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DIGITS Faculty
The Center for Digital Thought and Strategy brings together
distinguished Smith School faculty and their colleagues from the University
of Maryland with special areas of expertise to conduct cutting-edge
research. From consumer research and psychology to high-tech systems design
and analysis, the faculty offers a diverse, multifaceted perspective on the
challenges and rewards of digitization.
Directors of DIGITS:
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Il-Horn Hann
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Co-director of DIGITS
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Il-Horn Hann is associate professor of information systems at the Robert H.
Smith School of Business and co-director of the Center for Digital Thought and
Strategy (DIGITS). Hann teaches Managing Digital Business Markets at
the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. His
research interest is in the intersection of IT and markets; recent projects
include price competition in electronic markets, pricing in Name-Your-Own-Price
markets, and online privacy. Another research interest of his is open source
software. Hann's papers have been published in Management Science,
Journal of MIS, and Communication of the ACM. He has served on the
editorial board of Information Systems Research and is currently on the
editorial board of Management Science. He received his MA and PhD
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Siva Viswanathan
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Co-director of DIGITS
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Siva Viswanathan is associate professor of information systems at the Robert
H. Smith School of Business and co-director of the Center for Digital Thought
and Strategy (DIGITS). Viswanathan’s research focuses on emerging issues
related to online firms and markets, and on analyzing the competitive and
strategic implications of new information and communication technologies. His
current research examines the growth of online information intermediaries, and
their potential to disrupt traditional business models and transform the
competitive landscape in sectors such as auto-retailing, financial services, and
advertising, among others. Viswanathan’s research has appeared in top academic
journals including Management Science, Information Systems Research, Journal
of Marketing, and Decision Support Systems. He is also an active
participant in international conferences and industry forums. He received his
PhD from New York University.
DIGITS Affiliated Faculty and their Research Interests
Ritu
Agarwal
Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Information Systems
Values of IT, IT activity design and IT human capital
Ph.D., Syracuse University |
Larry Ausubel
Professor of Economics, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Auctions, bargaining and information economics
Ph.D., Stanford University |
Michael Ball
Orkland Professor of Management Science
Network optimization and integer programming
Ph.D., Cornell University |
Kathryn M Bartol
Robert H. Smith Professor of Management and Organization
Reward systems and IT impacts on management and organizations
Ph.D., Michigan State University |
Peter
Cramton
Professor of economics, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Auctions, bargaining and information economics
Ph.D., Stanford University |
Anandasivam Gopal
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Empirical software engineering and software engineering economics
Ph.D, Carnegie Mellon University |
Anil Gupta
Professor of Strategy and eBusiness
Competition and strategy in digital economy
D.B.A. Harvard University |
Wolfgang Jank
Assistant Professor of Management Science and Statistics
Simulation modeling and analysis
Ph.D., Statistics, University of Florida |
S.
Raghavan
Assistant Professor of Management Science
Telecom pricing, network and auction design
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Louiqa
Raschid
Professor, Decision and Information Technology and
UMIACS and Computer Science
Architectures for wide area applications, data delivery
challenges, Bioinformatics
Ph.D., University of Florida |
Roland Rust
Holder of David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing
Service marketing, customer equity, marketing models
Ph.D., University of North Carolina |
Galit
Shmueli
Assistant Professor of Management Science and Statistics
Developing and using statistical and probabilistic methods in
marketing, quality control, and bio-surveillance
Ph.D., Statistics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |
Ben
Shneiderman
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Human-computer interaction, user interface design
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook |
V.
Subrahmanian
Professor of Computer Science, College of Computer, Mathematical and
Physical Sciences
Internet agent technology, data base design, data structures and
software packages
Ph.D., Syracuse University |
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