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Welcome to the Department of Information Systems (IS)

The Department of Information Systems offers a variety of degrees and certificates for undergraduate and graduate students. Through these offerings, our students study the design, implementation, and evaluation of information technologies from a variety of perspectives. The goal is to produce solutions that transform data into information and knowledge that is useful for individuals and organizations.

NEWS AND EVENTS

• The IS Department Winter 2009 Newsletter is now available electronically - 11/19/2009
• Shaojian Zhu selected to Intern at IBM Tokyo’s Research Lab Accessibility Group - 11/18/2009
• Dr. Andrew Sears’ perspectives on voice recognition featured in UK news daily, The Independent - 11/6/2009
• Dr. James Clements, CS, ’85, IS, ’91 and '93, honored as UMBC Engineering/Information Technology Alumni of the Year - 11/2/2009
• Carolyn Seaman, UMBC IS Department Associate Professor, receives NSF research grant to study “technical debt” on long-term maintenance of large software systems - 10/21/2009
• Passing of John Schwartz - 10/21/2009
• The Information Systems Department at UMBC invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the area of human-centered computing (HCC) - 10/12/2009
• IT jobs rank high and show significant projected growth, reports CNN Money.com - 10/12/2009
• UMBC IS Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant, Lisa Vizer’s research in Human-Centered Computing featured in New Scientist - 10/12/2009
• UMBC earns national recognition for offering outstanding research opportunities for undergraduates - 8/27/2009

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