Wil van der Aalst · Video Library

Process mining,
explained.

Lectures, keynotes, tutorials, and research stories on process mining, object-centric process mining, process intelligence, AI, Petri nets, and data science.

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One video to get the idea

A compact entry point before diving into the technical material: why process mining connects real event data with the processes we think we have.

AI + Process Intelligence

Why AI needs processes

Generative AI is powerful, but enterprise reality is not a prompt. These talks connect AI to operational context, event data, and process intelligence.

LLMs Are Not Enough
AI · 2025

LLMs Are Not Enough

Why broken processes still break promises in the age of AI—and why computation grounded in real event data matters.

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Autonomous Process Execution Management
Keynote

Autonomous Process Execution Management

A vision for using process mining to guide automation, machine learning, AI, and the digital twin of an organization.

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Human-in-the-Loop Process Mining
Tools · 2025

Human-in-the-Loop Process Mining

Cortado and OCPQ in action: query, explore, discover, check, and understand—with the human firmly in the loop.

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Object-Centric Process Mining

From 2D to 3D

Traditional event logs flatten reality into one case notion. OCPM keeps the interacting objects visible and exposes the fabric of real operational processes.

Object-Centric Process Mining: Unraveling the Fabric of Real Processes
Tutorial

Unraveling the Fabric of Real Processes

A tutorial-style introduction to object-centric event data and object-centric process-mining techniques.

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Object-Centric Process Mining: Moving from 2D to 3D Analytics
Keynote · IEEE CiSt

Moving from 2D to 3D Analytics

Why a single case notion is often too restrictive and how object-centric analysis provides a richer operational view.

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Toward More Realistic Simulation Models Using Object-Centric Process Mining
Simulation · 2024

More Realistic Simulation with OCPM

Connecting object-centric process mining with simulation to better reflect interacting objects and real operational complexity.

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Learn systematically

Full courses and tutorials

For students, researchers, and practitioners who prefer something more substantial than a five-minute “everything you need to know” video.

RWTH Aachen University

Business Process Intelligence / Process Mining Course

A comprehensive lecture series covering process discovery, Petri nets, conformance checking, event data, decision mining, organizational mining, bottleneck analysis, predictive analytics, and more.

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Good first lecture

RWTH Process Mining Lecture 1

The top-down and bottom-up introduction to process mining from the RWTH course. From business questions to event data—and back again.

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Foundations

Go deeper

Discovery, conceptual modeling, and Petri nets: the machinery underneath the colorful dashboards.

Foundations of Process Discovery
Process Mining Handbook

Foundations of Process Discovery

From directly-follows graphs to the core challenge: discovering a model that adequately describes observed behavior.

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Introduction to Process Discovery
RWTH Lecture

Introduction to Process Discovery

Why simple directly-follows relations are not enough, and why concurrency quickly brings Petri nets into the picture.

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Free-Choice Nets With Home Clusters Are Surprisingly Lucent
Petri Nets

Free-Choice Nets With Home Clusters Are Lucent

For those who believe process mining should occasionally contain an actual theorem. Surprisingly, it does.

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