses run smoothly online, such as in e-commerce. For this, we\u2019ve developed special AI-powered programs that offer product recommendations\u2014like a friend suggesting a good book. Our programs not only use historical data but also analyze the products themselves to keep learning and improving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes our work special is that we can detect when our programs make mistakes! In both areas, we focus on providing trustworthy solutions that offer clear explanations for detected process deviations and product recommendations. This gives our research a significant advantage over typical AI systems, which are often not transparent or difficult to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cooperation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column contrib-container\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/~a\/root\/?lidx=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/500px-RWTH_Logo_3.png\" alt=\"RWTH Aachen\" class=\"wp-image-197\" height=\"100%\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"margin-right:0.5cm\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/~pnbx\/PADS\/?lidx=1\"><b><p class=\"contrib-card-label\">Process and Data Science Group<\/p><\/b><\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/PADS\/Die-Organisationseinheit\/Team\/Professor\/~pxtb\/Wil-van-der-Aalst\/\"><p class=\"contrib-card-label\">Prof. Wil van der Aalst<\/p><\/a>\n        <p class=\"contrib-card-label\">PhD student: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/PADS\/Der-Lehrstuhl\/Team\/Wissenschaftliche-Mitarbeiter\/~nvxrd\/Ali-Norouzifar\/lidx\/1\/\">Ali Norouzifar<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column contrib-container\" style=\"flex-basis:20%;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/uni-bielefeld.de\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uni_bi_logo-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uni_bi_logo-3.png 459w, https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/uni_bi_logo-3-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"margin-right:0.5cm\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cit-ec.de\/en\/tcs\"><b><p class=\"contrib-card-label\">Machine Learning Group<\/p><\/b><\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cit-ec.de\/en\/tcs\/barbara-hammer\"><p class=\"contrib-card-label\">Prof. Dr. Barbara Hammer<\/p><\/a>\n        <p class=\"contrib-card-label\">PhD student: <a href=\"https:\/\/rizavelioglu.github.io\/\">Riza Velioglu<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Artelt, Andr\u00e9, Valerie Vaquet, Riza Velioglu, Fabian Hinder, Johannes Brinkrolf, Malte Schilling, and Barbara Hammer (2021). \u2018\u2018Evaluating robustness of counterfactual explanations\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eichenberger, Christian, Moritz Neun, Henry Martin, Pedro Herruzo, Markus Spanring, Yichao Lu, Sungbin Choi, Vsevolod Konyakhin, Nina Lukashina, Aleksei Shpilman, et al. (2022). \u2018\u2018Traffic4cast at neurips 2021-temporal and spatial few-shot transfer learning in gridded geo-spatial processes\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0NeurIPS 2021 Competitions and Demonstrations Track.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norouzifar, Ali and Wil M. P. van der Aalst (2023). \u2018\u2018Discovering Process Models that Support Desired Behavior and Avoid Undesired Behavior\u2019\u2019. In:Proceedings of the 38th ACM\/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2023, Tallinn, Estonia, March 27-31, 2023. Ed. by Jiman Hong, Maart Lanperne, Juw Won Park, Tom\u00e1s Cern\u00fd, and Hossain Shahriar. ACM, pp. 365\u2013368.\u00a0doi:\u00a010.1145\/3555776.3577818.\u00a0url:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3555776.3577818\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3555776.3577818<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norouzifar, Ali and Wil M. P. van der Aalst (2024). \u2018\u2018Leveraging Desirable and Undesirable Event Logs in Process Mining Tasks\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0DataNinja sAIOnARA 2024 Conference\u00a0abs\/2408.17316, pp. 32\u201335.\u00a0doi:\u00a010.11576\/dataninja-1164.\u00a0url:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11576\/dataninja-1164\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.11576\/dataninja-1164<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norouzifar, Ali, Marcus Dees, and Wil M. P. van der Aalst (2024). \u2018\u2018Imposing Rules in Process Discovery: An Inductive Mining Approach\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0Research Challenges in Information Science &#8211; 18th International Conference, RCIS 2024, Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal, May 14-17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I. Ed. by Jo\u00e3o Ara\u00fajo, Jose Luis de la Vara, Maribel Yasmina Santos, and Said Assar. Vol. 513. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Springer, pp. 220\u2013236.\u00a0doi:\u00a010.1007\/978-3-031-59465-6\\_14.\u00a0url: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-59465-6%5C_14\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-59465-6%5C_14<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norouzifar, Ali, Humam Kourani, Marcus Dees, and Wil M. P. van der Aalst (2024). \u2018\u2018Bridging Domain Knowledge and Process Discovery Using Large Language Models\u2019\u2019. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Business Process Management,\u00a0<em>in print<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norouzifar, Ali, Majid Rafiei, Marcus Dees, and Wil M. P. van der Aalst (2024a). \u2018\u2018An Framework for Explainable Process Variant Analysis on Continuous Features\u2019\u2019. <em>submitted<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norouzifar, Ali, Majid Rafiei, Marcus Dees, and Wil M. P. van der Aalst (2024b). \u2018\u2018Process Variant Analysis Across Continuous Features: A Novel Framework\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling &#8211; 25th International Conference, BPMDS 2024, and 29th International Conference, EMMSAD 2024, Limassol, Cyprus, June 3-4, 2024, Proceedings. Ed. by Han van der Aa, Dominik Bork, Rainer Schmidt, and Arnon Sturm. Vol. 511. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Springer, pp. 129\u2013142.\u00a0doi:\u00a010.1007\/978-3-031-61007-3\\_11.\u00a0url:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-61007-3%5C_11.\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-61007-3%5C_11.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00d6zdemir, \u00d6zg\u00fcr, Emre Salih Ak\u0131n, R\u0131za Velio\u011flu, and Tu\u011fba Dalyan (2022). \u2018\u2018A comparative study of neural machine translation models for Turkish language\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0Journal of Intelligent &amp; Fuzzy Systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Velioglu, Riza, Petra Bevandic, Robin Chan, and Barbara Hammer (2024). \u2018\u2018Clothify: Redefining Fashion E-Commerce Photography with Virtual Try-Off and Diffusion Models\u2019\u2019. <em>submitted to<\/em>:\u00a0IEEE\/CVF international conference on computer vision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Velioglu, Riza, Robin Chan, and Barbara Hammer (2024). \u2018\u2018FashionFail: Addressing Failure Cases in Fashion Object Detection and Segmentation\u2019\u2019. In:\u00a0International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). IEEE. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Velioglu, Riza, Jan Philip G\u00f6pfert, Andr\u00e9 Artelt, and Barbara Hammer (2022). \u2018\u2018Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Improved Modeling of Processes\u2019\u2019. In: Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<section aria-label=\"References\" class=\"wp-block-abt-static-bibliography abt-static-bib\" role=\"region\"><ol class=\"abt-bibliography__body\"><\/ol><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Future of Business: Improving Processes and Customer Experiences with AI Organizations and companies store vast amounts of data about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":327,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/01_ML4ProM_A3_draft_vs3-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2765,"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2341\/revisions\/2765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataninja.nrw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}