Information & Decision Sciences

  • PhD Canidate Kirill Yuorv's Paper Recieves Nominaton

  • Professor Aris Ouskel Awarded NSF Grant

    Click Here to view the article.

  • 4/07

    Aris Ouksel recently gave the keynote speech at European Wireless 2007 (See http://www.ew2007.org/keyn_pan.html) that took place recently in Paris on April 1-4, 2007.

    The title of the lecture was: "The Promise of Sensor Networks to Revolutionize our Environment: Applications and Research Challenges."

  • 3/3/07

    See the features IDS Careers in the article below:

    Seven Bright New Careers for '07 and Beyond

  • 2/13/07
    IDS is proud to announce the addition of a PhD program in "Computational Transportation Science". The main objectives of the program is to advance research at the cusp of Information Technology and Transportation. Fellows in this program will receive a PhD degree from their home department and either an advanced certificate or another degree. Please contract Aris Ouksel, aris@uic.edu for more information.

  • 11-29-06
    Darrin Thomas, CBA adjunct faculty member and recent PhD graduate from the department of information and decision sciences, is one of three finalists for the Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, presented by the Academy of Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems. The ACM/SIGMIS promotes best-practices and research in the management and use of information systems and technologies. The annual dissertation competition, among the most prestigious in the field, draws entries from around the world.

    Thomas collaborated with IDS Professor C. Ranganathan on his dissertation, title “Leveraging Alliances for Building e-Business Resources and Capabilities: Investigating a Firm's Choice of Alliance Form in e-Business.”

    The first place award winner will be announced next month at the International Conference on Information Systems, to be held in Milwaukee.

  • 11-15-06
    INFORMS-UIC would like to invite you to a presentation series, by Sameer Jaiswal, Sr. Project Manager of Abbott Laboratorie's (Corporate IT division). I have personally talked to him about most of what he will present and I can vouch on the quality.

    Mr. Jaiswal presentation will focus on how he landed in his present career path and the IT changes within Abbott. He will also discuss on problems his division has faced in implementing an IT solution (subject matter of IDS 515). In addition, he will discuss topics related to networking for career growth and development.

    Come and join INFROMS on November 15, 2006 in LC A2 from 5:00-5:50pm     .
  • 10-2-06
    Sid Bhattacharyya and doctoral student Kurian Tharakunnel have received a research grant from the National Science Foundation for their work on dynamic leader-follower problems, with application to a broad range of problems in regulation, policy analysis, dynamic contracting. Their research will develop computational intelligence approaches using machine learning for addressing leader-follower game models, and demonstrate their application to energy markets regulation.
  • 9-18-06
    IDSO publishes the second edition of the "IDSO Newsletter"
    Click here to download the newsletter and read the latest from IDSO!
  • 9-16-06
    The Information and Decision Sciences Organization has launched a new website which can be viewed here
  • 9-14-06
    Hot Skills, Cold Skills

    This article reflects where the technology and knowledge management world and careers are leading, and we - IDS - are providing exactly the skills and thought processes required for these careers. Talk with us how to have one of the "hot", rather than "cold" careers.

  • Dr. Arkalgud Ramaprasad appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

    From: R. Michael TannerProvost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

    I am pleased to announce the appointment of Arkalgud (Ram) Ramaprasad as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs effective September 11. The appointment was approved by the Board of Trustees at their September 7 meeting.

    Professor Ramaprasad’s responsibilities will be to prepare a formal proposal and an academic and business plan for a School of Continuing Studies, as well as to provide general academic guidance for external and continuing education. His appointment is 50% time. He will report to Vice Provost Clark Hulse, who has primary responsibility for UIC’s continuing education effort.

    Professor Ramaprasad joined the UIC College of Business Administration in 2000. >From 2000 to 2006 he served as Head of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences, Director of the Center for Research in Information Management, and Associate Dean of the College. He was appointed a Scholar in the Great Cities Institute from 2003-2004, and has a history of involvement with strategic planning at UIC that includes service on the UIC 2010 Strategic Thinking Committee and the Provost’s Resource Task Force. He will continue to hold a tenured appointment as Professor of Information and Decision Sciences.

    Professor Ramaprasad’s office will be located in Room 2406 University Hall and he can be reached on campus at 312-996-9260.

    Please join me in welcoming Dr. Ramaprasad to his new role.

  • 8-2-06
    Rong Chen, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, was named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). The induction ceremony took place August 2, 2006 at the IMS Annual Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Professor Chen received the award for innovative and significant contributions in Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo methods, and time series analysis; and for superb services in statistical education and to the profession.
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    Each Fellow nominee is assessed by a committee of his/her peers for the award. In 2006, after reviewing 44 nominations, 20 were selected
    for Fellowship. Created in 1933, the Institute of Mathematical
    Statistics is a member organization which fosters the development and
    dissemination of the theory and applications of statistics and
    probability. The IMS has 4500 active members throughout the world.
    Approximately 5% of the current IMS membership has earned the status
    of fellowship.

