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Akhilesh Bajaj

Information Systems

Education

Ph.D., Department of MIS, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1993-1997

Major: MIS                                                           Minor: Computer Science

Dissertation Title: “Managing Business Workflows Using a Database Approach: A Formal Model, A Case Study and A Prototype”

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Sudha Ram, Professor, Dept. of MIS, University of Arizona.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) , Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1989-1991. 

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.), Chemical Engineering, The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1985 - 1989.

Work Experience

Director of the School of Accounting & BIS, University of Tulsa,  OK

August 2021 – Present

Responsible for supervision of faculty expenses, course scheduling and overall personnel decisions in both Accounting and Business Information System disciplines within the School. Led the setting up of merit raise criteria in the School. Led the seven year academic review of the entire School in 2022-2023, which included peer external reviewers from R1 Universities. Manage reporting of learning feedback evaluation workflow process in three programs within the School. Manage hiring and evaluation of faculty in the School.

Interim Department Chair of the Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Tulsa,  OK

Nov 2022 – May 2023

Responsible for supervision of faculty expenses, course scheduling and overall personnel decisions in the department. Managed hiring and evaluation of faculty in the department.

Faculty Senate President, University of Tulsa,  OK

July 2021 – May 2022

Interfaced quickly with new incoming leadership to create a shared vision for the direction of the University, after emerging from a crisis. Worked closely with new University President and new Interim Provost to discuss vision of a research University. Along with Interim Provost, co-led the initiative to set up a program review process that was acceptable to faculty and helped achieve higher standards. Served on virtually every major University committee including several recruitment committees for key positions in that formative year.

Professor and Chapman Endowed Chair of BIS, University of Tulsa,  OK

August 2009 – Present

Associate Professor and Chapman Endowed Chair of MIS, University of Tulsa,  OK

August 2005 – July 2009

Associate Professor of MIS, University of Tulsa

August 2003 – July 2005

Developed undergraduate CIS curriculum, have taught almost every course in the curriculum. Currently teach two programming courses and the database applications course. Developed the MBA CIS course in circa 2007, consisting of a custom textbook that was constantly updated.

Have served for several years on the University Research Council (2015-present) and the University Senate Steering Committee (2015-present), chaired the Dean Search Committee for the Business College in 2019, member of University wide VP Research Committee. Was Senate President in 2021-2022.

Active in research with multiple projects ongoing with students and colleagues

Assistant Professor of MIS, Carnegie Mellon University, PA

August, 1997 – August, 2003

Responsible for independently designing and teaching three graduate classes: 95-703 (Introduction to Database Systems), 95-704 (Advanced Database Systems) and 95-794 (Building and Implementing Enterprise Wide Systems). Sample teaching ratings: 4.46/5, 4.7/5, 4.53/5.

Instructor, Dept. of MIS, University of Arizona, AZ

August, 1994 – July, 1997

Continuously and independently taught MIS classes in both semesters and summer, starting summer, 1994. Classes include: 9 units of MIS 331 (Database Systems), 3 units of MIS 301 (Data Structures and Algorithms) and 12 units of MIS 121 (Introduction to Business Programming). Teaching ratings in all sections over 4/5.

Management Associate, Citibank Worldwide Personal Banking, NY

July, 1991 – June, 1993

Responsible for setting up an information system for a networked customer support unit, spread across 4 geographical locations in the U.S., dealing with global fund transfers. Managed a team of programmers to build system, as well as set up the workflows for the unit.

Honors and Awards

The University of Tulsa Faculty Senate Resolution of Appreciation for Service, 2022

Collins College of Business, Teaching Award, 2019

ConocoPhillips Faculty Sponsorship Award Nov 2008.

IGI Global’s Excellence in Research Awards "Outstanding Reviewer of 2007”

Chapman Endowed Chair in MIS: University of Tulsa, from August 2005.

National Guard Medal Of Excellence: Awarded in appreciation of services rendered, by the Director of the Army National Guard, July, 1999.

Graduate Registration Scholarships: Awarded on Merit by the Dept. of MIS, University of Arizona, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.

Graduate Fellowship: Awarded on Merit by the Dept. Of MIS, University of Arizona, 1993.

National Talent Scholarship, 1983: Awarded to 250 high school students in India annually, based on individual talent.

Grants and Research Awards

University of Tulsa, Development Summer Fellowship, Summer 2005. Awarded to investigate the development of a Computer Aided Software Engineering Tool.

