[AISWorld] Program for the (BAIS Research Workshop, Friday, May 11th @ U Mass Lowell

[Motiwalla, Luvai]

Following is final Program for the first Boston Area Information System (BAIS) Research Workshop to be held on Friday, May 11th. Information Systems faculty from all major universities in the greater Boston area like Bentley, Babson, Boston College, WPI, Suffolk, Clarke and UMass Lowell, Dartmouth, Boston will be attending this workshop which includes a panel on business analytics, ten research presentations and a keynote address.

Website:  https://www.uml.edu/conferences/bais-2018/  (Please register to attend!)

AGENDA for Workshop on MAY 11, 2018: 9:30 A.M. - 3 P.M.

PANEL DISCUSSION
(10 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.)

Topic: Business Analytics Programs - Challenges & Lessons Learned. The panel explores the lessons learned from business analytics programs, course design & delivery, capstone projects, role of vendors and industry advisory boards. It will also discuss inter-college or inter-departmental collaborations and career paths for the students.
Panelists: Yang Lee, Northeastern; Thomas Sloan, UMass Lowell; Nitin Joglekar, Boston University; Diane Strong, WPI; and GanesanShankar, Babson College

PAPER PRESENTATIONS SESSIONS
(11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

1.	Towards a Health IT-Leveraging Capability Model for Patient-Centered Care: Moderation and Mediation Effects on Patient Satisfaction in Primary Care. David Zepeda & Yang Lee, Northeastern University
2.	The Rise of the Promoters: User Classes and Contribution Patterns in Enterprise Social Media.  Burcu Bulgurcu. Boston College. 
3.	Socially Disenfranchised: Harassment On and Off Social Media.  Xinru Page, Bart Knijnenburg, Pamela Wisniewski & Moses Namara.  Bentley University.
4.	Investigating the Use of Twitter by Leading Medical Centers in the United States. Nima Kordzadeh, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
5.	Collective Intelligence, Cognitive Bias and Crowd Spin Doctoring - Fake News in the Age of Social Media. David M. Murungi, Sandeep Purao, David J. Yates.  Bentley University.
6.	To Hide or Not to Hide? An Empirical Study on the Effect of Firm Identity on the Dynamics of Crowdsourcing Contests.  Ho Cheung Brian Lee, U MASS Lowell.
7.	Customer Acquisition via Individual Evaluation and Profile Construction. Xiaoping Liu, Northeastern University & Xiaobai (Bob) Li, U MASS Lowell
8.	Social Media Platforms, Social Capital, and Idea Co-creation: Towards a Theory of Social Ideation. Pratyush Bharati, Kui Du & N. Agarwal. U Mass Boston &  Abhijit Chaudhury, Bryant University
9.	Machine learning models for one-day ahead stock price prediction.  Bharatendra Rai & Ratna Jujjavarapu.  U Mass Dartmouth
10.	Gender Equity in IS Academia. Eleanor Loiacono & Shiya Cao, WPI; Lakshmi S. Iyer, Appalachian State University


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
(12:35 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.)

"Research Networks". Jane Fedorowicz, Chester B. Slade Professor of Accounting and Information Systems Bentley University.

Thanks,
..Luvai