A. Ant Ozok, Ph. D.
Associate Professor & Director of Research
Department of Information Systems, UMBC
E-mail: my last name at umbc dot edu
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Greetings,
and thanks
for stopping by.
I am an Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Information Systems Department,
UMBC.
My research areas of interest include usability testing,
user
preferences and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) applications in the
domains of World-Wide-Web, mobile computing, electronic and mobile
commerce, online communities, and health care. My
recent publications
appeared in Behaviour
and Information Technology, International
Journal
of Human Computer Interaction, Journal of
Organizational Computing and
Electronic Commerce, and the Human
Computer Interaction Handbook Second
Edition. I am currently on the Editorial Board of International
Journal
of Human
Computer Interaction, and Associate Editor of International
Journal of Electronic Financeand Electronic
Government: An International Journal.
My
recently funded research is focused on the topics including technology
perceptions among middle school students with a gender emphasis
supported by the National
Science Foundation
(NSF), investigation of technology-supported medication
adherence among
the elderly population supported by Erickson Retirement Communities,
and user
aspects of graphical authentication systems supported by TEDCO-Maryland
Technology Development Corporation. The
courses I taught at UMBC include Electronic
Commerce as part of our
Online Master's
Program, Introduction to Computer-Based
Systems Honors Course, and Legal
Aspects of Information Systems.
You can find more information
on these and more
from the above links.
Some news/announcements:
Some news/announcements:
- Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing is out.
- Saturday, July 25, 2009: Ayse and I just got back from the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction in Sunny San Diego, CA, where I chaired the Online Communities and Social Computing Parallel Conference. Here are some pictures from the conference and trip. The Web page for the 2011 conference is now online.
- The following are journal special issues I am editing/co-editing for you to consider submission:
- International Journal of Electronic Finance: Special Issue on User and Security Issues in Electronic Finance and Electronic Business.
- International Journal of Management in Education: Special Issue on Managing Innovative Distance Learning for Higher Education. Deadline for Initial Submission: October 15, 2009.
- Monday, December 8th, 2008: Stop the presses, hold the phone, and say hello to Dr. Michael Carlin.
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The paper “Computer Usage by Young Individuals with Down Syndrome: An Exploratory Study” by Heidi Feng, Jonathan Lazar, Libby Kumin and Ant Ozok won Best Paper Award at the 10th ACM Conference on Computers & Accessibility.