AxRPA 2025

The AxRPA workshop explores the transformative potential of AI agents in reshaping traditional Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and their integration with Task Mining under the broader scope of Process Science. As advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) enable AI agents to execute goal-oriented tasks beyond static workflows, new challenges arise such as defining autonomy, ensuring seamless collaboration with existing systems, and addressing ethical implications. The workshop bridges academia and industry to discuss topics such as dynamic adaptability of agents, synergy between Process Mining and RPA, and human-agent collaboration.

Activities include paper presentations and a panel discussion ("AI Agents vs. RPA: Bridging the Gap Between Autonomy and Robotic Process Automation"), featuring experts from both fields. Aimed at researchers and practitioners in BPM, AI, and RPA, the workshop seeks to foster innovation, share best practices, and chart the future of intelligent RPA. Join us to explore cutting-edge research, practical insights, and collaborative opportunities in this evolving domain.

The workshop aims at exploring theoretical, practical, visionary and empirical contributions that may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• How do AI Agents differ from and extend traditional RPA capabilities?

• What role does Task Mining play in augmenting process discovery and automation?

• How will these new automation technologies integrate into the context of business processes, and more specifically, with existing RPA solutions?

• To what extent can an autonomous system like an agent make decisions, and what are the implications of this?

• Synthesizing best practices for integrating Process Mining with agent-based automation.

• What are the challenges and opportunities in achieving seamless collaboration between agents, automation technologies, and human workers?

• How can AI agents adapt to dynamic and unpredictable environments while maintaining operational accuracy?

• What ethical considerations arise when deploying AI agents capable of decision-making?

Submissions must use the Springer LNCS/LNBIP format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Submissions must be in English and cannot exceed 12 pages (including tables, figures, the bibliography and appendices).

Each paper should contain a short abstract, clarifying the relation of the paper with the main topics clearly stating the problem being addressed, the goal of the work, the results achieved, and the relation to other work.

Papers should be submitted electronically as a self-contained PDF file via the submission system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icpm2025). When submitting your paper, in the submission system, please select the name of the workshop: “Agents, the Replacement of Robotic Process Automation?”

Submissions must be original contributions that have not been published or submitted to other conferences or journals in parallel with this workshop.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop. Please visit the main conference website (https://icpmconference.org/2025/) for more information.

Bernhard Axmann (Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany)

Andrea Marrella (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

Ralf Plattfaut (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)

Petr Průcha (University of Liberec, Czechia)

Irene Barba (University of Seville, Spain)

Carmelo Del Valle (University of Seville, Spain)

Christian Janiesch (TU Dortmund University, Germany)

Lior Limonad (IBM Research Lab, Israel)

Jana-Rebecca Rehse (University of Mannheim, Germany)

Luke Abb (University of Mannheim, Germany)

Abstract Submission: July 18, 2025 (AoE) July 25, 2025 (AoE)

Paper Submission: July 25, 2025 (AoE)  August 1, 2025 (AoE)

Paper Acceptance Notification: August 22, 2025 (AoE)

Pre-workshop Camera-Ready Papers: September 22, 2025 (AoE)

Workshops: October 20, 2025

Post-workshop Camera-Ready Papers: November 4, 2025 (AoE)

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at axrpa-2025@easychair.org