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Reaching into the Classroom - Nov. 1, 2001 Issue of
CIO Magazine
Reconciling industry's need-it-now goals with university ideals isn't
necessarily impossible. In fact, it can work beautifully when the two sides team
up. One case in point is UPS. In the beginning of 2000, UPS's Atlanta-area
operations desperately sought a near-term infusion of Web layout and development
talent. Fortunately, CIO Ken Lacy and Dudley Land, former vice president of
customer automation and UPS operations, found a helpful partner in Georgia State
University. Ephraim McLean, professor of information systems, and David
McDonald, academic program director in the computer information systems
department, were eager to help UPS close its skills gap quickly.
http://www.cio.com/archive/110101/classroom.html
The CIS Laboratory
The CIS Laboratory is a new facility created to support research within the CIS
department. Its main focus is to provide a venue for software development,
demonstrations, technical and research collaboration, data collection and
analysis, and scholarly publications. It is intended to be used by CIS faculty
and research assistants for research purposes. Our aim is to provide a
protected, robust, and secure environment to foster and grow the research
capabilities of the CIS department. All CIS faculty and research assistants are
invited to participate in the development and use of the new CIS lab. The
CIS lab is located at 10 Park Place on the lowest floor.
The CIS Bell Rings for...
...Vijay
Vaishnavi, who has been elected to IEEE's highest grade of membership an
IEE Fellow, effective January 1, 2002...Detmar Straub, co-author, Rick Watson, UGA, and to the department, for the Research
Commentary appearing in the December ISR: Transformational issues in
Researching IS and Net-Enabled Organizations"...Veda Storey who has won this year's J. Mack Robinson College of Business Recognition Award for research!
...Melody Moore who has received an NSF grant award of $75k over three years for "Human Computer Interaction for Direct Brain-Computer Interfaces. Subcontracts for this award will go to
Georgia Tech, Neil Squire Foundation (Canada), and Neural Signals Inc.
...Bala Ramesh who was awarded a DoD grant for study of "Knowledge Management with Traceability". The award of 50K will be for one year with the sponsor having the option to extend the work by another year with the Department of Defense.
ICAPP/UPS/Georgia State Partnership
The State of Georgia is committing to a partnership with United Parcel Service totaling more than $800,000 through the University System of Georgia’s Intellectual Capital Partnership Program
(ICAPP) initiative. Georgia is providing $555,740 to pay faculty costs, and UPS is providing in-kind contributions of classroom space valued at $267,506.
ICAPP/UPS/Georgia State Partnership
Dr. Straub's Paper Awarded
We have another "Citation of Excellence" from
ANBAR Electronic Intelligence. Dr. Straub's paper, "Knowledge
Worker Communications and Receipt Availability: Towards a Task
Closure Explanation of Media Choice," published in Organizational
Science in 1998, was awarded their "Highest Quality Rating."
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