Dear Petri-net enthusiasts,

Over the last two years, the free Coursera course "Process Mining: Data Science 
in Action" has been very successful. Over 100.000 people joined our Coursera 
MOOC. A new version of the free Coursera course "Process Mining: Data Science 
in Action" (based on the new process mining book) will start on November 28th 
2016.

The previous version of the MOOC helped to boost the interest in process mining 
dramatically. It also helps to promote Petri nets beyond theoretical computer 
science / concurrency audiences. The course introduces Petri nets in such a way 
that data scientists, process analysts, BPM-ers, managers can see the value. 
Hence, I hope you will use or promote the course, e.g., in your own education.

Note that course is now available in on-demand mode. This means that you can 
easily integrate it in your teaching or in-company training. Participants can 
take the course at any time and at their own pace. Moreover, it is possible to 
create dedicated course instances with a separate discussion forum. You can 
also just use parts of the course, e.g., the introduction to Petri nets or just 
the basic Petri net discovery algorithms.

The announcement below and the files attached provide more information. Please 
help us to distribute this opportunity in your network. If you are interested 
in creating a special instance of the course, send a CSV file with two columns 
to Joos Buijs [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and me. The CSV 
file should look as follows:

Full name, Email
John Jones, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Mary Smith, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sue Barnes, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
...

We hope you will be able to use the course in some way and help us to spread 
the message!

Cheers,

Wil van der Aalst
Joos Buijs
and the rest of the process mining team


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Subject: Join the free new online course "Process Mining: Data Science in 
Action"

A new version of the free Coursera course "Process Mining: Data Science in 
Action" will start on November 28th 2016. The course is highly relevant for 
anyone that wants to improve his/her analytical skills. The focus is on data 
science methods applied to event data, e.g., for BPM, CRM, ERP, CEP, and (Lean) 
Six Sigma. A data scientist without Process Mining training is ill-equipped to 
uncover the organization's real processes, analyze compliance, diagnose 
bottlenecks and improve processes. The next generation of process analysts, 
managers and auditors will depend on this new technology!

Over 100.000 people have registered for earlier versions of the course in the 
last two years. Many participants of the "Process Mining: Data Science in 
Action" course got "hooked to the magic of analyzing event data". Participants 
that completed the course learned to automatically discover real processes, 
check conformance, and analyze performance. Also the new course provides access 
to software and real-life data sets. Hence, there are many good reasons to join 
this new Process Mining course.

>>> Register via http://www.coursera.org/learn/procmin/ <<<

On demand
Since April 2016 the course is running in on-demand mode on the Coursera 
platform. Through the on-demand mode you can always revisit the course to 
refresh your process mining knowledge. This allows you to take the course at 
any point in time. Moreover, we are able to create special instances of the 
course to support web lectures at universities (e.g., flipped classrooms) and 
for in-company training. If you are interested, send a CSV file with two 
columns (name and e-mail address) to 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.

New book on Process Mining
We are also happy to announce the availability of the new process mining book 
"Process Mining: Data Science in Action" (written by Wil van der Aalst, see 
http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662498507). The updated version of the 
course that will go live on November 28 aligns well with the new book. 
Participants have free access to selected parts of the book. Moreover, Springer 
also kindly offers the participants of this MOOC a substantial discount on both 
the electronic and paper version of the new book.

Win a signed copy of the new book!
To celebrate the launch of the new book and updated course, we will select five 
students of the November 28 session that passed the honors track (e.g. made all 
week quizzes, final quiz, tool quiz and peer assignment) and will send them a 
free hard-copy of the book signed by the author.

The uptake of Process Mining
Since the first book on Process Mining in 2011, we have witnessed a rapidly 
growing interest in process mining. Today, Process Mining is the primary 
approach to make BPM truly data-driven. The attention for Big Data and the 
uptake of Data Science strengthen this development. Process Mining is where 
Data Science and Process Science meet! The growth on Process Mining has been 
accelerating during 2015 and 2016. Currently, there are about 25 software 
vendors offering process mining tools. Next to Disco (Fluxicon's tool is used 
in the course next to the open-source tool ProM), tools like Celonis Process 
Mining, ProcessGold Enterprise Platform, Minit, myInvenio, Signavio Process 
Intelligence, QPR ProcessAnalyzer, LANA Process Mining, Rialto Process, Icris 
Process Mining Factory, Worksoft Analyze & Process Mining for SAP, SNP Business 
Process Analysis, webMethods Process Performance Manager, and Perceptive 
Process Mining are now available. The availability and application of these 
tools illustrate the uptake of Process Mining.

We are looking forward to see you, and your colleagues and friends, in the new 
Process Mining MOOC on Coursera. Visit http://www.coursera.org/learn/procmin/. 
Please help us to spread the message and let more people experience the amazing 
capabilities of Process Mining!


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Wil van der Aalst
Eindhoven University of Technology
WWW: vdaalst.com<http://www.vdaalst.com/>
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