University of Tulsa, Faculty Development Summer Fellowship, Summer 2004. Awarded to investigate the motivations of developers in Open Source Software Projects.

Program Award with Professor Sunder Kekre, Graduate Schoool of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001-2002 ($472,000): This competitive award is part of a $7 million Department of Defence grant awarded to CMU and the Software engineering Institute (SEI) to study technology insertion in small manufacturers. The award covers creating methodologies for technology insertion, as well as studying the impact of technical and human factors on bottom line metrics such as budget overruns, time overruns and customer satisfaction for small manufacturers. 

Carnegie Mellon University, Faculty Development Fund: Internal grant received for $6600 in 1998. Resulted successfully in creation of software that allows for data and process modeling of large scale organizations.

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Borhan, I. Bajaj, A.

The Effect of Prompt Types on Text Summarization Performance with Large Language Models, Journal of Database Management, Forthcoming 2024 (ABDC:A)

  1. Bajaj, A., Bradley, W., Sun, L.

Corporate Culture And Sales Order Backlog, Managerial Finance, Forthcoming 2024 (ABDC:B)

  1. Bajaj, A., Leonard, L., Sun, L.

Client Peripheral Knowledge and Outsourcing Project Outcomes,Journal of Computer Information Systems , Forthcoming, 2024 (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj, A., Leonard, L., Sun, L., Xing, Z

Corporate Social Responsibility and Annual Report Reading Difficulty, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting , Forthcoming, 2023 (ABDC: B)

  1. Bajaj, A., Bradley, W. and Sun, L

Proximity to Broad Bond Rating Change and Managerial Ability, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance , Forthcoming, 2022 (ABDC: B)

  1. Laknaoui, W. and Bajaj, A.

Behavioral Inhibition As Antecedent To Multi-Dimensional Attitudes Towards Surveillance Technology, Journal of Information Systems and Social Change , Vol 1, 2022, pp. 1-17.

  1. Bajaj, A., Leonard, L, and Sun L.

Managerial Ability and Employee Pay, Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly, Forthcoming, 2022 (ABDC: C)

  1. Bajaj, A., Bouchet, A., and Sun L.

CEO Power and Lawsuit Outcomes, Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming, 2022 (ABDC: B)

  1. Bajaj, A., Bradley, W., and Sun L.

The Association Between Managerial Ability and Discontinued Operations Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly , Forthcoming, 2021 (ABDC: C)

  1. Baskin, M, Hart, T., Bajaj, A., Gerlich, R.N, Drumheller, and K.D., Kinsky, E.S.

Subjective norms and social media:  Predicting ethical perception and consumer intentions during a secondary crisis, Ethics and Behavior, Vol 33, Issue 1, 2023

  1. Bajaj, A. and Sun, Li

Proximity to Broad Bond Rating Change and CEO Power. Managerial Finance, Forthcoming, 2021 (ABDC: B)  

  1. Bajaj, A , Bouchet, A. and Sun, Li

The Mediating Effect of Bridging Social Capital Between Social Media Usage and Affective Attitude: An Explanatory Model ,International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities, Forthcoming 2021, Vol. 13, Issue 1

  1. Bajaj, A and Bick, W.

The Rise of NoSQL: Research and Pedagogy (Research Commentary), Journal of Database Management , 2020, Vol. 31, Issue 3 (ABDC: A)

  1. Ruman, K-C and Bajaj, A.

Caveats When Increasing the Paid-Up Capital Requirement for Commercial Banks in Developing Countries: A Study of Nepalese Banks, Journal of Finance and Bank Management, December 2019, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 25-36

  1. Bajaj, A., and Bates-Thornton, Meredith.

WPKT: Work Process Knowledge Template for Codification of Organizational Process Knowledge, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 29(3), 2017 (ABDC: B)

  1. Rahimian, F., Bajaj, A., Bradley, W.

Estimation of Deficiency Risk and Prioritization of Information Security Controls: A Data-centric approach, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems (IJAIS), 20, 38-64, 2016 (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj, A.

