Past Events
BIT Colloquium
Speaker: Ted Lee
Topic:Comparative analysis of Open Sources vs. Propriety Sentiment Analysis tools
November 9th, 2018
Speaker: Ali Adeli
Topic: A multi-agent theory of information systems development (ISD)
November 2nd, 2018
Speaker: Seikar Velichety
Topic:Impact of Role Turnover on Open Source Project Success - Evidence from Wikipedia
October 26th, 2018
Speaker: Sungjin Yoo
Topic: Sharing Platform Disruptions and Incumbents' Competitive Actions in the Accommodation
Industry
October 19th, 2018
Speaker: He Li
Topic: Intra-Platform Competition from a Teleology Perspective: Understanding Product
and Positioning Evolution within Hadoop
October 5th, 2018
Speaker: Professor Judy Simon
Topic: A global view of cyber laws and country cultures
September 21st, 2018
Guest Speaker: Professor Matti Rossi, AIS President. Aalto University, Helsiniki Finland
Topic: Engaging Practitioners in IS Research through Action Design Research
April 13th, 2018
Speaker: Ali Adeli
Topic: Impact of Competition on Market Outcomes and Bidder Behavior in Complex Market
Environments: The Case of Combinatorial Auctions
March 16th, 2018
Speaker: Jong Lee
Topic: Looking forward or back? A new perspective based on "perceived earned value"
in understanding the completion effect and escalation of commitment
February 9th, 2018
Speaker: Naveen Kumar
Topic: That was so five minutes ago: Understanding when negative reputational events
can have positive spillovers to others in the same category
February 2nd, 2018
Speaker: Mark Gillenson
Topic: The NoSQL Sequel
January 26th, 2018
Speaker: Martin Kang
Topic: The Dynamics of Suppliers in Information Security Industry and Impact to Firm
Value
November 17th, 2017
Speaker: Brian Janz
Topic: Design Thinking and Entrepreneurial Mindset at Merck: Looking for a Link to
Enhance IT's Role in Product and Systems Delivery
November 10th, 2017
Speaker: Ali Adeli
Topic: Intelligent agent-based experiments to understand user behavior in complex
market environments
November 3rd, 2017
Guest Speaker: Dorothy Leidner, Ferguson Professor of IS, Baylor University
Topic: Symbol or Substance? A Model of Decoupled IS Use in the Context of Green IS
October 27th, 2017
Speaker: Robin Poston
Topic: Blockchain: MIS Research Considerations
October 20th, 2017
Speaker: Naveen Kumar
Topic: A Hashtag is Worth a Thousand Words: An Empirical Investigation of Social Media
Strategies in Trademarking Hashtags
October 6th, 2017
Speaker: Jong Lee
Topic: Are You Leaning in the Same Direction? The Role of Political Bias in Brand Sentiment
on Social Media
September 29th, 2017
Guest Speaker: Tom Meservy
Topic: Validation and Cognition: An fMRI Exploration of Dual Process Thinking in Electronic
Networks of Practice
September 22nd, 2017
Speaker: Ted Lee
Topic: Data Mining for Business Process Reengineering: A Case Study
September 15th, 2017
Speaker: Srikar Velichety
Topic: Designing Personalized Recommenders for Group Subscription in Social Media using
Network and Text Analytics: The Case of Twitter Lists
April 14th, 2017
Speaker: Ted Lee
Topic: An Overview of Data Mining and BI Tools
March 31st, 2017
Speaker: Naveen Kumar
Topic: Stranger Danger on Online Digital Platforms: An Empirical Evaluation of Detecting Review
Manipulation
March 24th, 2017
Speaker: Mark Gillenson
Topic: On the Unit Cost and Unit Value of Functional Test Cases
March 17th, 2017
Guest Speaker: Dani Almog
Topic: The effect of Continues Integration (CI) and Continues Deployment (CD) Paradigms on
the Way Unit Test is being Developed, Implemented and Executed
March 16th, 2017
Speaker: Margaret Schultz
Topic: Applying UDL Principles and Supporting Self-regulated Learning in a Project-based Distance
Education Course
February 24th, 2017
Guest Speaker: Izak Benbasat
Topic: A Program of Research on Improving Customer-Information Technology-Company Communications
in Electronic Commerce: Aims, Description & Synthesis
February 17th, 2017
Speaker: Yao Shi; Ruby Booth; Judy Simon
Topic: The Iterative Effect of IT Identity on Employee Cybersecurity Compliance Behaviors
February 10th, 2017
Speaker: Jong Lee
Topic: Want-Should Conflict in Online Users' Password Creation Behavior: An Empirical Investigation
Based on Construal Level Theory
February 3rd, 2017
Speaker: Srikar Velichety
Topic: Revisiting Collaborative activity and its impact in Wikis using Big Data and
Social Networks – The case of Wikipedia
November 18th, 2016
Speaker: Naveen Kumar
Topic: Exit, Voice, and Response on Digital Platforms: An Empirical Investigation
of Online Management Response Strategies
November 4th, 2016
Speaker: Brian Janz, Ernie Nichols, and John Oglesby
Topic: How Buckman's Value Stream Initiative Re-Visioned IT for Value
October 21st, 2016
Guest Speaker: Professor Sunil Mithas, University of Maryland
Topic: Does Platform Owner's Entry Crowd Out Innovation? Evidence From Google Photos
September 30th, 2016
Speaker: Bill Kettinger
Topic: Publishing Applied Research in MISQE: Perspectives from an Editor and Author
September 23rd, 2016
Speaker: Robin Poston
Topic: Changing the Culture of Software Quality: The Importance of Independence
September 16th
Speaker: He Li, Ph.D. Student
Topic: Entry Strategies into Digital Platform Ecosystems: Longitudinal Evidence from
the Hadoop Ecosystem
April 21th
Lightning Talks -- Illuminate Me about BIT/MIS, but make it quick!
