http://www.is.umbc.edu/ Get the latest Information Systems Department News and Events en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=104 UMBC Information Systems PhD student and research assistant Shaojian Zhu has been selected by the IBM to intern at the organization’s Tokyo Research Lab Accessibility Group beginning early 2010. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=104 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=103 UMBC Information Systems PhD student and research assistant Shaojian Zhu has been selected by the IBM to intern at the organization’s Tokyo Research Lab Accessibility Group beginning early 2010. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=103 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=102 Dr. Andrew Sears, Professor and Chair of The Department of Information Systems at UMBC was recently featured in the “Tech and Gadgets” section in the October, 25th edition of The Independent, a London-based news daily. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=102 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=101 Dr. James Clements took office as the 23rd President of West Virginia University on June 30th of this year. However, his aspirations of being a professor and eventually a top administrator in higher education began more than twenty years ago while he was a student at UMBC. On the evening of Thursday, October 15th, at the campus’ Albin O. Kuhn Library, Dr. Clements expressed some wonderful recollections of his academic studies at UMBC as he accepted the honor of UMBC Outstanding Alumni of the Year from The College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT). Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=101 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=99 It is with a heavy heart I report that John Schwartz passed away on October 14, 2009. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=99 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=100 Carolyn Seaman, IS Department Associate Professor received a new research grant, which became effective August 2009, from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The total amount of the grant is approximately $500,000 over 3 years. Dr. Seaman explains, “The objective of the project is to help software development organizations better manage the long-term maintenance of large software systems by formalizing the concept of ‘technical debt’—a metaphor that focuses on the common practice of delaying, or shortcutting, certain types of software maintenance tasks in order to improve short-term productivity, but which will compromise quality in the long run if delayed indefinitely.” Dr. Seaman explained that such delayed tasks include documenting changes to the system, fully testing changes, taking care to maintain the architectural design integrity of the system while making changes, augmentations, and similar processes. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=100 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=98 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) starting August 2010. Outstanding candidates in other areas will also be considered. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=98 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=97 9 IT jobs make “America’s Top 50 Jobs”—Systems Engineer ranks #1 and 5 others rank in the top 20. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=97 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=96 This past August, New Scientist ran an article that featured research being conducted by UMBC IS Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant Lisa Vizer. The article reported Vizer’s work on the early detection of age-related cognitive problems that could be monitored via software that tracks an individual’s typing patterns. Since the publishing of the article, it has been translated into several languages and has been reposted extensively. Read the full article repost below, or at New Scientist via the following link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327224.200-keyboard-style-could-give-early-warning-of-dementia.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=96 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=95 The 2010 issue of U.S. News and World Report America’s Best Colleges Guide named UMBC in an unranked list of public and private universities that offer exceptional opportunities for student research at the undergraduate level. UMBC also joined Carnegie Mellon, Cal Tech, Duke University, MIT and others in an unranked list of schools that give students outstanding opportunities for undergraduate research and creative projects. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=95 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=93 Dr. Andrew Sears, Chair, Department of Information Systems at UMBC, has been elected to Chair the ACM Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing (SIGACCESS) through 2012. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=93 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=92 Kimberly Ellison Taylor ’93, engineering and information technology, was voted chair elect (vice chair) for the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=92 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=91 Andrea Lorick, Department of Information Systems Business Services Specialist, has been named UMBC’s Employee of the Quarter for July-September, 2009. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=91 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=90 More than 3 million federal employees work within the Federal Enterprise that comprises nearly 50 Federal Agencies*. The challenges of managing information in this vast organization, replete with a number of disparate processes for analyzing and reporting, require robust architecture capable of evaluating performance and empowering workers to do their jobs more efficiently and in a uniformed manner that is pervasive across the Federal Enterprise. The architecture of information management, the underlying design for knowing who is doing what with tax payers’ money, should enable Federal managers to exploit rigorous analytic capabilities; leading to responsive, coordinated, cooperative, and reliable improvements in policy outcomes—accountable to stakeholders and constituents. To this end, Dr. Ashish Joshi of UMBC’s Department of Information Systems and a Research Director of the Consortium of Information Technology and Health Outcomes Research (CITHOR) have collaborated with colleague Dr. David Paschane, key advisor and collaborator to the Consortium of Information Technology and Health Outcomes Research (CITHOR) to submit a paper which proposes a Federal Performance Architecture (FPA). Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=90 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=89 Doctoral candidate David Gurzick received the Vinton G. Cerf Award for the best Student Authored paper at the Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2009 Conference this past May. His paper, Towards a Design Theory for Online Communities, coauthored with Dr. Wayne Lutters, will soon appear in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) digital library. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=89 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=88 Dr. Andrew Sears, Chair, Department of Information Systems at UMBC has been named Associate Editor for the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS). Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=88 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=87 On June 30, 2009, Dr. James Clements takes office as the 23rd President of West Virginia University, leaving his position as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Towson University, and currently going through the process of cross-phasing between the two positions. However, his aspirations of being a professor and eventually an administrator in higher education actually began more than twenty years ago while he was a student at UMBC. Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=87 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=86 Dr. Vandana Janeja, Assistant Professor in IS at UMBC, along with PhD student Lei Shi, will present their paper entitled "Anomalous Window Discovery through Scan Statistics for Linear Intersecting Paths (SSLIP)" at the 15th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, to be held June 28 through July 1, 2009, in Paris, France. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=86 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=85 UMBC Information Systems Department Chair, Dr. Andrew Sears, has received an IBM Faculty Award for this year. The award in the amount of $40,000 will support Dr. Sears’ research activity entitled, "Interruption recovery in an aging workforce: The role of cognitive abilities and visual cues." Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=85 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=84 The Department of Information System’s Spring 2009 Distinguished Lecturer Series will feature Dr. Gary J. Kohler, John B. Higdon Eminent Scholar of Management Information Systems at the University of Florida, on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 10 a.m. in room ITE 456. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=84 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=32 The IS Department’s new Jobs Survey is designed to help high school and transfer students as well as graduates by indicating the kinds of jobs that are available after graduation and the appropriate salaries within the industry and marketplace. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=32 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=82 Lisa Vizer, a Doctoral Candidate and Research Assistant with the IS Department, recently was accepted to the CHI Doctoral Consortium which will take place April 4 through 9, 2009 in Boston, MA. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=82 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=83 Dr. Andrew Sears, Chair, Department of Information Systems at UMBC has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Constellation Professorship in Information Technology and Engineering. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=83 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=81 You are cordially invited to attend the seminar: Access in a Virtual World Thu, 8 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=81 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=80 Dr. Jinjuan Feng, a previous doctoral student at the Information Systems Department at UMBC and currently a faculty member in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson University, and Dr. Ant Ozok, an Associate Professor in the Information Systems Department at UMBC, along with Dr. Jonathan Lazar from Towson University and Dr. Libby Kumin from Loyola College, co-authored the paper "Computer usage by young individuals with down syndrome: an exploratory study" which won the "Best Paper Award" at the tenth ACM International Conference On Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) in Halifax, Canada on October 15th. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=80 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=79 The Department of Information Systems wishes to acknowledge IS Majors who are also CWIT (The Center for Women and Information Technology) Scholars or scholars in CWIT's SITE (Scholarships in Information Technology and Engineering) program. Fri, 31 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=79 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=78 The new electronic issue of the Information Systems Department Newsletter for Fall 2008 is now available. Thu, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=78 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=77 You are cordially invited to the Distinguished Information Technology Lecture Wed, 29 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=77 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=76 The Department of Information Systems would like to announce the arrival of Dr. Ravi Kuber to its faculty community. Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=76 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=75 Information Systems PhD candidate Medha Umarji is currently interning at the Human Interactions in Programming (HiP) group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington. Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=75 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=74 The Department of Information Systems once again has the honor of congratulating IS and Finance double major Cornelia Carapcea for continued athletic and academic accolades. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=74 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=73 The Department of Information Systems will now offer a certificate in Project Management for Information Systems (PMIS) beginning with the fall 2008 semester. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=73 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=71 Dr. Andrew Sears, Chair, Department of Information Systems at UMBC has been named to the editorial board of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS). Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=71 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=70 Not only is Cornelia Carapcea a UMBC undergraduate perusing a double major in Information Systems and Finance, and not only has she earned Dean's List honors in all five of her semesters while studying at UMBC. But, the native of Constanta, Romania is also a UMBC junior tennis standout. In May, ESPN The Magazine recognized her for her athletic accomplishments on the court naming her to the “Academic All-District II women's at-large first team.” Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=70 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=69 Joyram (Jo) Chakraborty, a Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Assistant with the IS Department, recently accepted an internship at Intel Corporation at the organization's location in Hillsboro, OR. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=69 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=68 The Department of Information Systems at UMBC has designed and developed for the United States Veteran Affairs an E-Kiosk Patient Education program for individuals with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell which is incurable but treatable. The project, in conjunction with Parra Consulting Group, was funded under an initiative of the Secretary of the VA. This is an interactive program which delivers educational material on a Stand Alone Tablet PC and online through the MyHealtheVet website. Wed, 7 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=68 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=67 IS Department Alumnus, Adam Driscoll, IS '04, is taking his philanthropic interests to more widely recognized heights. Driscoll, along with other UMBC alumni recently produced a documentary film, "Adventures for the Cure," which received the People's Choice Award at the Beloit International Film Festival. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=67 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=66 Information Systems PhD student Lisa Vizer has been selected by IBM Research to intern this summer with the company's Accessibility Research division at the company's TJ Watson Research Center located in Hawthorne, New York. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=66 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=65 Karen Lewis Law, Information Systems departmental advisor, has been named the Maryland representative to the Region 2 Steering Committee of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) from April 2008-April 2010. Ms. Lewis Law has been an active member of NACADA since 2004. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=65 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=63 Salman Syed, 2000 Information Systems (IS) Department alumnus has been named one of 30 top consultants under the age of 30 by Consulting Magazine. Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=63 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=62 UMBC Department of Information Systems Alumna Stephanie Reel (’85) will be recognized as UMBC’s 2008 Outstanding Alumna, Engineering and Information Technology. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=62 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=61 A recent independent study conducted by Academic Analytics and reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks UMBC’s Department of Information Systems 8th in the nation for scholarly productivity in IT/IS. Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=61 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=60 UMBC’s Department of Information Systems (IS) and the National University of Ireland (NUI) in Galway announce NUI’s only reciprocal IS program exchange in the United States. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=60 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=32 IS Students and Alumni: Our Jobs Survey is now posted and we need your input Wed, 26 Sept 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=32 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=59 Undergraduate enrollments in UMBC's Department of Information Systems (IS) are on the upswing for fall 2007, particularly among young women. The enrollment increase is a positive sign in light of a recent national decline in college students entering information technology majors and is partly due to the department’s efforts to educate high school students and counselors about the various IT disciplines of study, the truth about outsourcing and the improved job market for IT majors. Wed, 26 Sept 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=59 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=58 UMBC’s Department of Information Systems congratulates Drs. Zhiyuan Chen, Aryya Gangopadhyay, and George Karabatis, whose research focus is in Database/Data Mining, for being awarded two new National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $511,388.00. Mon, 24 Sept 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=58 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=56 All UMBC undergraduates may now enroll in one of two programs focused on management science and business administration offered through UMBC’s Department of Information Systems (IS). The programs may be of particular interest to IS students enrolled in the department’s Business Technology Administration (BTA) program. Fri, 7 Sept 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=56 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=57 The Information Systems Department invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level. Fri, 7 Sept 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=57 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=55 A new survey of CIOs, published by Baseline from polling data provided by Robert Half Technology, an IT professional staffing firm, indicates Chief Information Officers expect to add to their staffs. Fri, 8 Jun 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=55 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=54 Information Systems PhD student Jo Chakraborty has been selected by IBM Research to intern this summer with the company’s Conversational Contact Center Solutions Group. Fri, 4 May 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=54 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=53 The Department of Information Systems announces new book scholarships for Information Technology majors. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=53 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=52 The Department of Information Systems will host two guest lecturers at UMBC’s ITE Building. Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=52 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=51 UMBC’s Department of Information Systems is pleased to announce that Liwei Dai, a PhD student, has been awarded a prestigious IBM PhD Research Fellowship. She was selected from a field of several hundred nominations world wide. Wed, 15 Mar 2007 14:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=51 http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=50 Dr. Ashish Joshi joins the IS department as an Assistant Research Professor. Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:00:00 GMT http://www.is.umbc.edu/news_events.asp?ID=50