“The Role of Information Technology in Sustainable Economic Development”,Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Finance and Banking (JEIEFB), vol. 4, issue 1, pp. 1432-1445, 2015

  1. Bajaj, A. and Sen, S.

“Simulating the Effect of Social Network Structure on Workflow Efficiency Performance”Social Networking, vol 3, 2014, pp 32-40

  1. Bajaj, A.

“Mitigating Data Ownership And Exploitation Issues in Cloud Computing Services”2012, Global Science & Technology Forum e-Journal on Information and Computing Technologies

  1. Bajaj, A. and Russell, R.

“AWSM: Allocation of Workflows Utilizing Social Network Metrics”  Decision Support Systems (DSS) , 50(1), 2010, pp 191-202 (ABDC: A*)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Crawford J.

“The Influence of the Level of Client Familiarity with Vendor Efforts in Outsourcing Project Performance” Global Studies Journal, 2(2), 2010, pp. 9-16.

  1. Rockwell, S. and Bajaj, A.
Applying Cognitive Theories To Evaluate Conceptual Models In Systems Analysis” Journal of Information Technology Research (JITR), 3(1), 2010, pp. 55-72.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Bradley, W.

“Linking Systems Analysis Outputs to Capital Budgeting Measures: A Framework and Case Study Validation” by Akhilesh Bajaj and Wray Bradley, Journal of Information Science and Technology (JIST), 6(1), 2009, pp. 3-24.

  1. Bajaj, A., Bradley, W., Cravens, K.
    SAAS: Integrating Systems Analysis with Accounting and Strategy for Ex Ante Evaluation of IS Investments”
    Journal of Information Systems 22 (1), pp. 97-124, 2008. (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj, A., Siau, K.
“Ecommerce Systems: Architecture, Infrastructure, Model and Development Methodology” Refereed Editorial Preface, Journal of Database Management, Vol. 18, Issue 4, Dec, 2007 (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj A.

“The Role of Expertise in the Evaluation of Computing Architectures: Exploring the Decision Models of Expert and Novice IS Managers”  Journal of Organizational & End User Computing (JOEUC), vol. 20 (2) April-Jun, 2008 (ABDC: B)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Ram, S.
“A Comprehensive Framework Towards Information Sharing Between Government Agencies”  International Journal of Electronic Government Research, Apr-Jun, 2007, vol. 3, no. 2, pp 29-44 (ABDC: C)

Reprinted in “Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications”, 2008, edited by Dr. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko. IGI Publishing.

  1. Bajaj, A.
“Large Scale Requirements Modeling: An Industry Analysis, A Model and a Teaching Case” Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) Fall 2006 vol. 17, no. 3, pp 327-335 (ABDC: B) 

  1. Allen, G., Bajaj, A., Khatri, V., Ram, S. and Siau, K.

“Advances in Data Modeling Research” Communications of the AIS, vol. 17, 2006, 677-692 (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj, A, Batra, D., Hevner, A., Parsons, J. and Siau, K.
"Systems Analysis and Design: Should We Be Researching What We Teach?" Communications of AIS, vol. 15, 2005, 478-493 (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj, A.
“The Effect Of the Number of Concepts On the Readability of Schemas: An Empirical Study With Data Models” Requirements Engineering, vol. 9, 2004, pp. 261-270 (Respected European journal on requirements engg.)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Leonard, L. N. K.
“The CPT Framework: Understanding the Roles of Culture, Policy and Technology in Promoting Ecommerce Readiness”, Problems and Perspectives in Management, (3), 2004, pp. 242-252.

  1. Bajaj, A., Kekre, S., Srinivasan, K.
    “Managing NPD: Cost and Schedule Performance in Design and Manufacturing, ” Management Science, vol. 50, no. 4, 2004, pp. 527-536 (ABDC: A*, world's top journal on quantitative management)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Ram, S.
    "IAIS: A Methodology to Enable Inter-Agency Information Sharing In eGovernment", Journal of Database Management, vol. 14, no. 4, 2003, pp. 59-80 (ABDC: A)

  1. Brinton, B., Bajaj, A. and Gorr, W.
    “An Estimation Of The Relative Effects Of External Software Quality Factors On Senior IS Managers’ Evaluation of Computing Architecture”, Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 61, Issue 1, 2002, pp.59-75 (ABDC: B)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Ram, S.
“SEAM: A State, Entity, Activity Model For A Well Defined Workflow Development Methodology” IEEE Transactions On Knowledge and Data Engineering (IEEE TKDE), vol. 14, Issue 2, 2002, pp. 415-431 (widely regarded as top two journals in computer science for database engineering)

  1. Bajaj, A.
“A Study of Senior Information Systems Managers’ Decision Models In Adopting New Computing Architectures” Journal of the Association of Information Systems (JAIS), Vol. 1, Issue 4, 2000 (ABDC: A*, one of the top 5 journals in IS)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Ram, S.
“An Empirical Methodology to Evaluate the Completeness of Conceptual Business Process Models”, Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, Vol. 1, Issue 4, December, 1999 (ABDC: C).