April 8th
Speaker: UoM Legal Department
Topic: The University¹s Sexual Misconduct and Domestic Violence policy
April 1st
Guest Speaker: Prof. Lars Mathiassen
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar - Georgia State University
Topic: Engaged Scholarship
March 18th
Guest Speaker: Dr. Michelle Carter
The Information School at The University of Washington
Topic: Me, My Self and I(T): IT Identity and its Implications for IS Research
February 26th, 2016
Speaker: Son Ngoc Bui
Topic: Survivability of IT Startups: A Lesson from Open Source Software Industry
February 19th, 2016
Speaker: Mark Gillenson
Hot Topic: Cryptography from 500 BC to Today
February 12th, 2016
Speaker: Chen Zhang
Topic: Impact of Information Quality and System Quality on Mobile App Adoption in
the Open Data Context
February 05th, 2016
Speaker: Tom Stafford
Topic: Optimizing the Business Side of Science: Publication Review Cycles and Process
Management Considerations.
November 13, 2015
Speaker: Mark Gillenson
Topic: NoSQL and the Wild West of Database
November 6, 2015
Advisory Board Meeting
October 30, 2015
Speaker: Jong Seok Lee
Topic: The Negative Effects of Relative and Criticism-Based Performance Appraisals:
Escalation of Commitment to a Problematic Task in an IS Project
October 23, 2015
Guest Speaker: Panduka Nagahawatte, Staff Scientist, Department of Biomedical Informatics,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Topic: Genotation: Actionable knowledge for the Scientific Reader
October 16 2015
October 2 2015
Speaker: Sandi Richardson
Topic: The Characteristics of Employees' Online 'Personas' and their impact on a Firm's
Security Risks: a Routine Activities Theory Approach
September 25 2015
Speaker: Judy Simon
Topic: National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Writing Tips
September 18 2015
Speaker: Tom Stafford
Topic: Behavioral Perspectives on Cyber-Security
April 10 2015
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Rudy Hirschheim, Louisiana State University
Topic: Assessing Scholarly Influence
April 3 2015
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Vlad Ambartsoumian
Topic: On the Use of Design Science Methods in Taxonomic Research
March 27 2015
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Jong Lee
Topic: Optimism Bias in Managing IT Project Risks: A Construal Level Theory Perspective
March 20 2015
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Son Bui
Topic: Shaping Enterprise Agility Through Program Management Capability
February 27 2015
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Tom Stafford
Topic: Measuring Task and Person Conflict in Software Testing: A Research Note
February 13 2015
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Fair Josey, Orrin Cooper, and Jeff Kaleta
Panel Discussion: Flipped Classroom
February 6 2015
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Dov Te'eni, Tel Aviv University
Topic: Knowledge Maturation and Knowledge Networks in New Product Development: Motivation
Patterns and Consequences
November 21 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Sandi Richardson
Topic: Program Management Capabilities and Enterprise Agility in the Federated Global
Enterprise
November 7 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Michaela Luecke and Judy Simon
Topic: A Self-Regulatory Approach to Behavioral Compliance With IS Security Policies
November 5 2014
Technology Careers in Business
Technology Careers In Banking—Data Analytics and Security Career Paths for the Future
Host: First Horizon Bank
October 29 2014
Technology Careers in Business
Technology is Transforming Healthcare for Patients, Families and Physicians
Host: Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
October 24 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Mark Gillenson
Topic: Recent Research in Software Testing
October 22 2014
Technology Careers in Business
Technology in the Insurance Industry – A Focus on How Emerging Technology is Creating
an Industry Evolution
Host: Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc.