  • 5-16-06 MS/MIS student wins competition!

    • Two students from the Liautaud Graduate School of Business, Caralynn Nowinski (who is also a student in the College of Medicine) and Chirag Patel, recently won first place at the 2006 Stuart Clark Venture Challenge, the premier business plan competition in Canada, and first place in the 2006 International Business Plan Competition at the University of San Francisco. These awards bring their total prize winnings to $45,000 from first-place finishes at four business plan competitions.

  • 02-23-06 Undergraduate Students, : Do you ever wonder...
    - What classes to take next semester?
    - Who can provide solid career advice?
    - What are the options for Graduate School?
    - Are there new areas in IDS that I should know about?

    It's time for Fall 06's Mandatory Student Advising Sessions.

    IDS Advising Fall 2006

    Find your Advisor

    **If you are a Senior graduating in Spring 2006, you need not attend this Advising Session**

    (For fall 2006 graduates, please bring a copy of your Graduation Check to 2402 UH)

    The program will be administered this way.

    1. All Juniors and Seniors will have a mandatory advisement session which will be approximately 20 minutes in length. The dates of advisement for fall 2005 will be held March 6th through March 17th. .

    2. Your faculty advisor will be the same as last term, if you don't have an advisor, you will be assigned a faculty advisor by Friday, February 24th.

    3. Your faculty member's name will be available at the departmental office and on the web on Friday, February 24th.

    4. The IDS faculty advisors will have their schedules posted on their doors by Friday, March 3rd.

    5. You will need to sign-up for a 15-minute meeting with your faculty Advisor.

    6. You will get information on new IDS courses, student groups IDSO and INFORMS, job outlook, careers in IDS and much more!

    If you fail to meet with your advisor a HOLD will be placed on your account, so please don't delay! You may start signing up for advising by next week. Your advisor will let the departmental office know who has completed their advising sessions.

    We look forward to meeting you in the next couple of weeks. We feel the benefits will be immense in helping you direct your studying and ultimately your career in IDS. If you should have any questions regarding your advising session, please feel free to contact me, Angela Prazza by email at prazza@uic.edu or by phone at 312-996-2676.

  • 02-02-06 Mobile communication has become commonplace in America. With the wireless portability act in 2003, consumers can retain their mobile phone numbers when switching their service providers. A recent research study by IDS faculty members examine the critical factors that affect switching behavior of mobile telecommunication users. The paper titled "Switching
    Behavior of Mobile Users: Do Users' Relational Investments and
    Demographics Matter?", by C Ranganathan, DongBack Seo and Yair Babad is forthcoming in the European Journal of Information Systems (Special Issue on Mobile User Behavior).
  • 01-27-06 UIC Graduate College Interdisciplinary Seminars for summer, 2006 have been announced.

    As you may know, the seminars are an exciting new program, designed to draw on and stimulate the amazing intellectual creativity of this university. Four seminars were chosen among the many proposals submitted, and they represent the breadth and excellence of our faculty and students.

    Registration details and procedures will be available in March. Among them is IDS Professor Mary Beth Watson-Manheim's seminar:

    - Information and Communication Technologies in the Workplace
    Steve Jones (Communication), Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (Information and Decision Sciences.

  • 01/13/06 "What Tech Skills Are Hot for 2006?"
    Computerworld (12/27/05); Hoffman, Thomas

    • Contrary to the widespread fear that offshoring initiatives are bleeding the U.S. IT job market dry, 2006 is shaping up to be a banner year for technology hiring. Through 2005, only 5% of U.S. IT workers had lost their jobs to offshoring, while job postings on Dice.com for developers, project managers, and help desk technicians all rose by 40% or more from January to September of 2005 compared to the same period a year earlier. A recent survey found that the four most sought-after skills in 2006 will be application development, information security, project management, and help desk skills. Most of the jobs going overseas involve basic coding, enabling U.S. companies to catch up with their backlog of projects, which has increased the demand for developers with Java and .NET skills. Employers are also looking for applicants with relationship management skills who have knowledge of a specific industry, enabling them to interact with business managers. Application development has also become more stratified, notes NStar's Eugene Zimon. "I would see the need for application developers as much more specialized in terms of developing integration components, user interfaces, and reusable components," he said. Information security skills are still very much in demand, though the recent proliferation in the number of workers who have obtained clearances has moderated compensation rates. Shortages are beginning to appear in the ranks of workers with government clearances and network security skills, however. Compliance initiatives such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley have thinned the pool of available project managers with specific skills in those areas. Many companies are also handicapped by their geography, as a constricted labor supply is often a factor unique to a specific location.

  • Fri, Jan 13, 2006 -- Read all about it...
    Not quite excited about the course? Need more motivation? Inspiration?

    See the latest in BusinessWeek (Cover Story 1/23/06): Math Will Rock Your World
    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_04/b3968001.htm
    In particular, see http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_04/b3968006.htm
    and note that we'll do a LOT of Stat and Excel in this class!