The Power of Events: An Introduction to Complex Event Processing in Distributed Enterprise Systems

Complex Event Processing (CEP) is a defined set of tools and techniques for analyzing and controlling the complex series of interrelated events that drive modern distributed information systems. This emerging technology helps IS and IT professionals understand what is happening within the system, quickly identify and solve problems, and more effectively utilize events for enhanced operation, performance, and security. CEP can be applied to a broad spectrum of information system challenges, including business process automation, schedule and control processes, network monitoring and performance prediction, and intrusion detection.

This talk is about the rise of CEP as we know it today, its historical roots and its current position in commercial markets. Some possible long-term future roles of CEP in the Information Society are discussed along with the need to develop rule-based event hierarchies on a commercial basis to make those applications possible. The talk gives empahsis to the point that “Rules are everywhere” and that mathematical formalisms cannot express all the forms that are in use in various event processing systems.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA

   David Luckham

Editors and Affiliations

1. Department of Informatics, Aristotle University, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

   Nick Bassiliades

2. National ICT Australia, Queensland Research Laboratory, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

   Guido Governatori

3. Chair for Corporate Semantic Web, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

   Adrian Paschke

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