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AMRISH VYAS
Department
of Information Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
411 ITE Building, UMBC
Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone : (410) 455-3956
Dept. Fax : (410) 455-7417
email: amrishvyas@umbc.edu
Web: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~amrish1
DEGREES AND
AWARDS :
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2003–
Present |
Ph.D.,
Information Systems (Expected
Fall 2007)
Department
of Information Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
MD, USA. |
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| 2002–
2003
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Ph.D.,
Information Management (Transfered
to UMBC in 2003)
Department
of Information Management
Howe School of Technology Mgt., Stevens
Institute of Technology, NJ, USA. |
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| 1998
– 2001 |
M.B.A.,
Business Computer Information Systems
Department
of Business Computer Information Systems &
QM
Frank G. Zarb Scool of Business, Hofstra
University, NY, USA. |
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| 1995
– 1998 |
L.L.B.,
General Laws
Faculty
of Law
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda, Gujarat, India |
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| 1995
– 1998 |
B.Sc.,
Chemistry
Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda, Gujarat, India. |
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| December
2003 |
Departmental
Teaching Assistantship Award.
Department of Information Systems, UMBC., MD. |
RESEARCH
INTERESTS :
| Interests
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Intelligent
Systems and Applications |
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• Application
of Intelligent Agent Technology to Various Business
Problems ..(eBusiness,
CRM, etc.) |
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• Application of
Intelligent Agent Technology to Knowledge Management
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• Context-Aware Computing
with Special focus on Application of Agent Technology
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• Deception Detection
with Special focus on Agent Societies
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• Human-Agent Interaction
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IS/IT and Organizations |
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• Roles & Impact of IS/IT on organizations (culture; relationships, growth). |
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• Architectures and Innovative applications of CRM systems. |
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• Creations and application of decision support systems |
PUBLICATIONS
AND RESEARCH IN PROGRESS :
| On
Formal Role of Agents in eBusiness Environment
: Fall
2003, IS 760 Research Paper. |
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| Adaptive
Interfaces and Intelligent Agents:
Fall 2003, IS 760
Seminar. |
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| Usability
of Agent Technology in m-Commerce :
Spring 2004.
Vyas, A. & Ozok, A.
(2005). Usability of Agent Technology in m-Commerce.
Proceedings of HCI International Conferences,
Las Vegas, USA, Aug. 21-27. |
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| Gender
Differences in Accessing Internet in USA:
Spring 2004, IS
804 Research Project. |
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Location-Aware
Intelligent Agent System (LIA) for Publish/Subscribe
Middleware in Mobile Environments: Fall
2004.
Vyas, A. and Yoon, V. "Location-Aware
Intelligent Agent Syste (LIA) for Publish/Subscribe
Middleware in Mobile Environments", Proceedings
of the 3rd Workshop on e-Business (Web '04), Washington
DC, pp. 75-81. |
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| Intelligent
Human-Agent Interaction: Attributes that Need
to be Honed: Fall
2004.
Vyas, A. & Ozok, A.
(2005). Usability of Agent Technology in m-Commerce.
Proceedings of HCI International Conferences,
Las Vegas, USA, Aug. 21-27. |
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| On
Detecting Deception in Agent Societies: Spring
2005.
Vyas, A. & Zhou, L.
(2005). On Detecting Deception in Agent Societies.
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International
Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology
(IAT '05), Compeigne, France, Sept. 19-22, pp. 491-494. |
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EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY :
| Academic |
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| Fall 2004-Present |
University
of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore,
MD. Graduate Assistant – Instructor
Preparing lecture materials, exams, case studies, exercises, discussions, and other material or grading instruments were general responsibilities. In addition, I also provided a feedback and support mechanism for athletes in the class. |
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Teaching Timeline |
Spring 2004 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Summer 2005 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 IS 125 IS 125 IS 125 IS 300 IS 125 IS 300
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Course Descriptions |
IS 125-Information Systems Logic & Structured Design-A Problem Solving Approach
This course teaches students how to create structured solutions along with the relevant logic to various business problems as a basis for development of information systems/applications. During the instruction concepts of data representation and data modeling such as flow-charts, logic diagrams, data dictionaries, interactivity charts, algorithms, etc. are discussed. The course is designed to provide students with insights for object oriented system design.
IS 300-Management Information Systems-An overview perspective
his course is designed to provide an overview of design, implementation, and strategic use of modern, computer-based information systems in business, data processing, office automation, information reporting, and decision-making. Various information systems security measures and controls are discussed within the scope of this course. Students are also provided with insights for aligning business and IT efforts. |
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| Spring 2006 |
NIIT Ltd., Atlanta, GA.