October 17 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Jignya Patel and Robin Poston
Topic: Project Manager Leadership: Overcoming the Challenges of Agile Adoption in
Bureaucracies
October 3 2014
MIS Colloquium
Guest Speaker: Hemang Sunbramanian
Topic: Electronic Commerce and Spatial Arbitrage
September 26 2014
MIS Colloquium
Guest Speaker: Naveen Kumar
Topic: An Integrated Context Based Information Retrieval
Approach
September 19 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Vlad Ambartsoumian and Ted Lee
Topic: The Role of Perceptual Adaptation and Attention Theories in Developing Augmented
Reality Services for Business and Government
September 18 2014
AMIS Meeting
Guest Speakers: FedEx Employees
Topic: The Secrets to Mastering Those Interview Questions (Session 2)
September 12 2014
MIS Colloquium
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kaushik Dutta, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems,
National University of Singapore
Topic: Computing Popularity Ranks for Mobile Apps
September 11 2014
AMIS Meeting
Guest Speakers: First Horizon Bank Employees
Topic: The Secrets to Mastering Those Interview Questions (Session 1)
April 11 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Jeff Kaleta and Ted Lee
Topic: Hot Topic on Augmented Reality
March 21 2014
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Mark Keil, John B. Zellars Professor of Computer Information
Systems, Georgia State University
Topic: Impact of Clinical Team IT Appropriation and Communicative Coordination on
Patient Satisfaction
February 21 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Vlad Ambartsoumian
Topic: Towards a Deeper Understanding of Big Data Analytics and Its Impact on Enterprise
Architecture and Enterprise Boundaries
February 14 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Son Bui
Topic: The Roles of Program Portfolio Management in Sustaining IS Alignment
February 7 2014
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Deepti Agrawal and Chen Zhang
Topic: Impact of IT Product Compatibility Initiatives on the Market Value of IT Firms
January 31 2014
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Key Pousttchi, Head of Wi-Mobile Research Group, University
of Augsburg, Germany
Topic: The Impact of Mobile Business Issues on IT
November 22 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Wael Jabr, University of Calgary
Topic: Market for Information: An Analysis of Online Word-of-Mouth
November 15 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Stacie Petter, University of Nebraska
Topic: Examining Team Silence and Voice in Online Teams
November 8 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Sal March, Vanderbilt University
Topic: Toward a Social Ontology for Conceptual Modeling
October 25 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Son Bui and Ted Lee
Topic: A Framework for SLA in Community Cloud Computing
October 18 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Sulin Ba, University of Connecticut
Topic: One Size Does Not Fit All: The Differential Impact of Online Reviews
October 4 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: John Oglesby
Topic: Continuation of departmental strategic planning process. MIS faculty only;
working lunch at noon (provided)
September 27 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Haejung Yun, American University
Topic: Personal Data Breaches as Service Failure: A Path to Recovery
September 20 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Prof. Richard Janikowski
Topic: Blue Crush Initiative with the Memphis Police Department
September 13 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Tom Stafford
Topic: Formative and reflective measurement of Computer Self-Efficacy, with a special
consideration of the role (and, lack thereof) of measurement error in model specifications
April 12 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Dr. Tom Stafford and Jason Rhea
Topic: Internet Source Credibility
April 5 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Dr. Chen Zhang and Lakshman Mahadevan
Topic: West Meets East - The Role of Media Choice in Cross-Cultural Software Development
March 29 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Dr. Tom Stafford and Rahul Paul
Topic: Trust in IT
March 22 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Ling Xue
Topic: Executive Compensation and IT Risk Taking
March 1 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Fred Niederman, St. Louis University
Topic: Updating the Representation of Theory: Exploring Beyond Where the Streetlight
Shines
February 22 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Jeanne Hermann-Petrin
Topic: Technology Acceptance of MDs
February 15 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Fred Davis, University of Arkansas
Topic: Neuroscience in IS
February 8 2013
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Jasbir Dhaliwal, Jignya Patel and Robin Poston
Topic: Managing Service Level Agreements in Outsourcing Contracts - Future Research
Influenced by Ambiguously-Measured Service Contexts
February 1 2013
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Sang Lee, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Topic: CO-INNOVATION: A New Paradigm for Corporate Innovation
November 16 2012
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Kent Crawford, author, past president of the national PMI and
PMI Fellow
Topic: Integrating Portfolios, Programs, Projects and People for Organizational Performance
November 9 2012
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Elena Karahanna from the University of Georgia
Topic: Understanding the Interplay of Habits and Organizational Routines in Telehealth
Implementations
October 26 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Thomas Stafford and Robin Poston
Topic: Active Priming of Cultural Outsourcing Stereotypes
October 19 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Ling Xue
Topic: Leader Effect in Online Customer Community: The Examination of A Group-based
