Sandeep Purao

Sandeep Purao is on the faculty at the College of IST, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
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 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

• Paper forthcoming at the Conceptual Modeling (ER) Conference: With Storey, Maass, Reddy and Jansen, titled An Integrated Conceptual Model to Incorporate Information Tasks in Workflow Models, Florence, Italy. November 2012. One of 24 papers accepted out of 141 Submissions. More in Conferences
• Paper forthcoming at the Conceptual Modeling (ER) Conference: With Bolloju and Tan, Short Paper, titled Conceptual Modeling for Systems Integration, Florence, Italy. November 2012. More in Conferences
• Paper with Karunakaran awarded Best Student Paper at the DESRIST Conference titled Designing for Recombination: Process Design through Template Combination, Las Vegas, NV. June 2012. More in Conferences
• Work related to Managing Operator Procedures reported in Press, at ABB Automation and Power World 2012 that took place in Houston, Texas. April 2012. Work done with Taylor, He and Karunakaran.
• Paper forthcoming at the BPMDS Conference, in conjunction with CAiSE, : With Karunakaran titled Recombining Process Knowledge Chunks with ReKon, Gdansk, Poland. June 2012. More in Conferences
• Paper forthcoming at the DESRIST Conference: With Bolloju and Tan titled Designing-in-the-Large: Combining Local Perspectives to Design Global Solutions for Effective Enterprise Integration, Las Vegas, NV. June 2012. More in Conferences
• Invited presentation at the University of British Columbia to present work related to Study of Operating Procedures in Process Industries (ongoing work with Karunakaran). March 2012.
• Paper forthcoming at the DESRIST Conference: With Karunakaran titled Designing for Recombination: Process Design through Template Combination, Las Vegas, NV. June 2012. More in Conferences
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