Course Writer I was responsible for creating content for MG 513, an online Management Information Systems course for MBA program offered by ITT Tech., Inc. I developed course content including course description, course objectives & enabling objectives, lesson strategies & outline, an array of topics and related content. I was also responsible for developing grading instruments such as online discussions, quizzes, exams, projects, case studies, etc. |
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Fall 2002 – Spring 2003 |
Stevens
Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
Research
Assistant
Assistant to Dr.
Jeffery Nickerson and Dr.
Michael zur Muehlen.
I was assigned to assist a team of Assistant Professors in their research efforts including formulation of grant proposals for projects to be funded by the government agencies like NSF. I contributed to the research efforts in the area of Intelligent Agent Technology and Workflow. During this tenure I developed an “Agent Research History Time-Line” which is available to view at: http://userpages.umbc.edu/~amrish1/research.htm |
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| Fall 1999 – Spring 2001 |
Program
For Academic Learning Skills, Hofstra University,
NY.
Graduate
Assistant
Assistant to the Director of PALS Program,
School for Univ. Studies
I was made responsible for tutoring students with academic learning disability with variety of their academic needs including proctoring their exams. I also volunteered for developing tools and measures for gauging students’ growth in the program. As a part of my duties I also assisted with administrative tasks in the department including reporting activities. |
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| Fall 1997 – Spring 1998 |
Convent
Educational Services, Vadodara, India.
PT-Instructor
Instructor for 9th & 10th Grade,
Science and Mathematics
As a part-time instructor for a private coaching institute I was responsible for teaching high-school level mathematics and science subjects (Chemistry, Physics, and Biology) to 9th and 10th grade students. I also designed and graded quizzes, mid-term as well as final exams. |
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| Non-Academic |
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| 2001– 2002 |
Gujarat
Times, Inc., New York, NY.
CRM/Technology
Associate
I was mainly involved with developing Customer Relations strategies for the pool of subscribers for three native Indian language newspapers. As a part of my efforts I also designed databases and contributed to building the archival system for all the three newspapers. |
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1999 – 2001 |
University
College for Continuing Education, Hofstra University,
NY.
Graduate
Assistant
Department of Comuter Studies
I maintained student databases and grading systems for the courses offered by the department using MS-Access, Excel, and VB-based applications. I also assisted in office reporting systems. I volunteered and was trained for advising adults with their continuing education needs and what courses to register for. |
| 1995 – 1997 |
Crompton
Greaves Ltd., Vadodara, India
Marketing
Executive
Marketing Department, Vadodara Branch.
Launching new products develop marketing schemes for existing products, maintaining organizational relationships with business partners such as distributors, retailers, suppliers were some of the duties I performed. In addition I also volunteered for working as a liaison between IT team & Sales department for the Vadodara branch. Within the scope of the latter responsibilities I played an instrumental role in developing inventory tracking, stock planning, logistics information systems using MS-Access and Excel. |
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COMPUTER SKILLS :
Platforms:
PC, intermediate Macintosh Languages:
HTML, Visual Basic 6.0, Java
OS: Win. 2000-NT, OS 9 for
Mac. DBMS: MS-Access, ORACLE
8.0, SQL Server
Applications: CASE Tools,
SAS-SPSS, Oracle Designer, CRM-Seibel, DreamWeaver
MEMBERSHIPS
:
President,
Graduate Organization of Information Systems (GO IS),
Dept. of IS, UMBC, USA.
President, Alembic Alumni Association
(AAA), Alumni Association for Alembic Vidyalaya, India.
(www.alembicalumni.org)
Member, IEEE Computer Society, USA.
Member, Association of Information Systems, USA.
Member, Association of Computing Machinery, USA
Alumni Club, Hofstra University, NY, USA.
REFERENCES :
Dr.
Alex Sharland
Associate Professor,
11300
N.E. Second Ave.,
Department of Marketing, 219,Andreas School of Business
Barry University,
Miami Shores, FL 33161
Telephone : (305)899-3510
Email : asharland@mail.barry.edu
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Dr.
Laura Lally
Associate Professor,
132
Weller Hall,
Department of BCIS-QM,
Hofstra University,
Hempstead, NY 11549
Telephone : (516) 463-5351
Email : acslhl@hofstra.edu
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Dr.
Victoria Yoon
Associate Professor,
421 ITE
Building ,
Department of Information Systems, UMBC,
1000 Hilltop Circle,
Baltimore, MD 21250
Telephone: (410) 455-3182
Email: yoon@umbc.edu |
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