The
ISQS 7342-002, Fall 2009
ADVANCED TOPICS IN MIS – Recent
Research Trends in Business Intelligence
Note: This is a tentative syllabus and will be modified in this
summer
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Instructor: Dr.
Zhangxi Lin Office hours: 9-11a TTh
or by appointment, BA 708 Class Meeting: 9:00-11:50a Friday, LH008 Course
objectives:
Keywords charcterizing the class: open source,
online reputation, digital market, open innovation, social network/computing,
business intelligence, information security, network privacy, knowledge
management, Internet marketing Course
Structure: In general,
this course will emphasize on the quantitative techniques with the methods in
business intelligence, optimization, computer experimentation, and decision
sciences. There are a series of lectures on the latest research issues, named
as Research Highlight. Deliverables:
1. Assignments (20%, not including class discussions), each worth 2%. There will
be combinations of different types of questions in each assignment: 1)
A summary from a reading material (2-3 page,
600-1200 words), 2)
A comprehensive summary based on a number of
reading materials (3-6 page, 800-1500 words), or 3)
A research issue proposal, 1-2 pages plus
references 2. Class participation (20%).
Involvement in class discussion and weekly short presentations if any. 3. A research proposal with clearly
defined research issues, relevant literature and applicable theories (6-10
pages plus references, double spacing, 12 point). (20%) 4. A final version of the extended
proposal or working paper with a twenty-minute in-class presentation (40%) Grading criteria of the deliverables: 1. Relevance to
the theme of this seminar course 2. Creativity
and insightfulness of the research subject 3. Comprehensiveness
and broadness of the supporting information 4. Quality
writing and conciseness of expressions 5. Logically
well-structured and methodologically sound contents 6. Timeliness of the submission University
Policies Requirements: Please
contact me if you have any special requirements, or if I need to make special
accommodations for you during the semester. I encourage you to visit
with me about your progress in the course at any time. Integrity. Academic
dishonesty will not be tolerated. All students are required to adhere
to the Civility
in the Classroom. “Students are expected to assist in maintaining a
classroom environment which is conducive to learning. In order to
assure that all students have an opportunity to gain from time spent in
class, unless otherwise approved by the instructor, students are prohibited
from using cellular phones or beepers, eating or drinking in class, making
offensive remarks, reading newspapers, sleeping or engaging in any other form
of distraction. Inappropriate behavior in the classroom shall result
in, minimally, a request to leave class.”
Religious Holidays. A student who intends to observe a
religious holy day should make that intention known to the instructor prior
to an absence. A student who is absent from classes for the observance of a
religious holy day shall be allowed to take an examination or complete an
assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time after the absence. |
Schedule (subject to updates)
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Date |
Topics |
Deliverables (due a week after the assignment) |
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Aug 28, 2009 |
Introduction Research Highlight:
E-Market Structure and E-Business Clustering |
Assignment
1 1)
List two possible IT research
issues. 2)
Summarize the paper for the next
week presentations. 3)
Prepare for a 15-minute
presentation on the assigned readings |
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Sep 4, 2009 |
Topic 1 - E-market & E-business Research Highlight: Online
Community and Open Innovation |
Assignment
2 1)
Find a latest IT issue in the
industry 2)
Find 2-3 relevant research papers 3)
Summarize one paper in the reading
list 4)
Prepare for a 15-minute
presentation. |
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Sep 11, 2009 |
Topic 2 – Open Source and
Knowledge Management |
Assignment
3 1)
Read the listed papers. 2)
Summarize the paper(s). 3)
Prepare for a presentation of 15
minutes. 4)
Pick one of the topics to develop
a one-page research proposal. |
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Sep 18, 2009 |
Topic 3 - Social Network and
Distributed Business Intelligence Research Highlight: Online
Reputation Systems |
Assignment
4 1.
Read the listed papers. 2.
Summarize the paper(s). 3.
Include 2-3 extra references. 4.
Prepare for a presentation of 15
minutes. |
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Sep 25, 2009 |
Topic 4 – Online Feedback and
Incentive Systems |
Assignment
5 Same
as previous +
Refine the research proposal. Due next week. |
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Oct 2, 2009 |
Topic 5 – Market Intelligence |
Assignment
6 Same
as previous |
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Oct 9, 2009 |
Topic 6 – Knowledge dicovery and
innovation Research Highlight: Text mining techniques (by Sangno Lee) |
Assignment
7 Same
as previous |
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Oct 16, 2009 |
Topic 7 – Information Search and
Information Quality Research Highlight: “SEM & SEO”, Yang Yu |
Assignment
8 Same
as previous |
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Oct 23, 2009 |
Proposal discussion |
Research proposal due |
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Oct 30, 2009 |
Topic 8 – Recommender Systems Research Highlight: Risk
Management |
Assignment
9 Same
as previous |
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Nov 6, 2009 |
Topic 9 - Information Security and Risk Management Research Highlight: Anti-Money
Laundering |
Assignment
10 Same
as previous |
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Nov 13, 2009 |
Topic 10 – Online Fraud Detection |
Assignment
11 Same
as previous |
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Nov 20, 2009 |
Topic 11 – Experimentation methods |
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Nov 27, 2009, Friday |
Thanksgiving |
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Dec 4, 2009, Friday |
Term Paper
Presentation |
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Dec 11, 2009, Friday |
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Term
paper/report due |