Ulrich Frank (born 1958) is a German
Business informatician and Professor of
Business informatics at the
University of Duisburg-Essen, known for his work on the state of the art in information systems research and the development of the Multi-Perspective Enterprise Modeling (MEMO) meta modelling framework.
Life and work
After studying business administration at the
University of Cologne, Frank in 1988 received his doctorate from the
University of Mannheim with a dissertation, entitled "Expertensysteme – Neue Automatisierungspotentiale im Büro- und Verwaltungsbereich" (''Expert systems - New Potentials for automation in office and administration area'').
Frank wrote his
habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...
in 1993 at the
University of Marburg
The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the worl ...
, and was appointed Professor of computer science at the
University of Koblenz-Landau in 1994. In 2004 Frank moved to the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he was appointed Professor of computer science and business enterprise modeling.
The focus of Frank's work is on multi-perspective enterprise modeling. He has developed and researched the (meta-) method
Multi-Perspective Enterprise Modeling (MEMO), which propagates a scientific approach of enterprise modeling and adds value in the discourse of integrative modeling, across the functional areas of business functions.
Selected publications
Frank published several books and articles.
Books:
* Ulrich Frank. ''Expertensysteme: Neue Automatisierungspotentiale im Büro- und Verwaltungsbereich?,'' Gabler, 1988.
* Ulrich Frank and J. Kronen. ''Kommunikationsanalyseverfahren als Grundlage der Gestaltung von Informationssystemen: Konzeptioneller Bezugsrahmen, Anwendungspraxis und Perspektiven,'' Vieweg, 1991.
* Ulrich Frank. ''Multiperspektivische Unternehmensmodellierung: Theoretischer Hintergrund und Entwurf einer objektorientierten Entwicklungsumgebung,'' Oldenbourg Verlag, 1994.
Articles, a selection:
* Frank, Ulrich. "Multi-perspective enterprise modeling: foundational concepts, prospects and future research challenges." Software & Systems Modeling, July 2014, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp 941-962.
* Frank, Ulrich. "Conceptual modelling as the core of the information systems discipline-perspectives and epistemological challenges." ''AMCIS 1999 Proceedings'' (1999): 240.
* Frank, Ulrich.
Multi-perspective enterprise modeling (memo) conceptual framework and modeling languages" System Sciences, 2002. HICSS. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on. IEEE, 2002.
* Frank, Ulrich. "Evaluation of reference models." Reference modeling for business systems analysis (2007): 118-140.
* Frank, Ulrich.'
Towards a pluralistic conception of research methods in information systems research'' No. 7. ICB-research report, 2006.
*
Hubert Österle,
Jörg Becker, Ulrich Frank,
Thomas Hess,
Dimitris Karagiannis,
Helmut Krcmar,
Peter Loos,
Peter Mertens,
Andreas Oberweis, and
Elmar J. Sinz (2011).
Memorandum on design-oriented information systems research" ''European Journal of Information Systems,'' 20(1), 7-10.
References
External links
Ulrich Frankhomepage at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Multi-Perspective Enterprise ModellingHomepage at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Ulrich Frank im Gespräch über Sprache, Abstraktion und konzeptuelle Modellein: ''Perspektiven , Wirtschaftsinformatik-Podcast,'' Folge 2, 18.05.2016. (in German)
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1958 births
Living people
German computer scientists
Enterprise modelling experts
Information systems researchers
Academic staff of the University of Duisburg-Essen
University of Cologne alumni
University of Mannheim alumni