  1. Bajaj, A. and Krishnan, R.
“CMU-WEB: A Conceptual Model For Designing Usable Web Applications”, Journal Of Database Management, vol. 10, no. 4, October – December, 1999, pp. 33-43 (ABDC: A)

  1. Bajaj, A. and Nidumolu, S
“A Feedback Model to Understand Information System Usage,” Information & Management volume 33 1998, pp. 213-224 (ABDC: A*)

  1. Bajaj A. and Ram, S.
“A Content Specification for Business Process Models,” Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 4, No. 1, Sept. 1996, pp. 22-31 (ABDC: A)

  1. Datta, A., Mukherjee, S., Konana, P., Viguier, I., Bajaj, A.
“Multiclass Transaction Scheduling and Overload Management in Firm Real-Time Database Systems,” Information Systems. Vol. 21, No. 1, Mar. 1996, pp. 29-54 (respected computer science journal on database engineering)

Refereed Book Chapters

  1. Bajaj, A. and Knight, J.

“User Interface Generation From The Data Schema”

Advances in Systems Analysis and Design, ,Ed. Bajaj, A. and Wrycza S.,  IGI Publishing, 2009

  1. Bajaj, A., Jones, K., Leonard, L.N-K.

“A Content-Incentive-Usability Framework for Corporate Portal Design from a Knowledge Management Perspective”

Encyclopaedia of Portal Technology and Applications, Arthur Tatnall, Ed., June 2007, Volume 1, IGI Publishing

  1. Zheng K, Bajaj A, Daponte BO, Engberg JB,

"A Field Study of Internet Behavior among Graduate IT Students - Interpreting Gender Differences in Internet Usage and Task Preferences",

Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, Ed. Eileen Trauth, June 2006, IGI Publishing.

  1. Rockwell, S.,Bajaj, A.

“COGEVAL: Applying Cognitive Theories to Evaluate Conceptual Models”

2005, Advanced Topics in Database Research, Vol. 4, edited by Keng Siau, Idea Group Publishing.

  1. Bajaj, A., Ram, S.

“Enabling Information Sharing Across Government Agencies”

(expanded version of journal paper #9 from the list of articles appearing in journals on this CV)

2005, Advanced Topics in Database Research, Vol. 4, edited by Keng Siau, Idea Group Publishing.

  1. Bajaj, A., Kekre, S., Srinivasan, K.

“Levers For Improving NPD Time and Financial Performance” in

Managing Business Interfaces: Marketing, Engineering and Manufacturing Perspectives Ed. J. Eliashberg, A. Chakravarty, Kluwer Academic Press, 2004.

  1. Warkentin, M. and Bajaj, A.

Continuous demand chain management: a downstream business model for e-commerce”

(Enhanced version of book chapter 2 below)

Managing e-commerce and mobile computing technologies , Ed. Julie Mariga, IGI Publishing, Hershey, PA , 2003, pp 163-182.

  1. Warkentin, M. and Bajaj, A.

“The On-Demand Delivery Services Model for eCommerce” in

Managing Business with Electronic Commerce: Issues and Trends, Ed. A. Gangopadhyayya, Idea Group, Hershey, PA, 2002.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Krishnan, R.

“CMU-WEB: A Conceptual Model With Metrics For Testing And Designing Usable Web Applications”, in

Advanced Topics In Database Research, Ed. K. Siau, Idea Group, Hershey, PA, 2002.

Refereed Conference Articles

  1. Bick, W. and Bajaj, A. “Applications of SQL versus NoSQL Systems” AIS SIGSAND Symposium, NYC, 2019.

  1. Bajaj, A. “A Content Specification for an Artificial Intelligence Course in Business Schools” Association of Business Research, 2018.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Bouchet, A. “The Role of Intensity of Alumni Sports Site Usage on Social Capital, Team Identification and Purchase Intentions”, Association of Business Information Systems (ABIS) Conference, Oklahoma City, USA, 2016.

