Purao-Short-Bio

~75 Words - (Target - IT Professionals)

Sandeep Purao is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology and Research Director for the Center for Enterprise Architectureat Penn State University. His research involves design and evaluation of IT-based solutions for business problems. He has 100+ publications in academic journals and conferences; serves / has served on editorial boards of several premier academic journals; and has done consulting assignments for financial institutions and software houses. He holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has prior training in management, accounting and law.

~100 Words - (Target - IT Researchers)

Sandeep Purao is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. His research focuses on the design of complex techno-organizational systems, and the sciences of design. His work has been published in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, ACM Computing Surveys, Communications of the ACM, multiple IEEE Transactions, Computer-supported Cooperative Work, and Journal of the Medical Informatics Association among others. He serves/has served on editorial boards of MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Industry Consortia, private Foundations and private industry. He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of AIS, ACM and IEEE.

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Sandeep Purao is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, University Park, PA. Prior to joining Penn State, he was on the faculty at the Business School, Georgia State University. His research focuses on the design, evolution and management of complex techno-organizational systems. His work has been published in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, various IEEE Transactions, ACM Computing Surveys, and Information Systems Research; and conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems, IEEE Service-oriented Computing Conference, and International Conference on Conceptual Modeling. He serves or has served in Editorial capacities for Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of the AIS, European Journal of Information Systems, and Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. He has held leadership roles in conferences such as IEEE Services, ER, WITS and DESRIST. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Foundations and Industry Consortia. He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of AIS, ACM, IEEE.

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Sandeep Purao is a Professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, University Park, PA. Prior to joining Penn State, he was on the faculty at College of Business, Georgia State University. His research focuses on the design, evolution and management of complex techno-organizational systems with a blend of research methods and approaches from software engineering and the organizational sciences. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Foundations as well as Industry Consortia. His work has been published in journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics-A, ACM Computing Surveys, and Information Systems Research; and conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems, IEEE Service-oriented Computing Conference and International Conference on Conceptual Modeling. He also designs and evaluates software artifacts as a part of the research process. Some of these include APSARA (to build conceptual designs of information with reuse of analysis patterns), ADAM (to automate domain modeling), IDAssist (to build systems integration solutions with enterprise integration patterns), and SASSY (to assess soft skills of IT professionals). He is also actively engaged in understanding, improving and evaluating pedagogical practices for learning about enterprise integration. He serves or has served as an Associate Editor for Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly as well as Journal of the AIS among others. He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of AIS, ACM and IEEE.

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Sandeep Purao is a Professor at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, University Park, PA. He serves as the Research Director for the Center for Enterprise Architecture; and holds affiliate faculty appointments in the Department of Industrial Engineering as well as School of Engineering Design. He is also a member of the Center for Research in Design and Innovation. Prior to joining Penn State, he was on the faculty at College of Business, Georgia State University. His research focuses on the design, evolution and management of complex techno-organizational systems with a blend of research methods and approaches from software engineering and the organizational sciences. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Industry Consortia, private Foundations, as well as private Corporations. His work has been published in journals such as Communications of the ACM, various IEEE Transactions, ACM Computing Surveys, and Information Systems Research; and conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems, IEEE Service-oriented Computing Conference, and International Conference on Conceptual Modeling. He also builds, with the help of colleagues, software artifacts in the process of research, some of which include APSARA (to build conceptual designs of information with reuse of analysis patterns), ADAM (to automate domain modeling), IDAssist (to build systems integration solutions with enterprise integration patterns), and SASSY (to assess soft skills for IT professionals). He serves or has served as an Associate Editor for Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly and Journal of the AIS among others. He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of AIS, ACM and IEEE. Prior to his academic career, he was a practicing Chartered Accountant in Mumbai, India. He holds Bachelor's degrees in Commerce and Law and an Master of Business Administration (MBA). He is a member of ACM, IEEE and AIS.