Dear NEAIS Members, October 30th, 2021
Welcome to our 2021 annual conference of the New England chapter of the Association of Information Systems (NEAIS). The NEAIS Chapter Board is very grateful to the support from Suffolk University Administration for hosting the meeting at their campus on Saturday, October 30th, 2021. The attached conference program provides details of the day’s activities. We are thankful for your support, the AIS Council, and Suffolk University for making this conference successful.
The conference will start with a welcome from Professor Amy Zeng, Dean of Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University, followed by two research paper sessions, a keynote address from Bob Sturim, CTO of TraceLink Opus. We are glad to see over faculty members from 10+ universities such as Babson, Bentley, Brandeis University, Harvard, Suffolk, WPI, UNH, UMass-Boston, UMass-Dartmouth, UMass- Lowell, and Northeastern University registered for the conference this year. Special thanks to Chrisy Yao at Suffolk University for making local arrangements for the conference.
This year’s conference has attracted many papers from IS faculty and PhD students on a variety of research topics such as Health-IT, Social Media, Crowdsourcing, Information Privacy, and Machine Learning. With the broad topic diversity from the research presentations and the central theme of the Role of Technology in Healthcare, there will be something that sparks the interest of all attendees, leading to productive discussions at the conference. Finally, we have two corporate sponsors, Prospect Press, and Pearson, sponsoring our conference. We hope you will visit their tables to learn about new publications available for your courses.
In conclusion, NEAIS board members are thankful for your support and hopeful that we can make the NEAIS a very successful and active Chapter of AIS.
Thank you,
Luvai Motiwalla, Yang Lee, Yuzhu Li, Inchan Kim, David Murungi, Chrisy Yurong Yao & Ermira Zifla
2021 NEAIS Board Members
2021 New England Association for Information Systems Annual Conference Program
Time: Saturday October 30th, 9:30am – 4:00pm
Location: Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont St, Boston, Suffolk University
Zoom link: https://suffolk.zoom.us/s/96654827479
Registration: 2021 NEAIS Conference Registration Form (FREE)
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Time
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Activity
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Location
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9:30 am-10:00 am
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Welcome: Dean Amy Zeng & Luvai Motiwalla
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Room 335
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10:00 am – 11:15 am
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Paper Session
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Room 335
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11:15 am – 11:30 am
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Coffee Break
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Room 335
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11:30 pm – 12:45 pm
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Paper Session
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Room 335
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12:45 pm –2:00 pm
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Lunch & Keynote: Bob Sturim
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Fifth Floor: Common
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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Paper Session
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Room 335
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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NEAIS Annual Membership Meeting
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Room 335
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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
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Job Placement Session
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Fifth Floor: Common
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Welcome (9:30 – 10:00 am)
Dr. Amy Z. Zeng became the 6th Dean of the Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in 2020. She has over twenty years of experience in higher education and is an accomplished and established scholar in the fields of supply chain management and global logistics. Her research expertise lies in the areas of supply chain risk management and tactics, reverse and sustainable supply chain analysis and design, and global logistics process improvement. She has published over 100 articles, garnered over 3,000 Google scholar citations, received $1M grants to support her research and teaching projects, and delivered more than 110 speeches spanning a wide range of locations and occasions.
Dr. Luvai Motwalla is currently President of the NEAIS Chapter and Professor at the UMass Lowell, since 1998. He has previously served as Chair of the Operations and Information Systems (OIS) Department, between the years 2009-2018 and currently is Coordinator for MS in Business Analytics program.
Keynote Speaker (1:15 – 2:00 pm)
Topic: Role of Supply Chain in Healthcare
Chief Technology Officer Bob Sturim leads product design and architecture. Bob heads a team of architects in the design of TraceLink Opus, a low-code cloud-based application platform designed to enable the development of networked and multi-enterprise applications. Using the Opus platform, Tracelink focuses on helping its customers achieve efficiency by digitalizing critical supply chain processes. He has held leadership positions in engineering with a focus on supply chain applications at Oracle, i2 technology, world chain, optum and scribe. Bob holds degrees from MIT and Harvard.