  1. Bajaj, A. “The Role of Information Technology in Sustainable Economic Development”, Third International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, 2014

  1. Bajaj, A. “Building-block Classes (BBC) to Facilitate Project Velocity in Agile Development"Proceedings of the 13th SIGSAND Symposium, St. Louis, MO, 2014.

  1. Rahimian, F. and Bajaj, A. “Specifying Security at the Systems Analysis Level: Operational, Public-Image and Legal Aspects” Proceedings of the European SIGSAND Conference, Poland, 2013.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Bates M. “Developing a Template For Organizational Knowledge Management” Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information Technology and Management (ICISTM),Grenoble, France, 2012.

  1. Bajaj, A. “The Effect of Abstraction of Constructs in Data Models on Modeling Performance: An Exploratory Empirical Study” Research in Progress Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Lima, Peru, 2010.

  1. Bajaj, A. “The Data Screen Diagram (DSD) Methodology: Facilitating End Users’ Creation of Normalized Data Schemas” Research in Progress presented at the Ninth  Symposium of the AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), Newfoundland, Canada, May 2010.

  1. Bajaj, A. “The Data Screen Diagram (DSD) Methodology: Enhancing Information Requirements Specification by End-users” Research in Progress presented at the Eighth  Symposium of the AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), Richmond, VA,  May 2009

  1. Bajaj, A. and Russell, R. “Leveraging Group Cohesiveness to Form Workflow Teams”, Research in Progress Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Toronto, Canada, 2008.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Mau, D. “Deriving Extended Entity Relationship Schemas from User Specified Interfaces” Research in Progress presented at the Seventh Symposium of the AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), Sundance, UT,  May 2008.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Russell, R. “AWSM: Leveraging the Allocation of Workflows with Social Network Metrics”

 Research in Progress presented at the Conference on Information Science Technology and Management (CISTM), Hyderabad, India, July, 2007. 

  1. Bajaj, A. and Knight, J. “User Interface Generation From the Data Schema”, Research in Progress presented at the sixth symposium of the AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), Tulsa, OK,  May 2007.

  1. Bajaj, A., Hotchkiss, G., Wood, C. “Factors Influencing the ‘Search Link Click’ Decision: An Experiment” Proceedings of the Society for Marketing Advances, 2006.

  1. Bajaj, A.  “Inferring the User Interface From An EER Data Schema” Research in Progress Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Acapulco, Mexico, 2006.

  1. Bajaj, A. “A Re-emergence of Custom Information System Development? An Analysis, a Model and an Implementation” Research in Progress presented at the fifth symposium of the AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), Vancouver, Canada, June 2006.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Bradley, W. “An Exploration of the Role of Systems Analysis For Ex Ante Business Value Evaluations Of Information Systems”

Research in Progress Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Omaha, Nebraska, 2005.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Rockwell, S. “The Effect Of Fragmentation On the Readability of Schemas: An Empirical Study With Multiple Model Methods”, Research in Progress presented at the third symposium of the AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), June 2004.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Rockwell, S.. “COGEVAL: A Propositional Framework Based on Cognitive Theories to Evaluate Conceptual Models”, Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD), in conjunction with CAiSE, June, 2004.

  1. Bajaj, A., Tanabe, H. and C-C. Wang. “XSAR: XML Based Search Agent for Information Retrieval”, Proccedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Dallas, TX, 2002.

  1. Bajaj, A. “Measuring the Effect of Number of Concepts on the Readability of Conceptual Models”, Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD), in conjunction with CAiSE, June, 2002.

  1. Bajaj, A. “EOUC (Ease-of-Use of a Concept): An Experimental Methodology to Compare the Ease-of-Use of Each Concept in a Conceptual Model”, Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD), in conjunction with CAiSE, 2001, June, 2001.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Siau, K. “E-Commerce Systems: Architecture, Infrastructure, Model and Development Methodology”, Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Los Angeles, August, 2000.

  1. Bajaj, A. “SMMM: A Metric Based Framework to Evaluate the Scalability of Multiple Modeling Methodologies”, Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD), in conjunction with CAiSE, 2000, June, 2000.

  1. Warkentin, M. and Bajaj, A. “An Investigation of the Online Grocer Selection Criteria”. Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, March 2000.

  1. Bajaj, A. “Conjoint Analysis: A Potential Methodology for IS research”, Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Milwaukee, August, 1999.

