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2012-12-17 |
Two papers I co-authored
with my students will be presented at the 33rd
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS
2012) in Orlando. One
paper explains why cloud computing became so
popular; the other tells
of a story of how a small independent restaurant
mindfully innovated with an online reservation system. |
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2012-09-20 |
I present a study of
cloud computing with my student Jia Sun at the Science
of Science and Innovation Policy Principal
Investigators'
Workshop in the newly renovated historic
National Academy of Sciences building. |
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2012-06-15 |
When innovation meets
wealth, the on-going debate of net neutrality seems to
reflect the deep values held by various stakeholders, as
discussed in
this paper published in the Journal of the American
Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T). |
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2012-04-30 |
Dean Jennifer Preece
appoints me Director of the Ph.D. program at Maryland's
iSchool. |
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2012-04-09 |
The different
trajectories of three innovations in information
visualization have prompted
a historical analysis,
published in the journal Information Visualization. |
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2011-09-12 |
I start micro-blogging in
Chinese in SINA Weibo (新浪微博).
Follow me
@DrWangPing. |
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2011-08-16 |
I facilitate the research
roundtable "IT and Organizational Strategy" at the
Academy of Management Annual Meeting in San Antonio. |
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2011-03-07 |
I have been promoted to
Associate Professor with tenure, effective on August 23,
2011. |
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2010-12-08 |
University of Maryland
President Wallace D. Loh appoints me to serve on the
University's Vice President-CIO search committee. See
the announcement
here. |
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2010-11-10 |
My co-author Neil
Ramiller and I have done an interview with the CIO of the
Academy of Management OCIS division about our experience
in producing a recent award-winning paper in MIS
Quarterly. Read the interview
here. |
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2010-10-25 |
In Spring 2011, I will be
teaching a new course INFM718Z "Managing IT Innovations
in Organizations". See the course's flyer
here. |
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2010-10-19 |
I present the
STICK project to researchers and policy makers in
Congress and federal agencies at a workshop on science
policy organized jointly by the
American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
and the National Science Foundation in AAAS headquarters
in Washington DC. See the workshop's
website
and my
slides. |
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2010-08-27 |
In Beijing, China, the
School of Information at the
Central University of Finance and Economics appoints
me Visiting Professor (by courtesy) for three years. |
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2010-08-18 |
At Faculty of Business,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, I serve as an
external examiner for the Doctor of Management viva for
Mr. Han Zhigang, Vice President of China Unicom. |
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2010-08-09 |
At
2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Montreal,
Canada, the paper "Community
Learning in Information Technology Innovations," I
co-authored with Professor Neil Ramiller wins the
Best Published Paper Award
(first-place) at the Academy's Organizational
Communication and Information Systems (OCIS) Division.
See OCIS' announcement
here and MIS Quarterly's announcement
here. |
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2010-08-07 |
At
2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
in Montreal,
Canada, I co-organize with Professor Emmanuelle Vaast a Professional Development Workshop: "Making
the Most of Digital Text Data: Opportunities, Challenges, and
Best Practices."
[My Slides] |
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2010-07-01 |
The Summer 2010 issue of
MIT Sloan Management Review publishes my article "The
Surprising Impact of Fashions in Information
Technology." [HTML]
[PDF] |
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2010-05-28 |
At
the University of Maryland
Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) 27th Annual Symposium,
I organize a half-day workshop, "Visual
Analytic Tools for Managing Technological Innovations."
My presentation slides are available
here. |
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2010-04-16 |
My doctoral student
Chia-jung Tsui is awarded the
Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship. |
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2010-03-22 |
ComputerWorld
features my recent study of IT fashion in its "Think
Tank." [HTML]
[PDF] |