Paper Presentations Session (10:00 – 11:15 am)
Session Chair: Mahed Maddah, Suffolk University
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Paper#
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Paper Title and Authors
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The Association of mHealth Features with User Engagement in Weight Management Interventions: A Literature Review An Tran, Bengisu Tulu and Gramos Kamberi (Worcester
Polytechnic Institute)
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How Talk and Ties on Social Media Mobilizes a Social Movement Romilla Syed (University of
Massachusetts Boston), Leiser Silva and Oyebisi Oladeji (University of Houston)
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Evaluating Health-Related News Stories: A Mixed Approach that Combines Text Analysis
and Machine Learning Ermira Zifla and Burcu Eke Rubini (University of New Hampshire)
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Case Study: Cloud-based Secured Serverless Microservices for Digital Process Innovation in
FinTech Xavier Babu and Luvai Motiwalla (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
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Employing Machine Learning for Climate Change Resilience Decision Models Carol Lee
(Northeastern University) and Pratyush Bharati (University of Massachusetts Boston)
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Optimizing Offshore Wind Power Generation Cost in India Prasun Bhattacharjee (Jadavpur University), Rabin K. Jana (Indian Institute of Management Raipur) and Somenath
Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University)
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* Best Student Paper Award **Online Presentation Paper Presentations Session (11:30 – 12:45 pm) Session Chair: David Murungi, Bentley University
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Paper#
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Paper Title and Authors
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7*
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Second-Party Data Acquisition for Business Analytics Xiaoping Liu (Northeastern University)
and Xiaobai Li (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
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Simple Interaction Finding Technique (SIFT) – A Simple Methodology to Generate Novel Hypotheses from Complex Datasets Murtaza Nasir (University of Massachusetts Lowell),
Nichalin Summerfield (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Serhat Simsek (Montclair University) and Asil Oztekin (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
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Exploring Factors Influencing Physician Selection Decisions Cuibing Wu (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Luvai Motiwalla (Univeristy of Massachusetts Lowell) and Nima
Kordzadeh (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
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Named Entity Recognition in Medical Error Narratives using BERT Jennifer Xu (Bentley University), Haijing Hao (Bentley University), Patrick Sun (Acton Boxborough Regional High
School) and Andrew Zhang (Westford Academy)
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Understanding Peer Endorsements among gig workers Sambit Tripathi (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Amit Deokar (University of Massachusetts Lowell) and Prasanna
Karhade (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
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Design Principles of Information Systems Emphasizing Social Inclusion to Create Diverse
Values: A Critical Lens Shiyao Cao (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
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* Best Paper Award
Round-Table Session (2:00 – 3:00 pm)
Session Chair: Inchan Kim, University of New Hampshire
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Paper#
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Paper Title and Authors
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A Post-Covid Model for JIT Success David Gonçalves and Soheil Sibdari (University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth)
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User Engagement with Technology: An Umbrella Review Lidan Zhang and Bengisu Tulu
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
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Investigating Users’ Social Participation Behaviors in An Online COVID-19 Support
Community Yuqian Liu (Baruch College)
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Understanding Information Systems in the Accommodation Process: A Pilot Study Shiyao
Cao (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) and Eleanor Loiacono (College of William and Mary)
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A Review of the Organizational Security Risk Management Process Angela Jackson-Summers
(U.S. Coast Guard Academy)
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** Online presentation
Suffolk Visitor Policy
Please check the Suffolk Visitor Policy: https://www.suffolk.edu/student-life/health- wellness/coronavirus-health-advisory/covid-19-campus-updates/covid-19-visitor-policy
Attendees will 1) complete a health form on the day of the visit before arrival or on the site and 2) wear face coverings in the building.
Upon arrival, visitors must complete a health screening form at the security desk of each building and follow campus protocols regarding COVID-19 such as face coverings.
The form should be completed on the day of the visit. The link for the form can also be reached by scanning the QR code (see the QR code below).
An approval will be sent to your email if you are cleared to access the campus. Please either display this screen or a printed copy of your approval to Security.
Directions and Parking
The conference will be held on the third floor of David J. Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont St, Boston, 02108. Click here for a PDF of the campus map. Sargent Hall is marked as No.9 in the map. If you need assistance, please contact 617-573-8331.
Named for Suffolk University President David J. Sargent, the building opened in September 1999 on one of Boston's most prominent sites. It is located in the heart of historic Boston along the Freedom Trail and steps from Boston Common. Sargent Hall houses a technologically advanced facility, with wireless access and hardwired ports in classrooms, the library, lounges, and common areas.
Direction:
MBTA Public Transportation:
It is recommended that you take public transportation to the campus. All major MBTA lines have stations close to Suffolk University.
Red/Green line: park street (2-minute walk) Orange Line: state street (5-minute walk) Blue Line: government center (5-minute walk)
Driving direction:
Please refer to our driving directions for direction on how to get to campus from your location.
Parking:
If you decide to drive, Boston Common is the largest public parking facility close to Suffolk University.
Central Plaza Garage (30 Somerset St, Boston) is also very close to the campus.
You can find nearby parking facilities here: https://www.suffolk.edu/visit/campus-map-directions/area- parking-facilities
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to neaisconf@gmail.com.