Sandeep Purao

Sandeep Purao is on the faculty at the College of IST, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
During 2009-10, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Information School at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
His research focuses on the design, evolution and management of complex techno-organizational systems.
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Current Focus: Sandeep Purao's research deals with the design, evolution and management of complex techno-organizational systems, blending research methods from organizational science and software engineering. Research outcomes include design principles for different classes of IT artifacts, principles for improving deployment efforts, greater understanding of how such they can benefit organizational work practice, and explanations of how their introduction can impact organizational work and structure. Sandeep also enjoys reflecting on the craft of teaching in this domain, and develops innovative pedagogical practices.

Outcomes: The research outcomes are available as publications in archival journals, papers in conference proceedings, and software artifacts tied to empirical assessments. Teaching-related content is available as writings on and outlines related to pedagogical aspects of techno-organizational systems.

Reflection (as a Researcher in a field that deals with both organizations and information technologies): Is it possible to articulate Grand Challenges for a research agenda that sits at the intersection of these two domains?

The Past: After completing his PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was on the faculty at the Computer Information Systems department at Georgia State University, before moving to the inter-disciplinary College (then School) of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. He served as the Graduate Student Adviser at the College from 2005 to 2008; and teaches organizational informatics and enterprise integration. Prior to his academic career, he was a practicing Chartered Accountant in Mumbai, India. He received his Bachelor's degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Mumbai. He also holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University, where he assisted in the Accounting department. More about his Education, and Experience.

News

• Book Chapter on Action and Design Research with Matti Rossi and Maung Sein in the Book on Design Science published by Alan Hevner and Samir Chatterjee. July 2010.
• Panel on Academic Rigor versus Applications-oriented Research with Udo Bub, Samir Chatterjee, and Oliver Christ at DESRIST 2010, St. Gallen, Switzerland. 4 June 2010.
• Grant for REU awarded by NSF: To continue work related to Learning to Build Systems of Systems. Award ~ USD 15k. May 2010.
• Paper forthcoming at MIS Quarterly: with Sein, Henfridsson, Rossi and Lindgren titled Action Design Research, May 2010. More in Publications
• Grant awarded by The Commonwealth Fund: Diffusing Health Information Technology in Rural Areas Through Hospital-to-Hospital Partnerships. (Co-PI: Purao, PI:Reddy, Co-PI: Techatassanasoontorn). Award ~ USD 250k. June 2010. Duration: 18 months.
• Paper forthcoming at IEEE Transactions on Services Computing: with Robinson titled Monitoring Service Systems from a Language-Action Perspective, April 2010. More in Publications
• Paper forthcoming at the NLDB '10 Conference: With Sugumaran, Storey and Conesa, titled On-Demand Extraction of Domain Concepts and Relationships from Social Tagging Websites, Cardiff, Wales, UK. June 2010. More in Conferences
• Paper forthcoming at IS Education Journal: with Cameron titled Enterprise Integration: An Experiential Learning Model, More in Publications
• Paper forthcoming at the SIGCPR '10 Conference: With Suen titled Designing a Multi-Faceted Metric to Evaluate Soft Skills, Vancouver, BC, Canada. May 2010. More in Conferences
• Presentation on Evaluation in the Design Sciences at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. March 2010. More in Presentations

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