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most citedPrivacy and Confidentiality in Process Mining -- Threats and Research Challenges

45 citations · 89 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cs.LG2025

Releasing Differentially Private Event Logs Using Generative Models

Frederik Wangelik, Majid Rafiei, Mahsa Pourbafrani +1

In recent years, the industry has been witnessing an extended usage of process mining and automated event data analysis. Consequently, there is a rising significance in addressing…

cs.IR2025★ 1 cited

Federated Conformance Checking

Majid Rafiei, Mahsa Pourbafrani, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Conformance checking is a crucial aspect of process mining, where the main objective is to compare the actual execution of a process, as recorded in an event log, with a reference…

cs.DB2024★ 13 cited

OCEL (Object-Centric Event Log) 2.0 Specification

Alessandro Berti, Istvan Koren, Jan Niklas Adams +10

Object-Centric Event Logs (OCELs) form the basis for Object-Centric Process Mining (OCPM). OCEL 1.0 was first released in 2020 and triggered the development of a range of OCPM tech…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Extracting Rules from Event Data for Study Planning

Majid Rafiei, Duygu Bayrak, Mahsa Pourbafrani +4

In this study, we examine how event data from campus management systems can be used to analyze the study paths of higher education students. The main goal is to offer valuable guid…

cs.LG2023

TraVaG: Differentially Private Trace Variant Generation Using GANs

Majid Rafiei, Frederik Wangelik, Mahsa Pourbafrani +1

Process mining is rapidly growing in the industry. Consequently, privacy concerns regarding sensitive and private information included in event data, used by process mining algorit…

cs.DB2022

Interactive Process Identification and Selection from SAP ERP

Julian Weber, Alessandro Berti, Gyunam Park +2

SAP ERP is one of the most popular information systems supporting various organizational processes, e.g., O2C and P2P. However, the amount of processes and data contained in SAP ER…

cs.CR2022★ 1 cited

TraVaS: Differentially Private Trace Variant Selection for Process Mining

Majid Rafiei, Frederik Wangelik, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

In the area of industrial process mining, privacy-preserving event data publication is becoming increasingly relevant. Consequently, the trade-off between high data utility and qua…

cs.CR2022

Quantifying Temporal Privacy Leakage in Continuous Event Data Publishing

Majid Rafiei, Gamal Elkoumy, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining employs event data extracted from different types of information systems to discover and analyze actual processes. Event data often contain highly sensitive informat…

cs.DB2021

An Event Data Extraction Approach from SAP ERP for Process Mining

Alessandro Berti, Gyunam Park, Majid Rafiei +1

The extraction, transformation, and loading of event logs from information systems is the first and the most expensive step in process mining. In particular, extracting event logs…

cs.SE2021★ 1 cited

Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence and Process Mining: Challenges and Opportunities

Andrew Pery, Majid Rafiei, Michael Simon +1

The premise of this paper is that compliance with Trustworthy AI governance best practices and regulatory frameworks is an inherently fragmented process spanning across diverse org…

cs.CR2021★ 3 cited

PC4PM: A Tool for Privacy/Confidentiality Preservation in Process Mining

Majid Rafiei, Alexander Schnitzler, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining enables business owners to discover and analyze their actual processes using event data that are widely available in information systems. Event data contain detailed…

cs.CR2021★ 45 cited

Privacy and Confidentiality in Process Mining -- Threats and Research Challenges

Gamal Elkoumy, Stephan A. Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Mohammadreza Fani Sani +5

Privacy and confidentiality are very important prerequisites for applying process mining in order to comply with regulations and keep company secrets. This paper provides a foundat…

cs.CR2021

Privacy-Preserving Continuous Event Data Publishing

Majid Rafiei, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining enables organizations to discover and analyze their actual processes using event data. Event data can be extracted from any information system supporting operational…

cs.DB2021

Group-Based Privacy Preservation Techniques for Process Mining

Majid Rafiei, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining techniques help to improve processes using event data. Such data are widely available in information systems. However, they often contain highly sensitive informatio…

cs.CR2021★ 24 cited

Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing in Process Mining

Majid Rafiei, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining aims to provide insights into the actual processes based on event data. These data are often recorded by information systems and are widely available. However, they…

cs.DB2020

Towards Quantifying Privacy in Process Mining

Majid Rafiei, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining employs event logs to provide insights into the actual processes. Event logs are recorded by information systems and contain valuable information helping organizatio…

cs.CR2020

Practical Aspect of Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing in Process Mining

Majid Rafiei, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Process mining techniques such as process discovery and conformance checking provide insights into actual processes by analyzing event data that are widely available in information…