Incentive Program
October 5 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Bill Kettinger, Jignya Patel, and Sung Ryoo
Topic: Informating Truckers: Understanding Stress Inducing and Reducing Aspects of
Digital Migration
September 28 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Rolf Wigand from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Topic: Building Virtual Organizations and Teams
September 21 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. George Deitz,
Dept. of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Topic: Effects of Individual and Team Characteristics on Simulation Enhanced Learning:
A Multilevel Analysis
September 14 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Sandi Richardson
Topic: Health Information Exchange - Lessons Learned
September 11 2012
AMIS "Welcome" Party and Scavenger Hunt
April 13 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speakers: Vladimir Ambartsoumian and Dr. Mark Gillenson
Topic: New Directions in Data Management and Their Implications for Business Intelligence
April 11 2012
AMIS Officer Election Meeting
The office positions for next year were elected by the existing members. Congratulations
to the next year's newly elected officers:
Presidents: Brittany Arnold and Nicole Smith
Vice President: Keedrick Bass
Secretary/Treasurer: Lee Morrell
April 6 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Arun Rai from Georgia State University
Topic: (Mis)fit of Vertical Deintegration and IT-enabled Process Integration Capabilities:
Consequences for Firm Performance in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry
March 30 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Richard Baskerville from Georgia State University
Topic: Design Theorizing Individual Information Systems
March 16 2012
AIS Success Strategies Webinar
Topic: Improving Your Publication Strategy
February 24 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. James Wetherbe from Texas Tech University
Topic: Career Strategies in Academia
February 17 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Chen Zhang and Deepti Agrawal
Topic: Impact of Product Compatibility Initiatives on the Market Value of Information
Technology Firms
February 3 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Stafford
Topic: Exploring Dimensions of Technology Dependence
January 27 2012
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Robin Poston
Topic: Mindful Experimentation with Innovative Technologies
November 18 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Robin Poston and Jignya Patel
Topic: A Software Testing Assessment for Testing Managers to Evaluate Testing Effort
November 11 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr.Tom Meservy
Topic: Information Influence and the Evaluation of Multiple Potential Solutions
October 28 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Mark Gillenson
Topic: IBM and the Holocaust: A story about IS business ethics
October 21 2011
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr.Stefan Henningsson, Copenhagen Business School
Topic: Managing the IT Integration of Acquisitions by Multi-Business Organizations
October 7 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Brian Janz
Topic: In Search of Best Practices in Online MIS Education
September 30 2011
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr.Ritu Agarwal, Editor-in-Chief, ISR
Topic: The Information Value of Online Physician Ratings
September 23 2011
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Yuan Li, Columbia College
Topic: Revisiting the Concept of Information: Its Meanings and Implications for Information
Systems Research
September 16 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Insu Park
Topic: Perceived Information Assurance, Risk, Resilience, and Information Systems
Effectiveness in the Context of Disasters
September 14 2011
AMIS Fall Kickoff Meeting
April 15 2011
MIS Colloquium
Guest Speaker: Brad Forrester, Pearson Education
Topic: Doing more with less. Resources for Educating Millennial Students in an Online
Environment
April 8 2011
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Jason Thatcher, Clemson University
Topic: Exploring Mindfulness in Information Technology Use
April 1 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Jignya Patel
Topic: ICT: An Answer to Knowledge Divide?
April 1 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Shalini Bhalla
Topic: Investigating the Migration of Users Across Online Social Platform Using Agent
Based Modeling
March 25 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Lakshman Mahadevan
Topic: Developer Motivations in Addressing Security Vulnerabilities ( with Dr.Judy
Simon and Dr. Tom Meservy)
March 18 2011
MIS Colloquium
Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Fred Niederman, St. Louis University
Topic: A Theory-Oriented Look at the Integration of Information Systems Functions
Following Organizational Mergers or Acquisitions
February 25 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Bob Otondo, Mississippi State University
Topic: Temporal Structures in Continued Use Intentions: Theoretical Foundations, Methodological
Approaches, and Implications
February 18 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Robin Poston
Topic: Role of Testers in Selecting an Enterprise Architecture Solution: An Exploratory
Study (with J. Dhaliwal and R. Koja)
February 11 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Jeffrey Kaleta and Dr. Chen Zhang
Topic: A Fork in the Road: A Conceptual Model of Online Consumer Iterative Search
(with Bill Kettinger, and Anssi Öörni)
February 4 2011
MIS Colloquium
Special guest Speaker: Dr. Tina Wakolbinger, Dept. of Marketing and Supply Chain
Topic: Green Inter-organizational IS for Product Recovery Management
January 28 2011
MIS Colloquium
Speaker: Dr. Sandra Richardson
Topic: Designing an Academic PM Program (with Robin Poston) & other "every day" research
opportunities