Students

A year of research and hard work has culminated with first-year research paper presentations for three PhD students in the W. P. Carey Department of Information Systems.

Vi TranLe is a woman of many talents. She manages a band, plans weddings, develops apps and is an information technology whiz. All of these skills, she said, have similar traits — they all require execution of a well-thought-out plan.

Five stars, one star or something in between? Ratings you give a restaurant are likely affected by where you grew up, when you visited the eatery, and how far away that establishment is. What’s more, others look at how much emotion you express when evaluating the helpfulness of your critique.

As the 2016 Summer Olympics ends, with the United States of America at the top of the medal tally, it is time to also celebrate another achievement in the tech sector.

Like many first-year students, Julie Harr saw so many career options when she began college that she wasn’t sure which path to take.

The capstone project is the crowning moment of our degree programs. Students work in teams to apply the knowledge and skills learned in virtually all of their classes to a project in a real business.

Alan Simon says that three scenarios cover the objectives of most students who enroll in the Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) program. Some hope to advance in their companies. Others are looking for something different from their current career path.

35 years ago, Joe Killalea had just graduated from the University of West Florida and was hired as an entry-level systems analyst by Exxon Company USA. Since 1980, his role has evolved from programmer to project manager within the ExxonMobil Information Technology (EMIT) organization.

Uday Kulkarni was honored with the W. P. Carey School’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. He was one of the first professors to adapt classes from the Master of Science in Information Management program to online delivery — recording his lectures and creating new types of discussion boards.

Last week the news of Google's new Hummingbird conversational search engine had analysts buzzing. One of the implications is that business users will expect the same capability from their applications. This is exciting – it adds more fuel to the fire of the consumerization of IT trend.