  1. Bajaj, A. “Formulating Concurrency Control Schemes as Integer Programs”

Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Montreal, 1998.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Krishnan R. “Analyzing Models for Current WWW Applications using a classification space and usability metrics” Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evaluation of Modeling methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD, in conjunction with CAiSE, 1998, June 1998.

  1. Bajaj, A. “A comparison of expert and novice judgments in selecting computing architectures for organizational use”, Proceedings of the Association of Information Systems (AIS), 1998.

  1. Bajaj, A. and Ram, S. “A Business Process Model Based on a Comprehensive Content Specification,” Technical Research Track, Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems, Phoenix, AZ, Aug., 1996 (AIS, 1996).

  1. Bajaj, A. and Ram, S. “A Content Specification for Business Process Models,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD) at the Conference for Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Crete, Greece, CAiSE 1996, June 1996.

  1. Datta, A. and Bajaj, A. “A High Performance, Low Cost Priority Cognizant Concurrency Control Algorithm for Firm Real-Time Database Systems,” Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems and Technology,(CIST), Washington, D.C., May, 1996.

Invited Presentations

  1. “Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review”, Keynote Address, Plenary Session, S-TEAM 2020 (SCMHRD - TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS, ANALYTICS & MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2020) Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development,2020, Pune India.

  1. “IT as an Economic Growth Enabler”, Third International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, December , 2014, Mumbai, India.

  1. “Inferring the User Interface From An EER Data Schema” San Diego International Systems Conference, SISC, 2006.

  1. Bajaj, A., Russell, R. “AWSM: Leveraging the Allocation of Workflows with Social Network Metrics (Research in Progress) at

Workshop on Process Automation and Management SIGPAM, AMCIS 2005

  1. Bajaj, A, Hotchkiss, Wood, C. “Factors Influencing the ‘Search Link Click’ Decision: An Experiment “, AD Tech. , San Francisco, April 2005.

  1. AMCIS, 2004 Panel Participant “ S&D And Database: Should we be researching what we are teaching?” August, 2004.

  1. Bajaj, A. “An Experimental Validation of the Factors Constituting Structural Complexity in Multiple Model Methods, at the Fifth Annual Advanced Technologies in Business Conference, Oakland University, Oct, 2002

  1. Bajaj, A. Tanabe, H. and Wang, C-C.

“XSAR: XML Based Search Agent for Information Retrieval”, WITS (Workshop on Information Technology and Systems), Demonstration Track, Dec. 2001, New Orleans, USA.

  1. Ernst & Young Foundation / ICIS Doctoral Consortium, Cleveland, Ohio, 1996.

Bajaj, A. “Managing Business Workflows Using a Database Approach: A Formal Model, a Case Study and a Prototype.”

  1. Bajaj, A. “Formulating Concurrency Control Schemes as Integer Programs,” INFORMS, Washington, D.C., May 1996.

  1. Datta, A., Bajaj, A., Veloo, R.

“A High Performance, Low Cost Priority Cognizant Concurrency Control Algorithm for Firm Real-Time Database Systems,” ORSA / TIMS, New Orleans, October 1995.

Professional Activities

President AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), June 2006 – June 2008.

Chair: Mini track on Design of Networked Applications: Models, Methods and Metrics, America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Milwaukee, WI, Aug, 1999.

General Chair, Sixth Annual SIGSAND symposium, Tulsa, OK 2007.

Co-Chair: With Keng Siau. Mini-Track On E-commerce Systems: Architecture, Infrastructure, Model and Development Methodology, America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Aug, 2000, Aug. 2001,

-with Keng Siau & Dinesh Batra SIGSAND Track, AMCIS 2005,

-with Andrew Gemino and Glen Browne Minitrack on Information Systems Development, AMCIS 2005

-with Keng Siau & Dinesh Batra SIGSAND Track, AMCIS 2006,

-with V. Khatri & N. Ramasubbu, Minitrack on IS Development in Distributed Environments, AMCIS 2006

-with Dinesh Batra and Andy Gemino, SIGSAND Track, AMCIS 2007

-with Vijay Khatri and Andy Gemino, SIGSAND Track, AMCIS 2008.

-with Dinesh Batra and Solomon Anthony, Minitrack on SA&D Methodologies and Processes, AMCIS 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022.

Co-Chair (with Hui-Min Zhao) 6th International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management (ICISTM), Grenoble, France, 2012, Business Intelligence Track

Co-Chair 7th International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management (ICISTM), Information Management Track, 2014.

