Department of Decision and Information Science

Faculty and Fields of Interest

Dan Braha operations management, complex systems analysis

Susan West Engelkemeyer (Dean of the College) operations and quality management, organizational change, performance indicators

Laura Forker operations management, purchasing and healthcare management

Ling Ge information strategies and management, e-commerce and e-business, economics of information systems

Angappa Gunasekaran (Chairperson) operations management, quantitative business analysis, logistics, supply chain management

Peter Hughes business statistics, quantitative business analysis

Bulent Kobu operations management, quantitative business analysis

Yuzhu (Julia) Li project management, technology -mediated learning, the use of IT in organizations

Efrem Mallach system conversion, the impact of industry analysts on the IT industry

Sharon Ordoobadi operations management, decision modeling, logistics, engineering economics, total quality management, engineering management

Bharatendra Rai quality, reliability and six-sigma

Timothy Shea delivery and management of web-based learning and teaching technologies, corporate universities, end-user training, implementation issues of e-commerce

Zheng Zhong Shi information systems strategy, inter-organizational information systems, IS outsourcing, business-to-business e-commerce

Soheil Sibdari stochastic modeling in operations, economics, and statistics

Ercan Tirtiroglu operations management, quality, finance, and information-theory

Shouhong Wang electronic commerce, information systems analysis and design, and artificial intelligence in business, knowledge management

The Department of Decision and Information Science offers major programs leading to Bachelor of Science Degree.

The purpose of the Decision and Information Science program is to prepare students for careers in the application of information technology that solve business problems and explore new business opportunities.