The IEEE Task Force for Process Mining is happy to announce the 2027 edition of the Best
Process Mining PhD Dissertation Award. The award will be delivered during the 8th
International Conference on Process Mining (ICPM 2027).
Eligibility – updated criteria
Eligible candidates are those who officially obtained a PhD degree defended after January
1st, 2024, with a dissertation focused on process mining. Those who applied for the 2025
edition of the prize can also reapply for the 2027 edition.
We welcome theses that contributed to advancing the state of the art in the foundations,
engineering, and on-field application of process mining techniques. In this context, the term
“process mining” has to be understood in a broad sense: using event data produced during
the execution of business, software, or system processes in order to extract fact-based
knowledge and insights on such processes and manage future processes in innovative ways.
For a thesis to be eligible, we also require that it is written entirely in English and that thesis-
related results have been published in at least one flagship conference/journal for process mining, for example, ICPM, BPM, CAiSE, EDOC, Petri Nets, ICDM, Information Systems,
IEEE TKDE, DKE, ACM TOSEM, IEEE TSC, IEEE TSE, ToPNoC, Decision Support Systems,
BISE, and Process Science. We remark that applications to other dissertation award initiatives
are permitted.
Prize
The winner will receive the award at the ICPM 2027 Conference. The award comes with a free
registration to the ICPM 2027 conference, and with the option of publishing the thesis with
Springer, in the LNBIP series.
Nomination and Submission
Candidates are nominated by their primary supervisor via a nomination letter. Each supervisor
is only allowed to nominate one candidate. The candidate is responsible for submitting the
application via EasyChair (selecting the Best Process Mining PhD Dissertation Award track).
The application consists of the following parts, which all have to be concatenated in a single
PDF file (respecting the order):
- An extended abstract of the thesis, positioning the work in the state of the art and highlighting its main results, novelty, and (potential) impact [3-5 pages]
- A nomination letter by the supervisor [1-2 pages]
- The PhD evaluation report, including the reviews of the dissertation
- Full CV of the candidate, including the list of publications
- The dissertation itself
An extended abstract of the thesis, positioning the work in the state of the art and highlighting its main results, novelty, and (potential) impact [3-5 pages]
Questions and enquiries can be directed to the chairs of the jury: Artem Polyvyanyy and Chiara Di Francescomarino.
Selection Process
The selection process consists of two steps:
- Each thesis is individually reviewed by 2 or 3 jury members. All jury members process all reviews individually and submit a ranking of potential winners.
- During a plenary jury discussion, the winning candidate will be decided upon.
The selection is based on the following criteria:
- originality and depth of contribution;
- methodological soundness;
- form and quality of presentation;
- significance and potential impact for the research field;
- implemented techniques and software availability in case of the algorithmic nature of the contribution.
Key Dates
- Application submission deadline: October 23, 2026
- Winner announcement: During ICPM 2027
Evaluation Panel
TBD
Contacts
TBD