Co-Editor: with Sudha Ram. Journal of Database Management, special Issue on Data Management for Ebusiness, 2003.

-with Stanislaw Wrycza, Systems Analysis and Design for Advanced Modeling Methods: Best Practices, IGI Publishing 2009.

Associate Editor: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014.

 Advisory Board: National Conference on Business Analytics and Business Intelligence, Institute of Public enterprise, Hyderabad, India 2012.

Demo & Poster Co-Chair with Ramesh Venkataraman, 25th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER2006);

Demo Chair: 33rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER2014)

Program Committee Member:

International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) 2020,2021, 2025

S-TEAM 2020 (SCMHRD - Technology, Economics, Analytics and Management), Pune, India 2020

IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

IEEE International Congress on Internet of Things (ICIOT) 2017.

IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Computing (ICCC) 2017.

-International Conference on the Entity Relationship Model and the Object Oriented Approach, (ER), 1998, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014.

-IRMA (Information Resource Management Association) Conference, 2003, 2005, 2006,2007.

-EMMSAD (Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design) Workshop of the CAiSE conference, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

-International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009

-International Conference on Next Generation Web Services Practices (NWeSP) 2009

-San Diego International Systems Conference, 2005, 2006

-International Conference On Design Science Research In Information Systems & Technology (DESRIST), Claremont, California, 2006, 2007, 2016.

-Workshop on Process Automation and Management, held in conjunction with AMCIS 2005.

- International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems (NLDB)   2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

- IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) , Chicago 2006, Salt Lake City 2007, Hawaii 2008, 2009, Florida, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

-Workshop on Information Technologies & Systems (WITS), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024.

-European SIGSAND/PLAIS Symposium, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021.

-International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD) 2008

-Working Conference PoEM (Practice of Enterprise Modeling), Stockholm, Sweden, 2008, 2009

-1st IEEE International Conference on Services Economics (SE 2012), Honolulu, Hawaii

-The International Conference on Advanced Service Computing, (SERVICE COMPUTING) Nice, France, 2015

-IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI, (17th in Lisbon, Portugal), 2015, 2023

-The Third International Conference on Big Data, Small Data, Linked Data and Open Data (ALLDATA), 2017, Venice Italy

-International Conference on Internet of Things (S2 ICIOT), ZhangJiaJie, China, 2016.

-Optimizing Learning Analytics in Business (OLAB), Kolkata, India, 2022

Publicity/Membership Coordinator: AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS SIGSAND), June 2004 – 2006.  

Treasurer: Joint ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data & ACM (SIGACT, SIGMOD, SIGART) Symposium on Principles of Database Systems, Tucson, AZ, 1997 (SIGMOD/PODS, 1997)

Editorial Board: Journal Of Database Management, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies, International Journal of Web Services Research, International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design( 2008-2009), Global & Science Technology Forum International Journal of Computing, Academic Journal of Information Security, Journal of Signal and Information Processing, International Journal of AI in Business and Management

Editorial Advisory Board: Advances in Web Services Research (AWSR) Book Series, IDEA group

Member: IFIP 8.1 Group to study the Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (since 2000), Association of Information Systems (AIS since 1998), INFORMS (2003-2004).

Advisory Board: Fourth International Conference on Communication, Computing and Information Technology (ICCCMIT 2019) , Chennai India

Reviewer: Journal of Database Management, Journal of Systems and Software, IEEE Computer, MIS Quarterly, Data & Knowledge Engineering, Management Science, Information Systems Research, Information Systems Frontiers (Coordinating Editor), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Operations Research, Decision Support Systems, JAIS.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Review Panel: Arlington, VA (2005, 2006)  

Invited by NSF to sit on panels that review proposals for NSF grants allocation.

Ph.D. Committees: Bonnie Anderson (CMU), WenXuan Ding (CMU), Sabyasachi Saha (TU), Manasi Kelkar (TU),  Stephane Airiau (TU), Firoozeh Rahimian (TU) 2013, James Johnson, (TU) 2014, Dalvin Hill, (TU) 2014.

Infolink: A Pittsburgh based  program to help underprivileged high school juniors and seniors get exposed to information technology and positive role models. Member, Executive Committee, 1999-2001. Instructor 1998-2002.

Member: Tulsa Area United Way IS&T Committee (2009 - present, chair 2017 - 2020).

Member: Tulsa Area United Way Board of Directors (2017 - 2020).

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