10th Workshop on Managed Complexity (ManComp 2025)
in conjunction with
24nd International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2025
https://wwwswt.informatik.uni-rostock.de/ManComp2025/
Workshop Description
Managing complexity has a long tradition for algorithms and general problems. However, it is an important issue also in the Business Informatics domain. Here, the complexity of different systems and systems of systems has to be managed. While complexity is usually associated with large or very large-scale systems still, managing complexity is important even for systems with small sizes operating in complex environments. Nowadays, informatics requires handling complexity at different levels and configurations of social, physical, enterprise, software, and hardware systems. The workshop focuses on approaches and methods for managing complexity in the domain of applied informatics that may concern the interplay of systems and ecosystems of various sizes and substances. Its purpose is to share and transfer knowledge on complexity identification, representation, controlling, and reduction, as well as to exploit possible synergies in the development of innovative complexity-handling strategies, approaches, and methods.
The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss theoretical approaches or real-life case studies featuring success and/or failure stories in managing complexity. It welcomes seeking and discussing answers to such complexity management questions as:
- How is complexity divided?
- What kinds of models are to be specified?
- What is the role of system architecture in complexity handling?
- How is the human recognized in the loop?
- What kind of rules are to be applied?
- In which way do patterns help?
- Which notation or ontologies are useful in complexity handling?
- How is knowledge reused?
- How does complexity relate to resilience?
- How to handle complexity in digital business ecosystems?
- How is knowledge propagated?
- And many others.
Based on these discussions, we expect to deepen the understanding of strategies, approaches, and methods in managing complexity in enterprise and software engineering. A cross-pollination of experiences in both domains is assumed.
Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:
- Measures of complexity
- Agility in complexity
- Models for handling complexity
- Tools for managing complexity
- Enterprise Architectures and Complexity
- Ontologies for managing complexity
- Patterns for managing complexity
- Capability impact on complexity management
Program committee chairs, and organizers
Peter Forbrig, University of Rostock, Germany (peter.forbrig@uni-rostock.de )
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia (marite.kirikova@rtu.lv)
Charles Møller, Aarhus University, Denmark (charles@mpe.au.dk)
Program committee
Robert-Andrei Buchmann, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Peter Forbrig, University of Rostock, Germany
Janis Grundspenkis, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Saulius Gudas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Ebba Hvannberg, Iceland University, Iceland
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Christophe Kolski, University of Valenciennes, France
Audrone Lupeikiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Bartosz Marcinkowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Christian Märtin, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria
Charles Møller, Aarhus University, Denmark
Andrea Morichetta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Jacob Nørbjerg, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Malgorzata Pankowska, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Peteris Rudzajs, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Kurt Sandkuhl, University of Rostock, Germany
Werner Schmidt, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt Business School, Germany
Chris Stary, University of Linz, Austria
Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden
Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden
Iryna Zolotaryova, Kharkiv National University of Economics, Ukraine
Publicity chair
Peteris Rudzajs, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Important Dates
- Paper submission: July 7, 2025
- Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2025
- Camera-ready submission: August 18, 2025
- Workshop date: September 17, 2025
Paper submission and Proceedings
Three types of submissions are welcomed: position papers, reports, and research papers. All types should treat a topic from the workshop themes.
- Position papers (5-6 pages): Such papers should state the position of the authors regarding any topic of the workshop.
- Reports (5-8 pages): Experience reports and case studies are expected to be submitted in this category.
- Research papers (10-15 pages): Research papers should describe innovative approaches.
Submissions to the workshop are done via EasyChair, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bir2025, choose the option "Workshop on Managed Complexity".
All accepted workshop papers will be published in CEUR proceedings. Authors must use the one-column CEUR-ART style for the papers. The CEUR-ART styles can be found at https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html , section "CEURART style files for papers".