• Dr. Hsinchun Chen is a Fellow of IEEE (institute of Electrical and Electronics
  Engineers) and AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker is a Fellow of AIS (Association in Information Systems).

Research Funding

• Dr. Sue Brown has received funding from the Flandrau Science Center.
• Dr. Hsinchun Chen has received over 20 million dollars in research funding from the National Science Foundation, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Justice, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, SAP, New Mexico Tech, and Library of Congress, among others.
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker has received more than 55 million dollars in research funding from IBM, NCR, Intel, AT&T, National Science Foundation, DARPA, U.S. Army Research Lab, U.S. Navy, and AFOSR, among others.
• Dr. Sudha Ram has received over 10 million dollars in research funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NASA, NIH, CIA, IBM, Ford Motor Company, and SAP Global Research, among others.
• Dr. Suzie Weisband has received more than 2 million dollars in research funding from the National Science Foundation and Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, among others.
• Dr. Daniel Zeng has received over 4 million dollars in research funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and Arizona Department of Health Services, among others.
• Dr. Zhu Zhang has received funding from the Flandrau Science Center.
• Dr. Leon Zhao has received funding from Microsoft Research, IBM, and Modular Mining Systems, among others.

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• Dr. Hsinchun Chen has received the following awards:  IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, National Chiao-Tung University (Taiwan) Distinguished Alumnus Award; Outstanding Overseas Scholar of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); University of Arizona Technology Innovation Award; Joseph Peggs and Margie Peggs Kault Award for Mentoring and Doctoral Placement (from University of Arizona); Andersen Consulting Professor of the Year Award; SAP University Alliance Grant Award in Research/Applications; AT&T Foundation Award in Science and Engineering; NSF Research Initiation Award. He has served as a Scientific Counselor/Advisor of the National Library of Medicine (USA), Academia Sinica (Taiwan), and National Library of China (China).
• Dr. Moshe Dror has received the Chinese Academy of Sciences International Collaboration Award.
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker has received the following awards: AIS LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in Information Systems; Educator of the Year Award (from International Association for Computer Information Systems); Educator of the Year Award (from Data Processing Management Association Education Foundation); Editors Choice Award (from PC Magazine); Groupware Achievement Award; Andersen (Accenture) Consulting Professor of the Year Award. 
• Dr. Sudha Ram has received the following awards:  Advisor of the Year Award (from University of Arizona); Andersen Consulting Professor of the Year Award; Joseph Peggs and Margie Peggs Kault Award for Mentoring and Doctoral Placement (from University of Arizona); .IBM Faculty Development Award, (July 2007), and US Leading Edge Innovator in Research Award (March 2007).
• Dr. Daniel Zeng has received the following awards: Best Paper Award (WITS); Best Paper Award (SIGDSS), MIS Undergraduate Professor of the Year (from University of Arizona).
• Dr. Leon Zhao has received the IBM Faculty Award on Business Process Management and Services Computing.

Chairs, Professorships, and Fellowships

• Dr. Hsinchun Chen is McClelland Professor of MIS.
• Dr. Moshe Dror is Eller Professor of MIS.
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker is Regents and Soldwedel Professor of MIS, Computer Science and Communication.
• Dr. Sudha Ram is McClelland Professor of MIS.
• Dr. Suzie Weisband is Eller Fellow in MIS.
• Dr. Daniel Zeng is Honeywell Fellow in MIS.
• Dr. Leon Zhao is Honeywell Fellow in MIS.

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Journal Associate Editors

• Dr. Sue Brown has served on the following editorial boards: Information Systems Research; MIS Quarterly; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; Journal of the AIS; Decision Sciences; Knowledge Management Research & Practice.
• Dr. Hsinchun Chen has served on the following editorial boards: ACM Transactions on Information Systems; ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems; IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics; Decision Support Systems; Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology; International Journal of Digital Libraries; International Journal of Electronic Business; Journal of Information Technology and Politics; Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences.
• Dr. Moshe Dror has served on the following editorial boards: IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering; Computers & Operations Research; Foundation of Computing & Decision Science.
• Dr. Alexandra Durcikova has served on the editorial board of International Journal of Knowledge Management.
• Dr. Roberto Mejias has served on the editorial board of Decision Sciences.
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker has served on the following editorial boards: Journal of Management Information Systems; Group Decision and Negotiation; Decision Support Systems; Electronic Commerce Research and Applications; Information Systems Frontiers; Information Systems Journal; Informatica: The Journal of Information Systems Development; Journal of International Information Systems; Journal of Information Resources Management.
• Dr. Sudha Ram has served on the following editorial boards: Information Systems Research; Decision Support Systems; Decision Sciences; International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies; International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems; Journal of Database Management; Journal of Information Technology Management; Information Systems Frontiers.
• Dr. Daniel Zeng has served on the following editorial boards: Decision Support Systems; Journal of Database Management; Journal of Information Systems and e-Business Management; International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies; International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics; International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems.
• Dr. Zhu Zhang has served as an Editorial board member for International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP).
• Dr. Leon Zhao has served on the following editorial boards: Information Systems Research; Decision Support Systems; Journal of Database Management; International Journal of Web Services Research; International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management; International Journal of Web and Grid Services, Interscience Publishers; Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, and IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Computer Society.

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Conference and Workshop Chairs

• Dr. Hsinchun Chen has served as: Conference Co-Chair of ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), 2004; Conference/Program Co-Chair of International Conferences of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), 1997-2005; Conference Co-Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI), 2003-2007; Workshop Co-Chair, Second NSF Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics: Biosurveillance, BioSurveillance 2007;    and Conference Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, IEEE ISI-2007. In addition he is chair of the ISI conference steering committee.
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker has served as: Chair, Executive Committee of ICIS, 1985-1986; Conference Chair, ICIS, 1984; Track Coordinator, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 1990-2007.
• Dr. Sudha Ram has served as: Conference Co-Chair of ER Conference, 2006; Program Co-Chair of AMCIS 2007. She is senior advisor for the WITS steering committee and chair of the ER Conference steering committee.
• Dr. Suzie Weisband was Program Chair, SIGMIS, 2004.
• Dr. Daniel Zeng has served as: Program Co-Chair of IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2003-2007; Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2007; Pacific Asia Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2007; Program Chair, Fifth International Workshop on e-Business (WEB 2006), 2006; Program Co-Chair, Asia-Pacific E-Government Workshop, (APEGW2006), 2006.
• Dr. Leon Zhao has served as: Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, 2006; Program Co-Chair, 15th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS 2005); Program Co-Chair, Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2003); and Founding Chair of the First China Summer Workshop on Information Management, 2007, Shanghai, China.

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Department and Faculty in the News

More details and additional departmental news and events can be viewed here. 

• Dr. Hsinchun Chen’s COPLINK research has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and ABC News, among others.  Dr. Chen’s Dark Web research has been featured in Discover magazine, Forbes, Fox News, USA Today, and National Public Radio, Arizona Republic, and Toronto Star, among others.
• Dr. Alexandra Durcikova, A mention in the Eller Times: “MIS Graduate Students Develop IT Solutions for Local Firms”, for her teaching in MIS 513 Business Foundations for IT.
• Dr. Jay Nunamaker’s research has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, New York Times, and the Business Week, among others.
• Dr. Roberto Mejias was recently named University of Arizona Faculty Fellow.

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